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MUCKERS

Sun 8th Dec '24, 10:30am

A dragon can change your life; if you can survive long enough to meet one. Fiery short story from Jane McGowan read by Sparkle Menzies.

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DRINKING WITH DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

Sun 8th Dec '24, 11:15am

Writer and tennis obsessive Christopher R. Moore explores the complicated legacy of David Foster Wallace's

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VIC LEESON

Sun 8th Dec '24, 12:00pm

Vic is a writer and therapist working throughout Yorkshire with groups and individuals. She talks about her love for the work she does and how it has evolved.

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A NEW SELF AT 70

Sun 8th Dec '24, 1:00pm

Old friends Clare Wigzell and Ruth Steinberg track Clare’s journey towards a fuller sense of herself through motherhood, creativity, shame and anxiety.

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UNDER THE LAMMAS MOON

Sun 8th Dec '24, 2:00pm

Poet and novelist Cora Greenhill reads her sensual and lyrical tale of a young man enchanted by the sea, unable to grow up

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POETRY OF AMELIORATION

Sun 8th Dec '24, 2:45pm

‘Find inner strength, ask for help, accept change’. Healing and heartening poetry from East Leeds writer Lisa Forte

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TOWER OF SONG

Sun 8th Dec '24, 3:00pm

Nicky and Carl host ‘Recovery’-inspired songs showcasing the creativity of the songwriters who perform at their monthly Tower of Song nights.

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RECOVERY CHAIR

Sun 8th Dec '24, 5:00pm

For the duration of the festival, Chapel FM has hosted The Recovery Chair. We hear poems and stories written by writers inspired by it.

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I WANT TO GO HOME

Sun 8th Dec '24, 5:30pm

A gifted musician re-lives the time he contracted polio as a child. His recovery is dependent on finding his newfound power as The King of Sound.

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THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED

Yesterday, 11:30am

Short documentary feature from the Recovering Power workshop last weekend which re-imagined power relationships in our unequal world

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WREN ASTER

Yesterday, 12:00pm

Poetry and short fiction by Wren Aster from our twin city Dortmund in Germany, anticipating Chapel FM’s international orientation next year.

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PASS THE VERSE (AGAIN)

Yesterday, 12:15pm

Jaimes Lewis Moran and Gareth Rhodes exchange lines and images in this surreal poetry conversation.

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THE NATURE OF NATURE

Yesterday, 12:45pm

Nature is often a powerful element in the recovery story. Hear from someone who knows.

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MUSEUM OF RELICS

Yesterday, 1:00pm

Tony Macaluso with bookstore owner Giovanni Spadaccini from Reggio Emilia, Italy, and his collection of curious objects recovered from old books.

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FORTIFIED SPIRITS

Yesterday, 2:00pm

Treadlight Theatre presents this funny and touching play about love and loss by Spike Marshall.

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NOBODY TELLS YOU IT DROPS WHEN YOU STOP CHASING

Yesterday, 3:15pm

Josh's gambling addiction has cost him his livelihood and his home life. Recovery’s going well. Until it isn’t. Impactful audio drama by Sam Lawrence.

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THE FORGERY.

Yesterday, 4:00pm

1905: Colonel Gascoigne from Lotherton Hall is visiting a friend in London when a telegram dramatically alters his plan. Brian Hull dramatises a local true story.

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SOUNDING THE WORD JAM

Yesterday, 5:00pm

Music from the workshop with Laura Sutcliffe played for the very first time in the radio theatre.

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TAKING THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS

Yesterday, 5:45pm

When a girl unwittingly releases the sun, moon and stars, it has life-changing consequences. Gripping story from Vickie Orton with music and song.

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SPORTS TALK SPECIAL

Yesterday, 6:30pm

Sports Talk profiles Gaelic Football team John F Kennedy's, who last season failed to win a match and this season got to two Cup Finals.

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CLEAR OUT YOUR CLOSET (W.O.A 2024)

Yesterday, 7:30pm

Another vibetastic night of big-hearted poetry and music presented by the COYC collective presented by Michelle Scally Clarke.

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FIRST STORY SPECIAL

Fri 6th Dec '24, 10:30am

First Story places writers in schools throughout the UK. Young writers from residencies in W.Yorkshire schools read their work.

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ALEC CLEGG AND THE EXCITEMENT OF WRITING

Fri 6th Dec '24, 2:00pm

Children’s poetry and the sharpness of their perceptions. Tribute by Jimmy Andrex to the unjustly forgotten West Riding Educationalist.

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THE WRITE STUFF

Fri 6th Dec '24, 3:00pm

Writers from The University of The Third Age return with funny and vivid responses to the festival theme.

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ANOTHER CONVERSATION

Fri 6th Dec '24, 4:00pm

A sequel to Mally and Phil Harvey’s beautifully written dialogue from last year about love and sex in old age.

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GETTING CLEAN

Fri 6th Dec '24, 4:15pm

Lenny Flint talks to Getting Clean, a project that promotes personal growth and social change for people in recovery from addiction, one bar of soap at a time.

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MISSING MEDIA – THE ROGUE TO RECOVERY

Fri 6th Dec '24, 12:00pm

Recovering, restoring, retrieving, reclaiming, repairing: the lost, forgotten, decaying: data, films, tapes. What can be recovered?

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ADDRESSING ADDICTION

Fri 6th Dec '24, 5:15pm

Discussion with the world's first-ever Professor of Addiction and Recovery, and powerful music and poetry from people in recovery

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TYKE-LIPPED

Fri 6th Dec '24, 7:30pm

Dynamic performance blazoning the importance of local Yorkshire dialect in matters of identity and heritage, hosted by Keith Fenton

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CROSSING LINES, Ep 3

Fri 6th Dec '24, 1:00pm

Elite triathletes Becky and Natalie are prepared to give everything to be World No.1. But what if this affects their health forever? Drama by Jacky Burton.