Latest East london Podcast Episodes
Deep dive: the 1918 pandemic
Rebel Women - September 22, 2023 05:48 - 20 minutesWhat got you through lockdown? Was it the Zoom calls with your relatives, the What’s App groups for your street? For me it was being able to order copious amounts of craft materials through Amazon, to fill those endless hours at home with my daughter. So imagine what it was like in 1918 when th...
Lockdown Legends: the women of the vaccine clinics
Rebel Women - August 04, 2023 06:49 - 26 minutesDuring lockdown Averil Pooten Watan organised pop up clinics for undocumented migrants, many of whom were working with older and other vulnerable people. She illustrates the huge impact community volunteers can have. By reaching out to the most marginalised, she not only saved lives, but stopped...
Lockdown Legends: The women of the food bank pt 2
Rebel Women - July 20, 2023 06:00 - 14 minutesChrys Christy works with community groups and the police in one of East London’s most deprived areas. When lockdown struck she had one major concern – how would people get food. She knew the community would need help. In this fifth series of Rebel Women, we’re resetting a little. Because the wo...
Lockdown Legends: the women of the foodbank
Rebel Women - July 06, 2023 06:24 - 19 minutesIn March 2020, Tracey Rogers was working at Leyton Sixth Form College. As they shut the college gates for the last time, Tracey decided she was going to spend her time in lockdown redecorating the house. Three years later the paints and wallpaper are still sitting in a cupboard unused. Although ...
Lockdown Legends: women of the mutual aid network
Rebel Women - June 30, 2023 05:50 - 15 minutesGuen Murroni was a member of Sister’s Uncut, an organisation fighting cuts to domestic violence services. She was involved in media campaigns and direct actions to bring attention to the numbers of women who die every day at the hands of their partners. Then in March 2020, a conversation with on...
Lockdown Legends: women of the scrub hubs
Rebel Women - June 16, 2023 06:00 - 20 minutesDuring the 2020 Covid Crisis, Jennie Caminada was part of a group of ordinary people who saved lives. Yet none set foot in a hospital, and all but one were women. In this fifth series of Rebel Women, we’re resetting a little. Because the women we’re featuring this time were definitely not our u...
Fatboy Slim [Video]
Casual Swim - March 02, 2023 07:11 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe're joined by Fatboy Slim, discussing his collaborations with David Bryne, his ethos and his approach to DJ'ing. All rights reserved.
Fatboy Slim
Casual Swim - February 07, 2023 20:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe're joined by Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim discussing David Byrne, his approach to music making and his approach to DJ'ing. All Rights Reserved. Interview is copyrighted.
Where next for the women's movement
Rebel Women - December 16, 2022 06:45 - 36 minutesThis is the final episode in this current series, and we’re trying something a little different. You may have heard some of your favourite podcasts doing live shows. This episode is our attempt at that although we did it a bit back to front. We ran the event – Where next for the women’s movemen...
“My British sense of pride comes from collective resistance”
Rebel Women - December 09, 2022 07:11 - 24 minutesSonali Bhattacharyya is an award winning play write and screen writer. She is also one of the most prolific activists I have ever met, working with everyone from grassroots groups like Don’t Pay, organisers of the energy bill strike; to co-Chair of Momentum, a movement building popular support f...
“It’s the first time I felt truly ungovernable”
Rebel Women - November 25, 2022 07:00 - 18 minutesResistance was in Ziggy Melamed’s DNA, as both her parents were highly political. So it was no surprise she joined the Socialist Workers’ Party as a teenager. But she was restless, frustrated with the organisation's hierarchical structures. Then a protest in 1996 changed everything. In this fou...
“We were the feminist alternative to Jackie magazine.”
Rebel Women - November 11, 2022 07:02 - 19 minutesIn the depths the Winter of Discontent, as the Women’s Liberation movement was crumbling, Jane Conor and a group of idealistic young women brought Shocking Pink into the world; a feminist fanzine, with a neon glow, that would grab the attention of everyone, from the BBC to The Sun. In this four...
“We didn’t stop racism but we made it fashionable to be an anti-racist”
Rebel Women - October 28, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutesRuth Gregory’s grandmother was a suffragette, and her parents early members of CND. In 1976 she would make her own mark on the world, as she joined the Rock Against Racism collective. Using music, the group would change the cultural landscape of Britain. In this fourth series of Rebel Women, we...
"I went through my early years feeling very powerful"
Rebel Women - October 14, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutesIt was 1968 and Gill Scott was 13 years old. At home with her mum and dad in Stockport, she heard Enoch Powell’s infamous Rivers of Blood speech. Her parents were appalled, and to Gill he seemed like the devil himself. It will be a moment that shapes her consciousness, taking her on a journey th...
You Haven't Heard the Half of It
Rebel Women - March 18, 2022 11:55 - 55 minutesBringing you a special episode this week from my new podcast - You Haven't Heard The Half Of It. Looking at the hidden half of history with my co-host, Simon Cole from Hackney Tours. If you enjoy the episode, why not subscribe to that too where ever you get your podcasts. This episode looks at ...
Episode Eight: The War and Battle of Cable St with Alice
Link Age - Let's Talk - February 02, 2022 21:54 - 23 minutesThe last episode of Link Age - Let's Talk season one! Please enjoy this conversation with Alice - born in the 1920s she tells us her experiences of living through World War II in London, living in Cable St during the Battle of Cable St and many other amazing stories. Get in touch and let us know...
Episode Seven: Older People’s Reference Group
Link Age - Let's Talk - January 19, 2022 22:41 - 19 minutesThis episode of LinkAge - let’s talk discusses the Older People’s Reference Group (OPRG). We meet Sophie Ibotson (OPRG Coordinator) and Elizabeth Adebisi (OPRG Co-Chair) and they tell us how OPRG empowers older people in the community to advocate for their own rights and ensure their needs are m...
What they didn’t teach you in school about the suffragettes
Rebel Women - January 13, 2022 09:05 - 30 minutesI’m sure most of you know about the suffragettes: Emmeline Pankhurst, and her daughter Cristabel; their organisation, the Women’s Social and Political Union; chaining themselves to railings; smashing windows; the forced feeding. You probably were taught it in school. The problem is, it’s wrong. ...
Episode Six: 'Connection' with The Mary Ward Centre
Link Age - Let's Talk - January 05, 2022 20:57 - 23 minutesEpisode 6 of LinkAge - let’s talk covers the fifth and final ‘way to wellbeing’: connect with others. We talk with Maddy Fisk and Erica Parrett from the Mary Ward Centre to hear about how they are working to make education and learning accessible for everyone. We discuss how this can and does le...
The Christmas Special
Link Age - Let's Talk - December 22, 2021 22:54 - 26 minutesWelcome to the Christmas special - with Pat, Carol and Frances (the pioneer of the podcast and coordinator at LinkAge Plus)! Let us know your Christmas stories and any interesting Christmas Trivia! Tweet us: @StHildasEast or use the hashtag '#linkageletstalk' Facebook: www.facebook.com/sthild...
Beauty queens, women's libbers and the communists
Rebel Women - December 15, 2021 10:57 - 37 minutesIn 1970, Women’s Liberation activists targeted the Miss World contest, propelling the movement on to the global stage. Among them was Jo Robinson, originally from Blackpool, now living in East London. This is her story of that infamous night. Yet that night was also famous for crowning the fir...
Episode Five: 'Learning' with Alma and Lilly
Link Age - Let's Talk - December 08, 2021 23:37 - 31 minutesToday on LinkAge - let’s talk we discuss learning. The fourth way to wellbeing covers the importance of learning throughout life to improve and protect our physical and mental wellbeing. Our guests in this episode are Lilly Neubauer, a PhD student who ran the Computer Aid Network at LA+, and Alm...
Zita Holbourne - From austerity to fascism
Rebel Women - December 01, 2021 09:53 - 27 minutesZita grew up in South London, the child of an inter-racial relationship – dad was white and mum was black. Lessons in racial justice grew from watching and listening to her mother, whose passions and righteousness leaves you feeling a bit in awe. Welcome to Rebel Women, a podcast about history’...
Episode Four: 'Mindfulness' with NHS Talking Therapies
Link Age - Let's Talk - November 24, 2021 20:08 - 22 minutesIn this episode of 'LinkAge - let’s talk' we discuss our third way of wellbeing - mindfulness. Joanna Burbury, clinical psychologist and CBT therapist, takes us through her work with NHS talking therapies. She describes how mindfulness might be used in combination with therapies to benefit menta...
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Part 3
Rebel Women - November 19, 2021 10:14 - 26 minutesThis is the third and final part of our series on the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. For this episode we’re focus ing on someone who wasn’t even there, yet was irrecoverably touch by it. A woman who 100% captures the spirit of the movement, taking the fight to a new generation. Sophie was ...
Episode Three: 'Giving' with Christina and Pat
Link Age - Let's Talk - November 09, 2021 18:14 - 24 minutesWelcome back to LinkAge Let's Talk! In episode three we meet volunteer and 'Googler' Christina Biernat to discuss the time she gives to LinkAge Plus. She tells us about 'walk-and-talk-tuesdays', generously gives advice on how to volunteer and discusses wellbeing in general. We also have our firs...
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp Part 2
Rebel Women - November 03, 2021 10:02 - 25 minutesIt was 1983, and Shelia Freeman was about to be one of thousands of women to bring down the fences at the RAF Greenham Common. Rebel Women is a podcast about history's troublemakers. This is episode two in a three part series about the Greenham Common peace camp. If you’ve not heard our first ...
Staying Active with Dancing East
Link Age - Let's Talk - October 27, 2021 16:17 - 31 minutesIn this episode we look at the first of the five ways to wellbeing: being active. Laura Harvey, Head of Creative Programmes at the English National Ballet, tells about their community driven outreach approach and the many benefits of Dancing East, dance classes for older people. We then meet Joh...
Episode Two: Staying Active with Dancing East
Link Age - Let's Talk - October 27, 2021 16:17 - 31 minutesIn this episode we look at the first of the five ways to wellbeing: being active. Laura Harvey, Head of Creative Programmes at the English National Ballet, tells about their community driven outreach approach and the many benefits of Dancing East, dance classes for older people. We then meet Joh...
Episode Two: 'Staying Active' with Dancing East
Link Age - Let's Talk - October 27, 2021 16:17 - 31 minutesIn this episode we look at the first of the five ways to wellbeing: being active. Laura Harvey, Head of Creative Programmes at the English National Ballet, tells about their community driven outreach approach and the many benefits of Dancing East, dance classes for older people. We then meet Joh...