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Each week, Behind the Headlines brings listeners compelling and fascinating conversations from people all over our city - delving behind the headlines of Bristol's news, culture and more.Brought to you by Bristol's independent media, Bristol24/7.Become a member for £5 a month, or £45 a year, to support local independent journalism.

03/11/2023

Episode 96: Is the word ‘Brizzle’ becoming more acceptable to use?

Is the word ‘Brizzle’ becoming more acceptable to use? Or is it still a heinous crime against all true Bristolians? Lucy Wheeler of Beast in St Nick’s Market speaks to Martin Booth about the controversial topic in this week's podcast. We also sit down with Carla Diogo, a sustainable designer and maker, as well as the co-owner of Two Six Four on Church Road. She talks to Ellie Pipe about sustainability, repair and mend and inspiration and Reporter Betty Woolerton learns about forest schools.

23 min
27/10/2023

Episode 95: What Does Normal Look Like? With Colin Moody and Tom Whitson

In March 2020, the UK went into its first lockdown. In this episode of Behind the Headlines, Reporter Mia Vines Booth speaks to Bristol filmmakers and photographers Colin Moody and Tom Whitson about their new film, What Does Normal Look Like? exploring what happened to Bristol's creative sector in the months following. Listen along as Colin and Tom discuss the importance of the film for collective healing, following the difficulties creatives faced and the uniqueness of our city's cultural sector in adapting to the pandemic.

25 min
20/10/2023

Episode 94: Jenny Urquhart, 'Normal for Hartcliffe' and Palestine solidarity rally

In this week's episode, we go behind the scenes of a new documentary film set in a south Bristol estate that is grappling with stereotypes and lack of opportunity. We also meet up with an artist who has a created a set of Bristol-themed playing cars, as well as get the reaction to the latest strike in the ongoing conflict in Israel from a Palestinian Bristol University student.

25 min
13/10/2023

Episode 93: Why should you become a member of Bristol24/7?

In this week’s podcast, we are hotfooting it from a radiographers’ strike outside a hospital to the unveiling of a colourful new mural in Broadmead featuring some much-loved familiar faces. We also chat to Head of Bristol24/7’s Head of Audience Meg Houghton Gilmour about our perks campaign, where members can get access to a host of discounts, competitions and freebies, and why you should support local independent journalism.

23 min
22/09/2023

Episode 92: What are the best things about being a student in Bristol?

To celebrate the start of another academic year, Bristol24/7’s Student Guide is back and better than ever. From local indie businesses, alphabetical pub crawls to unmissable events, alternative study spaces, our favourite cheap eats and top societies, the magazine is brimming with content to get students pumped about the next chapter of their life. In this episode, Co-Editor Edie Attridge chats to two UWE Bristol graduates looking back on their three years as students in our wonderful and wacky city.

45 min
19/09/2023

Inside Bristol’s first carbon neutral podcast studio

This episode is sponsored by Future Leap Sustainable business network Future Leap has opened the city’s first carbon neutral media studio. Future Leap Media Studios are located on Oakfield Road in Clifton, inside the Old Chapel, and are available for anyone to use - from budding podcasters to accomplished filmmakers. Beneath a co-working and event space, the brand new media studio in the basement houses a film studio, podcast recording rooms and a photography studio that can also be used for meeting or green room hire. In this episode, Bristol spaces manager Deepika Kesar and marketing and communications manager Iris Hable tell Bristol24/7 about what the facilities offer Bristol.

7 min
21/08/2023

Episode 91: How should we remember the Bristol Bus Boycott?

2023 marks the 60th anniversary of the Bristol Bus Boycott which saw the “colour bar” lifted from public transport after months of peaceful action and paved the way to the Race Relations Act of 1965 and 1968. In this episode, Reporter Mia Vines Booth speaks to Julz Davis, founder of Curiosity UnLtd, about his season of events which will commemorate the boycott. We ask: How should we remember the boycott, how should we honour the legacy of those that took part and what work still needs to be done to make Bristol a city of racial equality?

38 min
24/07/2023

Episode 90: Are restaurants in Bristol too expensive?

With rising costs at all stages of the supply chain, restaurants have recently been forced to increase prices at an unprecedented rate - but are they now at risk of alienating diners? In this week's podcast, we explore this question and hear from chef, restaurateur and owner of the Pony Chew Valley Josh Eggleton, Telegraph food columnist Xanthe Clay, co-owner of Bianchis Group Dominic Borel and Bristol24/7 Deputy Editor Ellie Pipe in a panel discussion that took place at the launch party of EatDrink24/7 - your independent guide to the city's food and drink scene.

55 min

Each week, Behind the Headlines brings listeners compelling and fascinating conversations from people all over our city - delving behind the headlines of Bristol's news, culture and more.Brought to you by Bristol's independent media, Bristol24/7.Become a member for £5 a month, or £45 a year, to support local independent journalism.

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2022 - 2023
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94
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