Latest The gold machine Podcast Episodes
Episode 8 Through the Whirlpool of the Dead and Home
In Tropical Lands: Conversations with Iain Sinclair about The Gold Machine - June 11, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutesIn the final episode of the series we search for the Cascades, the mysterious Whirlpool of the Dead, and the furthest place that Arthur reached on his expedition. We are able to put some ghosts to rest, and turn for home. But there are a few more surprises in store on the way back as we stop at...
Episode 7 Mariscal Caceres and the Secret Cave of Juan Santos Atahualpa
In Tropical Lands: Conversations with Iain Sinclair about The Gold Machine - June 11, 2022 14:00 - 30 minutesWe drive up into the high plains of Metraro and the community of Mariscal Caceres. This was the heartland of Frederick Stahl, the Seventh-day Adventist missionary and his legacy lives on. We hear first hand about the last days of the Peruvian Colony from one of its last surviving workers, Elia...
An Update
In Tropical Lands: Conversations with Iain Sinclair about The Gold Machine - October 23, 2021 12:00 - 1 minuteA quick update on the story
Episode 6 Pampa Michi and Marankiari with the Asheninka
In Tropical Lands: Conversations with Iain Sinclair about The Gold Machine - October 07, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutesJoined by a small family of Asheninka translators, Farne and Iain drive along the banks of the River Perene to the village of Pampa Michi, amongst the tourist welcome, they persuade the chief Fredi Miguel Ucayali to be interviewed. His is a sobering account of the Peru Corporation’s takeover of...
Episode 5 Lucho's Farm to the Mountain of Salt
In Tropical Lands: Conversations with Iain Sinclair about The Gold Machine - September 30, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutesFarne and Iain leave Arthur at the convent making preparations for his journey and take a detour to Lucho’s farm. As they plan the next stage of their journey, Lucho tells them the story of how he came to acquire his land, and gives them some clues to how land is bargained for in Peru, and what...
Episode 4 Acobamba to San Luis de Shuaro
In Tropical Lands: Conversations with Iain Sinclair about The Gold Machine - September 23, 2021 07:00 - 27 minutesThe descent down to the jungle begins. Iain and Farne follow Arthur’s mule route down through Acobamba to search for the Convent of San Luis de Shuaro where Arthur’s expedition had letters of introduction to the Catholic Priest, Padre Sala. A number of coincidences convince them they are on t...
Episode 3 Tarma - in the Hacienda Garden
In Tropical Lands: Conversations with Iain Sinclair about The Gold Machine - September 16, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutesFarne and Iain sit in the peaceful gardens of the Hacienda in Tarma before they set off on the next stage of their journey. Arthur, as a botanist, had enjoyed the climate and plants here while resting for a couple of days, and felt at home here. They meditate on their upcoming stay with the As...
Episode 2 Huancayo to La Oroya
In Tropical Lands: Conversations with Iain Sinclair about The Gold Machine - September 09, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutesFarne is struck down with altitude sickness, and has to rest in the hotel thinking about her family back home, while Iain heads off with Lucho to the markets and the Ocopa Monastery which was the base for the Catholic missionaries. Iain gets caught up in the San Pedro festivities. By the next ...
Episode 1 Lima to Huancayo
In Tropical Lands: Conversations with Iain Sinclair about The Gold Machine - September 02, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesEpisode 1 Lima to Huancayo The journey begins in Lima, looking for traces of Arthur in the Peruvian capital. On their first morning Iain and Farne have breakfast and try to orientate themselves in the Liman fog, and discuss their first impressions. They head out to look for the Explorer’s ...
In Tropical Lands Trailer
In Tropical Lands: Conversations with Iain Sinclair about The Gold Machine - August 15, 2021 14:00 - 2 minutesI have always been haunted by my great great grandfather Arthur Sinclair. These podcasts are the story of a journey to the Peruvian Amazon with my father, retracing Arthur's steps and his expedition of 1891. This journey inspired Iain Sinclair's book, "The Gold Machine" and Grant Gee's film of ...
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