Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLeftwing rabble rouser and co-founder of Bristol Transformed Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins
Season 10 Episode 9
Bristol has long had a reputation as a hotbed of leftie radicals. Most recently, the movement that was built and surged during Jeremy Corbyn’s leader…
2 years, 9 months ago
Bristol Cathedral's city chaplain Phil Nott, a reverend on a mission for social justice
Season 10 Episode 8
How can a stuffy institution with deep links to British Establishment power play a role in bringing about social justice on Earth, in Bristol and bey…
2 years, 10 months ago
Headteacher of Redcliffe Nursery School Sam Williams
Season 10 Episode 7
A large part of raising the early years of the next generation is entrusted to nurseries. But the sector is in a protracted crisis of funding and sta…
2 years, 11 months ago
Labour’s Nicola Beech on who’s getting the best deal out of the city: developers or the public?
Season 10 Episode 6
Nicola Beech has got a big portfolio at City Hall - Strategic Planning, Resilience & Floods, plus representing St George Central. So how does she ju…
2 years, 11 months ago
Bristol City FC meets community and politics with James Edwards
Season 10 Episode 5
While the Robins set their sights on promotion, James Edwards is working off the field to promote opportunities for the community in and around Brist…
3 years ago
The city’s new Green Party leader, Emma Edwards, on being the biggest political force in these parts
Season 10 Episode 4
Has Bristol’s local politics caught up with how many outsiders see the city: Full of cycling vegetarian activists? The Green Party are now the bigges…
3 years ago
The armed robber turned TikTok addiction mentor, Paul Simmons
Season 10 Episode 3
Paul Simmons’ mugshot appeared on the front page of the Bristol Evening Post in 2004. Fast forward through many years in jail, crimes and devastating…
3 years, 1 month ago
The doctor prescribing ketamine to assist therapy, Dr Ben Sessa
Season 10 Episode 2
Depending on who you ask, Ketamine conjures up different images and associations. For Dr Ben Sessa, a leading authority and practitioner of psychedel…
3 years, 1 month ago
Editor of Bristol 24/7 and Hotwells election hopeful Martin Booth
Season 10 Episode 1
From Boris Johnson to Marvin Rees will Martin Booth the editor of Bristol 24/7 become one of a long line of journalists who enter political office?
B…
3 years, 2 months ago
Working to welcome refugees amid the culture wars, with Fuad Mahamed, founder of Ashley Community Housing
Season 9 Episode 6
Arriving to the UK in 1998 as a refugee from Somalia, Fuad Mahamed soon left behind a career as an engineer to work on his passion: Supporting people…
3 years, 3 months ago