Meta Manchester

Meta Manchester

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Meta Manchester episodes

  • COMMITTING WHOLE LIFE to music & buzzing in Hollywood!

    In this episode, Liam Croker, lead singer of WINACHI, talks about:

    - when he thinks new artists can call themselves professional musicians

    - the current indie music scene in Manchester
    - playing live and touring
    - visiting Los Angeles for the first time
    - and how he has sustained a career in music for over a decade



    46 min
  • PUTTING WALTHAMSTOW on the International Film Map

    In this episode, language consultant and film festival co-founder Paul Fletcher speaks to me from his home in (what some might describe as) the hippest part of East London!

    I have such a strong interest in both of those topics - language and film festivals - I decided that I needed two separate episodes to hear Paul's stories.

    So here in this first episode, we talk about how Paul co-founded (together with wife Liza) the Walthamstow International Film Festival eleven years ago.

    47 min
  • BLAGGIN IT IN PARIS & What I Miss About Manchester

    In this episode my guest is an old friend, Georja Calvin Smith who is a TV journalist and producer currently based in Paris, France.

    Here she talks about:

    - her relationship with and favourite memories of Manchester

    - her first experiences on the bus
    - her thoughts on chips & curry
    - how she bla... I mean navigated work situations that required French language skills before she had French language skills
    - and how she communicates her story of being from Manchester and more broadly coming from the UK when in international situations.

    35 min

About Meta Manchester

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I started this podcast for two reasons: one, because I noticed that the only things that come up when searching 'podcast Manchester' are United / City / Football related ones; and two, because I…