Sep 24, 202649 minS2
New episodes of The Archive Room drop weekly, follow the show if you want the next archive story before anyone else. LaMar Stephens Sr. has spent more than three decades building one of the only surviving video archives...
About this Podcast:
🎙️ The Archive RoomDiscover the hidden world of archive footage — the rare, powerful visuals that shape film, TV, and documentary storytelling. Hosted by Dominic Dare and Sandra Coelho, The Archive Room features candid conversations with the industry’s top archive producers, researchers, and curators. From NASA’s moon landings to forgotten rock legends, we uncover how history is found, restored, and brought back to life, frame by frame.New episodes weekly.
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What is The Archive Room about?
🎙️ The Archive RoomDiscover the hidden world of archive footage, the rare, powerful visuals that shape film, TV, and documentary storytelling. Hosted by Dominic Dare and Sandra Coelho, The Archive Room features candid conversations with the industry’s top archive producers, researchers, and curators.
What has The Archive Room covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Preserving Hip Hop's Lost History with LaMar Stephens" (24 September 2026, 49 minutes), "Coca-Cola: Inside the Vault of an American Icon" (9 September 2026, 53 minutes), and "Community Archiving in Skid Row: Preserving a Neighborhood's History with Henry Apodaca" (28 July 2026, 72 minutes).
How often does The Archive Room publish?
The Archive Room publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 336 minutes across 20 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Archive Room?
Booking probability for The Archive Room is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Archive Room requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Archive Room's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch The Archive Room?
The strongest fits for The Archive Room are Film & Video and Libraries, Archives & Web Portals. The Archive Room has a tv audience.
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Recent episodes
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Sep 9, 202653 minS2Coca-Cola isn't just a drink, it's one of the most recognized symbols of American culture in the world. Neeve Kelly, Outreach Archivist at the Coca-Cola Company, takes us inside the vault holding over 130 years of...
Jul 28, 20261h 12mS2In this episode of The Archive Room, we sit down with Henry Apodaca of the Skid Row History Museum and Archive to explore what community archiving looks like when the archive itself is embedded in the neighbourhood it...
Jul 15, 20261h 32mS2Dominic Dare and Sandra Coelho sit down with Kate and Mike Griffiths of Clearance Matters, the husband and wife team behind the archive research on documentaries including Broken English with Marianne Faithfull, Paul...
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<p>Dominic Dare and Sandra Coelho sit down with Kate and Mike Griffiths of Clearance Matters, the husband and wife team behind the archive research on documentaries including Broken English with Marianne Faithfull, Paul...
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Jul 2, 202648h 30mS2Dominic Walker, Global Business Director at BBC Studios, joins The Archive Room to explain how one of the world's largest broadcast archives is run as a business. We cover archive footage licensing through BBC Motion...
- Jul 2, 202648h 30mS2
<p >Dominic Walker, Global Business Director at BBC Studios, joins The Archive Room to explain how one of the world's largest broadcast archives is run as a business. We cover archive footage licensing through BBC...
Jun 17, 202658 minS2<p >What does it actually take to restore a Hollywood classic? In this episode Dominic Dare and Sandra Coelho sit down with Charlotte Barker, Senior Director of Film Restoration and Preservation at Paramount Pictures...
Jun 11, 202656 minS1<p >Generative AI is producing 34 million synthetic images every day. For archives, documentary producers, and footage researchers, that changes everything about what can be trusted, what can be licensed, and what...
May 26, 202638 minS1<p >Matthew Frank has spent over 30 years at the top of television rights and distribution. He built RDF Rights from the ground up, ran Zodiak Rights as CEO generating revenues exceeding $80 million across 200...
Episode #12
She Found the Secret NYPD Surveillance Footage of John and Yoko — with Rosemary Rotondi
May 13, 202654 minS1<p >What does archival research really look like on some of the most powerful documentaries of the last decade?</p> <p >Rosemary Rotondi is a New York based archival producer and researcher with over 30 years of...
Apr 29, 202644 minS1<p >Fremantle makes Got Talent, X Factor, The Price Is Right and Baywatch. But behind those formats sits one of the most extraordinary broadcast archives ever assembled, stretching back over 100 years and spanning...
Apr 15, 202648 minS1<p >Tom Jennings is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of 1895 Films and one of the most decorated documentary filmmakers working today. A Peabody and Emmy Award winner, Tom has written, produced and directed more...
Apr 1, 202649 minS1<p>What does it take to build one of the world's great music archives from scratch? David Peck, founder and president of Reelin' In The Years Productions, has spent over three decades tracking down, preserving and...
Episode #8
Andrea Kalas — Digital Preservation & the Future of Film Archives (Ep. 8) - Audio Only Version
Mar 18, 202642 minS1<p >Andrea Kalas is one of the leading figures in global film and media preservation. She currently serves as Vice President of Media and Archival Services at Iron Mountain, where she leads large-scale preservation...
Mar 4, 202630 minS1<p>What does it take to run one of Europe’s biggest movie archives?</p> <p>In this episode, Dominic and Sandra welcome Massimo Moretti, the longtime archive commercial lead at STUDIOCANAL UK, home to over 6,000 titles —...
Feb 18, 202631 minS1<p>In this episode of The Archive Room, we sit down with the extraordinary Elizabeth Klinck — one of the most respected archive producers and researchers working today.</p> <p>With decades of experience on award-winning...
Episode #5
Mona El-Bira - "Riefensthal and Assange: The Curse of the Pharaoh" (Ep.5) Audio Only Version
Feb 4, 202638 minS1<p>In this episode of The Archive Room, Dominic Dare and Sandra Coelho are joined by Berlin-based archive producer and researcher Mona El-Bira, whose work sits at the intersection of history, ethics, and archive-driven...
Jan 21, 202640 minS1<p>In The Archive Room Ep 4, we’re joined by Andy Gavaghan, Head of Archive & Content Library at ITV, to explore what it takes to manage one of the UK’s most significant media collections. From mislabelled film cans to...
Jan 7, 202625 minS1<p>Jo Griffin, Director of Digital and Restoration at Restore Studios (now part of UV&S), joins us in The Archive Room for a deep dive into the fascinating world of film and tape restoration. From scanning reels in a...
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