Ham & High Podcast

This week on the Ham&High Podcast, André Langlois meets Bibi Khan, president of the London Islamic Cultural Society, known as Wightman Road Mosque, in north London. They discuss the history of the mosque and its work in the community, and the challenges the coronavirus pandemic has brought. 

This week on the Ham&High Podcast, André Langlois meets Lucas Hare and Kerry Shale, hosts of the podcast Is It Rolling, Bob? Talking Dylan. 
They discuss Bob Dylan, of course, but also how that topic opens up discussions about life, art, politics and culture. 

Speaking to André Langlois this week on the Ham&High Podcast is Labour leader, and Holborn and St Pancras MP, Sir Keir Starmer, who discusses his political roots, as well as his approach to the issues of today, including what comes after the coronavirus pandemic, the NHS, universal credit, the environment and inequality in society.

Speaking to André Langlois on this week's Ham&High Podcast is television's Gail Porter. 
Gail discusses mental health, the joys of hosting Top of the Pops and the party we're going all going to need when the pandemic is over.

To kick off series 2 of the Ham&High Podcast, André Langlois speaks to Highgate-based actor Linus Karp, whose last stage show was 'How to Live a Jellicle Life: life lessons from the 2019 hit movie musical Cats'. As well discussing his fascination with the Tom Hooper film, Linus talks about the state of theatre under the pandemic.

This week, on a festive Ham&High Podcast, we have something a bit different.  The Royale Dickens Theatre Company launched this month with a production of A Christmas Carol at The Studio Theatre at the School of the Science of Acting, in Holloway Road. Streaming performances of the show are being made available at royaledickens.co.uk

Here they present an extract for Ham&High Podcast listeners. 
It features Milo Maris as the narrator, Adam Harkin as Scrooge, Constança de Jesus as "charity woman", Johan Ribbing as Bob Cratchit, and John Flóki Carlsen as Jacob Marley, supported by members of the company. It was edited by Liam Clarke and Constança de Jesus.

André Langlois' guest this week on the Ham&High Podcast is Laura Marks OBE. 
Laura is the founder of Mitzvah Day, an annual day of community action, and chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. She is also co-founder of Nisa-Nashim, a Jewish and Muslim women’s network, and is on the mayor of London’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group. 
We spoke on November 23, while lockdown #2 was still in place and negotiations were ongoing around a future trade agreement between Britain and the EU. 

André Langlois' guest this week on the Ham&High Podcast is David Stark. David has released a memoir, It’s All Too Much - Adventures of a Teenage Beatles Fan in the ‘60s & Beyond. In it he tells the tales of remarkable encounters with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, from gate-crashing the Yellow Submarine film premiere to being inducted as a companion of LIPA by Sir Paul himself. 

This week André Langlois chats with Tom Molnar, co-founder and CEO of Gail’s Bakery. Since opening its first branch in Hampstead in 2005, Gail’s has expanded and now has around 60 outlets in the London area. We talk about the value of quality bread, the pressure the pandemic has put on food producers and how getting around on a skateboard helps Tom do his bit for the environment. 

On this week’s Ham&High Podcast, Green Party co-leader Sian Berry speaks to André Langlois about lockdown, the benefits for all of low-traffic neighbourhoods, the TV show Glee and the importance of political parties working together.