Red Kite

18 young people from East Leeds met for the first time on Tuesday of May half-term. They went live on the Thursday with an all-star showcase. Music! Poetry! Chat! All presented, performed and run by the participants.

Members of our Next Generation Music group chat about their Arts Award project, as well as talking to poet Elizaveta and postie Steve Ralph.

Actor Tess Seddon talks about her new show about running for MP and Lauren Karstadt from Woodcraft Folk introduces the new "Rights for Children" project. 

Come join the next gen crew as they chat with the new Chapel FM Broadcast Worker Henry Raby and share stories about their spring half-term adventures.

We have a conversation with audio producer Holly Early about her audio documentary "A Covid Chronicle" and are joined by several young playwrights from Cast in Doncaster: Allegra, Ruby and Verity.

The Red Kite youth explore the theme of vision as part of the 2021 Writing on Air Festival and feature a chat with new Chapel FM Cafe Manager Vik Perrett about her vision for sharing food post-pandemic.

We're joined by Paul Chatterton and Sue Hoey from the University of Leeds and Our Future Leeds to talk about the new Climate Emergency Community Action Programme.

We interview magician and master of illusions Tom Cassani, talk about the upcoming UK census, preview our International Women's Day radio broadcasts and more. 

We explore a museum exhibit about sounds of Leeds, preview the Leeds Literature Festival, do a surreal interview with the Chapel FM Arts Centre (yes, the building itself!) and more.

This week we're joined by dancer Mlindi Kulashe talking about missing the stage during lockdown, radio maker Verity Watts, a commentary on Capt. Sir Tom Moore and more.