Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLiving with a bank robber to a bit part in The Outlaws
Season 5 Episode 8
What was it like acting with Christopher Walken when his next biggest role was playing a genital wart 20 years ago? Southmead-born Ian Aitchison runs…
4 years, 4 months ago
Former Bristol mayor on highs, lows, beef with Marvin, and being ‘radical’ as an ex-Merchant Venturer
Season 5 Episode 7
What did he learn, regret and achieve during his time as mayor? Why does he hate tall buildings so much? And what is his big vision for the land at B…
4 years, 4 months ago
Is Drill music is driving knife crime, and how to elevate youth in the city
Season 5 Episode 6
In the wake of the tragic death in Lawrence Hill, Neil chats to Darren Alexander who runs Aspiration Creation Elevation (ACE), a music mentoring orga…
4 years, 4 months ago
New Green Party co-leader on being a party of government as well as protest
Season 5 Episode 5
Carla Denyer, an elected councillor in the city, has just won the leadership of the Greens alongside Adrian Ramsay. With Labour shifting to the right…
4 years, 5 months ago
Why he's proud to be a big bald Bristolian making it in the industry
Season 5 Episode 4
Joe Sims is a well-known actor from Bristol. Having made it through the ranks of a notoriously elitist industry with a working-class background, Joe …
4 years, 5 months ago
Sexual entertainment, dance floor etiquette and the vital recovery of a bruised industry
Season 5 Episode 3
After a long stint working in Bristol's nightlife, in March Carly Heath was appointed by the council as Bristol's first ever Night-time Economy Advis…
4 years, 5 months ago
Crime, riots and institutional racism in policing
Season 5 Episode 2
Elected in May 2021, Mark Shelford is the first party political Police
and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Shelford is
responsib…
4 years, 5 months ago
The faults of the mayoral system, Labour's past failings, and the problematic Merchant Venturers
Season 5 Episode 1
Karin Smyth became Labour MP for Bristol South in 2015 after a career working in the NHS. Since she has had to navigate the political turmoil of Brex…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Special Educational Needs crisis in Bristol
Season 4 Episode 7
Kerry Bailes is a longstanding campaigner for Hartcliffe and a leading voice among parents seeking a solution for the Special Educational Needs and D…
4 years, 7 months ago
Master of the Merchant Venturers on whether they are an all powerful elite club, or just charitable business people
Season 4 Episode 6
The Society of Merchant Venturers often gets talked about in
conspiratorial tones. Forced into the limelight by the toppling of
Colston, the Merchants …
4 years, 7 months ago