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Other Lives Are Available

Dip into the lives of everyday people around East London - their thoughts, their experiences, their take on life. Episodes are about half an hour and recorded in different places, wherever former radio journalist David finds people willing to chat. We all have stories... (otherlivesareavailable@gmail.com)

society & culture

All Episodes

00:34:20

34. Jane - librarian

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/09/22

How you feel as an older person, dealing with grief, faith, and the University of the Third Age are all discussed while waiting for church on a park bench. "Your identity ebbs away as you get older... it means, unattractively, that sometimes you think I'm not really important any more". #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #aging

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00:28:05

33. Sunny & Mijan - business immigration exec &...

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/09/18

A chance meeting on a rainy day at a tea shop in Whitechapel leads to a chat about the historical connection between Sylhet and Britain, the business side of immigration and how to make a proper cuppa. "50% of the Bangladeshi community are taking our services, and 50% Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Nigerian, Turkish... even from the British community... and contribute to the community, contribute to their business, and contribute to the country." #otherlivesareavailable #eastlondon #podcast

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00:33:18

32. Rachael & Jen - boaters

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/09/15

Anarchy, learning how to fix things and what the boating life brings are all chatted about, as trains pass noisily nearby. "It's empowering to learn how to do DIY, as long you're in a good flow and you're calm and you go slowly... I've come at it at a different angle to when I was younger". #otherlivesareavailable #eastlondon #podcast #diy

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00:32:37

31. Bob - grandad

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/09/11

Sitting on a park bench contemplating life, Bob chats about when Wapping was all docks, the old ways of making ends meet and a changing world. "I've done many jobs, from a van boy to a physical instructor, to selling shirts in the market, to working in the London Hospital, to running a gym, to London Transport 'Mind the doors!'" #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #wapping #docklands

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00:28:38

30. Bianca - authentic

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/09/08

This chat on the riverfront starts with the good and bad ways to be a manager, and although Bianca chose 'authentic' to be her description, our conversation then moves on to how hard it is to feel authentically accepted as part of British culture, despite many years of living in London. "I'm a British national, I've got my citizenship, but I still feel like an immigrant. It doesn't matter what is written on my papers... they still see you as coming from somewhere else"

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00:32:42

29. Steve - fisherman

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/09/04

Standing by Shadwell Basin casting his line, Steve chats about fish, being a roadie for Motorhead, living abroad and his wife surviving cancer. "What makes a good roadie? I think it's like your sense of humour, character... you've got to prove yourself not to be a slacker, not to take the micky, and after that you're pretty much embraced". #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #fishing

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00:33:41

28. Caroline - magistrate

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/09/01

This conversation started with the loss of a much-loved dog, then turned to serving your community on the magistrate's bench, and ended with family history. "We see things and hear things that normal members of the public wouldn't... I mean there are some photographs that I've seen that I can't un-see, so that is hard". #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #dogwalker

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00:34:47

27. Azlam - photographer

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/08/28

This chat starts with the difficulty of moving a career from one country to another for @azlam_photography - as much about the inner struggle as the practical challenges. Then we find out that Azlam gets a lot of positive feedback, which gives cause for hope. "I never dreamed about a lot of money, a luxurious life, I dreamed of a good life, a peaceful life... enough money, enough happiness". #otherlivesareavalable #podcast #eastlondon #photographer

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00:30:25

26. Esther - Londoner

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/08/25

This conversation in a churchyard started with a book, and moved on to recovering from addiction and how Esther is weathering the storm. "When the fear hits me I never see it coming, I'm always caught off guard, and then I'm just like, OK now it's here, now what do I do? Then you have a choice - you decide how you're going to handle it". #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #addictionrecovery

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00:32:57

25. Tom - Swindonian

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/08/21

Reading from paper not from a screen, a holiday with old friends, lyme disease and family dynamics were subjects covered with Tom while chatting under a tree. "I'm probably half way between wanting to change the world and the world changing me - we'll see which one wins!" #otherlivesareavailable #eastlondon #podcast #friendship

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00:31:20

24. River - swimmer

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/08/18

Sitting on the bank of the River Lea after a swim, River tells me about the draw of the water and how it has become central to her life. "I suppose it's a reflection of my truest nature, or maybe the bits of me I like the best... it's fierce, it's gentle, it's connected to nature, it's a bit spiritual, it's appreciating the seasons". #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #riverswimming

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00:31:46

23. Claus - bargee traveller

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/08/14

Growing up in both a council estate and a wigwam on a hillside, then living in squats and boats, Claus chats about his experience of alternative living, his family connection to the waterways and the history of canals in the UK. "One of the things I really appreciate about the boating community is the diversity... you can have a doctor or a teacher living on one side of you, and an artist or a student living on the other." #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #canals

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00:35:34

22. Susie - cafe owner

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/08/11

From selling rose petal water at school to running an antiques shop and a cafe, with a modelling career along the way, the chat with Susie includes self-help books, being an entrepreneur and growing confidence. "I'm in touch with my vulnerability and I'm not scared to show it... as time goes by I feel less bothered by what people say". #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #entrepreneur

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00:30:13

21. Craig - puppeteer

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/08/07

Saying 'yes' whenever a new opportunity arises in life has seen Craig Leo go from working the spotlight backstage to being at the heart of big productions which travel the world. "You’re always a cog in a wheel that brings something into being and that is your role... I've always been very shy, I've always been happy to be in the background, so it suited me". #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #puppeteer

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00:33:38

20. Kate - artist

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/08/04

The drive to create, encouraging confidence in an art class, how to observe before you draw, are all part of a chat with Kate (@katehardystudio) sitting outside Chisenhale Art Place. "It's hugely satisfying get to a place where you go 'OK this is how I want this painting to be'... it's not like I knew it was going to end up there." #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #artist

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00:36:42

19. Koz - actor & panel beater

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/07/31

The chat with Nkosi Stoole in a car body shop goes from being bullied at school to working in the family business to acting in Star Wars. "I'm thinking, 'you have got to be kidding me!' We make it all the way to the live semi-finals of Poland's Got Talent ... just all from being drunk essentially, in Weatherspoons of all places!' #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #actor

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00:31:49

18. Giulia - musician

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/07/28

An impromptu performance in a woodland, how to interpret cover songs and write your own, overcoming self criticism, all are part of this walk and talk in a park. "When you are performing on stage I can see peoples reactions, I can feel that my feelings are received, there's a power in it, it's addictive!" #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #musician

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00:31:39

17. Antonio - Mr Sicilian street coffee

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/07/24

One year into creating a coffee business using a 3-wheeler by a canal, we talk music, moving country and learning to be an entrepreneur. "There is fear, there is the unknown... Somehow I use the fear to fire the moment - you still feel the butterflies in your stomach, but you try to be positive and use that energy to move forward." #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #barista

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00:40:23

16. Vera - Eastender

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/07/21

A chat about life, memories of the Kray twins, being evacuated during WWII, seeing her husband go from being a strong boxer to nursing him with dementia, Vera has seen it all. “I can remember us standing in the street, watching them fighting the Nazi aeroplanes, when they had them dogfights… if someone didn’t turn up for school the next day you’d think where’s that one gone? And they’d say ‘Oh she died last night’. We got used to it.” #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #eastender

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00:29:02

15. Harry & Daniel - model & photographer

Other Lives Are Available ·

2025/07/17

A freestyle fashion shoot beside a railway line on a Sunday morning. "With any artwork it's nice to keep the story quite abstract... to see what happens as we work on it together - you have an idea or concept in your mind but when you actually do it, it always works a bit differently." #otherlivesareavailable #podcast #eastlondon #photoshoot

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