Ham & High Podcast

This week André Langlois speaks to journalist and documentary maker Andrew Gold.  Andrew was a Highgate resident until a few years ago when he upped sticks to Buenos Aires, in Argentina, and began looking into the work of Padre Manuel Acuña - an investigation which led to the BBC documentary Exorcism: The Battle For Young Minds. He also has a podcast series out called On the Edge with Andrew Gold, where he chats outsiders, intellectual heavyweights and people whose stories are just plain unusual.

This week André Langlois chats with Rabbi David Mason of Muswell Hill Synagogue. As for all of us, it has been a challenging year for David, helping the community through the pandemic, and we spoke just days after a second national lockdown was announced. We also spoke a week after the release of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report into antisemitism in the Labour Party, of which David is a member.

Speaking to André Langlois' this week is an acclaimed actor and a Highgate resident. Juliet Stevenson shot to fame with her role in Truly, Madly, Deeply but she has a phenomenal CV, having worked consistently for 40 years. She can currently be seen on the BBC in Sara Pascoe’s comedy Out Of Her Mind.  This episode of the podcast was recorded before the second national lockdown was announced. Among other things, we discuss the relevance of Shakespeare and Beckett to what we are experiencing during the coronavirus crisis, and what Juliet describes as the government’s "lack of compassion" when it comes to refugees. 

The Ham&High Podcast is back after a Covid-enforced break and, this week, speaking to André Langlois is comedian and author Arabella Weir.  Arabella is known for shows including The Fast Show, Posh Nosh and Two Doors Down, and for books including the international bestseller Does My Bum Look Big In This. We discuss life in Camden and Crouch End, building a career in television comedy, and the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. In this episode, André Langlois speaks to Catherine West, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, about the political landscape, how we got here and how we should respond to the current crisis.

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. In this episode André Langlois meets George and Harry from the band FEET, who are holed up in Muswell Hill working towards a follow-up to their debut album What's Inside Is More Than Just Ham...

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. In this episode André Langlois talks to Martin Stone, organiser of Muswell Hill Soup Kitchen and founder of www.nextmeal.co.uk about the roles of voluntary organisations and the authorities in helping those who find themselves homeless.

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. This week features editor Bridget Galton talks to Marcus Davey, chief executive and artistic director of the Roundhouse, about coping with life in lockdown, experimenting with socially-distanced gigs, the birth of the psychedelia movement, having the best job in the world and Cherie Blair's naked dad.

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. In this episode Bridget Galton talks to Muswell Hill journalist Liz Thompson about Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and the cultural wellspring that is Greenwich Village.

John Plews runs Upstairs at the Gatehouse Theatre with his wife, Katie, and is chair of the Society of Independent Theatres (SIT).