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City of 1000 tradesEnd of Season 1! Message from DixyIt's been over a year now since releasing the first episode and decided to have a little break and focus on other things for now, thanks so much to everybody whos contributed either as a guest, a listener, helping behind the scenes or a mixture of all these. We will return Either late 2022 or 2023 but feel free to speak to me whenever or stay updated on the instagram: @BR0121Dixy
2022-04-0104 min
City of 1000 tradesEp.11 DeanI met up with Dean last minute the weekend storm Eunice and storm Dudley where ripping through Birmingham an we discussed our old workplace and how he ended up there at the right time to meet me, moving on to discovering the rave scene together, how smoking weed for 4 years effected him personally and arguing over a television show that may or may not of existed where Orangutans and Chimps are Italian gangsters.
2022-03-0453 minCity of 1000 tradesEp.10 (Nan) JoyceOne of the most important people in my life, my own Nan Joyce, sits down with me to talk about what Birmingham was like for her when she was growing up through little stories, such has nearly being abducted by a paedophile, narrowly avoiding TB and smoking newspapers.
2022-02-0438 minCity of 1000 tradesEp.9 Higher PowerzListen to find out where the name higher powers comes from and what it means to him personally, how going jail was actually the best thing for him in many ways and led to a path of becoming a Personal trainer. We also discuss diet, the worst and best places he's lived and why, how technology changed community an what can be done within community's to prevent young adults going down a path that leads to loss of time.
2022-01-0759 minCity of 1000 tradesEp.8 Barbs (Ahmed)Barbs is an old friend from a telesales job i had a few years ago so we start off reminiscing on the window industry and he tells us how he got started and then worked his way up to, we also hear his first hand account of being hospitalised with Covid in heartlands hospital and he bravely tells us unfortunate experiences he and his family have been through with the virus and the pandemic in general but its important to stay poitive by trying to keep busy leading to how he found crypto and forex trading and what the f...
2021-12-031h 04City of 1000 tradesEp.7 JamesThis months episode I met up with Henney (AKA James) for a catch up on how he fell into a career that he loves by accidental circumstances, what it was like going to university in Salford and the contrast between Birmingham and Manchester (what the hells a barm?), Joining a Rowing team, Hating Tamworth and most importantly eating arachnids.
2021-11-0546 minCity of 1000 tradesEp.6 BenI'm pleased to announce the first guest who's not originally from here but decided Birmingham with the city is for him. Together we look at why he decided to settle here as well as discuss geographical and cultural differences between London and Birmingham sprinkled with a couple of funny story's and a reading of the poem "Cornwall" from Bens recent book; 41 poems: a lockdown therapy.
2021-10-0844 minCity of 1000 tradesEp.5 TomSo this month I meet with Tom for a slightly longer episode than normal who tells some funny story's about men who drive white vans telling white lies, gives us an insight into being a vegan in and outside Birmingham as well as what its been like working on upcoming independent film "Out of Anger" before wrapping up with a discussion centred around the police looking at do and does it actually benefit our community's?
2021-09-0352 min
City of 1000 tradesEp.4 RachelThe first ever female to appear on the show is Rachel and in the episode we discuss how tragedy's and trauma's leave big impacts on children their whole lives, find out what it was like growing up as a goth in Birmingham, as well as talk about the positives and negatives in moving from a lower class area to middle class area.
2021-08-0639 minCity of 1000 tradesIntermission with DixyJust quickly touching base with everybody listening (Thanks!) and letting you know where you can reach me to apply to be on the podcast.
2021-07-0602 minCity of 1000 tradesEp.3 JonnyToday I meet with Jonny to discuss: Leaving your home city for university, Problems with night club bouncers, Birmingham mystery's and ghost stories aswell as answering the all important question, Does Birmingham really have more canals than Venice?
2021-06-0431 minCity of 1000 tradesEp.2 JoshIn this episode I get together with BRO121's very own Josh, where we discuss working from home during the corona lockdowns, what it means to have Birmingham pride, rehabilitating convicts in college and much more.
2021-05-0831 minCity of 1000 tradesEp.1 Kamintroducing the show for the first time ever is host Dixy with the one and only Kam who talks on the different areas in Birmingham he's lived and what he thinks as well as a little bit of insight into his background and personal thoughts.
2021-04-0228 min