Absolute Units

Joe Vaughan, Ollie Douglas

Booking Overview

A museum and rural-history interview podcast exploring the English countryside, its cultural heritage, and its future, typically featuring museum leaders, university researchers, project managers, and environmental or farming specialists. Agencies could credibly pitch rural historians, museum professionals, academic researchers, sustainability experts, and agricultural practitioners with relevant projects or public-facing expertise; booking difficulty is likely low because guests are generally accessible professionals and institutional collaborators rather than major public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 39

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 21.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

themuseumofenglishruralife@gmail.com

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Host

Joe Vaughan - Podcast co-host and producer for The Museum of English Rural Life.

Ollie Douglas - Doctoral museum professional and co-host for The Museum of English Rural Life.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Relevant professional or academic expertise in rural history, museums, agriculture, environmental work, nature, or cultural heritage, ideally connected to a substantive project or institutional initiative.

Required Achievements:

Leading or contributing to museum, university, agricultural, environmental, or cultural-heritage projects, Research or practical work addressing the past, present, or future of the countryside

Recent Guest Discussions

Ellen Knight - The Future Of Farming, A Centenary Time-capsule Project, And Visions For Agriculture In 100 Years

Rosy Scholes - The Future Of Farming, A Centenary Time-capsule Project, And Visions For Agriculture In 100 Years

Kate Arnold-Forster - Leading A Rural History Museum, Contemporary Collecting, University Museums, And Museum Evolution

Kate Arnold-Forster - A Career In Museums, The Significance Of University Museums, And Transforming The Museum Of English Rural Life

Marzia Briel - Rebuilding Relationships With The Natural World And The Future Of A Museum Collaboration

Recent Topics

History, Rural History, Museums, Farming, Countryside

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Absolute Units

Big sheep, little labels

October 01, 2026

Send us Fan MailSorry we missed a week! We're catching up after both being out on leave.In this episode, Joe and Ollie chat about what they've been up to lately with many surprising links to rural history: from Ollie's son sending him surreal livestock portraiture on WhatsApp, to Joe's visit to Versailles. We also discuss what's coming up soon - including an episode about the Bayeux Tapestry.Relevant links:CF Payne's art: https://www.cfpayne.com/Joe's interv...

So you want to make a time capsule (with Rosy Scholes and Ellen Knight)

September 10, 2026

Send us Fan MailWhat will farming look like in 100 years time? That's the question asked by a group of University of Reading PhD students, managed by Rosy Scholes and Ellen Knight, as part of the University of Reading's centenary celebrations.In this pod, Joe and Ollie catch up with Rosy and Ellen about their research and their project, which culminated in the burial of a time capsule in our garden, filled with research, creative responses, and visions of what the future of farming ...

21st-century MERL (with Kate Arnold-Forster)

August 27, 2026

Send us Fan MailHow do you lead a rural history museum in 2026? What does that look like in practice? And how does our contemporary work vary to the vision of our founders back in 1951?In this second of two conversations with Kate Arnold-Forster, Director of The Museum of English Rural Life and the University of Reading's Museums and Collections, Ollie and Joe chat with Kate about our museum's ongoing evolution, the power of eBay for contemporary collecting, and what the future hold...

Publicly listed emails

themuseumofenglishruralife@gmail.com

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