Our multi-award-winning podcast returns January 2025 with intimate interviews and exclusive book insights, in partnership with Faber Books

THE LOG BOOKS, the UK’s acclaimed LGBTQ+ history podcast, is returning for a highly anticipated fourth season. The new season launches with a trailer on December 18, 2025, followed by weekly episodes starting January 1, 2026.

Hosts and producers Tash Walker and Adam Zmith are bringing back the podcast that captured hearts and won multiple awards between 2019-2022, including Best New Podcast (GOLD) at the British Podcast Awards 2020. The original three seasons were featured in The Guardian, Metro, DIVA, Gay Times, and Evening Standard.

This relaunch coincides with a major milestone: the publication of Walker and Zmith’s book, The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened, by Faber & Faber on January 29, 2026. The new podcast season offers listeners an intimate glimpse into the research process behind the book, featuring deep interviews with remarkable LGBTQ+ people whose stories span five decades of queer British history. There will also be exclusive bonus episodes released via Aunt Nell’s Patreon.

Season 4 highlights include:

• John Lindsay, one of Switchboard’s founders, recalling the helpline’s first night in 1974
• Ruth Turner, a teacher navigating the chilling impact of Section 28, the anti-gay law that defined a generation
• Diana James, Switchboard’s first trans volunteer, on intergenerational queer solidarity
• Femi Otitoju, reflecting on her vital role ensuring Switchboard served Black people and women
• An exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming book, read by the authors

The new season features the voices of LGBTQ+ people in their own words, sharing stories from teenage journals to 80s nightclubs, protest marches to moments of profound joy and heartbreak.

Adam Zmith: “It’s a delight to bring back The Log Books podcast. Since we finished the third documentary season using Switchboard’s archives in 2022, we’ve been writing a book. It’s deeper in lots of ways than the podcast, in exploring Britain’s unique queer history; and now the podcast is a way to share our research and interviews in an exciting, accessible way.”

Tash Walker: “In re-opening The Log Books, we invite people to listen to LGBTQ+ people from across generations and experiences. Listening has always been the core to the podcast, and even more so now that trans rights are being rolled back in the UK and elsewhere.”

Press quotes for earlier seasons:

“A unique insight into the UK’s changing attitudes to gender identity and sexuality, the issues facing gays and lesbians from the 1970s on—and how we approach such issues today. Immensely moving, this show has moved me to tears more than once.”

— Miranda Sawyer, The Guardian, June 27th, 2020

“The Log Books has gained a serious following since it launched last year, so it’s good to see it recognised as Best New Podcast by the British Podcast Awards.”

— Amelia Heathman, Evening Standard, July 14th, 2020

“This unique and endearing podcast sparks a dialogue about one of Britain’s hidden tales: our LGBT+ history.”

— Gareth May, Metro, July 14th, 2020

Listen links for Apple, Spotify, etc

For more information, interviews, or to request audio/artwork, contact Adam and Tash.