Clive talks to professional singer and Radio Verulam presenter Natasha about how the past few months have affected her work as a live performer and how she and others in her position have been coping. They discuss how things depend on who you know and who you meet to give you that big break in the music business. Not a career for the faint-hearted!

Unfortunately there won't be a Meraki Festival this year so we have looked into our archives and found this programme where Clive and Sarah Glover talked about Meraki 2019 and interviewed some of the participants and visitors. We hope it will bring back memories if you were there and help you look forward to Meraki 2021!

Clive asks St Albans Generation Z student Anna about her attitude the Environment as her generation - people born in the 21st Century - have a reputation of being more environmentally aware than other generations. They talk about Climate Change and its effects on farming - and particularly animal farming - on the environment plus vegetarianism and the importance of supporting local food producers.

Following a recent programme welcoming the re-opening of zoos and, in particular our local Whipsnade Zoo - Clive & Chloe were invited to visit Whipsnade to talk to staff and to see how things were going.

Anna is a Year 12 student going into Year 13 in September so her last year at school when she will be taking her all important A Levels. But she, like literally millions of school age children, has missed nearly four months of schooling due to Coronavirus. Clive asks her about her experience of online and home based schooling and whether she thinks losing that amount of formal schooling will have an adverse effect on her and other students for their university and subsequent job prospects.

In this PodCast Clive & Chloe look back at the Sony Walkman which was launched in the UK 40 years ago in 1980 (well before Chloe was born). But the impact it had on the way people listen to music was immense and far reaching, leading  directly to the iPod and now music stored on phones and streaming services.

Millennial Chloe is passionate about the Arts and worried that we may loose many venues and practitioners of the Arts as a consequence of the Pandemic.

Hannah is a volunteer at Radio Verulam and a university student studying music technology and other aspects of the music business.

Clive and Chloe celebrate the re-opening of zoos this week. In particular the re-opening of our nearest  and favourite zoo, Whipsnade.

In this Podcast Clive and Chloe consider what may happen to the world of work after the Covid-19 pandemic. Things will be different for sure. But how?