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The Run of The Mill episodes

June 29, 2023 Big parties and bigger drama: Life at uni during the lockdowns
It's an emotional episode as Darryl signs off as our regular co-host and we reflect on some of our favourite moments. We also discuss an amazing long read by three students at the University of Manchester about their experience during the pandemic. Thanks to our sponsor, the Sustainability Show - you can get FREE tickets for the show at this special link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sustainability-show-manchester-tickets-523717391817?aff=Mill
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38 min
June 22, 2023 How do Manchester developers avoid building affordable homes?
Our special guest on this week's episode is the amazing Daniel Timms, our data and policy reporter, who tells us about what is driving the lack of affordable homes in Manchester. Plus, we talk about his reporting on why all the protected trees are in leafy south Manchester and what is holding back the region's schools. We also discuss homelessness among asylum seekers and the new name for Manchester's big new venue: Aviva Studios.
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37 min
June 15, 2023 Manchester turns blue - but do City fans care about their club's finances?
On this week’s episode - sponsored by Manchester Museum - Joshi and Darryl speak to Sam Lee and Daniel Mooney, from the Man City fan podcast Let Me Talk, about the treble victory, the club’s finances and it’s role in the city. Plus, the latest on HS2, homelessness statistics and an update on Dani Cole’s campaign to get Tony Doran a headstone.
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37 min
June 08, 2023 Is Manchester’s transport infrastructure struggling to cope?
On our 100th episode, Darryl and Jack ask why 45% of Manchester’s children are classed as living in poverty, and what can be done about it. Plus, with so many big gigs in the city this week, why is Manchester’s transport infrastructure struggling to cope? And the latest from the bids to buy Manchester United and Wigan Athletic, and the road back to league football for Bury FC.

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34 min
June 01, 2023 The secret flights Manchester Airport doesn't want to talk about
In this week's podcast, Darryl, Mollie and Joshi discuss The Mill's revelation about animal testing flights at Manchester Airport. We also cover the demolition of a much loved pub in Rusholme and an awkward moment for Manchester United Women star Alessia Russo. Head to manchestermill.co.uk/subscribe to become a member and get all our reporting.
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29 min
May 25, 2023 Underpayment, media hype and the forgotten workers of Manchester’s hospitality industry
In this week’s episode, Joshi, Mollie and Jack discuss The Mill’s most recent investigation into underpayment in Manchester’s hospitality industry. The team spent months looking into businesses underpaying or failing to pay their staff. They talk through their reporting process and the way that local media coverage has missed out the plight of Manchester’s hospitality workers. “The owner’s always have media representation but the workers don’t. So, if the worker’s not being paid but he sees the owner in the MEN saying: ‘this is a great place, we’re going to do well’, you’re already going to be disincentivised to speak to the press about this sort of thing.”

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34 min
May 22, 2023 "We don't do things differently here": An author challenges the myths of Manchester
This week's episode comes directly from our Mill Members Event. Listen to our senior editor Sophie Atkinson talk to David Scott about his new book Mancunians: Where Do We Start, Where Do I Begin? It takes an alternative look at the city's cultural history, drawing on Scott's own life and extensive conversations with some of the Manchester's most influential, but often unsung, figures. "It’s more important than ever that we recognise that we aren’t just the Haçienda."

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26 min
May 11, 2023 Two cities, two votes: inside Eurovision and the local election returns
This week, Darryl Morris and Mollie Simpson pick through
the local election results, and ask what Arooj Shah returning as Oldham’s council leader means for the town’s fractured politics. Plus, we journey to neighbouring Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest and digest new rules for Greater Manchester’s landlords.

Don’t miss our next Mill Members Club Event: in conversation with author and poet Dave Scott about his new book, Mancunians, on Thursday 18th May at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. Get tickets here for just £5: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mill-members-club-feat-dave-scott-tickets-518575532377
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31 min
May 04, 2023 The 'red wall' speaks: what to expect from today's local elections
In this week's episode, Darryl and Joshi are joined by Michael Taylor - the editor of The Business Desk - to take a deep dive into the local elections and what to expect from Thursday's vote. Plus, Micheal explains why Manchester company's Open Money have found themselves in trouble and what it tells us about Manchester's fintech industry, and why the city centre is becoming more dense.

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40 min
April 27, 2023 The Prisoner’s Prison: has a Salford jail been taken over by the inmates?
This week, Darryl and Jack discuss Forest Bank prison, the jail termed the ‘prisoner’s prison, that an investigation suggests is in the hands of the inmates. Plus, new data on Manchester’s rental community and we ask if the ship should be removed from Manchester City and Manchester United’s club crests.

And as Rochdale drop out of the football league for the first time in 102 years, read this piece on the battle to save it. https://manchestermill.co.uk/p/they-wanted-control-of-the-club-but

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30 min

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Hello! This is The Run of The Mill podcast — a somewhat-weekly podcast from the team behind The Mill, Manchester's best newspaper since 2020. Join Ophira, Jack and the rest of the team as they take…