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Standing Places
by Ivor Wells
"So where's home then?" It's a question that so many of us struggle to answer. Yet the dilemmas and complexities of identity and belonging are things we're talking about more and more. Standing Places is a digital campfire for sharing stories and reflections about the eternal question of 'home'. Hosted by traveller, writer and storyteller, Ivor Wells.
Episodes
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#12: On Island Tides: A journey through the music of Blanco White
In this episode we meet the voice and the inspiration behind Blanco White, the stage name of Josh Edwards, a guitarist and singer-songwriter from London. Josh studied flamenco guitar in Cádiz in Spain, and later the Andean instrument the charango in Sucre in Bolivia. In 2016 he released his first...
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#11: The Cult of the Shining City
What is happening to the soul of America? It's a question the whole world is asking as Americans start voting in the most bizarre general election in their history. Yet regardless of who wins the 2020 Presidential race, it's clear that something is going horribly wrong in the world's oldest...
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#10: Poetry to journey by
So we're all grounded for the foreseeable future. None of us will be travelling the way we used to any time soon. And so we wait, and remember, and imagine the open roads and open skies we crave and miss. In this episode I share a few poems about the excitement of setting off again, and our...
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#9: Politics of a Pandemic: A conversation with Dr. Paul G. Buchanan
Most of the world is now in some form of pandemic lockdown, and everything around us is changing – politics, economics, international relations. How do we navigate this new terrain? What are the implications for liberal democracy? What might a 'new normal' look like for the world order? Paul...
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#8: Coronavirus: Time will come good
As the coronavirus lockdown is further extended here in the UK, it's hard to know when or indeed how our lives will return to any sense of normality. In the meantime we wait, and we hope, and we tune in for news of better times. In this episode I reflect on the importance of journalists – the…
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#7: Coronavirus: Fighting 'The Rona'
Since recording my last episode it seems that I contracted the coronavirus. So here are some reflections on fighting 'The Rona', the silence of London's traffic-less skies, and the poetry of one of New Zealand's best writers, Brian Turner. If you're feeling unwell or afraid right now, I hope this...
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#6: Coronavirus: We're all in this together
We're only just starting to accept the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic here in the UK. We've never lived through anything like this in our lifetimes, and everything is about to change dramatically. So how do we stay connected and hopeful, and how do we manage our fear? In this episode we...
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#5: Home is where we have 51 per cent of the vote
What does it mean to be a global citizen when walls and borders are back in vogue? How do you create a permanent home that's a sanctuary? And what does permanence and sanctuary even mean when borders are being re-drawn and the ground is shifting beneath your feet? In this episode we meet Amy...
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#4: Finding home again in the aftermath of grief
How do you find home again when you've lost the person who was your home? And what does the idea of home even mean in the aftermath of grief? Home is more than a physical place. It's something very human shaped. Because so many of us find our sense of home in the people we love. Four years ago...
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#3: The citizenship tests of a lapsed Canadian
What does home mean when you've always had a complicated relationship with the country you were born in? Piali DasGupta's personal story stretches from Kolkata, India to the prairies of Canada, to the town halls of England's cities and the banks of the river Thames in London. In this episode…
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#2: Football, grime music and being English in East 18
Londoners aren't always good at getting to know their neighbours. Sometimes it feels like even the city's suburbs are trying to avoid eye contact. In this episode we go out East to meet Freddie, James and Dan; three Londoners in their mid-20s who grew up in the postcode of East 18. We met in…
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#1: Introducing Standing Places
Welcome to the first episode of Standing Places! In this episode we're just getting introduced. I explain what Standing Places is all about and the inspiration behind this podcast. And it all starts with a word that you'll only find at the uttermost edge of the world... Don't forget to subscribe…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
"So where's home then?" It's a question that so many of us struggle to answer. Yet the dilemmas and complexities of identity and belonging are things we're talking about more and more. Standing Places is a digital campfire for sharing stories and reflections about the eternal question of 'home'. Hosted by traveller, writer and storyteller, Ivor Wells.
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Standing Places currently has 12 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Standing Places about?
"So where's home then?" It's a question that so many of us struggle to answer. Yet the dilemmas and complexities of identity and belonging are things we're talking about more and more. Standing Places is a digital campfire for sharing stories and reflections about the eternal question of 'home'....
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Standing Places is created and hosted by Ivor Wells.
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