The East Coast Listening Post

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American podcasters tour the UK and interview its inhabitants.

American podcasters tour the UK and interview its inhabitants in their quest to reveal something meaningful.

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The East Coast Listening Post: Series 1: Empire

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Jenna and Dana meet self-made business woman and strip-club mogul Jackie Sanchez.

Jenna and Dana meet a self-made strip club mogul who started with nothing. With Celeste Dring and Freya Parker. From 2018.

The East Coast Listening Post was created by Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated duo Lazy Susan.

Journalist sisters, Jenna and Dana, tour the UK and interview its inhabitants in their quest to reveal something meaningful, inadvertently revealing themselves in the process.

In the final episode of the series, Jenna and Dana travel to meet self-made businesswoman and strip-club mogul, Jackie Sanchez. Jackie has built an empire from scratch, but empires raise complicated questions of legacy. 

Written and performed by Celeste Dring and Freya Parker. 
With performances from: 

David Elms
Sally Lindsay

Producer: Suzy Grant

A BBC Studios Scripted Comedy production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2018.

The East Coast Listening Post: Series 1

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