A new podcast series featuring in-depth audio interviews with individuals from organisations and initiatives across Exeter is now airing every other Wednesday.
Exeter Stories, which launched last month, is hosted by local resident Paul Batterham. He has interviewed entrepreneurs, activists, educators, artists and community leaders from a range of projects across the city about their personal journeys, challenges and successes, in search of “positive stories that are happening right now, right on our doorsteps”.
Already-aired episodes include a conversation with Emma Dunn, director of Devon and Exeter Institution. She talks about the restoration of its 13th century building, which had been on the Heritage at Risk register for three years when she began working there in 2015.
They also include an interview with Callum Elliot-Archer, who talks about transforming Exeter Library by creating dedicated space for teenagers, hosting opera performances and putting on discos for the over-sixties after taking over as manager in 2020.
Cameron Mills talks about his Exeter-based music, media and drama hub, which offers courses in animation, DJing and songwriting to young people and adults as well as a city centre recording studio and rehearsal space, and interviews with CoLab CEO Fiona Carden and Exeter City Community Trust chair Julian Tagg are also available now.
On Wednesday 12 November the series features an interview with Alice Mills and Natalie Whitehead, founders of Exeter Science Centre, an educational charity which aims to create a network of global issue-focussed science centres across the South West.
The series continues on Wednesday 26 November with Chris Wood of Exeter Community Alliance, an umbrella group of 80 Exeter organisations which aims to educate and engage the public on climate, biodiversity and social justice issues.
Further episodes will be released every other Wednesday until 4 February next year, and will include conversations with Quirk Theatre director Katie Villa, Exeter Respect Festival founder Suaad Genem-George and CoLab Women programme manager Jeanie Lynch.
Exeter Stories is available on a wide range of podcast platforms. For more information visit the Exeter Stories Linktree.
