Podcast Episodes

We’ve Got Your Boy - Episode 3 - Doli Capax (Capable of ‘Evil’)

Episode 3

The murder of James Bulger in 1993 by two 10-year-old boys was an horrific act of violence that essentially led to a huge change in the country’s you…

5 months ago

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We've Got Your Boy - Episode 2 - Can't Meet His Needs

Episode 2

After a spate of serious youth violence last year, a wide-ranging review was launched by the Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership – a group of organisati…

5 months, 1 week ago

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We've Got Your Boy - Episode 1 - Hurt people, hurt people

Episode 1

In early 2024, three teenage boys were fatally stabbed on Bristol’s streets within 18 days. It was a grim start to the new year – one that thrust the…

5 months, 1 week ago

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We've Got Your Boy - Series Trailer

We've Got Your Boy is a new investigative podcast series on school exclusions, child imprisonment, and the roots of serious youth violence. Starting …

5 months, 1 week ago

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DIY wealth redistribution, with Bristol Redistro’s Frances Howe

Season 15 Episode 2

Taxing and redistributing wealth to reduce inequality is an idea popular on the left, and is being pushed by some politicians including Green Party l…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Unpacked – Darren Jones: from Lawrence Weston to Starmer’s right-hand man

Season 15 Episode 1

Bristol North West MP Darren Jones is a man whose political rise has been rapid.

From growing up in a Lawrence Weston council flat to representing his…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Unpacked - WECA Mayor Helen Godwin: redefining regional leadership and sorting out the buses

Season 14 Episode 11

Our guest today is no stranger to the show. Back in 2020, Neil spoke with Helen Godwin when she was a Bristol City Councillor. A lot has changed sinc…

9 months ago

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Lee Haskins: The world champ boxer who never left Lockleaze

Season 14 Episode 10

Neil scored a conversation with Bristol's homegrown boxing legend, Lee Haskins. You might know him as a former world champion, but today, ten years o…

9 months, 1 week ago

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PJDS E018: Mike Jay & the radical history of nitrous oxide

Season 14 Episode 9

So, this is a bit of a break from the usual, but we figured the lessons we can learn from radicals 200 years ago are every bit as relevant as those f…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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Unpacked - Mythbusting Islam & Islamophobia, with Rizwan Ahmed

Season 14 Episode 8

Warning: Contains discussions about grooming gangs in the second half

This week it’s another episode of Bristol Unpacked. Islam is back in the firing …

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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