Hello You 16: What Just Happened?

Hello You with Jim Hawkins

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Hello You 16: What Just Happened?

In which I wonder what Hercules could hear, and accidentally revive the bench-conversation format with Margaret and Yana

Jim Hawkins

Jan 19, 2024

Transcript

Hear what happened on Monday afternoon in Shrewsbury’s Quarry Park. I set out to do one thing, and ended up doing something completely different, something I’d been intending to do at some point, but … Oh, just listen and you’ll get the hang of it.

Includes a Shrewsbury soundscape, and surprising conversations.

Tell me what you think? Would you come and talk to me on a bench somewhere? Which benches in Shrewsbury, or elsewhere, would be good places to strike up conversations?

Discussion about this podcast

Hello You with Jim Hawkins

I’m trying to give you something a little different. Hello You is about stuff, and things. People, and stories. Shrewsbury, and Shropshire. Mental health and well-being. History and heritage. Arts, culture and music. Faith, belief and the complexities of life.

I’m a good listener. It’s what I do. And for Hello You, I’m listening to (and talking with) fascinating people, mostly but not always from Shropshire, so that you can hear what they have to say.

It's public-service local journalism that cares about people. Audio that brings you the voices of people you might not hear from otherwise. Interviews conducted with compassion and empathy. Thoughtful, positive, good-humoured conversations, informed local storytelling, and commentary that’s not afraid to get righteously angry on occasion.

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