Latest Colchester Podcast Episodes
Baptism
West Mersea Free Church - July 07, 2019 20:44 - 13 minutesRev. Jenny Hughes speaks about Jesus telling his disciples to cast their nets over the other side of the boat, and what this has to do with baptism. You can learn more about baptism on our website. Following the sermon we had an opportunity to reflect listening to 'Everyday' by Tom Smith.
Colchester Chat with sports reporter Jon Waldron and Matt Plummer
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - July 04, 2019 21:00 - 34 minutesColchester United have sold Sammie Szmodics and Frankie Kent and Rene Gilmartin, Mika Mandron and Brennan Dickenson have also left the club. Jon Waldron discusses how a new-look U's are shaping up for the 2019/20 season. Ipswich Town's squad will have a very different feel after their relegation...
Colchester Chat with Sam Good from Our Colchester
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - June 30, 2019 20:00 - 25 minutesSam Good is the manager of Colchester's Business Improvement District, called Our Colchester. He chats to the Gazette's head of content, Dom Bowers, and Essex University journalism student HK Norman about what the group has planned for the town centre and the future of our high street.
Ordination and Induction of Rev. Jen Hughes
West Mersea Free Church - June 29, 2019 17:45 - 15 minutesDuring the Ordination and Induction service for Rev. Jenny Hughes, Rev. Pieter Lalleman from Spurgeon's College (where Jenny trained) gave a short talk based on 1 Samuel 3:1-21
John Mark
West Mersea Free Church - June 23, 2019 19:29 - 22 minutesAndrew French speaks this week about the impact of John Mark, and John Mark's mother, Mary.
Non-league team of the year
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - June 17, 2019 20:00 - 32 minutesThe Gazette's readers have spoken...here is the non-league team of the year for 2018/20. We asked fans of Braintree Town, Brightlingsea Regent, Heybridge Swifts, Maldon and Tiptree, Coggeshall Town, Witham Town, Stanway Rovers, Brantham Athletic, FC Clacton, Harwich and Parkeston, Halstead Town,...
The Paralytic & 4 Friends
West Mersea Free Church - June 16, 2019 13:45 - 21 minutesThis week Rob looks at the story of the paralytic man and his four friends, who lift him through the roof to be healed by Jesus. Rob starts his sermon with a video:
Colchester Politics Podcast with Lewis Barber & Mark Goacher
Colchester Politics Podcast From Actual Radio - June 14, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutesScott Everest is joined in the studio by Conservative Councillor Lewis Barber and Green Party Councillor Mark Goacher.
Colchester Chat with Colchester United media manager Matt Hudson
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - May 23, 2019 23:00 - 32 minutesMatt Hudson has worked in Colchester United's press office for 18 years and has seen in the region of a dozen managers, from Steve Whitton to Phil Parkinson, and 300 players. He chats to Gazette sports reporter Jon Waldron and head of content Dom Bowers about his career at the U's and the club's...
Shiphrah and Puah
West Mersea Free Church - May 19, 2019 20:54 - 30 minutesServing the community in Jesus' name
Colchester Chat: The future of our town centre, with Nick Chilvers
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - May 10, 2019 15:00 - 30 minutesNick Chilvers worked in retail management for most of his life and still feels passionately about Colchester town centre. He talks to Gazette editor Dom Bowers and Essex University student Rhiannon Bevan about the future of Colchester's High Street.
Festival organiser, socialist and legalise cannabis supporter Don Quinn
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - May 10, 2019 15:00 - 31 minutesColchester Chat catches up with Don Quinn who organises the town's popular Medieval Fair and Food and Drink festival. He's a socialist with strong views on legalising cannabis. He chatted to Gazette editor Dom Bowers and Essex University student Rhiannon Bevan.
Colchester Chat with Peter Silk and John Chapman from Emmaus
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - May 10, 2019 11:00 - 24 minutesJohn Chapman had a nervous breakdown two years ago and was left homeless. He says he would be dead if it wasn't for charity Emmaus Colchester. Gazette head of content Dom Bowers and Essex University student HK Norman talk to John and charity trustee Peter Silk.
Colchester Chat football special with Jon Waldron and Matt Plummer
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - April 26, 2019 12:00 - 30 minutesColchester United goalkeeper Ethan Ross has been thrust into the limelight due to Dillon Barnes' suspension and Rene Gilmartin's injury. The Colchester Gazette's Jon Waldron and Matt Plummer discuss whether he could be the U's play-off hero and long-term answer. The sports reporters also talk ab...
Easter Sunday
West Mersea Free Church - April 21, 2019 15:38 - 13 minutesServing the community in Jesus' name
Blessed are you when you’re insulted because of me
West Mersea Free Church - April 19, 2019 23:17 - 9 minutesServing the community in Jesus' name
Colchester Chat with Mark Cory and Mark Goacher
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - April 19, 2019 16:00 - 35 minutesColchester Council leader Mark Cory and Green party candidate Mark Goacher go head to head (although they agreed about most things!) in a local election special.
Blessed are those who are persecuted
West Mersea Free Church - April 14, 2019 22:12 - 10 minutesServing the community in Jesus' name
Colchester Chat with North Essex Garden Communities MD Richard Bayley
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - April 08, 2019 04:00 - 33 minutesThree new towns with 43,000 homes are planned in Colchester, Tendring and Braintree and Richard Bayley, as managing director of North Essex Garden Communities, is the man tasked with making the proposals a reality in the face of fierce opposition. He chatted to Colchester Gazette editor Dom Bowe...
Colchester Chat with Darius Laws and Tim Young
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - April 07, 2019 21:00 - 35 minutesColchester goes to the polls on May 2 with Darius Laws' Conservatives needing to win eight out of 17 seats to gain control of the borough council, while Labour's Tim Young will be hoping his party strengthens its ruling coalition. Darius and Tim go head to head in the latest Colchester Chat podc...
Blessed are the Peacemakers
West Mersea Free Church - March 31, 2019 12:57 - 27 minutesThis week Rob speaks about peacemakers, and how people can be peace-makers, but peace is God-gifted.
Colchester Chat with Mercury Theatre executive director Steve Mannix
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - March 27, 2019 04:00 - 31 minutesThe Mercury Theatre in Colchester is in the midst of a £9 million revamp, which means it will set up am 850-seat marquee on nearby Abbey Field to show this year's pantomime. Executive director Steve Mannix talks to Essex University student Rhiannon Bevan, Gazette head of content Dom Bowers and G...
Blessed Are The Pure In Heart
West Mersea Free Church - March 24, 2019 19:00 - 21 minutesServing the community in Jesus' name
Blessed are the Merciful
West Mersea Free Church - March 17, 2019 19:36 - 19 minutesServing the community in Jesus' name
Colchester Chat with environmental campaigners Jill Bruce and Laurel Spooner
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - March 08, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutesColchester environmental campaigners Jill Bruce and Laurel Spooner chat to Essex University journalism student Rhiannon Bevan and Gazette editor Dom Bowers about how we can all tackle climate change.
Colchester Chat with Mersea Island campaigner John Akker
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - March 01, 2019 05:00 - 31 minutesJohn Akker has stood at the last Colchester Borough Council and Essex County Council elections as an independent candidate, fighting on a ticket protecting Mersea Island from development. He chats to Colchester Gazette editor Dom Bowers.
Blessed are the Meek
West Mersea Free Church - February 24, 2019 15:23 - 25 minutesServing the community in Jesus' name
Colchester Chat with Rosie Pearson and Angela Luxford-Vaughan
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - February 20, 2019 05:00 - 31 minutesThree huge new towns, dubbed garden communities, are planned in Colchester, Tendring and Braintree...but campaigners say the proposals won't work. Rosie Pearson, of the Campaign Against Urban Sprawl in Essex, and Angela Luxford-Vaughan, of Wivenhoe Town Council, talk to Colchester Gazette editor...
Blessed are those who Mourn
West Mersea Free Church - February 17, 2019 22:14 - 27 minutesServing the community in Jesus' name
Colchester Chat with Katie Palmer, Pam Schomberg and Skinny Jean Gardener Lee Connelly
Colchester Chat: The Gazette Podcast - February 16, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutesPam Schomberg and Skinny Jean Gardener Lee Connelly are among a small band of heroes who run Colchester in Bloom. They chatted to Gazette reporter Katie Palmer about the importance of volunteering and gardening.