26 APR 2024 · The Sharp End was an immensely successful health and wellbeing project for older people. It closed in 2023, leaving a massive hole in the lives of hundreds of people who depended on it. Some of them talk about their personal feelings of loss - and the campaign to restore the activities and fellowship that they miss. Recorded 26 April 2024 for the https://our.sharpend.uk/ campaign, amid the hubbub of the main hall at https://www.mildmaycommunitycentre.org/, London N16.

10 JUL 2023 · DJ Mumbles is the host - and Mikie is the guest, talking about music and life in South Africa. Recorded 10 July 2023 at Mildmay Community Centre, London, UK

3 JUL 2023 · DJ Mumbles and Mikie talking about African music and reggae. Recorded 3 July 2023 at Mildmay Community Centre, London, UK

31 MAR 2023 · Polly Mann talks to Hajni Semsei, director of Arbeit Studios, about the development of their Hackney Wick base (‘We take empty spaces - ranging from small 750 sq ft buildings to vast 15,000,sq ft warehouses - and transform them into studio spaces for artists, designers, makers, start-ups and small businesses - to inspire creativity, connect communities and power ideas’). Recorded 31 March 2023 in the Arbeit Trowbridge Talks https://arbeit.org.uk/podcast-studio, Hackney Wick Mentioned: https://www.arbeit.org.uk/about, https://www.hackneyherbal.com/

18 MAR 2023 · Polly Mann (Community Development Worker) summarises the first eight years of the https://www.wickaward.co.uk/. There is more to come. Recorded 17 March 2023 in the Arbeit https://arbeit.org.uk/podcast-studio, Hackney Wick - Links: https://www.thebaduway.com/sports, https://www.hackneyquest.org.uk/, https://www.instagram.com/msandgyc/, https://renaisi.com/, https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/communities-and-social-justice/londons-violence-reduction-unit, https://wickers.org.uk/

17 FEB 2023 · Gifty Naa Dk's post-pandemic message of hope.

20 OCT 2022 · Jeanette describes the consequences of her smoking-related brain aneurysm, and her dilemma over surgery. Recorded 20 October 2022 in the Arbeit Trowbridge Talks podcast studio, Hackney Wick - https://arbeit.org.uk/podcast-studio Links: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/brain-aneurysm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurysm Intro/outro credit: excerpts from Horizontal Drift, Jared C Balogh - https://www.jamendo.com/track/1122560/horizontal-drift

15 OCT 2022 · Photographer Brian with Elma and Tracey, talking about his passion for his art and his community. Recorded at the Generation Inspire photo exhibition (Hackney Quest and Rise365), 15 October 2022 in the Arbeit Trowbridge Talks podcast studio, Hackney Wick - https://arbeit.org.uk/podcast-studio Links: https://brianwhar.com, https://www.instagram.com/brain_war, https://www.hackneyquest.org.uk, https://www.rise365.co.uk

15 OCT 2022 · Colette is CEO of Hackney Quest – a dazzling support and mentoring project for young people and families. Recorded at the Generation Inspire photo exhibition (Hackney Quest and Rise365), 15 October 2022 in the Arbeit Trowbridge Talks podcast studio, Hackney Wick - https://arbeit.org.uk/podcast-studio Link: https://www.hackneyquest.org.uk

15 OCT 2022 · Omari Smith talks to Elma Twomey and Tracey J Boothe about how he got started as a portrait and fashion photographer with the help of Hackney Quest. Recorded at the Generation Inspire photo exhibition (Hackney Quest and Rise365), 15 October 2022 in the Arbeit Trowbridge Talks podcast studio, Hackney Wick - https://arbeit.org.uk/podcast-studio Links: https://www.instagram.com/capturedbyomari, https://omari-photography1.webnode.co.uk/, https://www.hackneyquest.org.uk, https://www.rise365.co.uk