Stupidity is not the problem
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 8:30pm
Poetry with music hosted by Jimmy Andrex to provoke debate about economic inequality, based on Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman.
Programmes
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Specially Selected
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 10:30am
A gathering of poetic spoken word and nostalgic music from Jaimes Lewis Moran’s first poetry collection.
The Voice of Reason (1)
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 10:45am
Aladdin Green is amazed that rubbing an old lamp produces a genie wearing overalls, a hard hat, and hiviz jacket. What to wish for? Story by Geoff Reiss.
A Proper Conversation
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 11:00am
Hearing voices is often associated with ‘madness’. A short drama by John Martin that challenges the stigma.
The Voice of Reason (2)
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 11:15am
Sleeping Beauty’s 100-year sleep is nearing its end. Her carer dusts her off every day. Will a prince arrive in time? Story by Geoff Reiss.
An Otley Run
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 11:45am
Jimmy Andrex talks to Joe Williams about his recent verse novella narrated in the multiple voices of drinkers on the famous Otley Run.
Double Story 1
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 12:15pm
After everyone you love melts away, there’s no one left to lose; short fiction from Amaylia Dewis. Plus Chapel FM resident storyteller, Vickie Orton.
Double Story 2
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 1:00pm
Short fiction from Monica Dickson. What would a bag of sweets sound like if they spoke to you?
Speak up!
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 1:15pm
The Deli team deliver their inimitable smorgasbord of poetry, comedy, discussion and music.
In the Dark
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 2:30pm
A man wakes up with a hangover. Pitch dark, unknown room. Where is he? What happened? Dark drama by James Fernie.
1977
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 2:45pm
A girl’s life explodes in puberty. Forty years later the hormones disappear overnight after a hysterectomy. Bitter transition comedy in diaries and song by Ali Bullivent
Speechless
Fri 22nd Mar '19, 3:45pm
What’s it like not to be able to speak? How do we hear the speechless? Jimmy Andrex interviews poet Jane Kite.
The Winter Wind
Thu 21st Mar '19, 7:00pm
How did Shakespeare sound when he spoke his own sonnets? Find out with Professor Richard Rastall and lutenist Helen Atkinson.
Unborn
Thu 21st Mar '19, 8:00pm
A play by Neil Rathmell about gender inequality in India, first performed by students at Punjabi University, Patiala.
Hearing the Voice (part 1)
Thu 21st Mar '19, 10:00am
Researchers from Durham University introduce their interdisciplinary study of voice-hearing.
The Food of Love
Thu 21st Mar '19, 9:00pm
Jacqueline Saville, Rosalind York and Emily Devane, with Keely Hodgson (cello) and Karen Vaughan (violin),show the ways music can speak for and to us.
First Story
Thu 21st Mar '19, 10:30am
First Story brings professional writers to secondary schools to work with pupils and teachers. The young writers return to Chapel FM to share their work.
Savages Out Loud
Thu 21st Mar '19, 10:00pm
Open Mic hosted by The Leeds Savage Club, featuring poet Amy Kinsman.
Let them Speak
Thu 21st Mar '19, 12:00pm
Stu Hennigan from Leeds Libraries reads the winning entries from a short story competition for schools in the Leeds East Primary Partnership.
Scattering Sounds
Thu 21st Mar '19, 12:20pm
Silence and speaking out; Chapel FM’s young Associate Writers sow their ideas in our ears.
Who’s Listening?
Thu 21st Mar '19, 12:45pm
Young people from Chapel FM’s Next Generation Foundation course teach us the art of conversation.
Runcible Spoon
Thu 21st Mar '19, 1:00pm
Kathleen Strafford reads from her new collection Tell it to the Moon, with guest Andrea Hardaker.
Seven Ages of Humankind
Thu 21st Mar '19, 2:00pm
From mewling in nurse’s arms to sans everything, The Agbrigg Writers give their take on Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man.
Maturing the Voice
Thu 21st Mar '19, 3:00pm
What’s it like to find your writing voice later in life? Alison Lock and Rachel Kerr review their journey.
Odd Jobs
Thu 21st Mar '19, 3:45pm
Mike Thompson’s dreams of being a professional footballer were dashed. How did he fill the void? He tells Linda Sage.
When Caring Ends
Thu 21st Mar '19, 4:20pm
Your life’s been about looking after a loved one. Now they’re gone, what next? Helen Thompson shares her thoughts.
Goddess Summons
Thu 21st Mar '19, 6:45pm
Capitalism and Nationalism against Nature and Humanity? Only poetry can save us! Antonio Martínez Arboleda is interviewed by Mike Baynham.
Writing in Style
Thu 21st Mar '19, 5:30pm
Leeds Beckett Writers speak about finding their voice in a populated writing community. What’s it mean to be a writer now?
Drama at the Chapel
Thu 21st Mar '19, 6:15pm
Chapel FM’s Next Generation Drama Group give us a sneaky peek into their world.
Stories from Stone
Thu 21st Mar '19, 6:30pm
Five authors share poetry and prose from ‘Stories from Stone’, inspired by Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford.