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A Book - A Place: Geneva

Robin Pomeroy

Part history podcast, part travel guide, always a great story.

A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often city that has a unique place in history.

Frankenstein and comic books were born here. Revolutionaries plotted. An enlightenment superstar had good reason to have houses in and just outside Geneva. And science fiction fans became real scientists at the home of the world's greatest experiment.

Whether you're a visitor, a newcomer, or a long-time resident, this podcast will take you to corners of the city where history was (and is still being) made.
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  • August 26 · 57 sec

    Have you heard our sister podcast Pick of the Pods?

    Hello to all listeners of A Book - A Place: Geneva. I know what you are thinking, when is the second season coming? Well I have good news and bad news. The bad is, although I would love to make Season 2, and have plenty of books pilling up, I just...

  • S1 · E5
    Sep 13, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

    Ep. 5 Angels and Demons and CERN

    A scientist at CERN, the research centre that straddles the French and Swiss border, is murdered in grisly and mysterious circumstances, launching a race against the clock to prevent a much bigger crime. As in The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown constructs a...

  • S1 · E4
    Aug 29, 2025 · 59 min

    Ep. 4 Conrad, Lenin and revolutionary Geneva

    Best know for Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad set his spy thriller Under Western Eyes in Geneva, not only because it was a city in which he had lived, but because at that time, in the early 20th century, it was a hotbed of revolutionary Russian...

  • S1 · E3
    Aug 10, 2025 · 46 min

    Ep. 3 Voltaire's Candide: the best of all possible satires

    Voltaire is literally in the pantheon of France's greatest literary heroes. But in his lifetime, the unconventional writer-philosopher was shunned by his home country and lived much of his life in exile - the last two decades in - and importantly -...

  • S1 · E2
    Jul 18, 2025 · 36 min

    Ep. 2 The Birth of the Comic Book

    Comic books, or graphic novels, are often associated with the Belgium of Tintin, the America of the superheros, or the Japan of manga and animé. But the art form was actually invented in Geneva, almost 200 years ago. In this episode we explore the...

  • S1 · E2
    Jul 3, 2025 · 1 min

    Trailer: The Birth of Comic Books

    Part history podcast, part travel guide, ‘A Book – A Place: Geneva’ brings you the surprising places and stories that changed Geneva and the world. In this episode: the surprising history of comic books - not invented in New York, Brussels or Tokyo,...

  • S1 · E1
    Jun 13, 2025 · 3 min

    Trailer: Frankenstein trailer long

    Everyone knows something about Frankenstein, the archetype horror movie monster. But what about the birth of the story, which is now seen as perhaps the first horror novel, the first work of what would become known as science fiction, and, for...

  • Jun 13, 2025 · 1 min

    Trailer: A Book - A Place: Geneva - Series trailer

    Part history podcast, part travel guide, always a great story. A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to unexpected places in an often overlooked city that has a unique place in history. Frankenstein and comic books were born here. Revolutionaries...

  • S1 · E1
    Jun 13, 2025 · 1 min

    Trailer: Frankenstein trailer short

    Part history podcast, part travel guide, ‘A Book – A Place: Geneva’ brings you the surprising places and stories that changed Geneva and the world. In this episode: we all know something about Frankenstein - but do you know the amazing story of its...

  • Jul 19, 2024 · 1 min

    Trailer: The Birth of the Comic Book trailer short

    Part history podcast, part travel guide, ‘A Book – A Place: Geneva’ brings you the surprising places and stories that changed Geneva and the world. In this episode: the surprising history of comic books - not invented in New York, Brussels or Tokyo,...

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