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FootprintsBath's Industrial Past and PresentThis month's episode explores Bath’s industrial past and the enormous changes in the landscape Bath has seen over the decades, since many of the factories have disappeared. Bath’s architectural landscape is often only viewed as Georgian or Roman and we forget that it has had an illustrious industrial past.We meet Peter Dunn, who from the age of 7 wanted to build cranes. He was taken on as an apprentice by Stothert and Pitt, Bath's 'Crane maker to the World', and he is responsible for restoring one of their oldest cranes, which now sits outsi...2025-07-0345 min
FootprintsThe Waters of BathThe UK's largest free celebration of nature returns to Bristol and Bath from 7th -15th June and the theme of the festival this year is water. So in this episode of Footprints, we celebrate the river Avon and the Kennet and Avon canal surrounding Bath. The Canal and River Trust volunteers are out on their workboat Sulis twice a week, keeping the waterways clear of rubbish and weeds. We go along for the ride as they take their boat up to its summer mooring on the canal. They cover the river Avon from Hanham...2025-06-0143 min
FootprintsThe Ups and Downs of BathIn this episode we explore three of the Downs of Bath. It's debatable how many there are in Bath - some say seven others say 9...We start up on Bannerdown which sits up above Batheaston and has been common land since the early 18th century. Secretary of the Bannerdown Freeholders Association, Rob Kendall shows us around.Next we head over to Lansdown to find out about the new Tramper Trail. Nicole Daw from the Cotswold National Landscape tells us about how they, together with Bathscape have developed a new accessible route around Lansdown. B...2025-05-0643 min
FootprintsUsing the Bathscape for LeisureJoin us this month as we explore some of the many ways Bathonians use the beautiful Bathscape in their free time. The episode gets going at the saturday morning parkrun up at the National Trust skyline. Parkrun celebrated its 20th anniversary last October and there are now said to be 10m registered runners in 23 different countries. Parkruns are completely free. You can walk, run, jog, volunteer or spectate. It is a 5k course and takes place every Saturday morning. Those who featured in this section were Bath Bats Founder Andy Mullett, Bath Parkrun Founder Helen...2025-04-0739 min
FootprintsBath in LiteratureThis year marks the 250th anniversary since Jane Austen's birth in 1775 and as she lived in Bath from 1801 to 1806, Bath will be celebrating! We find out from the Jane Austen Festival Director Georgia Delve what will be happening in the city this summer. Lizzie Bennet (Pride and Prejudice), aka actor Lauren Falconer talks about Jane Austen's time in Bath and the two novels she set in the city, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.We visit a writer's event at Bath Central Library and meet three local authors, Jenny Knight, J F Penn and David WIlliamson.And...2025-03-0145 min
FootprintsFollies of BathThis month join us as we explore the follies of Bath.They were the thing in the 18th and 19th centuries. If you had cash to splash, why not show it off in the guise of a temple, a tower or a castle?Dr Amy Frost, Senior Curator, Bath Preservation Trust takes me up to the top of Beckford's Tower and talks about the man himself, William Beckford.We enlist the help of the Editor of the Folly Fellowship Magazine Jonathan Holt to try and pin down exactly what a folly is. 2025-02-0742 min
FootprintsA Community Pub CrawlFor our mid-winter episode join us for a pub crawl to three cosy community - owned pubs in and around Bath.The last few years have not been easy for pubs, with the pandemic, rising energy costs and inflation. More than 500 closed their doors in 2023, but community pubs it seems, are thriving.The first pub to be bought by the community was The Red Lion in Preston, Hertfordshire in the early 1980s. According to the Plunkett Foundation, a charity which helps people set up community-owned business, as of January 2024 there were upwards of 180 community-owned pubs i...2024-12-0441 min
FootprintsRenewable BathIn 2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council declared a climate emergency and is aiming for Carbon Neutrality or Net Zero by 2030.In this episode we explore what that means and what some of the challenges are facing the city. What will Bath and the landscape surrounding it look like if it is to be powered by solar and wind farms? How can this be achieved while making sure it keeps its UNESCO World Heritage status?Could areas in Bath and the villages surrounding it one day be powered entirely by local re...2024-11-0836 min
FootprintsTake a Walk on the WansdykeThis month we take a walk on the Wansdyke.Stretching for 35 miles the Wansdyke links Savernake Forest near Marlborough with Maes Knoll just south of Bristol. The eastern section in Wiltshire is the best preserved, but in this episode we explore the western section, the piece that starts at the top of Horsecombe Vale and runs through Odd Down, over Stantonbury Hill Fort and on to Maes Knoll.Many questions surround the construction of the earthwork - who built it? The Romans or the Saxons or someone else? Why was it built? And where exactly...2024-10-0945 min
FootprintsSurfing the GenerationsThis month we take a closer look at the city of Bath through the eyes of its residents. We will hear some wonderful memories shared by those who’ve grown up and spent their lives working in the city.The episode starts with Reconnecting Twerton, a group set up by the Bath CIty Football CLub Foundation. The group is for older residents and aims to connect older residents with each other, combating loneliness, sharing stories and having a lot of fun. Three of its members share stories about their lives. The Foundation's Health and Wellbeing officer Chris Ga...2024-09-0945 min
FootprintsHedgelaying, Scything and Dry Stone Walling!This month we head out into the countryside to find out about the many traditional and ancient skills using only hand tools and age-old techniques, including scything, hedge laying and dry stone walling.Local expert Mike Reed tells us all about hedgelaying, why it's done and what is different about the North Somerset style.We head up to Lyncombe Hill Fields and meet Maurice Tennenhaus leading a team of scythers. Presenter Pommy Harmar gets a lesson in scything from scything maestro Dave Pegler.Robin Morley leads the Cotswold Wardens Dry Stone Walling team...2024-08-0240 min
FootprintsFull Steam Ahead!Join Dan Merrett (Manager) and Lucy Bartlett (Community Projects Officer) from Bathscape as they transport presenter Pommy Harmar by electric bike along two disused railway tracks across the Bathscape. We start in Saltford on the Bristol to Bath Railway Path, which follows the route of the Midland Railway Mangotsfield and Bath branch line, which was closed during the Beeching Axe of the 1960s.We meet Colin Maggs, a railway historian and the author of more than 100 books about British Railways. He was awarded an MBE in 1993 for services to railway history and an honorary MA...2024-07-0449 min
FootprintsBath City FarmThis month's episode celebrates Bath CIty Farm.Situated on a beautiful 37-acre site with stunning views over the city, Bath City Farm is a working farm, that’s also a much loved visitor attraction. On the site there is a community cafe and farm shop, farm animals, children’s playground, woodland and nature trails. Entrance is free however donations are very welcome.In this episode you will meet a varitety of farm animals with livestock coordinator Ella Holmes.And on the way we will talk to:Sarah Davies, Programme Lead...2024-06-0741 min
FootprintsBirding in BathThis episode is published on International Dawn Chorus Day which takes place on the first Sunday of May every year and this year it’s Sunday May 5th. It is a worldwide celebration of nature's greatest symphony and in this show we want to celebrate birds in general, the birds of Bath and their incredible songs. One of the main reasons that birds like to sing at dawn is that it’s quieter then, the air is usually very still and birdsong has been shown to carry 20 times further at dawn. Remember you don't have to head out to a...2024-05-0539 min
FootprintsBath Goes GardeningThis month, as spring gets properly into its stride, we go gardening.We start with Carol Stone, one of the volunteers from Alice Park Community Garden down below Larkhall on the London Road. If you have always wanted to know how to stop slugs and aphids munching your beans, well - listen in..Marion Harney, Professor of Buildings and Landscape Conservation at University of Bath takes us around Sydney Gardens, the only Georgian Pleasure Gardens left in the UK and tells us how the Georgians liked to have fun.Amie Cook, Community Ecologist...2024-04-0442 min
FootprintsGeology of BathIn this episode we take a deep dive underneath the city of Bath and discover the geology that underpins it.Professor Maurice Tucker from the Bath Geological Society tells us about the father of Geology, William Smith Mike Williams is a landscape historian and ecologist and he talks about the affect of the landscape on settlement and biodiversity. He also shows us petrification in action!Finally in our feature we go underground! Simon Hart, Managing Director and Owner of Hartham Park Stone Mine takes us down the mine where we meet a 16 ton...2024-03-0142 min
FootprintsBath in FilmFor this episode you will need to grab your popcorn, dim the lights and settle down for a magical journey to the heart of the filmmaking industry in the historic city of Bath.Rachel Bowers from the Bath Film Office describes the process for bringing upwards of two hundred actors and crew into the heart of the city to film.Charlie McCLoud gives us his very own ‘Life in the day of an Extra’. Plus the Holburne Museum's Chief Operating Officer Emma Morris tells us the inside story of working in a building which...2024-02-1232 min
FootprintsThree Grand Schemes!This month we celebrate three grand projects happening in Bath - Cleveland Pools, Beckford's Tower and Bathampton Meadows.Cleveland Pools - back in 1801 a new bylaw was passed - the Bathwick Water Act. It prohibited nude bathing in the river Avon and so was born Cleveland pools because the swimmers had nowhere to swim.Cleveland Pools is only a short walk the other side of Sydney Gardens and has recently reopened to the pubic following years of planning and designing, lottery applications and of course the building works. Now, with its highly modern h...2023-12-0136 min
FootprintsBath at NightThe autumn has arrived and it’s that time of year to hunker down and stay warm. It's the perfect season to explore the nighttime in and around Bath. In this episode we find out about the night sky and visit the Herschel museum where Uranus was discovered back in the 18th century. We’ll hear about the owls in Newton St Loe, delve into the reasons why some animals are nocturnal and our very own batman Dan Merrett will take us on a bat walk around Combe Down.In this episode we start by meet...2023-11-0742 min
FootprintsRadical BathThis month is about Radical Bath which over the centuries has had a rich underbelly of radicalism and rebellion with its streets home to rallies and riots. Andrew Swift takes us on a walk around Bath where we hear about the struggle to get the vote and the importance of Chartism in the city. Professor Emerita June Hannam tells us about the suffragette movement and how Eagle House became a refuge for suffragettes when they came out of prison.Annie Beardsley remembers taking a show with Bath Natural Theatre Company to support the S...2023-10-0946 min
FootprintsFarming in BathWe're celebrating our 20th episode this month! And it's all about the world of farming. But first - Lucy Bartlett has just organised Bathscape’s seventh highly popular annual walking festival and she updates us on what to expect this year.We visit local farmer Bob Honey who talk about his prize herd of Herefords and he's a man knows the difference between a Brown Snout, a Slack me girdle and the ten commandments. He is a cider apple farmer!Biddy introduces us to her alpacas on her farm within 10 minutes wa...2023-09-2043 min
FootprintsWhat did the Romans ever do for Bath?So what did the Romans ever do for Bath?Why did they come? What did they contribute? What impact did they have over the 400 or so years they were here? To find some answers, this month we travel back two thousand years.Bob Whitaker, Archaeological Adviser BACAS (Bath and Counties Archaeological Society) specialises in the Romans and describes the route they first constructed to reach Bath. He talks about the Roman lead mines in the Mendips and also the impact that geophysics has had on archaeology.We take a tour around t...2023-08-0138 min
FootprintsHaile Selassie in BathThis month we investigating the time when Haile Selassie came to live here in Bath, in exile. We find out about this remarkable African royal figure, seen as 225th in the line of the king of kings of Ethiopia. Not only a monarch whose roots are considered to reach back as far as King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, but also a man revered in his lifetime and now, as God incarnate by followers of the Rastafarian faith.Princess Esther Sellassie Antohin, great granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie joins us from Addis Ababa and gives us...2023-07-0641 min
FootprintsThe Love of TreesWelcome to this June episode of Footprints in which we are celebrating trees.There are two nature inspired festivals happening in Bath this month and we bring you news of both of them. Dr Penny Hay and Andrew Grant talk about the Forest of Imagination taking this year, the Assembly Rooms as its inspiration and also we’ll explore the Festival of Nature with Director Savita WIlmott, which is in its 20th year and is including some special tree walks.Joe McSorley, Lead Ranger for the National Trust in Bath, joins us from Prior Park La...2023-06-0640 min
FootprintsThe Call of the WildThis month we celebrate wildlife enthuiasts. It’s springtime and we thought we’d bring the outside in and isten to the call of the wild.We start the show at Bath city Farm and meet Ribin the Robin. Naturalist Mike WIlliams tells us his story. Staying at Bath City Farm, Bathscape's Lucy Bartlett surveys newts and we hear how the newt population is doing in the farm's ponds. Catherine Turner takes us on a walk towards Englishcombe and hunts for for spiders.Alan Rayner is a specialist in mosses...2023-05-0547 min
FootprintsWellbeing in NatureThis month it is all about Wellbeing and how getting out and about especially into nature does us the world of good. Walking is a great form of exercise; but it’s also a time to think, reflect and maybe slow down and notice the details and the beauty of the world around us.We start up at Bath University where in March, it was BE WELL WEEK and Bathscape’s walking festival organiser Lucy Bartlett put on a wellbeing walk for students. Some of the students talked about why they had come on the walk.Ch...2023-04-0338 min
FootprintsArt in the LandscapeThis month we are serving up a fabulous trio of local Bath artists who, using a variety of materials and techniques, are united in their love of landscape and the creatures and plants that make it their home.Bathscape Manager Dan Merrett starts us off in the Victoria Art Gallery with a history tour of artists who have painted the Bath landscape since 1730. Jessica Palmer shows us round her first ever solo exhibition in the Victoria Art Gallery - free to visit until 11th April 2023. Jessica's clients include Disney Pixar and English Heritage. In her...2023-03-0142 min
FootprintsLiving Working BathIn this episode we delve into Bath’s social history exploring the world of work and housing from the industrial revolution right up to the present day.We set the scene with Stuart Burroughs - Stuart has been the Director of the Museum of Bath at Work for the last 30 years. In a nutshell the museum celebrates the city’s commercial development since Roman times. The photographic exhibition along with some amazing reconstructed workplaces and workshops are all beautifully exhibited at the museum which opens again at weekends from 18th February 2023.Twerton artist Diana Ahmed shows...2023-02-0337 min
FootprintsTourism in Bath, Past and PresentThis month we're celebrating tourism in Bath - discovering what has drawn people to live in or visit Bath since neolithic times. Paul Simons is the man who brought Thermae Baths to the city and is now Chair of the Trustees of the Cleveland Pools Project. In addition he is also the Secretary General of the Great Spa Towns of Europe! This is a world heritage site covering 7 countries and 11 internationally famous spa towns. He tells us about this and how Bath Spa has been re-invented 5 times in its history.Kirsten Elliott, historian and Mayor...2022-12-0142 min
FootprintsThe Wonders of Bath StoneThis month we find out about Bath Stone - where it was mined and who was behind it.Chief Executive Miranda Litchfield shows us around the Museum of Bath Stone which sits right on top of the now disused Combe Down Stone Mines.It's Halloween so we asked our very own batman, Dan Merrett to show us behind the scenes of the batcave and tell us what happened to the bats that made the stone mines their home.Finally we take a tour of Prior Park Landscape Gardens. Now owned by the National...2022-11-0237 min
FootprintsCommunity GrowersThis month’s episode discovers the community of growers and gardeners in and around Bath. In recent years there’s been a resurgence with more people coming together to grow and share food, care for the land they live near or on - maybe in an effort to help communities tackle some of the challenges we’re all facing. Hamish Evans, co-founder of Middle Ground Growers tells me about their market garden, Weston Spring Farm, nestling just below Kelston Roundhill in Weston. They deliver organic veg boxes to 120 local households by bike. Their farm goes beyond sustainabilty and oper...2022-10-0332 min
FootprintsWalking Festival MagicIt’s September and it's time for Bathscape's wonderful annual walking festival!!The episode begins with an interview on the top of Landsdown with Stephen Bird. Stephen has recently retired from being head of Heritage Services for BaNES Council. He is very enthusiastic walker and talks about his favourite walks in Bath, the joys of long distance walking and a sponsored walk between the three UNESCO World heritage sites of Avebury, Stonehenge and Bath. He gives us the benefit of his background in heritage and archaeology and brings to life the beautiful synergy of both the heritage an...2022-09-0637 min
FootprintsMeadows, Seeds and Yellow RattleBack on land this month after two episodes on the water - this time we are exploring the wonderful world of meadows. From Bath city centre, I walk up to meet with Anita Breeze and Chris Kinchin-Smith, two of the Directors of the Friends of Lyncombe Hill Fields where they show me their newly created meadows and the second UK site of a Tiny Forest!I then walk over to Smallcombe Vale meeting Bathscape Manager, Dan Merrett on the way to find out from National Trust Assistant Ranger Issy Troth and George Cook, Avon WIldlife...2022-08-0141 min
FootprintsBeaver spotting with Bevis WattsJuly's episode is a fabulous exploration of the River Avon. Listen closely to see if we spot beavers!Part 2 of our canals and river explorations takes us looking for beavers with Bevis Watts, CEO of Triodos Bank, ex CEO Avon WIldlife Trust. Also we venture into Alison Peach's garden to see where otters come to visit from the depths of the river.Anna Baker tells us about the Cleveland Pools Project where the fully restored pools will soon be open to the public and which from spring 2023 will be heated by a heat...2022-07-0139 min
FootprintsPaddling the canals of BathIn a 2-part series of the canals and rivers of Bath, this month we paddle along the Somersetshire Coal and the Kennet and Avon canals, and find out how they contributed to the building of Bath. We meet a woman who runs pottery workshops from her boat and a man who illuminates the life of a 'continuous cruiser'. Finally I hitch a ride on the back of Dan's bike to the Claverton Pumping Station where we explore the early industrial revolution and meet the machine which has pumped water up to the Kennet and Avon...2022-06-1635 min
FootprintsA path through the treesThis episode is all about trees!We find out about Bath's plans for a series of tree trails and meet the trees in Hedgemead Park with tree enthusiast Fiona Bell.Woodland Trust site manager Joe Middleton gives us his expert knowledge and experience with ash dieback. And we go wassailing at Bath City Farm with 'January' played by Oliver Langdon from Kilter Theatre Company. Tom Sheppard, High Sheriff of Somerset and Cllr June Player, Mayor of Bath make an appearance.For more information about Bathscape visit www.bathscape.co.uk2022-05-0334 min
FootprintsOne farm through one centuryThis episode is all about farming. In fact it’s all about one farm, and we hear from 4 generations of people connected with the farm since its beginnings 105 years ago. When the Ashcombe Estate was sold off in 26 lots in 1917, Marianne Brunt's grandparents bought Lot 4, Manor Farm Langridge. Our story starts with her as she grew up at Tadwick farm across the valley. We then meet Rachel de Fossard whose family farmed there for 50 years, before meeting the current owners Donald MacIntyre and Jane Lipington. Finally Donald's daughter Laurie talks about her work on the far...2022-04-0137 min
FootprintsDeath in ParadiseIn this episode we look back at how we remember our ancestors and loved ones in Bath.We start at the Bath workhouse burial ground where 3000+ people were buried in unmarked graves in a field on the Wellsway near St Martin's Hospital. We hear from Richard White from Bath Spa University who created the Walking the Names project and on that day, Bathscape had organised an event to plant more than 40 trees as one way to memorialise the people buried there.John Payne tells us about the workhouse and how his great grandparents are buried...2022-03-0132 min
FootprintsVisions of BathStarting off season 2 with Visions of Bath, this episode has been inspired by Bathscape’s Views and Vistas project where volunteers are researching and monitoring historically important viewpoints and where appropriate, restoring or enhancing them.We see the city from three different hill tops and I am joined by people who have worked or walked the land for decades. Starting on Twerton Round Hill, Di Sheppard, Landscape Architect with Bath and North East Somerset Council gives an insight into why Bath is a UNESCO World Heritage site and introduces us to her favourite word palimpsest!...2022-02-0240 min
FootprintsSeason 2 TrailerSeason 2 is about to take off.....find out more in our short trailer!For more information about Bathscape visit: www.bathscape.co.ukProduced by Pommy Harmar2022-01-3102 min
FootprintsAnd finally it's the festival itself!Welcome to our second episode in September - this one following Bathscape's highly successful 2021 walking festival!I caught up with Lucy Bartlett before she went off on a much deserved rest, to find out how the festival had gone.Walks - we hear in turn from:LGBTQ+ Social History walk with Robert HowesMy Postcard Walk to You with Victoria WellsBath's Uncomfortable Past with MR B's Emporium of Reading Delights - a walk discovering Bath's links to the transatlantic slave trade with Mr D (aka Sam Drew) and...2021-09-2947 min
FootprintsGetting excited about the festival!This is the first of a two-parter for September!It's only a few days until the festival starts and we hear all about it from the festival's tireless planner and organiser Lucy Bartlett. There are 73 walks on offer this year with something for everyone from social history to postcard-making to long rambles through Bath's beautiful countryside.Sign up now HERE!Where do walking festivals originate? I dig down a little and discover Hebden Bridge Walkers Action group are behind the Walkers Are Welcome initiative which has led to the development of more than 150...2021-09-0824 min
FootprintsCelebrating the Cotswolds while exploring heritageIt's August and in this episode we hear all about the Cotswold Way as it celebrates 50 years. Margaret Reid, Head Warden for the Cotswolds Natural Landscapes and Nicole Daw the Trails and Access Officer join us. Lucy Bartlett gives us the latest on the walking festival. Sign up for walks here.And in our Wise Words for Walking Women section we talk about safety - first aid kits, blisters, power banks and an amazing way to find and communicate your location very precisely - What3wordsWe finish with a walk recorded very...2021-08-1039 min
FootprintsSteppin' out long distanceWelcome to the July episode of Bathscape's Footprints Podcast!This month we meet Bristol Steppin Sistas, a hugely popular new walking group for women of colour. Sophie Brown and Ruth Pitter tell us about their love of walking, what they get up to with the group and descibe some of the barriers women of colour face when venturing into the countryside.Plus ... in our section Wise Words from Walking Women, we turn the tables and Lucy finds out from me about the joys and mechanics of long distance walking.... And finally ... Lucy goes...2021-07-1236 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with Bristol Steppin SistasWe know many more people have made time in the last year to get out into the countryside, to walk more and notice nature that surrounds us. But how easy is it for people of colour to feel comfortable in the UK countryside? We hear from Sophie Brown and Ruth Pitter from Bristol Steppin Sistas,
ALSO - music from Bristol Beacon's new project A Song for Bristol - this time a track from Grove and Hope Creative
PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Music:
https://www.youtube...2021-06-2122 min
FootprintsRambling over to BristolWelcome to the June epiosde of Bathscape's Footprints Podcast!This month we celebrate the Ramblers and talk to Chair of Bath Ramblers Mary Young and footpath maintenance officer wizard Keith Weller.Plus ... in our section Wise Words from Walking Women, Lucy and I talk about footwear - fabric or leather, boots or trainers, on pair of socks or two.... And finally ... I spend the day with good friend, radio colleague and ex-Bath resident Angel Mel trying out the Go Jauntly app which takes us both on a history tour of St Paul's courtesy...2021-06-1532 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with UWE student Timea FarkasEducation for students of all ages has thrown up enormous challenges during the pandemic. How has life been for journalism students learning how to make contacts, obtain interviews and generally keep on track of what is going on in the world? University of the West of England Journalism student Timea Farkas talks about completing her final year during lockdown.
ALSO - we've got more fabulous, stirring music from the irresistible and completely watchable Clark family
PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch...2021-06-0828 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with The British Pilgrimage TrustIn this episode we find out about the rise in the popularity - in the last year - of making a pilgrimage. We interview The British Pilgrimage's Trust project leader of the Old Way - an ancient pilgrimage route from Southampton to Canterbury, and she gives tips on the process from finding accommodation to setting an intention. ALSO - we've got a beautiful track Human from American singer India Carney
PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REj6hnPtaHw (Human, India...2021-05-2424 min
FootprintsCIrcling Bath with the help of cakeWelcome to Bathscape's May Footprints Podcast!This episode goes out in the middle of Mental Health Awareness Week with the theme this year of Nature. So who better to talk to than Tom and Maria, two volunteers from Bath Mind.Plus ... in our section Wise Words from Walking Women, Lucy and I discuss our favourite picnic food and snacks to take on a walk.... And finally ... I spend the day at the Julian House Circuit of Bath 20-mile fundraising walk and put my microphone in the way of some of the 700 intrepid walkers!2021-05-1138 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with artist Susan ThomsonWe interview artist https://www.susanthomson.co.uk/p/about.html (Susan Thomson) who gives us her thoughts about the pandemic and talks about her new film essay https://circaartmagazine.net/the-cytokine-storms/ (The Cytokine Storms) in which she explores the colonial echoes of the UK government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic
ALSO - we've got a stunning brand new track Willing from https://ladynade.co.uk/ (Lady Nade) - she says:
'Willing is a message of acceptance, loyalty and friendship, particularly poignant after this prolonged period of separation. All too often we try to be the person we think ot...2021-05-0925 minThe QuarantiniA Year of The Quarantini - more celebrating!Still celebrating the past year, in this episode, we hear from Bristol-based digital artist https://www.lucyjturner.co.uk/ (Lucy Turner) about how she responded to the virus in her work... ALSO - two more of our favourite music tracks!
PLUS - we tell the story of the pandemic through the astonishing breadth of ingenuity and creativity we unearthed here in Bristol, the UK and around the world.....
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=holderness+family+quarantine+is+not+quite+over (Quarantine is not quite over, The Holderness Family)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNCopmqsw1Q (Mr...2021-04-2628 min
FootprintsNavigating Bath from west to eastWelcome to Bathscape's April Footprints Podcast!In this episode we start in the west of Bath and meet up with Jim Hardman, local community-minded, outdoor enthusiast from Whiteway. He talks about what he loves about the area and how it’s changed over the years.Plus ... in our section Wise Words from Walking Women, Lucy tells me how not to get lost! This month it's maps, apps, books and all things navigation. And finally ... National Trust Ranger Tabi Collins guides us on a circular walk up and down the steep south-eastern slopes of th...2021-04-1536 min
The QuarantiniA Year of The Quarantini!In our anniversary episode we bring you a story of the pandemic as told by our interviewees over the last year. ALSO - three of our favourite music tracks!
PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f91fPXC3wRU (Happy Together, The Colt Family)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-1YI-neupU (Massive Attack, Young Fathers, Professor Guy Standing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEWdpK1u02k (The Getaway, Old Bones Collective)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqR9qi0BvFA (Ho)https...2021-04-1042 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with Andrew Blaney from Underfall YardIn this episode as we start thinking seriously about emerging from lockdown, the Underfall Yard in Bristol Harbour is also making its perparations. Andrew Blaney tells us all about it. ALSO - we've got some drum and base this week from Dr Meaker!
PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZLUNsVwmJk (Here and Now, Dr Meaker)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqR9qi0BvFA (Ho)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBh_i5cvbFY (t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old...2021-03-2727 min
FootprintsIntroducing the Bathscape Walking FestivalWelcome to Bathscape's first Footprints Podcast!In this episode we have an interview with Bathscape Walking Festival organiser, Lucy Bartlett. She talks about what we can expect from the upcoming festival in September and how to get involved.Plus ... in our section Wise Words from Walking Women, Lucy tells me what's in her rucksack! This month it's all about gear and we discuss waterproofs, walking poles and rucksacks. And finally ... Bathscape Manager Dan Merrett takes us on a circular walk around Fox Hill, Horsecombe Vale, the two tunnels cycle path, South Stoke and...2021-03-1132 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with the Dhaqan CollectiveWe kick off season 5 with an interview with three women from the https://www.dhaqan.org/ (Dhaqan Collective). Fozia Ismail, Asmaa Jama and Ayan Cilmi talk about their project https://www.dhaqan.org/projects (Camel Meat and Cassette Tapes) - an artistic soundscape about the tradition of the UK Somali community sending cassette tapes back and forth with recordings of their lives. Camel meat was chewed while they listened to news of their families to get them in the mood! ALSO - we've chosen a truly beautiful music track from Algerian singer Siem Folknomade.
PLUS - we bring you our...2021-03-1030 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with the creators of 'Nature Through Her Eyes'We finish off season 4 with an interview with three remarkable women who are behind the festival and 4-part documentary https://vimeo.com/499208957 ("Nature Through Her Eyes" )which airs on March 8th 2021 on https://curiositystream.com/ (CuriosityStream). The interview features https://www.producem.co.uk/ (Emma Tyrell,) Development Executive and Festival Producer; https://saint-thomas.net/ (Jacqueline Farmer,) Film Director and Producer and https://www.gailjenkinson.co.uk/ (Gail Jenkinson), Director of Photography. They talk about the world of Natural History film-making mainly being dominated by white men and how this needs to change. In a time of climate crisis, stories about...2021-03-0127 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with Oona Chanfi from Creative Youth Network and Rife MagazineIn this episode we feature an interview with Bristolian 20 year old creative Oona Chanfi who has recently had her photographs published in Rife Magazine. She talks about the project - https://www.rifemagazine.co.uk/2020/11/black-photography-commission-portraits-and-multiculturalism/ (10 portraits entitled Multiculturalism, )being mixed race and having more than one culture and what its like growing up in multicultural Bristol but still being part of a largely white community. Her photograhs are absolutley stunning. ALSO - we've chosen two tracks this time. We are honoured to be given permission to play Idles' latest track Carcinogenic which they perform in various empty and unused...2021-02-1532 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with Project MamaIn this episode we celebrate birth with Project Mama! CEO Fiona Mann tells us all about this project that supports pregnant refugees, asylum seekers and trafficked women and how it's been for them during the pandemic. ALSO - reggae music from Jah Garvey, a singing bus driver from Bristol!
PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mst7rSsMjwI (Brand New Day - Jah Garvey)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBh_i5cvbFY (Hot Flu - Seb Gutiez, the Old Bones Collective )- opening...2021-02-0127 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with Sunita Welch in the Brecon Beacons!How do we resolve the tensions between getting out into the countryside with managing the numbers? Given the experience of our national parks last summer, when reluctance to travel abroad and fantastic weather meant thousands more of us flocked to beauty spots, how are they beginning to plan for this spring and summer coming? Sunita Welch, Public Engagement Manager for the Brecon Beacons gives us her views.
ALSO - we've discovered Sea Shanties and TikTok.... yes they go together and this week we bring you a TikTok sea-shanty mash-up!
PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the...2021-01-1923 min
The QuarantiniUn Quarantini en français!Bienvenue dans notre épisode bonus en français! Dans cet épisode un peu spécial, nous avons une interview depuis Paris!
Et... une liste des meilleures initiatives de l’année depuis le début de la crise...
Et... un poème de l’artiste et art thérapeute Léonard Pietri: “Terre iodée”.
Et.... de la musique avec une chanson de la star française: Vanessa Paradis!
Concernant l'interview, Melissa a dit:
"Je voulais parler de vivre deux lockdown et/ou confinements en un an, du Royaume-Uni et de Paris, ma ville natale, et des industries créative...2020-12-2828 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with Marjorie HacheWhat has it been like to go through the last year and be in lockdown in Paris. Or Scotland! And what has it been like for the music industry. In this episode we talk to Majorie Hache, a Scottish/French music journalist who tells us all about it. ALSO - we've chosen one of our favourite pieces of music from the year - one which marks the lockdowns we have and are going through - it's called Gotta Be Patient and it's by Stay Homas, a group of musicians who happened to share a flat together in Barcelona and who...2020-12-1535 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with Dr Gemma Burgess and the digital divideThe pandemic has brought home the desperate need for faster broadband and a UK-wide policy to tackle the growing digital divide. Dr Gemma Burgess from the University of Cambridge has been researching digital poverty in Britain and she tells us about it in this episode. You can read her article https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/BeyondThePandemic_digitaldivide (here). We also hear from Bristol teacher Jason Gillman who is fundraising for laptops for his students who cannot do their school work when self-isolating at home. You can donate https://gf.me/u/y4kcdv (here). ALSO - we celebrate our...2020-11-3029 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with Aisha ThomasIn the year of the pandemic, of George Floyd's murder and the toppling of slave trader Colston's statue here in Bristol, we ask Aisha Thomas, educator and mother what it means to her to be black and to teach black children. We are deilghted to have music from Aldous Harding who is over here recording her latest album and has kindly let us play a track from one of her previous albums - Designer.
PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPB6iPXhkdI (Fixture...2020-11-1627 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with a picture book about griefIn this first episode of season 4, and as the UK heads back into lockdown, we think about grief. In the wake of Bristol's https://goodgrieffest.com/ (Good Grief Festival), we talk to https://www.evahibbs.com/ (Eva Hibbs) author of a picture book called Where is Uncle AL? and together with illustrator https://www.harrisonillustration.com/ (Sarah Harrison), they discuss how the book came about, why we need to get better at talking about death in a more straightforward way and how Covid may be changing our approach to grief.
To find out more or to buy a copy of...2020-11-0231 min
The QuarantiniA Quarantini with the NHSIn the final episode of season 3 we celebrate the NHS. From a We Say No protest and march in Bristol, we hear from NHS nurses including Alex Oldham and Shannon O’Sullivan.
From the Migration Museum, Robyn Kasozi (pictured) talks about the brand new free online exhibition - (https://www.migrationmuseum.org/exhibition/heart-of-the-nation/)
And we have poetry from NHS staff, from the book These Are The Hands, Poems from the Heart of the NHS, Foreword by Michael Rosen, Fair Acre Press. (You can buy it here (https://fairacrepress.co.uk/shop/these-are-the-hands-poems-from-the-heart-of-the-nhs/))
PLUS - our usual round up of po...2020-10-1929 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Holly StoppitIt's all Clowning and Covid this week with clown, clown teacher, drama therapist, Ted Talker and theatre director Holly Stoppit. How does a clown approach the pandemic?
Does clowning help?
How do you even become a clown?
Holly Stoppit (https://www.hollystoppit.com/) reveals all...
PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
PLUS - a huge thanks to world-famous and Bristol-based band IDLES for letting us use one of the tracks - A Hymn - from their brand new album hot off the press only this week!
Music:
es (https://www...2020-10-0529 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with NZ Green Party candidate Celia Wade-BrownWe go to the other side of the planet this week to hear from Green Party candidate and former Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand Celia Wade-Brown. Find out how she feels New Zealand has handled the Covid Crisis and why she thinks The Climate Emergency is more important. We have our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Plus, courtesy of Funnel Music (https://www.funnelmusic.com/), music from Katy Pearson's debut album 'Return', due to be released on 13/11/2020 via Heavenly Recordings.
Music:
, Katy Pearson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJNt_V_UEE )
...2020-09-2100 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with The Mental Health FoundationThe state of our mental health has been around in the news lately and so this week we spoke to Shari McDaid, Senior Policy Manager from the Mental Health Foundation to hear her views on how things have been during lockdown and what needs to happen now.
We have our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Plus music from The Golden Dregs courtesy of Funnel Music (https://www.funnelmusic.com/)
Music:
By Making People Sad), The Golden Dregs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ8H-FDVwnU)
, The Golden Dregs (https://www.youtube.com...2020-09-0700 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Seb Gutiez and The Old Bones CollectiveEpisode 20 is here and is released on August Bank Holiday! To celebrate, our very own Old Bones Collective guitarist Seb Gutiez, decided to share a Quarantini with us this week. He tells us how lockdown has been for him personally and the music industry in general and what he thinks should happen now.
We have our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....
Plus music from the Zen Hussies a band which Seb was in along with TinTin Quarantino aka Jules Landau - see Episode 1 for an interview with him!
Music:
Zen Hussies (https...2020-08-3100 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Pinky Lilani CBEWe are delighted to be joined this week by Pinky Lilani CBE. She is a woman of influence, ideas and huge creativity. She founded Women of the Future, an organisation for women under 35 which includes the network, the Summit, the ambassadors programme and the awards programme. She founded at least three other awards ceremonies including the Asian Women Business awards and she is CEO of Spice Magic. She has written extensively about the importance of kindness in business and talks here about how it is especially critical post-Covid.
We are spending this season highlighting some of the up-and-coming artists, musicians...2020-08-2400 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Guy Standing and Universal Basic IncomeThis week we interview another Professor - this time Guy Standing from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) about Universal Basic Income. Guy has devoted muchg of his career to the subject and talks in this podcast about what it is and why it would work well post Covid.
We are spending this season highlighting some of the up-and-coming artists, musicians and bands that have suffered during lockdown with no live performances. This week, courtesy again of Funnel Music, it's the turn of Make Friends.
As usual, we also bring you a brief round up of ingenious responses to...2020-08-1700 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Professor Martin ParkerSeason 3 kicks off with an interview with Professor Martin Parker from the University of Bristol. His new book - Life after Covid-19 is published on August 12th. It is a collection of 17 essays from a variety of thinkers on a wide range of subjects. Find out in this week's episode which one surprised Martin most!
We are spending this season highlighting some of the up-and-coming artists, musicians and bands that have suffered during lockdown with no live performances. This week, courtesy of Funnel Music, it's the turn of The Desert.
As usual, we also bring you a brief round up...2020-08-1000 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Hassan HajjajThe "Andy Warhol of Marrakech" - artist Hassan Hajjaj joins us this week. He talks about growing up in Morocco and London and how both cultures inspire his art. He currently has an exhibition showing at the Arnolfini in Bristol, UK.
AND Massive Attack feature again with the third in their trilogy of new tracks.
As usual, we also bring you our round up of ingenious responses to the virus from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
Massive Attack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=balF4lf-Rt4)
Maroc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLnkh_IvvPE)
Hosts: Melissa Chemam...2020-08-0300 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with City to SeaWe are delighted to be joined this week by the founder of City to Sea Natalie Fée who joins us for a Quarantini. She talks about single use plastics, masks, PPE and how we can help.
Melissa is back from Paris and gives us a flavour of what is happening over there.
AND Massive Attack feature not once but twice in the show!
As usual, we also bring you our round up of ingenious responses to the virus from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
, Massive Attack (https://www.you tube.com/watch?v=a-1YI-neupU)
Massive Attack (h...2020-07-2700 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Off The RecordThis week it's the turn of young people to tell us how lockdown has been for them and what their hopes are for the future. We also hear from Rhea Warner, a Counsellor from Off The Record - a young people's charity in Bristol, about their work and their experiences of supporting young people and their parents at this time.
Plus audio from Banksy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST4Q6MJNQHg) and music from The Kiffness and The Old Bones Collective
And as usual, we bring you our round up of ingenious responses to the virus from Bristol...2020-07-2000 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with The Last ResortQuarantinis all round for anyone living with their partners during lockdown. This week, Maxine Blystad-Collins, co-host and producer of The Last Resort Relationship Podcast, tells us the secret of how to get along when there's nothing else to do! And - how we can use this exciting time to develop healthy relationships to last long into the future. She is full of positive ideas, tips and information and completely unafraid of conflict. Have a listen!
Plus music from Chico Roze and The Old Bones Collective
And as usual, we bring you our round up of ingenious responses to the virus...2020-07-1300 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Cycling UKThis week we share a Quarantini with Keir Gallagher, Campaigns Manager for Cycling UK. We've all experienced less traffic during lockdown and as we emerge into a new world, we wanted to hear about how more people might be encouraged to keep cycling. Keir talks about the need for properly funded cycling infrastructure in our towns and cities so that everyone will feel safe enough to think of cycling as their first means of transport.
As usual we bring you our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
My Corona Home - ("Kokomo" Parody Song), Jon...2020-07-0600 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with ACHIn this episode we hear from Fuad Mahamad, CEO of ACH, an organisation which supports migrants and refugees. He talks passionately about their entrepreneurial spirit and how with targeted investment, they could be the ones to kickstart the economy as we emerge from lockdown.
As usual we bring you our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
Ron Alan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX8RYZqynio)
Dijwar Khalil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3CGcRNCblU&list=PLlEHWrkpvGHYNDePvbiaXkjxVwtSegUSn&index=2)
Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
Producer: Pommy Harmar
Opening music: The Old Bones...2020-06-2900 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Cllr Cleo LakeThis week we share a Quarantini with Cleo Lake - one of Bristol's Green Party Councillors, Bristol’s former Lord Mayor and ambassador for Bristol’s African-Caribbean culture! She talks about her views for positive change and how her projects have been affected by the lockdown...
We celebrate Refugee Week, Windrush Day and the summer Solstice, plus of course we bring you our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
Servo & Family (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9O9HFVcmZk&list=PLlEHWrkpvGHYNDePvbiaXkjxVwtSegUSn)
Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
Prod...2020-06-2200 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with a BeatboxerKicking off series 2 we have an interview with Bristol-based beatboxer Jack Salt.
We celebrate young people this week and so the music we've chosen is from the wondrous Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids. Following the theme we bring you three young peopole who have made a huge difference tackling Coronavirus in their communities in Cameroon, Indai and Malaysia, plus of course our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
Happy Together, Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f91fPXC3wRU&list=RDf91fPXC3wRU&start_radio=1)
Hosts...2020-06-1500 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Josh ConnollyIn the last of our first series, we're delighted this week to be talking to NACOA (https://www.nacoa.org.uk/), National Association for Children of Alcoholics.
Free helpline: 0800 358 3456
We also have music from Lady Nade and and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
Safe Place, Lady Nade (ww.ladynade.co.uk), Bristol, UK
Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
Producer: Pommy Harmar
Opening & closing music: The Old Bones Collective (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBh_i5cvbFY)2020-06-0800 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini of Joy with Dionne DraperToday's episode is pure joy!
Joining us this week is singer, performer and leader of Sing With Soul, Dionne Draper and she tells us all about her new song and what charities she is raising money for.
We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
Joy, Dionne Draper, Bristol, UK
The Old Bones Collective (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG27TDw2Ivs)
Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
Producer: Pommy Harmar
Opening music: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBh_i5cvbFY) The Old Bones Collective2020-06-0100 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with a Street in QuarantineSam Sayer has created a podcast featuring five residents living in her street, and their lives during lockdown. She tells Melissa all about it.
We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmUXntGlqFI), Brent McCollough, Nashville
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5azNpTwVk8), Chris Mann, LA and Nashville
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOXtKOziD6M), The Starlets, New Zealand
" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygdB-ZE0daY) The Holderness Family (Penn, Kim, Lola and Penn Charles Holderness)
Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
...2020-05-2500 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Kindness By PostIn this episode, Dr Amy Pollard, Founder and Director of the Mental Health Collective talks about one of its projects, Kindness By Post (https://www.kindnessbypost.org/).
We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xABoRtGUV4), written by Bharat Goel
Singer: Gurashish Singh
Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
Producer: Pommy Harmar
Opening and closing music: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBh_i5cvbFY), The Old Bones Collective2020-05-1800 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Josh EggletonWe share a Quarantini with Josh Eggelton (https://www.theponyandtrap.co.uk/the-team/) this week, Michelin-star chef from the Pony and Trap. He tells us about his work with the Bristol Food Union helping to feed Bristol's homeless.
We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.
Music:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd0cN9HZIK8), Stay Homas ft Judit Neddermann
Stay with the Light, Jane Kitto, Perfect Blue Sky
Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
Producer: Pommy Harmar
Opening and closing music: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBh_i5cvbFY...2020-05-1100 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Rosedale HouseThis week we 'visit' Rosedale House, a care home for people with dementia. Manager, Julie Edwards and Deputy Manager, Nikola Penevski tell us about life under lockdown and how the residents and staff are getting on.
We also have our usual round up and excitingly we bring you a recipe for a quarantini made by Derek Brown, author of Spirits, Sugar, Water, Bitters: How the Cocktail Conquered the World.
Music:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh6V4UFru3c), Patrick Sese Buluku
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL0tqZZh1N4), Vanessa Paradis
Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
...2020-05-0400 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Caring in BristolThis week we feature Ben Richardson talking about the work of Caring in Bristol, (https://caringinbristol.co.uk/) whose aim is to end homelessness in the city. Ben talks about the kitchens they have set up with the help of local chefs, to provide 6500 meals per week during the pandemic, to feed Bristol's vulnerable homeless population.
Music:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYgpEcXf2S4) Michael Stipe
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHGJ4f1JJQg), Jimmy Galvin
Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
Producer: Pommy Harmar
Opening and closing music: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBh_i5cvbFY...2020-04-2700 minThe QuarantiniA Quarantini with Tin Tin QuarantinoInterview with TinTin Quarantino
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKY9AKuJNqI), Bobi Wine ft Nubian Lee.
Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar
Producer: Pommy Harmar
Opening and closing music: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBh_i5cvbFY), The Old Bones Collective2020-04-2000 minThe QuarantiniThe Quarantini TrailerA new cocktail for viral times. New weekly podcast out Monday 20th April 2020
Trailer features:
Tin Tin Quarantino
Coronavirus Song, Bobi Wine ft Nubian Lee.
Hosts: Melissa Chemam & Pommy Harmar
Producer: Pommy Harmar
Music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective2020-04-1502 min
Follow The SunTHIRTEENTH MOONOur final podcast of the series ties up the story.Chapter 13 – New Beginnings. Aquarius and Pisces venture onto the high seas with Aries and enjoy a surprising encounter. After the reading Marion ties up loose ends and recaps on aspects discussed during the series.Hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar, Black Pearl Productions.2020-04-1330 minFollow The SunPISCESThis episodes introduces the realm of the Pisces and Marion talks about this sign's characteristics and the scenario behind the story.Chapter 12 – Joys and Sorrows. Aries has victoriously completed his quest and finds out much about the Pisces and their watery world, however, instead of retracing his steps back to the headland, he decides to continue to follow the Sun and chase the horizon. After the reading Marion discusses the great astrological ages.hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar, Black Pearl Productions.2020-04-121h 03Follow The SunAQUARIUSWe are introduced to Aquarius and Marion talks about the characteristics of this sign and the scenario behind the story. Chapter 11 – Expect the Unexpected. Aries arrives in an outlandish fashion. Aquarius explains about his experiments, explorations and innovations. After the reading there is discussion about Uranus and the other outer planets Neptune and Pluto and their significance in the horoscope.Hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar, Black Pearl Productions.2020-04-1133 minFollow The SunSAGITTARIUSThis podcast takes us into the realm of Sagittarius, where we learn about Sag's characteristics and the scenario behind the story.Chapter 9 - Misunderstandings. Aries is miraculously saved by the Centaur and carried across the peaks of the mountain range to Capricorn’s realm. He witnesses the Northern Lights. After the reading there is discussion about Jupiter and its placing in the horoscope.Hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar, Black Pearl Productions.2020-04-0933 minFollow The SunSCORPIOHere we are introduced to the realm of Scorpio and Marion talks about the characteristics of this sign.Chapter 8 – In the Labyrinth. The Shrike creates confusion and doubt, causing the Ram to get lost in the labyrinth, where he has unsettling revelations about himself. Scorpio makes an unsuccessful search for him, and Libra and Scorpio fear he has perished in the depths of the labyrinth, also that the Black Pearl is lost. After the reading Marion discusses the symbolism of Scorpio's eagle and serpent the use of the labyrinth in her story.Hosted and produced by...2020-04-0845 minFollow The SunVIRGOThis episode introduces Virgo and we hear about the characteristics of the sign and the scenario in the story.Chapter 6 – Arrival in Virgo’s Realm. Here the cause and course of the Ram’s journey is on the point of change. Leo is bitten by Scorpio’s Serpent. Libra also enters the scene. After the reading there is further discussion about the difference between the first six signs and the second six, known in the story as the Collective realms.Hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar, Black Pearl Productions.2020-04-061h 00Follow The SunLEOThis episode introduces the characteristics of Leo and its ruling planet the Sun. Plus Marion talks about the ideas behind the scenario and Noman's Land. Chapter 5 – Kindred Spirits. Here we meet the flamboyant King of the Plains where the Ram learns more about friendship and leadership. There is more concerning the mystery of the Black Pearl. After the reading there is discussion about trines in the horoscope.Hosted and presented by Pommy Harmar, Black Pearl Productions.2020-04-0555 minFollow The SunGEMINIThis episode introduces the characteristics of Gemini and its planetary ruler Mercury with ideas behind the scenario. Chapter 3 - Forest Green, Much Unseen. The Gemini tell much about the wider world, of a wicked Shrike who’s disrupting Zodiac, and the discovery of a Black Pearl. After the reading there is more about Mercury and the element of chaos brought by the shrike.Hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar, Black Pearl Productions. 2020-04-0342 minFollow The SunTAURUSThis episode introduces us to the characteristics of Taurus, its planetary ruler Venus and the ideas behind the scenario.Chapter 2 - The First Encounter. Taurus does not welcome strangers to his domain. After the reading there is more astrological insight into the yin and yang of each sign and what sensual Venus can signify in your horoscope.Hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar, Black Pearl Productions. 2020-04-0243 minFollow The SunARIESThis episode introduces the author Marion Mente, who talks about what motivated her to write Follow the Sun and how she came up with the ideas behind the scenarios. Chapter 1 - The Quest Begins. Marion talks about Aries energy and the Ram’s escape to freedom. She explains the sun, moon and ascendant within a chart. After reading the chapter, she gives astrological insight to Mars and what it can signify in a horoscope. Hosted and produced by Pommy Harmar, Black Pearl Productions. 2020-04-0129 min