The Listening Project
Summary: Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today and preserve it for future generations.
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Podcasts:
Conversations between two guitar-makers, two people associated with the Little Angel Puppet Theatre, and two meditative wild swimmers, introduced by Fi Glover
Conversations between mothers and daughters about losing your voice, losing your sight, and inspiring art, all introduced by Fi Glover.
Conversations between couples who have dealt with serious head injury and with wrongful accusation at work, plus the musician brothers who form the successful band Tinlin, introduced by Fi Glover
Teenagers campaigning on the issue of anorexia, and fathers and daughters dealing with the loss of a family member and the loss of a career, introduced by Fi Glover
Sisters reflect on their childhood in Sedbergh and the difficulties they've both overcome in their lives since, introduced by Fi Glover
Conversations about magic, community and fatherhood, from Devon, Wales and Leeds, introduced by Fi Glover
Gems of youthful wisdom from Suffolk, Devon, Leeds and Leicester as Fi Glover revisits some of the children's conversations featured by The Listening Project over the past two years.
Conversations about being stared at because you look different, being persecuted because you behave differently, and being in love with the land you farm, all introduced by Fi Glover
A moving, one-sided conversation between a mother and her stillborn son, introduced by Fi Glover, together with a couple facing the finiteness of life, and friends debating disability caused by polio or by sport
Conversations between men who have had help to get off the streets, a couple planning a collaborative writing project, and a mother and son who were both boarders, introduced by Fi Glover.
Moving up to secondary school, walking on and caving beneath limestone, and volunteering on the Talyllyn railway all feature in conversations introduced by Fi Glover, from Devon, Cumbria and Wales
Three excerpts from one of the last conversations a mother dying from cancer will have with her adult daughter, introduced by Fi GLover.
The death of a parent, growing up in care, and the skilled use of wheelchairs all feature in conversations between people helped by Children in Need funded charities, introduced by Fi Glover.
A mother and son from Carlisle talk about whose right it was to reveal he was gay, and the depression which both he and his father have experienced, in a conversation introduced by Fi Glover
Conversations about adoption by civil partners, getting around the Underground with a disability, and children dealing with their alcoholic father's death, all introduced by Fi Glover