Roaming Voices Podcast: Remarkable stories told by people who live nomadically.

Welcome to Roaming Voices, conversations with people who live in nomadic ways.In this episode we hear from Andy Hope, co-founder of the Green Roadshow and the well-known Glastonbury Festival venue, Croissant Neuf. Andy shares his love of family, community, and nature, reflecting on being ahead of the times and founding eco-energy venues by harnessing natural resources to grow food and power music.Andy reminds us that by working collaboratively and letting the magic happen, life can take you down some interesting roads.Useful links:Wind and Sun: Fred Dibnah (Steeplejack) TheRoundup.org.ukHow Blue LEDs Changed the WorldTess and Dougal (Resource Living) Dale Vince remembers the Battle of the BeanfieldBattle of the Beanfield | Operation Solstice FilmIf you enjoyed this podcast and would like to find out more please follow the links in the show notes and if you would like to join me for a conversation please email ⁠[email protected]⁠ Thank you for listeningJosie 🌞MusicTheme Tune: Pappa Jeffery!Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/airstream/sunny-sideLicense code: CDS7B29NSBYUUSUXhttps://uppbeat.io/t/matrika/on-vacationLicense code: ESB0FAAPNLLPQUFKhttps://uppbeat.io/t/blue-wednesday/leftyLicense code: KWSK2VCYPYEXJZNOhttps://uppbeat.io/t/doug-organ/nag-champaLicense code: YCV0KPOTH4P5LBLZhttps://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/battare-prosciuttoLicense code: LROB6WF9FRYAJ2BChttps://uppbeat.io/t/walz/golden-ageLicense code: KCWXILU69OCSYH0B

Welcome to Roaming Voices, conversations with people who live in nomadic ways.I am having a conversation with Mary Guyver, a New Traveller, performer and Bi-Lingual stage Manager. Just a bit of a warning, there may be swearing, sensitive issues and terminologies discussed. This is my second episode and was recorded across continents and not without its technical issues! It turns out that the internet in Brittany, France, is not great on a Thursday night when - in Mary 's words ‘all the gamers are on’  Hear about Mary's Badass bus life, dealing with breakdowns and learning mechanics, being a self -sufficient single mum to her daughter Circe, her life as a performer, stage manager and activist, ditching the UK and moving to France. Mary shows us that you can be autodidact (a self-taught person) turning your hand to anything if you put your mind to it, to not be so suspicious of strangers and to be mindful of the angels and the arseholes!After about 40 mins of playing with the tech, Mary and I worked out a way of still having a conversation by ditching the computer and going for a video chat on our phones. I balanced my personal phone in an empty cup of tea on my desk and balanced my work phone on another cup and pressed record! The sound is a bit sketchy and there was a weird echo and delay which meant I had to limit my own speaking to reduce the echo, but it worked out pretty good and we laughed at how bodge jobbing is in our blood!Useful links:Young Travellers ‘Bullied Out Of School' In London, Report Finds | EachOtherEducation - Friends, Families and TravellersEducation-inequalities-faced-by-Gypsies-Roma-and-Travellers-in-England-briefing-2.pdfTravellers Skool Bus - One Eye on the RoadEducation Otherwise - | Education is Compulsory - School is OptionalFriends, Families and TravellersThe Traveller MovementTravellers TimesCND websiteCuban Missile CrisisHome - Big-Top Hire - Selene EventsMUTOID WASTE COMPANY | Joe RushCroissant Neuf | FacebookCircomedia: Centre for Contemporary Circus and Physical TheatreCircus CityRougham Tree faireIf you enjoyed this podcast and would like to find out more please follow the links in the show notes and if you would like to join me for a conversation please email ⁠[email protected]⁠ Thank you for listeningJosie 🌞If you or anyone you know are experiencing being in an abusive relationship, you are not alone, there is help out there please reach out to someone you trust or contact ⁠⁠ Women's Aid ⁠Big love xxx Josie xxxMusic Credits:Jolly Jays Ukulele tune - intro and outroMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/marching-bandLicense code: WT24Y1KEXVWLVOSQMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/matt-stewart-evans/crazy-circusLicense code: NCD7LJMH96FMYQODMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/battare-prosciuttoLicense code: LROB6WF9FRYAJ2BCMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/gnashers/rubidium-disk-mannequinsLicense code: 9YMRLBHYEQAPDPIC

Welcome to Roaming Voices, conversations with people who live in nomadic ways.This is my first episode and was recorded at Glastonbury Festival 2025, in my van, and under the Ash tree opposite the Pyramid stage, on the Wednesday before the festival started. I am having a conversation with Kate Verney, hear about her extraordinary life on the road and her mission to be a female clown and mime artist - which was rare back then-  her life living in a truck, travelling with troupes and travelling solo, busking for breakfast and how being neuro divergent was her super power as a performer.Kate reminds us to look hard for the magic.Kate has worked as a body harmony teacher and practitioner for over 25 years, her hands on body harmony work is intuitive and holistic, working with people and the stories they hold in their bodies, she is happy and in love and living in South Wales by the sea.Check out her website⁠ ⁠bewellbehappy.co.uk⁠⁠Useful links:⁠⁠Friends Families and Travellers ⁠⁠⁠Battle of the Beanfield Operation Solstice 40th anniversary edition⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Atchin Tan Glastonbury⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Alan Lodge (Tash) Battle of the Beanfield photographs⁠⁠⁠⁠Traveller Times⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Criminal Justice Act⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Nik Turner⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Gerry Cottle Circus⁠⁠ ⁠Kidz Filed Glastonbury⁠'Tread softly because you tread on my dreams' ⁠He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven Poem by W.B. Yeats. ⁠If you enjoyed this podcast and would like to find out more please follow the links in the show notes and if you would like to join me for a conversation please email ⁠[email protected]⁠ Thank you for listeningJosie 🌞