In Part 2, host Remona Aly tries to see the bigger picture, looking at what we can learn from those that have experienced grief from a different perspective. We also look to the younger generation to see what grief for a lost future looks like, and begin to talk about healing.

Featuring testimonials from the public on what the last year has taken from them and taught them in return, a personal reflection from playwright David Edgar, a piece by poet Eddie Doyle, an interview with Dr Erica Borgstrom and music from Maimuna Memon. 

Content Warning – suicide

Episode 6, Part 2 credits:

Host - Remona Aly 

Guest - Dr Erica Borgstrom

Commissioned pieces:

Number Not Names by David Edgar

Writer-Performer - David Edgar

Director - Jennifer Bakst

These Things I’ve Known by Eddie Doyle

Writer-Performer - Eddie Doyle

Director - Jennifer Bakst

Farewell to Tarwathie (trad.)

Musician-Performer - Maimuna Memon

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Remona Aly

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

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Hosted by Remona Aly, the final episode of the series looks at what we have lost over the last year. Exploring how we can talk about feelings of loss and grief, and the rituals that can help us to say goodbye. 

Part 1 features personal accounts from acclaimed author and former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen and comedian Jack Rooke, conversations with leading religious scholars and thinkers Abdul Rehman Malik, Rabbi Alexandra Wright and vicar-turned-comedian Reverend Ravi Holy, as well as spoken word by Muneera Pilgrim and music from Maimuna Memon.

Content Warning – suicide

Episode 6, Part 1 credits:

Host - Remona Aly 

Guest - Reverend Ravi Holy

Guest - Abdul-Rehman Malik

Guest - Rabbi Alexandra Wright 

Commissioned pieces:

Farewell to Tarwathie (trad.)

Musician-Performer - Maimuna Memon

How To Make Up For The Shitty Live Streamed Funerals Of Those Who Did & Didn’t Die From Covid by Jack Rooke

Sound Designer - Ben Walker

Reflections on Grief by Michael Rosen 

Writer-Performer - Michael Rosen

The Poet and the Pauper by Muneera Pilgrim

Writer-Performer - Muneera Pilgrim 

Director - Richard Twyman 

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Remona Aly

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

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In Part 2, host Terry Gilliam discussed A.I. with Dr Cathy O’Neil and democracy with Open Democracy’s Mary Fitzgerald. This part also features original work by writer-performer Christopher Brett Bailey and playwright Stef Smith. 

Content Warnings - graphic depictions of animal cruelty and self-harm

Episode 5, Part 2 credits:

Host - Terry Gilliam

Guest - Dr Cathy O’Neil

Guest - Mary Fitzgerald

Commissioned pieces:

I Saw Satan At The 7/11 by Christopher Brett Bailey 

Writer-Performer - Christopher Brett Bailey

Director - Richard Twyman

Sound Designer - Mike Winship

The Truth Fairy by Stef Smith 

Mya - Jessica Fostekew

Theo - Hana Doe

Director - Debbie Hannan

Sound Designer - Mike Winship

Writer - Stef Smith 

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Terry Gilliam 

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Interview editor - Martha Littlehailes

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan and Ruth McKee

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Consultant Producer - Holly Gilliam

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

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From one epic twist to the next, from cliff-hanger to nail-biter, the last year has tested anyone’s suspension of disbelief in reality. Perhaps it is not surprising then that there has been a huge surge in the amount of people promoting and subscribing to conspiracy theories. Acclaimed director Terry Gilliam goes down the rabbit hole to sort the fact from the fiction.

In part 1, he is joined by co-host Mark Kermode, to delve into the prophetic film Twelve Monkeys. We hear original commissions from playwrights Kimber Lee and Gary Owen, as well as an interview with Professor Stephan Lewandowsky.

Episode 5, Part 1 credits:

Host - Terry Gilliam

Guest - Mark Kermode

Guest - Professor Stephan Lewandowsky

Commissioned pieces:

Breadcrumbs by Kimber Lee 

Hansel - Jack Rowan

Gretel - Sorcha Groundsell

The Woman - Lizzy Watts

Director - Robert Delamere

Sound Designer - Ben Walker

Writer - Kimber Lee 

Parallel Play by Gary Owen 

Nic - Mali Harries

Alex - Siôn Daniel Young

Director - Richard Twyman

Sound Designer - Mike Winship

Writer - Gary Owen 

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Terry Gilliam 

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Interview editor - Martha Littlehailes

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan and Ruth McKee

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Consultant Producer - Holly Gilliam

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

Clips from '12 Monkeys', directed by Terry Gilliam and produced by Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Classico and Twelve Monkeys Productions

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Following the flights of fancy and fantasy of part 1, host Nish Kumar interrogates some of the more difficult aspects of travel in a pandemic as he considers those whose journeys are to seek refuge and asylum, the rhetoric around immigration and Britain's colonial legacy and the future of travel in a time of climate change.

This part features a commission by novelist and playwright Dina Nayeri, as well as accounts from Luke Murphy, asylum seeker-turned-foodbank organiser MD Mominul Hamid and an interview with Professor Kehinde Andrews.

Content Warnings – human trafficking, modern slavery

Episode 4, Part 2 credits:

Host - Nish Kumar

Guest - MD Mominul Hamid

Guest - Professor Kehinde Andrews

Guest - Luke Murphy

Commissioned piece:

We Still Have Our Feet by Dina Nayeri

Dina - Nathalie Armin

Halimah - Anissa Murad

Filippo - Philip Arditti

Sam/Halimah’s Father - Scott Karim

Camp Worker/Halimah’s mother - Lisa Zahra

Director - Tinuke Craig

Sound Designer - Mike Winship

Writer - Dina Nayeri

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Nish Kumar

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan and Ruth McKee

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

Links:

For more information on MD Mominul Hamid’s food bank:

https://abirking.com/

https://abirking.com/mds-little-help-foodbank-covid19/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyTSodFLPd8&list=PLGvItNrhJ8VHhqqbLVXQ0MvubWSjLvj5u

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In March 2020, the world stopped. We went from being a peripatetic society of nomads to a society locked down… Instead, we started travelling with our imaginations. Host Nish Kumar invites you to join him as he embarks on a fantastical journey. 

Part 1 of this episode features writer-performer Jordan Brookes, a new commission from playwright Sami Ibrahim, an interview with travel writer Jini Reddy and accounts from lockdown adventurers.

Episode 4, Part 1 credits:

Host - Nish Kumar

Guest - Jini Reddy 

Commissioned pieces:

The Prodigal Self by Jordan Brookes

Writer-Performer - Jordan Brookes

Director and Sound Designer - Ben Walker

The Twig by Sami Ibrahim 

Performer - Lois Chimimba

Director - Anthony Almeida

Sound Designer - Mike Winship 

Writer - Sami Ibrahim

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Nish Kumar

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan and Ruth McKee

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

Clip from 'Joel & Nish Vs The World', produced by Rumpus Media for Comedy Central UK

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Host Chris McCausland returns to the subject of isolation and relying on the kindness of strangers in the pandemic, and discovers that whilst this felt like new territory for many of us, there is a portion of the population for whom this was not a new normal, but the norm. For many people with disabilities, barriers to socialising and engagement with strangers has been part of their lives for the longest time.

Part 2 of the episode features commissions from Athena Stevens and Tim Crouch, and a conversation with novelist Dina Nayeri.

Content Warning – graphic violence

Episode 3, Part 2 credits:

Host - Chris McCausland

Guest - Dina Nayeri

Commissioned pieces:

THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS by Athena Stevens

Writer-Performer - Athena Stevens

Director - Jennifer Bakst

Sound Designer - Helen Atkinson 

MILKY DRINKS by Tim Crouch

The Reader - Amber James

Director - Jennifer Bakst

Sound Designer - Max Pappenheim

Writer - Tim Crouch 

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Chris McCausland

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan 

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

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Lockdown made us all pioneers in a brave new world of digital socialising - and increasingly, interaction with perfect strangers. From QuarantineChat to neighbourhood WhatsApp groups, we started building new local and international networks in our lives. Chris McCausland hosts an episode that explores intimacy with strangers from multiple perspectives – and what will and must change going forward. 

Part 1 features a piece by writer Shahid Iqbal Khan, as well as conversations with kindness research director Dr Oliver Scott Curry and artist and entrepreneur Danielle Baskin.

Episode 3, Part 1 credits:

Host - Chris McCausland

Guest - Danielle Baskin

Guest - Dr Oliver Scott Curry

Commissioned piece:

THE RETURN by Shahid Iqbal Khan

Aadam - Alim Jayda

Boss - Ayesha Antoine

Colleague 1 - Gershwyn Eustache Jnr

Colleague 2 - Annabel Baldwin

Direction and Sound Design - Ben and Max Ringham

Writer - Shahid Iqbal Khan

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Chris McCausland

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan 

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

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Host Desiree Burch returns to her examination of how sex and intimacy got knotted up with a pandemic, dick pics and how lockdown has affected sex workers. 

Part 2 of the episode features writer-performers Travis Alabanza and Hollie McNish, comedian Richard Herring, and conversations with virtual strip club Cybertease and historical sex work expert and founder of Whores of Yore, Dr Kate Lister.  

Content Warning – graphic sexual content

Episode 2, Part 2 credits:

Host - Desiree Burch

Guest - Richard Herring

Guest - Cybertease

Guest - Dr Kate Lister

David Attenborough - Luke Kempner

Commissioned pieces:

The Main Tip Is To Breathe by Travis Alabanza

Writer-Performer - Travis Alabanza

Director - Jennifer Bakst

Sound Designer - Helen Atkinson 

Family Life in Lockdown by Hollie McNish

Writer-Performer - Hollie McNish

Sound Designer - Ben Walker

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Desiree Burch

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan and Ruth McKee

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

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A global pandemic is far from an aphrodisiac. How does shifting the satisfaction of our sexual needs to a digital plane change this most intimate and physical of acts? From couples revealing the rituals they used to negotiate each other during lockdown, to accounts of how the world of sex work is changing in response, Desiree Burch hosts an episode which is definitely NSFW.

Part 1 features commissions from writer Ella Hickson and Alissa Anne Jeun Yi, as well as conversations with comedian Celya AB and relationship expert Carol Bruess. 

Content Warning – graphic sexual content

Episode 2, Part 1 credits:

Host - Desiree Burch

Guest - Celya AB

Guest - Carol Bruess

David Attenborough - Luke Kempner

Commissioned pieces:

Lay(er) by Ella Hickson

A - Jodie McNee

B - Prisca Bakare

Husband - Tobi Bakare

Child - Isaac Bakare

Director - Sacha Wares

Sound Designer - Gareth Fry

Composer - Adrian Lee

Writer - Ella Hickson

Alissa’s Choose Your Own Porn Adventure by Alissa Anne Jeun Yi

Writer-Performer - Alissa Anne Jeun Yi

Director - Jennifer Bakst

Sound Designer - Helen Atkinson 

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Desiree Burch

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan and Ruth McKee

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

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Following our deep dive into pandemic-influenced dreams in Part 1, host Sophie Duker looks into how hallucinogenic-influenced altered states might help to cure PTSD, and confronts the trauma of the past year

Part 2 of the episode features an audio drama from writer Eno Mfon, as well as a conversation with Mariel Richards, CEO of gal-dem - a media publication for people of colour from marginalised genders, and an account from a patient of MAPS (the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). 

Content Warnings – suicide, sexual violence, violence, discussions about racial injustice 

Episode 1, Part 2 credits:

Host - Sophie Duker

Guest - Mariel Richards

Commissioned pieces:

Selling Dreams by Eno Mfon

D-Boy/Idris Alba/Kwame - Alexander Bean

Morineke - Lois Chimimba

Sharon - Morag Davies

Charlene/Auntie/Susie - Debbie Korley

Director - Ben Quashie

Sound Designer - Mike Winship

Writer - Eno Mfon

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Sophie Duker

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

Links:

M.A.P.S. - https://maps.org/

Footage of BLM protests - 'Black lives matter ( BLM ) London Protest In Hyde Park 2020' from CJ Photography Photo & Video YouTube channel (Creative Commons Licence)

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In a time when people have been haunted by pandemic-influenced dreams (a weird amount of which seem to feature Keanu Reeves battling Coronavirus), host Sophie Duker delves into the weird and wonderful world of dreamscapes, hallucinations and nightmares. 

Part 1 of the episode features original commissions from Matilda Ibini and Abbie Spallen, as well as a conversation with scientist and director of the DrEAMSLab research centre Dr Caroline Horton, and contributions from lucid dreamers and quarandreamers. 

Episode 1, Part 1 credits:

Host - Sophie Duker

Guest - Dr Caroline Horton

Commissioned pieces:

The Emperor, Warhol and The Queen by Abbie Spallen

Chow chow - Kathy Kiera Clarke

Director - John R. Wilkinson

Sound Designer - Alexandra Faye Braithwaite

Writer - Abbie Spallen

Don’t Panic, Don’t Move by Matilda Ibini

The reader - Paapa Essiedu

Director - Jennifer Bakst

Sound Designer - Max Pappenheim

Writer - Matilda Ibini

Host script - Jennifer Bakst and Sophie Duker

Testimonials Research - Aina J. Khan

Interview sound recording - James Hingley

Music – BMG Production Music

Production Co-ordinator - Madeleine Sharma

Assistant Producer - Ben Quashie

Producers - Andrew Hughes and Sarah Jane Murray

Series Producer - Ben Walker

Commissioning Editor - Jennifer Bakst

Executive Producers - Robert Delamere and Richard Twyman

THAT PODCAST is a Storyglass and ETT co-production

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Hosted by Remona Aly, Desiree Burch, Sophie Duker, Terry Gilliam, Nish Kumar and Chris McCausland, That Podcast features more than 100 writers, comedians, spoken word artists, scientists, journalists, musicians, and people from all walks of life, who tell tales of the extraordinary and the everyday, in an attempt to make sense of the world we now find ourselves living in.

That Podcast is a co-production between Storyglass and ETT. Executive Producers: Robert Delamere & Richard Twyman, Commissioning Editor: Jennifer Bakst, Producers: Andrew Hughes & Sarah Jane Murray, Series Producer: Ben Walker.

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That Podcast is a co-production between Storyglass and ETT. Executive Producers: Robert Delamere & Richard Twyman, Commissioning Editor: Jennifer Bakst, Producers: Andrew Hughes & Sarah Jane Murray, Series Producer: Ben Walker.

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