The third season of the Conflict of Interest podcast from the Imperial War Museum is set to launch in January.
Across the series, celebrity guests will take a private tour in the hands of conflict experts and Imperial War Museum curators to learn about some of the most interesting and relevant conflicts in our history.
Guests include comedians Rachel Parris and Geoff Norcott, actress and writer Susan Wokoma, journalist Helen Lewis, and author and podcaster Carl Miller.
They will be guided by experts to explore one of six themes: The Home Front, Dreams and Nightmares, Technology and Innovation, War Dead and Wounded, Protest and Propaganda, and Destruction and Reconstruction.
In late 2023, the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries opened at IWM London. The new permanent galleries reflect global conflict from 1914 to the present day and are the first in the UK to explore how artists, photographers and filmmakers bear witness to and tell the story of war and conflict.
The new series will ask guests to examine the works of artists on display in the galleries, including Anna Airy, Steve McQueen, John Singer Sargent, Paul Nash, Suzanne Plunkett, Edward Burra and Olive Edis.
Expert voices including Dr Beryl Pong, Dr Diya Gupta, Dr Mark Sealy and Professor Ana Carden-Coyne join the panel to bring insight into how the works answer some of their questions and provoke more.
Eleanor Head, Head of the IWM Institute said: “We are delighted to be launching our new series of Conflict of Interest, where celebrity guests continue to ask the simple questions about some of history’s most complex and profound conflicts, while exploring the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries at IWM London.
“Along the way, encounters with objects, artworks and film soundbites from IWM’s collection will bring into focus the question of how these practitioners shape, challenge and deepen our understanding of war and conflict through their unique artistic lens.”
Released weekly from Friday 3 January, the podcast will start the new year by exploring what art, film and photography can tell us about the nature of conflict and the human condition more broadly.
