Sanctuary Diaries: A Right To Love
Today, 1:00pm Remind me
On this episode we talk about love & whether we believe Sanctuary Seekers have the right.
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View allPoetry Unseen 5
Yesterday, 7:15pm
Poetry-heads respond in the moment and live on air to poems they've never seen before.
Love The Words 331: Stu Hennigan
Yesterday, 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.
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.
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.
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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.