Podcast Episodes

Hello You 160: There is everything to look forward to

‘It really is as though one person is speaking directly to you, saying it’s going to be all right’

Formerly The Emergency Poet, offering poetry on pre…

11 hours ago

Hello You 159: 'It's MASSIVE to be able to help people'

‘There’s something inside you that’s never broken’

Sarah-Charlotte Peace has been through a lot.

And I do mean, a lot. In this episode of Hello You the…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Hello You 158: Purl and protest

‘It does stretch …’

‘Anthrax biscuits’, buses, life after breast cancer and craftivism in action with Jane Hickman from south Shropshire. Also: subver…

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Hello You 157: 'We've got sanitary towels instead of fish'

‘There’s a sewage release into the wild every thirty seconds’

Have you seen Dirty Business on Channel 4?

It’s a real-life drama about local people inve…

1 month, 1 week ago

Hello You 156: We need that on a T-shirt!

‘We are not doing a very good job of meeting our young people where they are’

(cw: includes references to suicide)

Alongside their work as a brand desi…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hello You 155: A space to explore the big stuff

Where to go when the world feels wobbly

Wouldn’t it be great if there was somewhere you could go, to talk about ‘the big stuff’: hope and heart, coura…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hello You 154: 'Focus on individual connection' - Alex Wagner in conversation

‘If you’re a mayor, put your hands in the air!’

While national politics and politicians make the headlines, much of the day-to-day work of providing t…

2 months ago

Hello You 153: 'He was crushed like a Coke can'

‘This is life-changing. He’s never going to walk again’

Andrew Clayton had lived an active outdoors life in south Shropshire until an accident befell …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hello You 152: Kyle's Home, everyone's hope

‘If you can make a difference for one person, it’s worth it’

Candlemas greetings, Imbolc blessings, and for me: Happy New Year, again!

After a fairly s…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hello You 151: What gives you hope?

In this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast:

What - or who - gives you hope?

I explain why I’m asking and unpack my answers in the audio, but …

3 months ago