Saints of Somewhere
My Role
Co-creator, creative EP of Saints of Somewhere podcast alongside Ringan Ledwidge, Kirsty Robinson, Luke Williamson, and Amie Witton-Wallace. Host, Kirsty Robinson, asks groundbreaking people to talk about their “saints”, their heroes and inspirations, and lets the story of who they are emerge from what and who they love.
Guests Include
Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Irvine Welsh (author, Trainspotting), Peter Tatchell (LGBTQ+ rights activist), Clive Stafford Smith (death row lawyer), Susanna White (director, Generation Kill), Shaun Leane (fine jeweller, longtime Alexander McQueen collaborator), Maria Semple (author, Where'd You Go, Bernadette), Zackary Drucker (trans artist, activist, producer of Transparent), Kim Chambers (world open-water swimming champion), Peter Martin (rehab pioneer), Tony Garnett (legendary film & TV producer, Kes, Cathy Come Home), Arta Dobroshi (actress, activist, filmmaker), Des Hamilton (revered casting director), Henry Holland (designer), George Shaw (artist).
"An anti-authoritarian Desert Island Discs for Generation X."
Nicole Mowbray, The Times
New Life In The Old Dog?
Over 750K downloads. Featured in The Times, British Vogue (inc. on their “Top Podcasts” 2017 list), The Guardian, Evening Standard, The Observer and more.
When we made it, podcasting was still a cottage industry. If we’d have been five years later we might have fully monetised the IP. Alas (crying emoji).
Who knows, we may yet succumb to a reboot.