Snowcast

Dec 20 2023 42 ep. 40 mins 306

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A weekly podcast from Jon Snow featuring original thinkers, campaigners, creators and performers.
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RUTH MADELEY: celebrating the inclusivity of Doctor Who

Dec 20 2023 36 mins

Ruth Madeley was born in Westhoughton, near Bolton, and studied English and creative writing at university. She always wanted to work in the entertainment industry and thought that her path lay in scriptwriting. She was born with spina bifida and, as an ambulatory wheelchair user, Ruth just didn’t see herself represented on screenHowever, a work experience placement at the BBC le

DAN SCHREIBER: exploring the world of the weird with a QI elf

Dec 12 2023 57 mins

Dan Schreiber was born in Hong Kong, grew up in Sydney, and moved to England at the age of 19.Once here, Dan was hired as a researcher on the BBC panel show QI. And it was a job that Dan was born to do - one that combined his love for facts and comedy.In 2008, Dan launched The Museum of Curiosity on BBC Radio 4 and, after that, came No Such Thing As A Fish - a hugely popular podcas

LIZ BONNIN: sharing a passion for the natural world

Dec 04 2023 51 mins

Liz was born in France, grew up in Ireland, and studied biochemistry and wildlife biology at university.She has since travelled the world studying animal behaviour. And her documentaries include Drowning in Plastic, Galapagos and Should We Close Our Zoos? Liz is also part of Our Changing Planet, a seven-year-project for the BBC, visiting vulnerable habitats - to chart changes

WAAD AL-KATEAB: a refugee and filmmaker who dares to dream

Nov 27 2023 39 mins

Waad Al-Kateab is a BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker. Born in Syria, Waad left home at 18, to study at the university of Aleppo. In 2011, she began shooting video on her phone, while attending pro-democracy protests. Waad went on to document the next five years in Aleppo, capturing life, loss and emergency care in the besieged city - as well as the birth of her firs

CAROL MORLEY: the detective filmmaker shining a light on forgotten women

Nov 13 2023 42 mins

Carol Morley is an acclaimed filmmaker, whose work includes short film, documentary and drama. She was born in Stockport, and spent her teens enjoying the Manchester music scene, before moving to London - where she studied Fine Art, Film and Video, at Saint Martins College.Her 2000 documentary, The Alcohol Years, showed a fearlessness and an early interest in identity. Carol�

PROFESSOR MARY BEARD: a don's life and love for Ancient Rome

Nov 06 2023 42 mins

Classics professor Dame Mary Beard was a bright child, who was bumped up a year at school, went on archaelogical digs as a teen, and studied classics at Newnham College. After completing her PhD, Mary taught at King’s College in London, before returning to Cambridge - where she remained for nearly forty years.During her long academic career, Mary has written many best-selling boo

AVA GLASS: crime reporter to "new queen of spy fiction"

Oct 30 2023 39 mins

Ava Glass is the pen name of Christi Daugherty. She was born in Texas and worked as a crime reporter before moving to the UK.A few years after settling in London, Christi was recruited to work in the communications department of the Home Office - tasked with helping the public understand what the intelligence services do, to keep us safe. This wasn’t a straightforward job, g

STEVE GALLANT: finding courage on London Bridge and a purpose in prison

Oct 23 2023 45 mins

In November 2019, Steve Gallant was serving a life sentence for murder when he confronted the terrorist Usman Khan.Steve had been allowed out on day release, to attend a Learning Together event, near London Bridge. Learning Together was an initiative that brought students and prisoners together - and helped change many lives for the better. But on this dreadful day, two young gradu

ZAK OVÉ: shining a light on invisible histories through art

Oct 16 2023 41 mins

The British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové was born into an artistic family. After studying at St. Martin’s School of Art, he worked as a photographer and as a director of television and music videos. At the age of 40, Zak had an epiphany while filming in Trinidad. Feeling a distance from his subject matter, Zak realised that he wanted to be a “maker” and that sculpture wou

SARAH SANDS: editing the news and finding hope in hedgehogs

Oct 09 2023 36 mins

Sarah Sands grew up in Tunbridge Wells and cut her teeth on a local newspaper in Kent, before moving to the diary, on the Evening Standard.She later edited the Standard but not before spending some time at The Telegraph, and re-designing the Sunday edition, with the launch of two new magazines.In 2017, Sarah moved into broadcast journalism, as editor of Today. While at the BBC, she