The Quarantini

In this episode we hear from Fuad Mahamad, CEO of ACH, an organisation which supports migrants and refugees. He talks passionately about their entrepreneurial spirit and how with targeted investment, they could be the ones to kickstart the economy as we emerge from lockdown.

As usual we bring you our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Can't Take the Mask Off of You, Ron Alan

Celebrating Sanctuary at Home, Dijwar Khalil

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

This week we share a Quarantini with Cleo Lake - one of Bristol's Green Party Councillors, Bristol’s former Lord Mayor and ambassador for Bristol’s African-Caribbean culture! She talks about her views for positive change and how her projects have been affected by the lockdown...

We celebrate Refugee Week, Windrush Day and the summer Solstice, plus of course we bring you our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Celebrating Sanctuary at Home : Servo & Family

Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughan Williams

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening & closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

Kicking off series 2 we have an interview with Bristol-based beatboxer Jack Salt.

We celebrate young people this week and so the music we've chosen is from the wondrous Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids. Following the theme we bring you three young people who have made a huge difference tackling Coronavirus in their communities in Cameroon, India and Malaysia, plus of course our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Happy Together, Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening & closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

In the last of our first series, we're delighted this week to be talking to Josh Connolly about how to manage difficult emotions which may be surfacing during lockdown. Josh is a life coach and a volunteer mentor with NACOA, National Association for Children of Alcoholics.

Free helpline: 0800 358 3456

We also have music from Lady Nade and and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Safe Place, Lady Nade, Bristol, UK

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening & closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

Today's episode is pure joy!

Joining us this week is singer, performer and leader of Sing With Soul, Dionne Draper and she tells us all about her new song and what charities she is raising money for.

We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Joy, Dionne Draper, Bristol, UK

No Guilt, The Old Bones Collective

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

Sam Sayer has created a podcast featuring five residents living in her street, and their lives during lockdown. She tells Melissa all about it.

We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

"Stayin' Inside" - Coronavirus Bee Gees Parody, Brent McCollough, Nashville

Hello (from the Inside) Adele Parody, Chris Mann, LA and Nashville

Isolation ABBA Medley, The Starlets, New Zealand

"Quarantine (is Not Quite Over)" - Billie Jean Parody, The Holderness Family (Penn, Kim, Lola and Penn Charles Holderness)

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

In this episode, Dr Amy Pollard, Founder and Director of the Mental Health Collective talks about one of its projects, Kindness By Post.

We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

SAIYAAN- A song for hope, written by Bharat Goel

Singer: Gurashish Singh

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening and closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

We share a Quarantini with Josh Eggelton this week, Michelin-star chef from the Pony and Trap. He tells us about his work with the Bristol Food Union helping to feed Bristol's homeless.

We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Gotta Be Patient (Confination Song VI), Stay Homas ft Judit Neddermann

Stay with the Light, Jane Kitto, Perfect Blue Sky

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening and closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

This week we 'visit' Rosedale House, a care home for people with dementia. Manager, Julie Edwards and Deputy Manager, Nikola Penevski tell us about life under lockdown and how the residents and staff are getting on.

We also have our usual round up and excitingly we bring you a recipe for a quarantini made by Derek Brown, author of Spirits, Sugar, Water, Bitters: How the Cocktail Conquered the World.

Music:

Covid 19, La Guerre, Patrick Sese Buluku

Merci Pour Tout, Vanessa Paradis

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening and closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

This week we feature Ben Richardson talking about the work of Caring in Bristol, whose aim is to end homelessness in the city. Ben talks about the kitchens they have set up with the help of local chefs, to provide 6500 meals per week during the pandemic, to feed Bristol's vulnerable homeless population.

Music:

No Time for Love Like Now, Michael Stipe

Spiritual Data, Jimmy Galvin

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening and closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective