Proinsias O'Coinn from South Armagh grew up in a very Catholic community, that surrounded every part of his life and it was only in his early twenties, that he realised he didn't really have any friends outside of that. In this episode of Original Pilot Material, our regular hosts Ross and Amelia introduce this week's new podcasting talent Proinsias, as he tells us his story, and explores his own sheltered up-bringing by tracking down an old friend "from the other side".

This episode was written, recorded and hosted by Proinsias O'Coinn

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The Three Pound Thirty podcast (@threepoundthirty), hosted by friends Asha, Sana and Reem from London, is a conversational podcast where they explore all manner of issues affecting their lives, they discuss a lot about representation and inclusion, never afraid to call anyone out. In this takeover episode for Original Pilot Material the girls give us their experiences of 'inclusivity' and talk about what happens as a Muslim woman when you start seeing people like you being represented, but it still doesn’t feel quite right, and why they feel 'tick-box' inclusivity in the media and beyond doesn't really work. This episode was written, recorded and hosted by Asha Hussein, Sana Uqba and Reem Ali Podcast Hosts are Amelia Bayler & Ross Semple Produced by Ally McCrae & Ross Semple Senior Producers are Kirsty Drain & Paul McFadyen Exec Producer is Anthony Browne Original Pilot Material is a podcast for BBC Sounds from the team behind BBC The Social, the award winning new talent platform from BBC Scotland. Live in the UK and want to pitch an idea? [email protected]

The first time we chatted to Mairead about maybe making an Original Pilot Material episode together she told us, at length about her love of complaining, then proceeded to crack us up with her current 'open cases', and that got us all thinking about complaining. It's so easy now, it's almost second nature thanks to social media, is it a super customer-empowering new dawn or are we all just becoming even more entitled and easily offended? Mairead takes us through her world of complaints as she meets a psychologist, catches up with her friends who think she needs to calm down, and a recent winner of the UK's Complaint Handlers awards...!

This episode was written, recorded and hosted by Mairead Campbell

Original Pilot Material is a podcast for BBC Sounds from the team behind BBC The Social, the award winning new talent platform from BBC Scotland.

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Amelia and Ross take the first step in their new weekly series, created by BBC The Social, unearthing and showcasing the best new podcasting talent from all over the UK.