The new, revamped Lincolnite Podcast will be available every Friday across all major streaming platforms. Hosted by Ronnie Byrne, The Lincolnite Podcast will bring you behind-the-story interviews, exclusives, conversations with local businesses, artists, and musicians, and so much more.

In Lincoln, the tourism sector last year contributed £216 million to the local economy. At a time when high street shops struggle to compete with online counterparts and draw in the crowds, the 'experience factor' is the thing pulling people into the city. Listen to our latest Business Week feature read to you by Associate Editor Emily Norton.

During a special appearance in the city, Peep Show star Robert Webb told The Lincolnite of a difficult childhood in rural Lincolnshire, finding joy in performing, exploring masculinity and grief in his first book, and important lessons from a “lucky” career.

Robert’s first home was a house called Slieve Moyne in Woodhall Spa. He speaks of his ‘working class’ upbringing, with a chuckle at the mention of his ‘posh’ persona. “My two brothers and I grew up in a house where we read the Daily Mail, drove second hand cars and no one went to university. Everyone had a job but no one had a career.”

We have all heard of the 'glass ceiling'. Anyone who's ever felt they have the skills to reach new personal heights, but can't get there, can easily blame an impassable blockade: "I can't compete with them", "I don't have time for that", "opportunities aren't available to me", "I'm not good enough".

But there's no ceiling. The ability to do that thing you've always wanted to do lies within your hands, and it's up to you to get your self off that "sticky floor". That's the mantra of The Lincolnite'slatest podcast guest, prominent Lincoln business and marketing professional and public speaker Ruchi Aggarwal. Ruchi is the Director of Business Development at the University of Lincoln and is a marketing and strategy professional with over two decades of industry experience.

What if boys and girls were treated exactly the same? What difference would it make to them... to their self-esteem... to their confidence?

The Lincolnite spoke to primary school teacher and gender neutrality champion Graham Andre when he visited the city for a talk as part of the Be Inspired lecture series at the University of Lincoln.

We met Graham in the Eleanor Glanville Centre on the Brayford campus, where a dedicated team work to drive cultural change, inclusion and diversity across the institution.

He had spent the day exploring the city after travelling from the Isle of White for the talk, and began the meeting by discussing his experiences under the lens of BBC camera crews.

In 2017, Graham appeared on a BBC reality TV programme about gender free classrooms titled No More Boys and Girls.

The Lincolnite was joined by renowned archeologist, former Time Team presenter and professor Carenza Lewis for the first episode of our new podcast.

Associate Editor Emily Norton met Professor Lewis in the haunting and echoing atrium of the Victorian prison at Lincoln Castle, surrounded by Medieval and Roman discoveries from archaeological digs in the castle grounds, as well as a nearby Saxon sarcophagus.

Coffee in hand and surrounded by historical treasures, she shared how she was plucked for a new hit TV programme in the early 90s, told us of life and research in Lincoln and also spoke out about her experiences as a victim of a cancer misdiagnosis scandal during the peak of her career.

Carenza is well known for her work on Channel 4's much loved Time Team programme. She specialises in the academic fields of history, archeology and landscape studies. She currently works at the University of Lincoln as Professor of Public Understanding and Research.