Sanctuary Diaries: Who We Are + Why We Do What We Do
Yesterday, 4:00pm
In this episode we talk all about what Sanctuary Diaries, why we do it & why a place of information in important!
Programmes
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Sanctuary Diaries: A Right To Love
Yesterday, 1:00pm
On this episode we talk about love & whether we believe Sanctuary Seekers have the right.
Love The Words 331: Stu Hennigan
Tue 10th Feb '26, 4:00pm
'In the derelict shell of what was once his family home, a dying man surveys the wreckage of his former life and drinks himself senseless'. Stu Hennigan on his brand new novel.
Poetry Unseen 5
Tue 10th Feb '26, 7:15pm
Poetry-heads respond in the moment and live on air to poems they've never seen before.
LEA Radio: Are We Chronically Online?
Wed 4th Feb '26, 11:00am
On our new collaboration between Chapel FM and Leeds East Academy, we talk all about what it means to be chronically online, the anatomy of a meme & more.
Sanctuary Diaries: Hotels, Camps, Shared Housing – What is Asylum Accomodation really like?
Wed 4th Feb '26, 11:00am
This episode is all about accomodation while going through the asylum process - what is it really like?
Love The Words 330: Changing The Narrative (Part 1)
Tue 3rd Feb '26, 4:00pm
What’s domestic abuse really like for victim-survivors? And what are the harmful narratives that need to be changed? Experts in the field discuss.
Media available soon!
ProgrammeTHE CHAPEL FM OPEN MIC NIGHT, LIVE!
Fri 30th Jan '26, 7:30pm
You keep asking for our Open Mic’s to return and we can't say no. Come show East Leeds what you have got! Poetry, music or even juggling? Live on the Radio and Youtube
The Dissent Dispatches 17: Youth Arts Activism & Climate Justice in South Africa – Storytelling
Thu 29th Jan '26, 4:00pm
In the fourth of a series of short podcasts from South Africa, Pablo Kala talks with Aminos Jaca from Kraze Koncept Work and Naledi Moalusi from Nu Climate Vision…
Love The Words 329: People’s History of Leeds (2)
Tue 27th Jan '26, 4:00pm
The People’s History of Leeds captures the story of the city through the voices of its citizens. Volume 1, published last week, includes stories from joyful Goths.
Soundcheck: Alasdair Beckett-King
Tue 27th Jan '26, 2:00pm
We interview comedian Alasdair Beckett-King ahead of his King of Crumbs show coming to City Varieties Music Hall this April.
Peat Bog Adventures in Nethergill
Sun 25th Jan '26, 4:00pm
Sounds and stories from a trip by young people and asylum seekers to learn about peat bogs in the Yorkshire Dales.
Media available soon!
ProgrammeBurns Night at Chapel FM 2026
Fri 23rd Jan '26, 7:30pm
You best believe Chapel FM is back again this year for another Burns Night Celebration, expect Haggis, Neeps, Tatties, Bagpipes and so much more.
Love The Words 328: Poetry Unseen
Tue 20th Jan '26, 5:00pm
Episode from a new poetry series on ELCR, Poetry Unseen, in which three poetry-heads present poems they like, and which the others don't know, for an in-the-moment response.
Love The Words 327: Fin and Jacob
Tue 20th Jan '26, 4:00pm
Two young poets from West Yorkshire, Jacob Davies and Finny, are both gaining exciting reputations both locally and nationally. Poems and discussion.
Left of Leeds 107: Two Treens
Fri 16th Jan '26, 4:00pm
This month we talk to Beth Veasey and Nika Ticciati about their latest release "Two Treens", life, free improvisation, noise cancelling headphones and house concerts.
Sophie and Stockhausen
Wed 14th Jan '26, 6:00pm
An exploration of a special recording of the "zodiac" composition by one of the 20th centuries most adventurous composers, Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Love The Words 326: Lateral G
Tue 13th Jan '26, 4:00pm
Lateral G is an off-grid, travelling poet who lives on the road and writes about life, ageing and the strange things that happen in her weird world.
Poetry Unseen 4
Tue 13th Jan '26, 7:15pm
A group of poetry heads huddle together over a bunch of poems most of them have never seen before and respond in the moment. What's this one about?
Sanctuary Diaries: Highlights from 2025
Tue 6th Jan '26, 3:00pm
A short collection of powerful moments from the Sanctuary Diaries radio show including thoughts on found families, meanings of home and belonging, challenges and dreams…
From The Bandroom 78: Kippax Band Christmas Concert
Thu 25th Dec '25, 11:00am
A Christmas Day treat as we visit Kippax Band for a festive concert in their Band Club.
Love The Words 325: Dortmund Revisited
Tue 23rd Dec '25, 4:00pm
Love The Words hears from a group of visiting youth workers from Dortmund, Leeds' twin city in Germany. How are young people faring in Dortmund? And where can you get a good pizza?
The Billy Myers Radio Show Ep 6
Tue 23rd Dec '25, 5:00pm
Episode 6: Billy Myers presents his very own brand of surreal humour with guest appearances from a host of stars, past and present.
Sanctuary Diaries: Dorothy Brown
Mon 22nd Dec '25, 3:00pm
Join us this episode as we talk to Dorothy Brown Chief Operating Officer at British Red Cross on the importance of remembering 'Humanity first'.
Blue Owl Performance Loft: Youth Open Mic – Dec 2025
Wed 17th Dec '25, 6:30pm
Our regular open mic for performers age 25 and younger. We welcome new participants who want to perform music, spoken word, theatre, or other arts.
Inclusivity – Talking with Leeds East Academy Students
Wed 17th Dec '25, 2:00pm
Students from Leeds East Academy talk about inclusivity with Fatima Khan-Shah, West Yorkshire's Inclusivity Champion and Eyob, a migrant from Ethiopia.
Media available soon!
ProgrammeTeenage Daydream 153: Christmas Special
Wed 17th Dec '25, 5:00pm
Another week of Teenage Daydream!
Sanctuary Diaries: Fatima Khan-Shah & Leeds East Academy Students
Wed 17th Dec '25, 2:00pm
Students from Leeds East Academy talk about inclusivity with Fatima Khan-Shah, West Yorkshire's Inclusivity Champion and Eyob, a migrant from Ethiopia.
Love The Words 324: Bishop Young Academy
Tue 16th Dec '25, 12:00am
Young writers from Bishop Young Academy in East Leeds, with committed teacher Miss Abbott, share moving poetry on the theme of Threshold.
Left of Leeds 106: Shoplifting
Fri 12th Dec '25, 4:00pm
This month we feature a recording of a very pleasant lunchtime during the summer chatting to Jamie Penn (Shoplifting) about music & more.