iPM: We Start With Your Stories

iPM: We Start With Your Stories

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  • "A civilised life"

    iPM's second programme from Islay, after listener Chris suggested the Hebredian island for an outside broadcast.

    What's it like for the younger residents of the island? What makes non-Ileachs choose to move there? And what about the families who've been there for generations?

    Plus, a bumper edition of our Your News bulletin, read by iPM favourites Martha Kearney, Paddy O'Connell, Jane Garvey and Simon Mayo.

    Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

    14 min
  • "Everybody here is important"

    The first of two programmes from Islay, after iPM listener Chris suggested the Hebredian island for an outside broadcast.

    Who lives there? What makes them tick? And how do they keep local traditions alive? We also hear from Ileachs - the residents there - about the booming whiskey industry, the impact its growth is having on Islay's infrastructure and how it attracts huge numbers of tourists to the island each year.

    iPM is the programme that starts with your story - [email protected]

    And Newsnight's Kirsty Wark reads our Your News bulletin.

    Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

    14 min
  • From Crime to Coffee

    iPM listener, Aiden, shows us round the business he set up in a prison, roasting and packaging coffee at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, South West London. He wants to give the young men working with him experience and skills they can use when they're released, and the prison governor tells iPM it's schemes like this that help cut re-offending rates.

    Also - Jonathan Dimbleby reads our Your News bulletin.

    iPM is the programme that starts with your story - email [email protected]

    Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

    14 min
  • My relationship with social media

    Social media companies are in the spotlight about the harmful content that can be found on their platforms. In this programme, an iPM listener explains why she used to seek out such images, and how she doesn't want to quit social media now she's recovered.

    We'll have more news about our future programmes coming from Islay.

    Also, Caroline Wyatt reads our Your News bulletin.

    iPM is the programme that starts with your news - send us yours, in a sentence, to [email protected]

    Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

    14 min
  • Should I have to quit my job?

    Listener, Alex, has a son with autism who's in a mainstream school. She explains how, after a difficult week, she was told to rethink how much she works in order to spend more time with her son.

    Paddy O'Connell - presenter of BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House - reads our Your News bulletin.

    iPM is the programme that starts with your story - email [email protected].

    Presented by Becky Milligan. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

    14 min
  • My secret NDA

    This week, an iPM listener explains how she came to sign a non-disclosure agreement with her employer, how it made her feel, and why she’s never quite gotten over it.

    LBC’s Shelagh Fogarty reads our Your News bulletin.

    iPM is the programme that starts with your story. Email us: [email protected].

    Presented by Becky Milligan. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

    14 min
  • I can't grieve my dad's death yet

    iPM listener, Vicky, learned her father had died 10 days after it happened. She then found out the funeral had already taken place. She describes the impact this has had on her - and her family's - ability to grieve.

    BBC 5Live's Emma Barnett reads our Your News bulletin.

    iPM is the programme that starts with your stories - send us yours: [email protected]

    Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

    14 min
  • How to influence people

    Listener Sara Tasker first appeared on iPM in 2014, when she was a superuser on the photosharing platform, Instagram. Five years later, we hear how she's made a full time career out of posting pictures, whether she gets paid to advertise brands, and what she makes of calls for social media companies to better protect vulnerable users.

    Channel 4's Jon Snow reads our "Your News" bulletin.

    iPM is the show that starts with your story. [email protected] is how to get in touch.

    Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

    14 min
  • "It's taken all the stress out of the relationship"

    iPM listeners often get in touch about their marriages and relationships. This week we hear form a woman how joining an extra-marital dating site is actually keeping her marriage together. And from another woman who’s gone down the same route to save her relationship.

    iPM is the show that starts with your story. [email protected] is how to get in touch.

    And Sue MacGregor reads our Your News Bulletin.

    Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth.

    17 min
  • My extreme hobbies

    Two iPM listeners take their hobby to extreme.

    Rachel ran a marathon when she was a teenager. Then a few years ago she challenged herself to run 26 marathons in 3 years, one for every letter of the alphabet. Twenty down, and six to go, she takes Luke for a training run.

    Meanwhile, Mary wanted to make a difference so for 18 months has been protesting, on her own, outside a government department dressed in a badger outfit. Luke finds out why.

    Richard Madeley reads our Your News bulletin.

    iPM is the show that starts with your story. [email protected] is how to get in touch.

    Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnsworth

    26 min

About iPM: We Start With Your Stories

From the publisher's feed

A weekly companion to PM where the expertise and insights of the BBC Radio 4 audience shape a programme that sees news differently. Presented by Luke Jones.

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