Sound of Silence

This episode's guest is Theo (aka Super Theo).  Theo is 3.5 years old and is interested in everything.  He particularly likes bicycles and planes because they can go to the front of the traffic.  Theo doesn't like radiators because they get too hot and his ambition is to light matches.  Recorded on Ernie's Beach, River Thames, London. 

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Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week.

This week features all of the silences from episodes 1-10 featuring Sam Conniff, Charlotte Sills, Fred Deakin, Rosie & Faris Yakob, Rob Poynton, Michelle Morgan, Simon Cavicchia, Elizabeth Pick, Neil Mullarkey and Lucy Bellwood.

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This episode's guest is Patricia Niven.  Patricia is an award winning food and portrait photographer.  Her beautiful images convey her philosophy of the interconnectedness of food with the hope that it inspires others to have a greater awareness and appreciation of the relationship between the land, the producer and the preparer.  Her work has been exhibited around the world in London, Liverpool, Paris, Sydney and New Zealand and featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Independent and the FT Weekend.  In 2019 she shot large format film portraits at The Good Life Experience festival in Wales which will be published in a new book in 2020.  Recorded at the Garden Museum, Lambeth, London.

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This episode's guest is Matt Ballantine.  Matt is a sociologist, blogger, podcaster, musician and technology aficionado. He is co-host of the popular WB-40 podcast which features conversations on how technology is changing how we work and his blog mmitII is an eclectic mix of pieces about technology, music, politics and his diary.  He is a guest columnist for Forbes and CIO magazines, has an intriguing music project called 8-bars and was the one time creator of a virally successful comedy flow chart.  Recorded in Launch Pod, Teddington, London.

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This episode's guest is Joan Iyiola.  Joan is an actress, producer and entrepreneur best known for playing the lead role in The Dutchess of Malfi at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon.  She has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including the Young Vic, The Almedia and Shakespeare's Globe in plays such as A Season in the Congo, Boudica and Eclipsed.  Her screen career has seen her appear in New Blood, Black Earth Rising and Enterprice and she recently set up her own production company Apetan Productions.  She is the co-founder of Mono-box which provides nourishing training for actors and theatre makers.  Recorded in Homerton, London.

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This episode's guest is Inua Ellams.  Inua is a poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist and designer.  He is an ambassador for the Ministry of Stories and has published 4 books of poetry including "Thirteen Fairy Negro Tales", "The Wire-Headed Heathen" and "#Afterhours".  His first play "The 14th Tale" was awarded a Fringe First at Edinburgh and "Barber Shop Chronicles" sold out its run at England's National Theatre.  He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, founder of Midnight Run, a nocturnal urban excursion and is currently working on the little Prince in Stratford.  Recorded backstage at Stratford Circus Theatre, London.

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This episode's guest is Enni-Kukka Tuomala.  Enni is an empathy designer and artist whose work focusses on tackling some of the key challenges of our time such as racism, sexism, the refugee crisis and the polarisation of politics.  Her work has taken her around the world with projects such as "Empathy Exchange" - a social experiment on the streets of Tokyo to initiate positive interactions between people of difference and "Empatia Ele" - a ground breaking project with members of the Finnish Parliament to imbue empathy into the heart of politics.  Her Campaign for Empathy recently saw her take up residency in the London borough of Newham where she helped the community use empathy as a tool for bridging divides.  She is currently working on establishing permanent empathy HQs in cities around the world.  Recorded in the chapel of House of St Barnabus, London.

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This episode’s guest is Ian Bonar.  Ian is an actor and playwright who has played a wide variety of stage, TV and big screen roles.  He is conwn for appearing in TV shows such as New Blood, Southcliffe and Black Mirror and has just finished recording January 22nd.  On the big screen he can be seen in films such as atonement, Kon-Tiki and the Bond classics Spectre and Skyfall.  He is also a seasoned stage actor who is currently appearing in Death of a Salesman in London’s West End and is the creator and star of the solo show Be Prepared, a darkly comic story exploring memory, grief and the consequences of a phone number being one digit off.  Recorded backstage at the Piccadilly Theatre, London.

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This episode's' guest is Nicky Hirst.  Nicky is an artist interested in moments of serendipity.  In addition to her gallery work, many of her striking public art commissions can be seen around the UK from libraries to collected to residential buildings to hospitals.   She takes photographs as a daily discipline, has a love of language when the words run out and in 2019 she was appointed as Parliament's official artist for the 2019 General Election.  Recorded in Peckham, London.

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This episode’s guest is Sabú Caps.  Sabú is interested in expression and finding different ways to express ourselves as human beings.  He works with music, art, movement, poetry and drumming to help others find meaning in this existence we call life.  Recorded in Norbury, London.

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