Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.
Radio 4,·1152 episodes
The nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library. With Fi Glover.
02 Jan 2022,·28 mins
Fi Glover presents a selection of powerful conversations gathered this year.
26 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Skip diving and foraging, playing Santa and financial hardship at Christmas and beyond.
19 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Hospitality, profound deafness, eco-friendly Christmases and the Republic of Barbados.
12 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Fi Glover presents four chats about homelessness, obesity, career changes and toy shops.
05 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Three chats on asylum seekers and homelessness; marriage; men working in a woman's world.
28 Nov 2021,·28 mins
Kofi Smiles presents three conversations on climate change, change of faith, surrogacy.
21 Nov 2021,·28 mins
Fi Glover presents men-only chats about PTSD, how to be a modern man and racism in sport.
14 Nov 2021,·28 mins
Life in the shadow of Cop26, how to make a house share work, K-pop and having ginger hair.
07 Nov 2021,·28 mins
Halloween, endometriosis, noise from cars and private planes, and spiking women’s drinks.
31 Oct 2021,·28 mins
Fi Glover presents chats on river pollution, fear of builders, being scammed and clowns.
24 Oct 2021,·28 mins
Space, the final frontier; tattoos, facing prejudice and motorbikes with sidecars.
17 Oct 2021,·28 mins
Trucking, decriminalising drugs and post-Covid prejudice against Chinese people.
10 Oct 2021,·28 mins
03 Oct 2021,·28 mins
Fi Glover with three conversations about Afghanistan, contested statues and mermaids.
26 Sep 2021,·28 mins
Three conversations: Afghanistan, working from home and children going off to university.
19 Sep 2021,·28 mins
Fi Glover presents chats on education, fossil fuels, naturism and losing a loved one.
12 Sep 2021,·28 mins
Three conversations on reading versus gaming, blindness and being a stay at home parent.
05 Sep 2021,·28 mins
Fi Glover presents conversations on food, the name Karen and having Parkinson's Disease.
29 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Fi Glover presents conversations on make-up, dyslexia and student life in pandemic times.
22 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Fi Glover presents conversations on beating hearts, climate change & remote working.
15 Aug 2021,·28 mins
MBE awards, Tourette syndrome and adventuring outdoors.
08 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Cats versus dogs, autograph hunters, Huntington’s Disease and madcap ways of fundraising.
01 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Food outlets in Northern Ireland, mental health and exercise, overcoming a criminal past.
25 Jul 2021,·28 mins
Conversations on the theme of national identity and being voted ‘best place to live’.
18 Jul 2021,·28 mins
Memories of an unhappy school experience, living with schizophrenia, ballet and stripping.
11 Jul 2021,·28 mins
From the pressures of caring for a loved one to an unexpected truth for a mum and daughter
04 Jul 2021,·28 mins
Two friends share the pain of being widowed, plus 50 years of women's football in England.
27 Jun 2021,·28 mins
From a revelatory diagnosis to taking pride in one's heritage.
20 Jun 2021,·28 mins
A conversation about surviving childhood abuse and using the experience to help others.
13 Jun 2021,·28 mins
