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Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins

I’m trying to give you something a little different. Hello You is about stuff, and things. People, and stories. Shrewsbury, and Shropshire. Mental health and well-being. History and heritage. Arts, culture and music. Faith, belief and the complexities of life. I’m a good listener. It’s what I do. And for Hello You, I’m listening to (and talking with) fascinating people, mostly but not always from Shropshire, so that you can hear what they have to say. It"s public-service local journalism that

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Hello You 22: On Mike's Bench in the Market Hall

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2024/02/18

Sorry I didn’t get this to you sooner. I recorded it on Friday lunchtime, but I wasn’t feeling at all well yesterday (Saturday) - to put it mildly - so nothing got done.Anyway, it’s here now! And you can hear what happened when I went to Shrewsbury’s Market Hall, to sit on a very handsome and comfortable bench in the hope of recording some conversations.There’s a travelling soundscape - audio movie, if you like - and you can meet Bethany and Terry while getting a sense of what life is like in what

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Hello You 21: Steve Wright, and a peaceful Shrewsbury...

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2024/02/13

Steve Wright began working in radio in the mid-to-late 1970s. I started in 1980, so for the whole time I’ve been in the industry, Steve Wright has been there too.And for millions of people, Steve Wright was always there. Until he wasn’t.I’ve been thinking out loud about Steve, and radio, and the BBC.Also, a new Shrewsbury soundscape, one in which very little happens.My mum always used to crave ‘peace and quiet’; the two words were inseparable for her. If you too crave peace and quiet, or just an

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Hello You 20: How Many Makes a Murder?

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2024/02/07

Thrilled by the long list of great suggestions for benches on which I could sit to record conversations with people, I picked one from the pile and set off to do my thing in the Belle Vue area of Shrewsbury.Who did I talk to? Well, mostly myself and you, as you’ll hear.The next ‘bench’ session will be in Shrewsbury’s Market Hall. I’ll be on what’s known as Mike’s Bench, by the book barrow in the middle of the lower floor, from about 12:30pm on Friday February 16th. Come and say hello? There’s likely

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Hello You 19: Time to Talk Day in Shrewsbury

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2024/02/02

It’s been a while since I sat on a bench to talk to whomsoever might sit next to me.I did it for radio for years, and I want to return to it for Hello You, but maybe I’m a bit rusty? When it works - as it did by accident in Hello You 16: What Just Happened? - it can be a thing of delight and wonder.If you know of a bench somewhere in Shrewsbury where I could sit and there’d be a high chance of people stopping to talk to me, tell me where it is? I’ll make a list of potential benches, and maybe visit

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48:10

Hello You 18: Put Your Bags Down

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2024/01/28

This Hello You’s a little bit longer than usual, but I hope you think it’s worth it. Lots of links for you to explore and share, too …Featured, mentioned or otherwise alluded to in this episode:* Carla Boulton* Music Bros, Shrewsbury* Salopian Mixtape* Music Bros episode of Salopian Mixtape* Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury* Tommy Emmanuel* Molly Tuttle* ‘White Freight Liner Blues’, Tommy Emmanuel with Molly Tuttle (awesome!)* Nigel* Charlie* Time To Talk Day* Rethink* MindConversations can change lives,

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Hello You 17: No Really, What Just Happened?

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2024/01/23

The previous episode of Hello You - HY16: What Just Happened? - has way out-performed any of the others! Which is really nice, and I’m thrilled, but I’m trying to work out why. Can you help me? What do you like about, or want from, these pieces?Also in this episode: * stress tests are stressful, it turns out* How To Break Up With Your Phone, by Catherine Price* news avoidance (more on this soon)* Time To Talk Day: having conversations about mental health* Barbara StanwyckIf you like Hello You, you

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Hello You 16: What Just Happened?

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2024/01/19

Hear what happened on Monday afternoon in Shrewsbury’s Quarry Park. I set out to do one thing, and ended up doing something completely different, something I’d been intending to do at some point, but … Oh, just listen and you’ll get the hang of it.Includes a Shrewsbury soundscape, and surprising conversations.Tell me what you think? Would you come and talk to me on a bench somewhere? Which benches in Shrewsbury, or elsewhere, would be good places to strike up conversations?I hope you enjoy this

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Hello You 15: 'It's about people'

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2024/01/17

I’m so glad to help you meet Pat Aldred, priest at Shrewsbury Abbey and lead chaplain at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. I hope you’ll be interested in what he has to say.After recording this conversation in the Abbey itself, I went for a walk in the Quarry Park in Shrewsbury. And that stroll turned into another episode of Hello You. Did I mention that I used to do this thing for the radio, where I’d sit on a public bench somewhere and record conversations with whoever stopped to sit on the bench next to

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Hello You 14

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2024/01/15

Isn’t it great when nice things happen, unexpectedly?Even if it leaves you with more work to do as a result …And how’s your day been? Get full access to Hello You - Jim Hawkins’s Substack at jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe

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Hello You 13

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2024/01/08

Recorded on location (because I had to get out of the house).Mentioned in this episode:What can we do for Time To Talk Day? Pop Up Chat Together - mental health support in ShrewsburyShropshire Beaver Project: Shrewsbury Town Council, Shropshire Wildlife Trust, the Beaver BoardwalkMerlin Bird IDJulie WardNick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit: ‘Half a Boy And Half a Man’Buy me a Ko-Fi? Get full access to Hello You - Jim Hawkins’s Substack at jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe

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Hello You 12

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2023/12/31

Happy New Year! Thanks for being there. I hope you have the best 2024 that you can.More Hello You coming soon. In the meantime: Buy me a coffee? Get full access to Hello You - Jim Hawkins’s Substack at jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe

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Hello You 11

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2023/12/19

Are you doing Christmas differently this year, either because you want to, or because you have to?It’s OK to spend the next couple of weeks however you want or need to, as long as you’re not hurting yourself or other people. You can’t do Christmas wrong.Here’s the big page of places to find help, that I mention in this episode. Thank you to Shropshire Council for putting it together, all in one place. Share it with people who might need it? Print it out and put it on a noticeboard somewhere?More

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Hello You 10

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2023/12/11

I’m all over the place, in a number of respects. Listen to find out how!Also: untangling how I feel about Christmas, and why. It’s complicated.Do a nice thing: Share this with someone?Related links:Leyla Kazim’s great Substack post ‘I’m Just Not That Into Christmas’.Helpful tips for coping at Christmas, from Mind and CALM - the Campaign Against Living Miserably. Please share these widely, on your socials and elsewhere? You never know who’s going to need them.Help me out by spreading the Hello You

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Hello You 9

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2023/12/06

And if you do, how annoying is it that people presume you have one?This conversation was prompted by this tweet from writer Laura Elliott - follow her, she’s great and her cats are adorable. (In the intro to this episode, I get the location of the original story wrong by about five hundred miles, sorry.)Thanks to writer, librarian and smartphone refusenik Beck (follow her, too) for sharing her thoughts.As well as the presumed ubiquity of smartphones, this episode includes:* digital inclusion and

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Hello You 8

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2023/12/02

After bringing you a soundscape from alongside the River Tern on the Attingham Park estate - Hello You 5, if you want to listen back to it - this time I’m in Shrewsbury town centre, with the sounds of a typical afternoon on Pride Hill, which is pretty much the main shopping street.Recently there’s been concern about anti-social behaviour in Shrewsbury town centre. So is it as frightening as some people have been saying? Take a listen, and decide for yourself.If you like what I do, you probably know

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40:55

Hello You 7

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2023/11/28

Click here to see Harry and Clare on BBC Breakfast, 1 December 2015! Get full access to Hello You - Jim Hawkins’s Substack at jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe

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Hello You 6

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2023/11/22

The fragility of life … Get full access to Hello You - Jim Hawkins’s Substack at jimallthetime.substack.com/subscribe

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Hello You 5

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2023/11/19

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Hello You 4: Phil Davies interview

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2023/11/16

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Hello You 3

Hello You - the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins ·

2023/11/13

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