Season 10 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast: social impact stories from Manchester launched 11 February 2025.

Creative Communities Episodes

July 26, 2022

Podcasting communities with Vic Elizabeth Turnbull

Presenting Season 3, Episode 1 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #podcastingcommunity This week's Mancunian guest is Vic Elizabeth Turnbull, Host of Mic's Podcast Club (https://micmedia.co.uk/micspodcas...

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May 31, 2022

Local markets with Heather Thorpe

#podcast #Season2 #mancunian #manchester #localmarkets #localcreators #community This week's Mancunian guest is Heather Thorpe, Market Organiser, Heaton Moor Producers Market (https://heatonmoormarket.com/). Heather also or...

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May 24, 2022

Grassroot music venues with Jay Taylor

#podcast #Season2 #mancunian #manchester #grassrootmusicvenues #musicians #music This week's Mancunian guest is Jay Taylor, Chair, Manchester Music Commission (https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/culture/greate...

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March 1, 2022

Community newspapers with Mel Page

The ninth episode of the Meet the Mancunian podcast features Mel Page, Co-founder, Drawing Board Productions Community Interest Company (https://www.drawingboardproductions.co.uk/). Mel and her business partner Amanda Fourie ...

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Feb. 22, 2022

Poetry communities with Bryan Dunne

The eighth episode of the Meet the Mancunian podcast features Bryan Dunne, Founder, Northern Poets Society (https://twitter.com/PoetsNorthern). Bryan set up the Northern Poets Society during the lockdown, to provide an online...

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Feb. 1, 2022

Poetry with Anthony Parker

The fifth episode features Mancunian Anthony Parker, a primary school teacher by day and a poet by night. Anthony Parker (https://thepoeticprince.home.blog/) uses his creative talent to raise funds for homelessness charities ...

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Jan. 25, 2022

Hobbyist musicians with Kat Browning

The fourth episode features Mancunian Kat Browning, founder, Tea & Jam. Tea & Jam (https://teajam.live/) is a community for hobbyist musicians. Kat hosts a concert series and a weekly Practise-along session called Work-In-Pro...

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Jan. 18, 2022

Volunteering with Aaron Fletcher

This week's episode features Mancunian Aaron Fletcher who is the Owner of Buzzing Sounds and Advisor to Step Up Manchester (https://www.stepupmcr.org/). Step Up Manchester is the place-based giving scheme for Manchester. Step...

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