Alba Frederick interviews London artist Will Reid who discusses the inspiration of the outside, not putting pressure on himself to make art and his use of painting and drawing to explore emotional states of being.

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The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio. In this special edition series - 'The Two of Us SHORTS' - Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental health.

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music : Gavin O'Brien

One from the archives from my previous show on Reel Rebels Radio, 'The Conversational'. A brilliant interview with TS Elliot 2020 prize winner Roger Robinson and writer/editor Nii Ayikwei Parkes.

Show host - Naomi Woddis

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Therapist, healer, muse and workshop facilitator Laurence Sessou shares her wisdom on caring for one's inner child, why listening to our body is so essential to our well-being and what alchemy means to her.

Show host - Naomi Woddis

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Writer, journalist, musician and podcaster Musa Okwonga shares his feelings about recklessness and shame and what it means to always be in a state of transition.

Show host - Naomi Woddis

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Photographer Wasi Daniju shares her experience of living through the grieving process and what family means to her.

Show host - Naomi Woddis

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Poet and educator Dorothea Smartt talks about her identity as Zami. She reads from her new unpublished work which explores the anglophone caribbean contribution to the building of the Panama Canal.

Show host - Naomi Woddis

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Poet Anne Erith Cooper talks frankly about her mental health, how she manages living with Bipolar Disorder and why naming her diagnosis in the public sphere is her way of countering stigma.

Show host - Naomi Woddis

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Novelist Leone Ross talks about being happier than she's ever been, expressing the honest self through writing and reads from 'Come Let Us Sing Anyway'.

Show host - Naomi Woddis

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Poet and academic Kate Potts shares her enthusiasm for running and how it's really helped her mental health. She discusses her poetics and why giving voice to who has been silenced is so important to her. Kate reads from her book 'Feral.'

Show host - Naomi Woddis

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Naomi talks to poet, podcaster and carpenter David Turner. He discusses the idea of joinery and collaboration with his wife Lizzy Turner. David also talks about his experience as a service user, a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and the difficulties of coming off librium

Show host - Naomi Woddis

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive