Bashert: Sivan
Fri 1st May '26, 2:00pm
Sivan arrives with revelation and celebration. Put up your flower garlands, smother yourself in schmear and call it a cheesecake.
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ProgrammeWoza Africa 39: The pulse of African music
Wed 29th Apr '26, 3:00pm
The show explores the blend of traditional and modern African music
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ProgrammeTeenage Daydream 155: Pet Peeves and Throwbacks
Wed 29th Apr '26, 5:00pm
Toby, Alexia and Nox discuss all the facets of life this week - a show and tell you can get involved with at home, a new game about your pet peeves + more.
Love The Words 342: Joanna Jowett/Richard Wilcocks
Tue 28th Apr '26, 4:00pm
Joanna’s interdisciplinary practice includes performance, print, photography, writing and publishing. Richard is a poet and an expert on film adaptations of Bronte novels.
Writing Hope on the Threshold
Sat 25th Apr '26, 6:30pm
A Remember Oluwale & Chapel FM event With Emily Zobel Marshall and Abdullah Adekola and supported by Leeds Beckett University
THE CHAPEL FM OPEN MIC NIGHT, LIVE! APRIL 2026
Fri 24th Apr '26, 7:30pm
Come show East Leeds what you have got! Poetry, music or even juggling? Live on the Radio and Youtube. For full details, Check out the information below.
The Seacroft Canto
Fri 24th Apr '26, 6:00pm
Taking inspiration from Dante’s Divine Comedy, The Seacroft Canto was co-created by the Seacroft community and poet Kimberly Campanello.
The Titantic’s Surprising Links to Yorkshire & Chicago
Thu 23rd Apr '26, 5:00pm
Dales Ball and Tony Macaluso discuss fascinating links between the Titanic and Yorkshire & Chicago
East Side Story Newspaper – What’s New?
Thu 23rd Apr '26, 6:00pm
Updates on recent stories published in the "East Side Story" with Janine Griffiths and Jonathan Lawrence.
Sanctuary Diaries: The Right To Vote
Wed 22nd Apr '26, 11:00am
This episode we talk about about the nuances when it comes the right to vote.
Sanctuary Diaries: Leeds City of Sanctuary
Wed 22nd Apr '26, 4:00pm
This episode we explore the story of Leeds City of Sanctuary and PAFRAS with Rose McCarthy, Ian Kemp, Mick Ward, Ann Collins.
Love The Words 341: Shara McCallum
Tue 21st Apr '26, 4:00pm
From Jamaica, of Jamaican and Venezuelan parentage, Shara McCallum is the author of seven books, published in the US & UK. Her latest collection Behold is published by Peepal Tree.
Love The Words 341: Isabel Edain (1)
Tue 21st Apr '26, 4:00pm
A story from Isabel Edain. Isabel's favourite weather is mist and her favourite colour is green. She lives in Leeds with 948 books and an ivy plant.
Left of Leeds 111: Emil Karlsen
Fri 17th Apr '26, 4:00pm
This month we talk to Leeds based, Norwegian born, drummer Emil Karlsen about life, music and recording in an anechoic chamber.
Hot Flavours 107: Shaw Sings Sondheim
Fri 17th Apr '26, 10:00pm
Ian Shaw sings songs of Sondheim. Oscar Peterson jams with Joe Pass + Grappelli. John Scofield + Dave Holland will delight with Memories of Home - and Peter reads Jo Bell + more.
Bashert: Taurus
Thu 16th Apr '26, 12:00am
Taurus season is here and Bronya and Keziah are basking in the wonders of Spring.
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ProgrammeA Little More Conversation: A Few of My Favourite Things
Wed 15th Apr '26, 3:00pm
Thinking of the classic song from "A sound of Music"; in this episode we will be talking about our favourite formative books, films, TV and toys from our childhoods.
2 Bob Jukebox 52: that petrol emotion
Wed 15th Apr '26, 6:00pm
Join trev and daz as they discuss topical themes affecting ordinary people
Love The Words 340: Julia Deakin/Tallulah Howarth
Tue 14th Apr '26, 4:00pm
Two prominent West Yorkshire poets read from and talk about their new work: Julia Deakin, and Tallulah Howarth whose new collection An Alternative Xanadu is just out.
Poetry Unseen 7
Tue 14th Apr '26, 7:15pm
Poetry-heads respond in the moment and live on air to poems they've never seen before.
Stories from The Leeds Fund – Micro Grant Programme
Tue 14th Apr '26, 9:00am
Lively stories about the impact of Leeds Community Fund's Micro Grant programme on communities and practical information about how organisations can apply for new funding.
Swarthmore Education Centre: The Textures Of Joy
Fri 10th Apr '26, 3:00pm
We talk about everything that brings us joy, the simple things, creativity, our hobbies + more.
Story Explorers from the British Library
Wed 8th Apr '26, 4:00pm
Created with the British Library, a radio documentary from the launch celebration for Story Explorers, their exhibition at Leeds Central Library until 29 August 2026.
LEA Radio: Growing Up
Wed 8th Apr '26, 2:00pm
What does it mean to grow up? What makes us aware of time passing - all this + more on this episode.
LEA RADIO: The State Of The World
Wed 8th Apr '26, 9:00am
This episode we talk about the state of world & how it makes us feel. Does it feel like the whole world is on our shoulders at 15 years old?
Love The Words 339: Molly Ovenden
Tue 7th Apr '26, 4:00pm
Typewriter Poet Molly Ovenden and fellow writers Tony Macaluso, Charlotte Carrick and Tallulah Howarth talk about crossing the threshold from solitary creating to public sharing.
That Name Woman: Talking about the Still We Rise Project
Wed 1st Apr '26, 4:00pm
Girls and staff from That Name Woman talk about the BAME-led organisation based in East Leeds dedicated to empowering women and girls from ethnic minorities.
Love The Words 338: Emily Zobel Marshall
Tue 31st Mar '26, 4:00pm
Emily Zobel Marshall is a Leeds-based literary activist, poet and Professor of Postcolonial Literature. She reads from her work and talks about current projects.
The Dissent Dispatches 18: Youth Arts Activism and Climate Justice in South Africa: Exotically Divine Pulse and Forgotten Angle Theatre
Sat 28th Mar '26, 4:00pm
In the fifth and final episode of a series of podcasts from South Africa, Pablo Kala talks with Exotically Divine Pulse and Forgotten Angle Theatre
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ProgrammeButter Popcorn 11: Give them their flowers
Fri 27th Mar '26, 3:00pm
It's awards season, so on the inaugural 2026 episode, the team will look at the upcoming Oscars and also talk about what they would praise from the past year.