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Back to SearchSalma Najjar on experiencing the Gaza war as a Palestinian in the UK
Season 11 Episode 6
Salma, a lawyer who spent her childhood in Gaza, shares the 'dystopian' experience of life under occupation and knowing your family are in a war zone…
2 years, 1 month ago
Ruth Pitter on the role of the charity sector, pioneering Black theatre and her recent MBE
Season 11 Episode 5
Neil chats to Ruth, a daughter of the Windrush generation, on her decades of work with Bristol's voluntary and community groups, how that's changed a…
2 years, 1 month ago
BBC journalist Lucy Proctor on mad cows, Covid and conspiracy theories
Season 11 Episode 4
Bristol Unpacked with BBC journalist Lucy Proctor on mad cows, Covid and conspiracy theories
Thirty years ago, BSE was spreading across the UK while t…
2 years, 2 months ago
Watershed CEO Clare Reddington on cinema, class and council cuts
Season 11 Episode 3
Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Watershed CEO Clare Reddington on cinema, class and council cuts
As Bristol City Council slashes spending on venues incl…
2 years, 3 months ago
ACORN's Wesley Bear on the Barton House evacuation and housing activism in the city
Season 11 Episode 2
In the last few months, Wesley Bear has been at the forefront of actions by ACORN. That's the community union known nationally for taking direct acti…
2 years, 3 months ago
Filmmaker Aodh Breathnach on surviving being stabbed – and documenting the aftermath
Season 11 Episode 1
Content warning: audio contains graphic discussions of violence
Eight years ago, filmmaker Aodh Breathnach was stabbed multiple times during a night o…
2 years, 4 months ago
Babbasa CEO Poku Osei on working from the inside to change the system
Season 10 Episode 13
Poku Osei transitioned from hustling to sell sugar and DVDs in Ghana to running one of Bristol’s most celebrated social enterprises. Babbasa focuses …
2 years, 7 months ago
Kill the Bill riots ex-prisoner, Jasmine York
Season 10 Episode 12
"F*** the police!", "Sluts Against Cops" and “We will burn your fucking cars.” These are some of the things Jasmine York said or graffitied during th…
2 years, 8 months ago
Inside the city’s Labour party machine with local fixer Kelvin Blake
Season 10 Episode 11
Behind every politician is a fixer. For many years Kelvin Blake has been behind the scenes as a key figure in the city’s Labour party, working on key…
2 years, 8 months ago
Councillor Christine Townsend, on taking on the Merchant Venturers over educational inequality
Season 10 Episode 10
It's been three years since the Colston statue was toppled, thrusting the Merchant Venturers - the elite club with a history of the worst kind - into…
2 years, 9 months ago