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Sunday Edition: John and William - The way the cookie crumbles from 2020-03-29T15:00
Sunday Edition: John and William - The way the cookie crumbles
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Sunday Edition: Becky and Bill - Try being me for a day from 2020-03-22T16:00
Sunday Edition: Becky and Bill - Try being me for a day
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Sunday Edition: Neil and Daisy - It's your world now from 2020-03-15T16:00
Sunday Edition: Neil and Daisy - It's your world now
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Sunday Edition: Mark and Darren - I Didn’t Even Know Your Name Was Darren” from 2020-03-08T16:00
Sunday Edition: Mark and Darren - I Didn’t Even Know Your Name Was Darren”
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Eva and Gerry - Everyone Dines with the Devil from 2020-03-01T16:00
Eva and Gerry - Everyone Dines with the Devil
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Tattooing, voice communication and the dark side of comedy from 2020-02-09T16:00
Tattooing, voice communication and the dark side of comedy
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The Listening Project Christmas Special from 2019-12-25T08:00
The Listening Project Christmas Special
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Workplace Friendships, Shared Experiences from 2019-11-14T14:45
Workplace Friendships, Shared Experiences
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Marathon running, Rubik cubing and single-parenting from 2019-10-20T15:00
Marathon running, Rubik cubing and single-parenting
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Cancer, Cross-Dressing and Creative Minds from 2019-09-22T15:00
Cancer, Cross-Dressing and Creative Minds
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Art, horse riding and gaming from 2018-12-30T16:00
Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today.
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The career paths we choose to take from 2018-12-23T16:00
Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today.
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Writing, Reading and Speaking from 2018-10-28T15:00
Conversations about the power of the spoken and written word
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Life is Finite from 2018-10-21T14:02
Reflections on the death of parents and on getting older.
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Women and Identity from 2018-10-14T13:58
Whether it's being Vietnamese, a baptised Sikh, or an unwavering feminist
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A Male Perspective from 2018-10-07T14:00
On cricket, on divorce, and on starting a curry restaurant
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Not Conforming To The Norm from 2018-09-30T14:00
The experience of having dyslexia or a cleft palate, or being unable to breast feed.
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Changed by Loss from 2018-09-23T14:00
The impact of sudden death or suicide on those left behind.
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Aging Gracefully from 2018-09-16T14:00
As friends, as grandparents, or as ghosts in the mirror
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Making the Best of Things from 2018-08-12T14:00
Whether it's a liver transplant, a wheelchair, or a son with unusual interests
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Someone To Turn To from 2018-08-05T12:00
Whether it's a mentor or a long-standing friend, we all need somebody
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Losing Loved Ones from 2018-07-29T14:00
Whether to a long, slow decline, or to a shockingly sudden death
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A Certain Stage in Life from 2018-07-15T14:00
Accepting what you can't change later in life, and getting on with what you can change.
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My Special Brother from 2018-07-08T14:00
Three brothers with special needs and a huge capacity for joy and enthusiasm
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Health Care from 2018-07-01T14:00
Needles may hurt, but treatment is still a lot less painful than it was before the NHS
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Family Influences from 2018-06-17T14:00
In poetry, in jazz, or in the lasting impact of children - however young - on parents
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Inspirational Others from 2018-05-13T14:00
Finding the person who helps you realise your potential
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Open To Change from 2018-05-06T14:00
Adopting a child, letting go of religion and moving on after bankruptcy
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Sharing The Load from 2018-04-29T14:00
Friends and family supporting those with health issues
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Language and Belonging from 2018-04-22T14:00
How you speak, how you look, and what you're called all affect how you are perceived
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Places Life Takes You from 2018-04-15T14:00
The ultimate destination is death, but everyone travels a different journey
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Fathers and Sons from 2018-04-08T14:00
An exploration of the relationship at different stages of life
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Planned and Unplanned Parenthood from 2018-04-01T14:00
The changes over time in having a baby out of wedlock
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The Things That Bind Couples Together from 2018-03-25T14:00
It can be football, or music, or simply providing support and understanding
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Adventures in Parenting from 2018-03-18T15:00
Being a parent is a rollercoaster ride of love, acceptance, and responsibility
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Being True to Yourself from 2018-03-11T15:00
Taking control of your life, your death, and the infinite blue of the ocean
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Conversations With or About Mum from 2018-03-04T15:00
Stammering, death and Motor Neurone Disease are all shared in this poignant selection
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Men of Ulster from 2018-02-25T15:00
Men who have used their creativity to reflect their experience of their homeland
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Reflections on the World of Work from 2018-02-04T15:00
Fire-fighter or a musician, aquarist or factory worker
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Meanings in Life from 2017-12-31T15:00
Three conversations about the things that give life meaning
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Inspiration from 2017-12-24T15:00
Stained glass, friends who listen, late-in-life-love, and mother-daughter closeness
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Why We Choose the Jobs We Do from 2017-12-10T15:00
Life experience can direct our career path
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We Aren't Always The Same Person from 2017-12-03T15:00
Identity is more than how you look or sound, or where you live
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The Power of Dance from 2017-11-26T15:00
Whether it's ballet or contemporary dance, the joy of movement can boost self-confidence.
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Children in Need from 2017-11-19T15:00
Life as a young carer or with terminal cancer or just facing challenges when growing up
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Challenging Perceptions of Disability from 2017-11-12T15:00
Down's Syndrome, Type 1 Diabetes and Learning Disabilities don't need to be life-limiting
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Men on Work, Food and Friendship from 2017-11-05T15:00
Trials of management, joys of foraging, rewards of longterm friendship, with Fi Glover.
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A Child’s Perspective from 2017-10-29T15:00
Redheads, football, Eastern Europe, siblings with Down's. Child's eye view with Fi Glover
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Female Friendship from 2017-10-22T14:00
You can rely on your women friends - new or long-standing. Fi Glover presents.
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Abused in Childhood from 2017-10-15T14:00
Abuse by family or those meant to care for a child is never forgotten. Fi Glover presents
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Omnibus – Mothers and Daughters from 2017-10-08T14:00
Sharing the stage, a faith or the experience of being an incomer
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Omnibus – Facing Forward from 2017-10-01T14:00
Planning funerals and dealing with marriage where one partner falls ill
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Omnibus – Principles that Guide Us from 2017-09-24T14:00
Lives affected by political or religious belief or social pressure
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Omnibus - Health Matters from 2017-09-17T14:00
Life-changing accidents, kidney donation and life as a junior doctor
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Omnibus – Together and Apart from 2017-09-10T14:00
Starting at uni, dealing with the empty nest, and long distance love
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Omnibus - Perspectives on Disability from 2017-09-03T14:25
Conversations about living with disability - your own or your child's or your parent's
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Omnibus - The Things That Bind Us from 2017-08-27T14:49
Hair, film and identity can all bring us together
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Omnibus – The Fun and Freedom of Times Past from 2017-07-30T14:00
Memories of unencumbered travel, riotous good works and Londonderry at the weekend.
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Omnibus - Fire in the Belly from 2017-07-23T14:00
Whether it's human rights or veganism that puts it there, or the need to avoid gluten
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Omnibus - A Question of Faith from 2017-07-16T14:00
Different beliefs and different faiths in conversation
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Omnibus - Rock, Pop and Prom from 2017-07-09T14:00
The influence of musical events on our lives
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Omnibus - The World According to Boys from 2017-07-02T14:00
Meeting the requirements of the adult world can be hard work
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Omnibus – Friends and Mentors from 2017-06-25T14:00
Supportive relationships forged in the swimming pool, the office, and in childhood.
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Omnibus – Men in Conversation from 2017-06-18T14:00
Losing your sense of smell, learning to love, and loving to travel on the bus.
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Omnibus - Working Life from 2017-06-04T14:00
Conversations about the choices involved in choosing our career paths
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Omnibus – Let’s Be Honest from 2017-05-21T14:00
Honest conversations about relationships, pets, football and gardening
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Omnibus - Facing The Inevitable from 2017-05-14T14:00
Death cannot be avoided and should be talked about.
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Omnibus - Adoption from 2017-05-07T14:00
Being adopted, adopting, and having a younger sibling who's adopted
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Omnibus - The Wisdom of Youth from 2017-04-30T14:00
Putting others first, seeing them clearly and listening to their opinions
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Omnibus - The Passage of Time from 2017-04-23T14:00
Exploding toilets, retirement homes for PE teachers, and pranks played by art teachers
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Omnibus – Difficult But Important Conversations from 2017-04-16T14:00
Regretting the loss of speech and of sex, and wanting to re-pay a debt to your country
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Omnibus - To Lose A Child from 2017-04-02T14:00
Honest conversations about experiencing the death of your child
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Omnibus - Breaking Down Barriers from 2017-03-26T14:02
Overcoming a covert stammer, profound deafness, and prejudice against women bricklayers
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Omnibus - Coming Out from 2017-03-19T11:15
Acknowledging your sexuality, your eating disorder and your relationship problems
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Omnibus - Belonging from 2017-03-12T15:00
Not being defined by first impressions or early experiences
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Omnibus – Negotiating Difference from 2017-03-05T15:00
Different outlooks and beliefs can bring people close or drive them apart
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Omnibus - Understanding from 2017-03-05T14:58
Autism, Islam and friendship are all open to misperceptions
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Omnibus – Contending with Death from 2017-02-12T15:00
How to comfort, how to remember, and how to face loss
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Omnibus - Jo and Andy - Divorce from 2017-01-19T11:55
A divorced couple reflect on marriage, autism and friendship
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Christmas Day Omnibus from 2016-12-25T15:00
Father Christmas, Toy Story and 6 year old twins all feature in this festive edition
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Sunday Omnibus - The Power of Two from 2016-12-18T15:00
Dealing with bereavement, kidney disease and ageing - as a couple
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Sunday Omnibus - A Male Perspective from 2016-12-11T15:00
Men on Euro 2016, identity and mass trespass, and Methodism
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Sunday Omnibus - The Distaff Side from 2016-12-04T15:00
Conversations about what's normal, what's inherited and how much is shared in family life
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Sunday Omnibus - Nature's Inspiration from 2016-11-13T15:00
The beauty of nature on land, on water, and in sound
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Sunday Omnibus - A Positive Outlook from 2016-10-16T14:00
The joy of life, romance and grandchildren in old age, and of gaining an adoptive family
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Sunday Omnibus - Someone To Lean On from 2016-10-13T09:43
Role models, friendship and a relationship in transition.
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Sunday Omnibus - Men and Friendship from 2016-09-25T13:59
Conversations between male friends about similarities and differences
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Sunday Omnibus - Embracing Change from 2016-09-18T13:59
Going to university, retiring from work, and saying goodbye to foster children
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Sunday Omnibus - What We Choose To Tell from 2016-08-21T14:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations about the challenges facing relationships and creativity when they fall outside the standard parameters
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Sunday Omnibus - Looking Back from 2016-08-14T14:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations reflecting on past attitudes to service, relationships and families
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Omnibus - Not All Families Are The Same from 2016-08-07T14:00
Fi Glover with conversations between mothers and their offspring about the challenges of university life for a single mum with a toddler, and of looking after a disabled sibling
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Sunday Omnibus - Shared Differences from 2016-07-31T14:00
Fi Glover introduces three conversations about how embracing differences, whether cultural or culinary, can reveal that more is shared than we realize
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Sunday Omnibus - Thespian Edition from 2016-07-10T14:00
Fi Glover with conversations about how long one can usefully pursue amateur dramatics, cabaret and choosing a career as a performer
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Sunday Omnibus - Learning to Live Somewhere New from 2016-06-26T14:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations between families who had to leave their home country to settle in the UK and one that chose to make the shorter move from town to country.
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Sunday Omnibus – Ian and Chikodi from 2016-06-19T14:00
Fi Glover with three excerpts from an illuminating conversation between a visually impaired man who's white and his sighted, younger partner who's black, about their life together
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Sunday Omnibus - Saying Goodbye from 2016-06-12T14:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations that reflect on loss and also prepare for it, in this special Omnibus Edition
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Sunday Omnibus - Seeing People Differently from 2016-06-05T14:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations from Cumbria, Lancashire and London, about the ways people view those who look or live differently from them.
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Sunday Omnibus - Hay Festival from 2016-05-29T14:00
Fi Glover introduces four conversations recorded at last year's Hay Festival which illuminate the possibilities at this year's
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Sunday Omnibus - Post-Partum Psychosis from 2016-05-08T13:59
Fi Glover with a conversation between friends, one of whom supported the other through a psychotic episode and the depression following treatment, about how it changed them
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Sunday Omnibus - Nepal Earthquake from 2016-04-28T11:55
Fi Glover introduces two conversations about the reverberations of last April's earthquake in Nepal on some who experienced it, and one about failing to reach a fund-raising goal.
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Omnibus - Mothers and Sons from 2016-04-17T14:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations which reveal the close bond between mothers and sons, from Cumbria, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
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Sunday Omnibus - Friendship from 2016-04-10T14:00
Fi Glover introduces friends who share interests and those who have little in common, yet whether they live in Omagh, Tadcaster or Manchester, they rely on their mutual support
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Omnibus - Still Alive from 2016-04-03T14:00
Fi Glover introduces three conversations about the joys of still being alive, despite the odds, from Manchester, Cumbria and Wales.
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Omnibus - Changes in Working Life from 2016-03-27T14:00
Fi Glover with conversations between GPs, students, and a graduate employee and his line manager, about the shift to focus on data, and the significant changes in expectation.
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Sunday Omnibus - Jason and Kim from 2016-03-13T15:00
Fi Glover introduces three clips from a conversation between an employer and a disabled employee, about how her job in the company has changed both their outlooks.
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Sunday Omnibus - Migration from 2016-03-06T15:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations about the reasons for migration, the impact on those left behind and the question of identity in your new homeland
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Omnibus - Dealing With Death and Suicide from 2016-02-28T15:01
Fi Glover introduces conversations about a mother's death and a much loved stepmother, a father's suicide, and sons who took their own lives.
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Omnibus - Women and Community from 2016-02-14T15:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations between women in Derry, Barry and Grantham about community action, public office and life skills.
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Sunday Omnibus - Families from 2016-01-31T15:00
Fi Glover with conversations about various ways of living family life - married or not, in one home or two, and how not to introduce a step parent.
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Sunday Omnibus - The Sea and surviving university from 2016-01-24T15:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations from Northern Ireland, Jersey and Manchester, about the beauty of the sea, and the cost of academic success
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Sunday Omnibus - Artistic Expression from 2016-01-03T15:00
Fi Glover with conversations about clog-dancing, burlesque performance, and the allure of the European male
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Sunday Omnibus - CBBC from 2015-12-27T15:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations about sharing a room, playing rugby league, the benefits that come from joining the Cub Scouts, and learning to live in a new country.
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Sunday Omnibus - Refugees in Lebanon from 2015-12-20T15:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations between Syrians who have had to flee their country and who find life in Lebanon gives them little hope for their futures.
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Sunday Omnibus - Life after The Troubles, taking on a farm, and filling retirement with fund-raising from 2015-12-13T15:00
Fi Glover with conversations about living the farming dream, making retirement worthwhile, and recovery from a childhood spent in Northern Ireland during The Troubles.
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Sunday Omnibus - Passing Down of Wisdom and Experience from 2015-12-06T15:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations which reflect changes between generations and the importance of childhood experiences in making us who we are
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Sunday Omnibus - Letting Go from 2015-11-29T15:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations about friendship between former opposing extremists, the church rising above differences in belief, and letting go of a loved one
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Sunday Omnibus - Children in Need from 2015-11-15T15:00
Fi Glover introduces a conversation between friends who both have disabled children, about the impact on their lives from the moment of their birth.
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Sunday Omnibus - Sons of Ten Years and Under from 2015-11-08T15:02
Fi Glover with three conversations between parents and their sons, about having a disabled twin, having a disabled father, and the joys of Lego
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Sunday Omnibus - Social Anxiety and Supportive Friendship from 2015-11-01T15:00
Fi Glover with conversations between friends whose supportive relationship is built on listening and a couple who are adapting to life minus the wife's former social anxiety
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Sunday Omnibus - Challenges from 2015-10-18T14:00
Fi Glover introduces conversations from Lowestoft, Omagh and Glasgow, between family members who have had to face challenges but have overcome them with no regrets.
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Sunday Omnibus - Men Talking from 2015-10-11T14:00
Fi Glover with conversations between first basses in a male voice choir, residents of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and members of church groups on either side of the Atlantic
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Sunday Omnibus - Having Babies...or not from 2015-10-04T14:00
Fi Glover with conversations about the joys and fears of prospective parenthood - one of them recorded just hours before the baby's arrival - and about not choosing parenthood.
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Sunday Omnibus - Living in Rhodesia from 2015-05-31T14:00
Three conversations revealing the reality of life in Rhodesia before 1980, when independent Zimbabwe was born, between women whose memories of that time still inform their lives. Introduced by Fi G...
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Sunday Omnibus Shared Passions from 2015-02-08T15:00
Conversations between two guitar-makers, two people associated with the Little Angel Puppet Theatre, and two meditative wild swimmers, introduced by Fi Glover
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@ Sunday Omnibus - Alison and Shirley from 2015-01-11T15:00
Sisters reflect on their childhood in Sedbergh and the difficulties they've both overcome in their lives since, introduced by Fi Glover
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Sunday Omnibus - Children's Special from 2014-12-28T15:00
Gems of youthful wisdom from Suffolk, Devon, Leeds and Leicester as Fi Glover revisits some of the children's conversations featured by The Listening Project over the past two years.
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Sunday Omnibus - Karen and Nicole from 2014-11-23T15:00
Three excerpts from one of the last conversations a mother dying from cancer will have with her adult daughter, introduced by Fi GLover.
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Sunday Omnibus from 2014-11-02T15:00
Conversations between women, revealing friendships forged through travel or work, or living through the death of a 6 year old, introduced by Fi Glover
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