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Unpacked – Yassin Mohamud: Bristol's first Somali lord mayor
Season 16 Episode 1
Welcome back after a short break to Bristol Unpacked, and the start of our new season running through until summer.
For the first episode we welcome …
13 hours ago
Lewis Wedlock: towards a positive masculinity
Season 15 Episode 10
This week we welcome Lewis Wedlock to discuss his work as a ‘masculinities educator’ with young people in schools in Bristol and across the country. …
4 weeks ago
Unpacked – Kerri Matthews: what happens when parents go to prison?
Season 15 Episode 9
What happens to families when a parent ends up in prison? That’s the question we’re getting into this week on Unpacked with Kerri Matthews, a directo…
1 month, 1 week ago
Unpacked – Heather Williams: trauma, community and healing in south Bristol
Season 15 Episode 8
This week Unpacked gets into the difficult topic of trauma: what is it, who does it effect and how does it manifest?
Our guest is someone who speaks w…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Unpacked – Edson Burton: what is culture and who does it belong to?
Season 15 Episode 7
Dr Edson Burton wears many different hats, both figuratively and literally. He’s a writer, performer, historian, poet, well-dressed man about town, a…
2 months, 1 week ago
Unpacked – Joe Joyce: rugby, resilience and returning to the West Country
Season 15 Episode 6
When you’re known as the ‘King of Southmead’, how does it feel to be copping abuse on social media from the good people of Bristol?
That’s the situati…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Unpacked – Ani Townsend: art, inequality and the case for universal basic income
Season 15 Episode 5
Universal basic income means the state providing citizens with a bare-bones income that allows them to survive and keep a roof over their head.
It’s …
3 months, 1 week ago
Unpacked – Clare Moody: policing, power and a political cancellation
Season 15 Episode 4
How does the Labour politician who oversees policing in Avon and Somerset feel about being cancelled by her own party after less than 18 months in of…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Unpacked – Bristol Temple Quarter: can regeneration be inclusive?
Season 15 Episode 3
Bristol Temple Quarter is the biggest redevelopment the city has seen in at least a generation, and will transform a vast area around Temple Meads st…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
We’ve Got Your Boy - Episode 4 - Ain’t No One’s Friend
Episode 4
Before starting this series, we held a roundtable discussion with experts in the field of youth justice. We spoke about serious violence among young …
5 months ago