Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. This week chief reporter Franki Berry talks to Pat Venditti, programme director of Greenpeace UK, about relocating from Canada to North London, the climate and nature emergencies, being muck-sprayed by a farmer and what kind of society we want to see after the coronavirus crisis.

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. This week editor André Langlois talks to the radio presenter, producer and writer Matt Everitt about the rise and fall of Britpop, the 25th anniversary of the Blur v Oasis chart battle and having a front seat for it all as a member of the band Menswear.

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. This week editor André Langlois talks to the comedian Shazia Mirza about doing 5am stand-up gigs in lockdown, how reality TV was partly to blame for Brexit, the impact of the Black Lives Matter protests and saying yes to everything.

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. This week editor André Langlois talks to the actress Michelle Collins about life in lockdown, finding fame in Eastenders, the return of the monologue and the future of theatre.

To see the new series of monologues, curated and produced by Michelle alongside the Equity Benevolent Fund, click here.

Each week the Ham & High Podcast interviews a different guest about their life and career. This week editor André Langlois talks to journalist, television presenter and charity founder Dame Esther Rantzen about life in lockdown, her charity work with Childline and The Silver Line, being Brown Owl of her lunch club The Hampsters and turning 80.

For more than 150 years the Hampstead and Highgate Express has been bringing you the latest news from North London. Now we're launching the Ham & High Podcast. Join us each week for an interview with a different guest about their life and their career. We'll be speaking with big names from the arts, political heavyweights, activists, campaigners, charity heroes and many more. So hit subscribe and join us on July 23 for the first episode of the Ham & High Podcast.