Raised by Writers: The Stories That Made Us Who We Are

Waffle Ep 57 - Simon Hunt

This week Paul chats to teacher and first time author Simon Hunt about his brand new book Delilah Rose the Bogey Princess He talks about his inspiration (his daughter) and the instigators behind getting it published (his class) as well as the difficulties of teaching during the Covid crisis.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 11.10.20

Enhance your podcast experience with Simon's musical choices below:

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight

The Who - Baba O'Riley

M83 - Interstellar Outro

Waffle Ep 56 - Richard Easton

This week Paul talks to Richard Easton about his debut, but long time coming poetry collection, "Words, Thoughts and Observations". He talks about his love of the environment and his long service in the Police force and how it has shaped his work. He also reads from the collection.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 104.7 FM 04.10.20

Enhance your podcast experience with Richard's musical choices here:

Madonna - Live to Tell

U2 - One Tree Hill

Gary Numan - I Die, You Die

Waffle Ep 55 - Jack Forrest, Bury Youth Theatre

In this week's episode, Paul chats to Bury Youth Theatre leader, Jack Forrest about how they have adapted their sessions to comply with COVID guidelines and about how the pandemic has affected theatre in general. They also bond over a shared love of a certain movie.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 27.09.20

Enhance your listening experience with Jack's musical selections:

McFly - No Worries

The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith

Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love

Waffle Ep 54 - Zoë Sîobhan Howarth-Lowe

This week, Paul is joined on the phone by poet Zoë Sîobhan Howarth-Lowe who talks about her second collection 'I Have Grown Two Hearts', all about motherhood.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 104.7FM 20.09.20

Enhance your listening experience with her music choices.

Pharrell - Happy

The Huckleberries - Tipsy Goblin

AC/DC - Thunderstruck

Waffle Ep 53 - Marissa Moore

This week Paul chats to entertainment entrepreneur Marissa Moore about her sister projects, Tailspin Theatre and her children's party company Wish Upon A Star which offers special appearances from Disney Princesses.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 13.09.20

 

Enhance your enjoyment of the podcast with Marissa's music choices:

Charles and Eddie - Would I Lie To You?

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

Meghan Trainor - Better When I'm Dancin'

 

Waffle Ep 52 - Rossendale Players

This week, Paul chats to the chair of local theatre company, the Rossendale Players, David West. He talks about their growth from the early days as a small ensemble to buying their own theatre, his thoughts on the future of local entertainment groups and how putting on a production really is a team effort.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 06.09.20

Enhance your enjoyment of the podcast by listening to David's music choices here:

Toto - Africa

Neil Young  - Four Strong Winds

Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound

Waffle Ep 51 - Punk In Drublic

This week's episode was recorded at Salford's Punk In Drublic, with excerpts of live comedy from Harriet Dyer and Ash Preston and poetry from Rebecca Roy, Thick Richard and Reece Williams.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio on 30.08.20

Enhance the podcast with our guests' musical choices.

The Bluebells - Young At Heart

Kojey Radical - Water

The Chicks - March 

Waffle Ep 50 - Rosa Wright

This week, Waffle celebrates its first birthday by catching up with its very first guest, poet Rosa Wright. She tells us how she has spent the last 12 months and how the COVID restrictions have impacted on her own but celebrates the launch of her new collection, For All My Mothers

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 23.08.20

Enhance your podcast experience with Rosa's 3 music choices.

The Beatles - From Me To You

The Spice Girls - Mama

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

Waffle Ep 49 - Tahira Rehman

This week Paul chats to young poet Tahira Rehman. She talks about the difficulties of first time self-publishing, her own podcast and we hear excerpts from her poetry collection, Mirages to Reality.

First broadcast on Rossendale Rdio 16.08.20

Enhance you listening experience with Tahira's music choices:

Coldplay - Yellow

Coldplay - The Scientist

Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Waffle Ep 48 - Geneviève Walsh

This week Paul chats to Yorkshire based poet Geneviève Walsh about their two open mic nights, Spoken Weird and Spoken Queered, how music suffuses into their poetry and we hear about their upcoming collection.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 09.08.20

Enhance this week's podcast with Geneviève's music choices.

• The Manic Street Preachers - Faster
• Joy Division - Dead Souls
• Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing

 

Waffle Ep 47 - Graeme Hawley

This week Paul talks to actor Graeme Hawley about his many roles including his villainous role in Coronation Street and they talk learning lines and the future of British Theatre. 

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 104.7 FM

Listen to Graeme's music choices here:

Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Nicola Benedetti (Vaughn Williams) - A Lark Ascending

Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around the Block

Waffle Ep 46 - Haili Hughes

This week, Paul chats to teacher and author Haili Hughes about her fascinating new book, Preserving Positity: Choosing to stay in the classroom and banishing a negative mindset. They talk about what it is to be a teacher in modern times and her long history as a journalist.

First broadcast in Rossendale Radio 26.07.20

 

Haili's song choices are here for you to enhance your experience.

Prince - Let's Go Crazy

Kate Bush - This Woman's Work

Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye 

Waffle Ep 45 - Book Talk, with Laura, Aimee & Robert

This week Paul hosts a special Book Talk episode and talks to three very different readers about their current book choices; from Laura delving into the minds of villains, Robert waxing lyrical about the history of vinyl records and 10 year old Aimee charms us with her current favourites.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 104.7FM 19.07.20

 

If you would like to listen to their music choices, you can find them here.

Laura: 'Bittersweet Symphony' by the Verve

Aimee: 'Just Got Paid' by Sigala, Ella Eyre & Meghan Trainor

Robert: 'Tusk' by Fleetwood Mac

 

 

Waffle Ep 44 - Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch

This week Paul talks to author and comedy writer, Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch about coming up through the ranks of television comedy writing and the new installment of her fantasy fiction Darkwood Trilogy.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 12.07.20

 

If you’ve enjoyed the chat about the music today, you can find links to our guest’s chosen tracks here:

‘Run with Us’ - Lisa Lougheed 

‘Clouds and Starlight’ - Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture 

‘Xanadu’ - ELO

Waffle Ep 43 - Andrew Knight-Hill PhD

This week Paul has a fascinating chat about where sound ends and music begins with Andrew Knight-Hill PhD, Senior Lecturer in Sound Design and Music Technology at the University of Greenwich, about his new book, Sound & Image: Audiovisual Practice and Aesthetics.

Samples used with kind permission: Incandescence, Andrew Knight-Hill and Mmabolela, Nikki Sheth

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 05.07.20

 

 

Waffle Ep 42 - Robert Steventon

This week, Paul chats to poet Robert Steventon about his open-mic might Punk in Drublic, how writing helps his mental health and we hear some of his new works.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio on 28.06.20

Waffle Ep 41 - Coral Rumble

This week Paul talks with award winning children's poet Coral Rumble about her transition from teacher to poet and hear excerpts from her new collection.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio on 21.06.20

 

Waffle Ep 40 - James Frith

This week, Paul chats to political campaigner James Frith about speech-writing for parliament, his books about his time as a novice Member of Parliament and the joys of getting to perform at Glastonbury with his band.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 14.06.20

Waffle Ep 39 - Amy Willoughby on Empathy Day

This week, ahead of Empathy Day on June 9th, Paul chats to assistant head and English teacher Amy Willoughby about working with Empathy Lab and the hows and whys of teaching empathy in schools.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 07.05.20

Waffle Ep 38 - Sadie Davidson

This week Paul talks with poet Sadie Davidson about how she found her way to poetry as a new mother, her work to promote the work of the less privileged and her award-winning project Life Behind Bards.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 31.05.20

Waffle Ep 37 - Tiernan Douieb

This week, Paul gets the chance to chat to old friend and comedy king Tiernan Douieb about writing stand up, working along side some of TV's favourite comedians and encouraging kids to get up and be funny.

First broadcast on Rossendale Radio 25.05.20