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The Anon Podcast
by Big Issue North
Welcome to The Anon Podcast, produced by Big Issue North. Anon puts the spotlight on real people in the North, whose stories, if told at all, are rarely told well by the mainstream media. From asylum seekers to disabled people or people living on the streets, our podcast gives a voice and an identity to those who had previously been anonymous.
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Episode Five: Darren and Karen’s story
Darren’s story is extraordinary, yet typical. It started with a childhood spent in and out of the care system, and moved onto living on the streets of Liverpool, using hard drugs and almost dying. But that’s not how it finished…Read more The post Episode Five: Darren and Karen’s story appeared first on Big Issue North.
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Episode Four: Tala’s story
Tala is just eight years old, but she’s experienced more than many people do in a lifetime. Born in Aleppo, Syria, just before civil war took hold, her early childhood was one of bombs and fear. When the situation in…Read more The post Episode Four: Tala’s story appeared first on Big Issue North.
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Episode Three: Hayden and Darren’s story
Hayden and Darren are father and son. Between them, they’ve experienced life in working-class Manchester over the last five decades, through music, using and dealing drugs to make ends meet, the inevitable brushes with the criminal justice system, and gradual…Read more The post Episode Three: Hayden and Darren’s story appeared first on Big Issue North.
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Episode Two: Malcolm’s story
Malcolm Jones is a double amputee from Rochdale. Having lost his first leg in 2001, it would be easy for Malcolm to feel like a victim, and like his operations took away his freedom, and even part of his life.…Read more The post Episode Two: Malcolm’s story appeared first on Big Issue North.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to The Anon Podcast, produced by Big Issue North. Anon puts the spotlight on real people in the North, whose stories, if told at all, are rarely told well by the mainstream media. From asylum seekers to disabled people or people living on the streets, our podcast gives a voice and an identity to those who had previously been anonymous.
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