TL Scotland 1. PLAY

Podcast: Tape LettersEpisode: TL Scotland 1. PLAYPub date: 2025-01-20Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization“Imagine the feeling of pressing play on a cassette tape that’s just arrived from some 5,000 miles away…” What is a 'Tape Letter'? Why did people exchange news and greetings with each other on cassette, and how did they do it? Our series starts with an overview of the Tape Letters Scotland project, and a flavour of the anticipation and excitement of sending and receiving long distance cassette recordings. “For us it was a novelty, sort of like a joke. Whereas Mum and Dad, they were more emotional…” Episode creditsContributors: Assia Ali, Mohammed Farooq, Nassir Ellahi, Izaz Ur Rahman, Khadijah Khurram, Mirza Muhammad Saeed, Parveen Sajid, Nadira Saddiq, Faria Khan, Saima Begum, Nasreen Ali, Akeel Ahmad, Shavana Abdul-Jabbar, Seriya Iqbal, Aqsa Mohammed, Kausar ArshadCassette tape donors: Mohammed Ishaq, Sameena Kauser Younus, Shavana Abdul-Jabbar, Khadijah Khurram, Rehana AhmadProject director: Wajid YaseenPodcast presenter: Tabassum NiamatPodcast production & sound design: Steve UrquhartTape Letters Scotland is a Modus Arts project, made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Modus Arts, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.