28/02/2021

Available for over a year

Fi Glover presents friends, relatives and strangers in conversation as we adjust to the 'new normal'. In this week's programme: Nicolas and Andy talk frankly and openly about childlessness from a male perspective; Brendan, an extreme challenge runner, and Lizzie, couch to 5k, discuss how they took up running and how it changed their lives, their health and their outlook; and Mohammed, a GP based in a deprived area in Leeds, and Trevor, a volunteer vaccinator in Southampton, talk about their roles in the vaccination drive. The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject Producer: Mohini Patel