The Listening Project Podcast
Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.
Episodes to download
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Who Cares?
Sun 19 Dec 2021
Skip diving and foraging, playing Santa and financial hardship at Christmas and beyond.
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Behind the bar of Life
Sun 12 Dec 2021
Hospitality, profound deafness, eco-friendly Christmases and the Republic of Barbados.
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Hard-won Battles
Sun 5 Dec 2021
Fi Glover presents four chats about homelessness, obesity, career changes and toy shops.
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Life Experiences
Sun 28 Nov 2021
Three chats on asylum seekers and homelessness; marriage; men working in a woman's world.
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Changing Hearts and Minds
Sun 21 Nov 2021
Kofi Smiles presents three conversations on climate change, change of faith, surrogacy.
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Men Talking
Sun 14 Nov 2021
Fi Glover presents men-only chats about PTSD, how to be a modern man and racism in sport.
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Welcome to my World
Sun 7 Nov 2021
Life in the shadow of Cop26, how to make a house share work, K-pop and having ginger hair.
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Life-Changing
Sun 31 Oct 2021
Halloween, endometriosis, noise from cars and private planes, and spiking women’s drinks.
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Once Bitten
Sun 24 Oct 2021
Fi Glover presents chats on river pollution, fear of builders, being scammed and clowns.
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Breaking Barriers
Sun 17 Oct 2021
Space, the final frontier; tattoos, facing prejudice and motorbikes with sidecars.
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About Prejudice
Sun 10 Oct 2021
Trucking, decriminalising drugs and post-Covid prejudice against Chinese people.
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Feeling connected
Sun 3 Oct 2021
Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.
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Truth and Representation
Sun 26 Sep 2021
Fi Glover with three conversations about Afghanistan, contested statues and mermaids.
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The Winds of Change
Sun 19 Sep 2021
Three conversations: Afghanistan, working from home and children going off to university.
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Stepping into the Unknown
Sun 12 Sep 2021
Fi Glover presents chats on education, fossil fuels, naturism and losing a loved one.
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Challenging Perceptions
Sun 5 Sep 2021
Three conversations on reading versus gaming, blindness and being a stay at home parent.
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A Meeting of Minds
Sun 29 Aug 2021
Fi Glover presents conversations on food, the name Karen and having Parkinson's Disease.
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Taking Cover
Sun 22 Aug 2021
Fi Glover presents conversations on make-up, dyslexia and student life in pandemic times.
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Life Changing
Sun 15 Aug 2021
Fi Glover presents conversations on beating hearts, climate change & remote working.
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Anything Is Possible
Sun 1 Aug 2021
Cats versus dogs, autograph hunters, Huntington’s Disease and madcap ways of fundraising.
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What Life Throws at you
Sun 25 Jul 2021
Food outlets in Northern Ireland, mental health and exercise, overcoming a criminal past.
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Who are we?
Sun 18 Jul 2021
Conversations on the theme of national identity and being voted ‘best place to live’.
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Looking and listening
Sun 11 Jul 2021
Memories of an unhappy school experience, living with schizophrenia, ballet and stripping.
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Family ties
Sun 4 Jul 2021
From the pressures of caring for a loved one to an unexpected truth for a mum and daughter
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Shared histories
Sun 27 Jun 2021
Two friends share the pain of being widowed, plus 50 years of women's football in England.
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Surviving and thriving
Sun 13 Jun 2021
A conversation about surviving childhood abuse and using the experience to help others.
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The Listening Project
Sun 6 Jun 2021
Second homes, holiday lets and the growing impact on Welsh communities, Elvis tribute act.
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A Life's Work
Sun 30 May 2021
From keeping the streets safe, to caring for the sick, and raising the next generation.
Animated conversations
Listening project conversations brought to life by talented young animators.
Find a conversation
Broadcast across Radio 4 and on local radio stations across the UK and Northern Ireland.
