The Quarantini

A Quarantini with Bristol Steppin Sistas

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:00:00 +0100

We know many more people have made time in the last year to get out into the countryside, to walk more and notice nature that surrounds us. But how easy is it for people of colour to feel comfortable in the UK countryside? We hear from Sophie Brown and Ruth Pitter from Bristol Steppin Sistas,

ALSO - music from Bristol Beacon's new project A Song for Bristol - this time a track from Grove and Hope Creative

PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Lockdown Riddim, Grove and Hope Creative

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening/closing music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with UWE student Timea Farkas

Pommy Harmar — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 08:00:00 +0100

Education for students of all ages has thrown up enormous challenges during the pandemic. How has life been for journalism students learning how to make contacts, obtain interviews and generally keep on track of what is going on in the world? University of the West of England Journalism student Timea Farkas talks about completing her final year during lockdown.

ALSO - we've got more fabulous, stirring music from the irresistible and completely watchable Clark family

PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

500 Miles, Clark Family

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening/closing music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with The British Pilgrimage Trust

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 24 May 2021 08:00:00 +0100

In this episode we find out about the rise in the popularity - in the last year - of making a pilgrimage. We interview The British Pilgrimage's Trust project leader of the Old Way - an ancient pilgrimage route from Southampton to Canterbury, and she gives tips on the process from finding accommodation to setting an intention.

ALSO - we've got a beautiful track Human from American singer India Carney

PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Human, India Carney

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening/closing music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with artist Susan Thomson

Pommy Harmar — Sun, 09 May 2021 08:00:00 +0100

We interview artist Susan Thomson who gives us her thoughts about the pandemic and talks about her new film essay The Cytokine Storms in which she explores the colonial echoes of the UK government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic

ALSO - we've got a stunning brand new track Willing from Lady Nade - she says:

'Willing is a message of acceptance, loyalty and friendship, particularly poignant after this prolonged period of separation. All too often we try to be the person we think other people want us to be rather than ourselves. Willing is a celebration of who we are and we can support each other.'

PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Willing, Lady Nade

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Year of The Quarantini - more celebrating!

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:00:00 +0100

Still celebrating the past year, in this episode, we hear from Bristol-based digital artist Lucy Turner about how she responded to the virus in her work...

ALSO - two more of our favourite music tracks!

PLUS - we tell the story of the pandemic through the astonishing breadth of ingenuity and creativity we unearthed here in Bristol, the UK and around the world.....

Music:

Quarantine is not quite over, The Holderness Family

Mr Motivator, Idles

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Year of The Quarantini! - part 1

Pommy Harmar — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 08:00:00 +0100

In our anniversary episode we bring you a story of the pandemic as told by a variety of clips of our interviewees over the last year.

ALSO - three of our favourite music tracks!

PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Happy Together, The Colt Family

Massive Attack, Young Fathers, Professor Guy Standing

The Getaway, Old Bones Collective

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Andrew Blayney from Underfall Yard

Pommy Harmar — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 08:00:00 +0100

In this episode as we start thinking seriously about emerging from lockdown, the Underfall Yard in Bristol Harbour is also making its preparations. Andrew Blayney tells us all about it.

ALSO - we've got some drum and base this week from Dr Meaker!

PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Here and Now, Dr Meaker

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with the Dhaqan Collective - Camel Meat and Cassette Tapes

Pommy Harmar — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:00:00 +0100

We kick off season 5 with an interview with three women from the Dhaqan Collective. Fozia Ismail, Asmaa Jama and Ayan Cilmi talk about their project Camel Meat and Cassette Tapes - an artistic soundscape about the tradition of the UK Somali community sending cassette tapes back and forth with recordings of their lives. Camel meat was chewed while they listened to news of their families to get them in the mood!

ALSO - we've chosen a truly beautiful music track from Algerian singer Siem Folknomade.

PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Diamond, Siem Folknomade

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with the creators of 'Nature Through Her Eyes'

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:00:00 +0100

We finish off season 4 with an interview with three remarkable women who are behind the festival and 4-part documentary "Nature Through Her Eyes" which airs on March 8th 2021 on CuriosityStream. The interview features Emma Tyrell, Development Executive and Festival Producer; Jacqueline Farmer, Film Director and Producer and Gail Jenkinson, Director of Photography.

They talk about the world of Natural History film-making mainly being dominated by white men and how this needs to change. In a time of climate crisis, stories about nature and our environment need to be told through a diversity of lenses including women and people of colour.

ALSO - we've chosen a brand new track from Helefonix called 'Jackie Weaver's kicked him out'. Yes Jackie Weaver from the notorious Handforth Parish Council meeting. All proceeds to to the NALC Make a Change campaign.

PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Jackie Weaver's kicked him out, Helenofonix

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Oona Chanfi from Creative Youth Network and Rife Magazine

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:00:00 +0100

In this episode we feature an interview with Bristolian 20 year old creative Oona Chanfi who has recently had her photographs published in Rife Magazine. She talks about the project - 10 portraits entitled Multiculturalism, being mixed race and having more than one culture and what its like growing up in multicultural Bristol but still being part of a largely white community. Her photographs are absolutely stunning.

ALSO - we've chosen two tracks this time. We are honoured to be given permission to play Idles' latest track Carcinogenic which they perform in various empty and unused music venues around the city of Bristol to remind us of times when we could see live music....

PLUS - the world-wide YouTube sensation Jerusalema which became a dance craze after a group of friends in Angola made up and videoed themselves eating their dinner while dancing to the track! Since then its been danced by thousands of groups all over the world including Swiss Air cabin crew, elephant sanctuary staff (and a baby elephant - aw!) and the Irish Gardaí (Police). Beautiful vocals from South African Master MK's sister Nomcebo.

PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Jerusalema, Master KG [Feat Nomcebo]

Carcinogenic, Idles

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Project Mama

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:00:00 +0100

In this episode we celebrate birth with Project Mama! CEO Fiona Mann tells us all about this project that supports pregnant refugees, asylum seekers and trafficked women and how it's been for them during the pandemic.

ALSO - reggae music from Jah Garvey, a singing bus driver from Bristol!

PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Brand New Day - Jah Garvey

Hot Flu - Seb Gutiez, the Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Sunita Welch in the Brecon Beacons!

Pommy Harmar — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0100

How do we resolve the tensions between getting out into the countryside with managing the numbers? Given the experience of our national parks last summer, when reluctance to travel abroad and fantastic weather meant thousands more of us flocked to beauty spots, how are they beginning to plan for this spring and summer coming?

Sunita Welch, Public Engagement Manager for the Brecon Beacons gives us her views.

ALSO - we've discovered Sea Shanties and TikTok.... yes they go together and this week we bring you a TikTok sea-shanty mash-up!

PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

The Wellerman - TikTok Sea Shanty Mashup 2021

Hot Flu - Seb Gutiez, the Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Un Quarantini en français!

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Bienvenue dans notre épisode bonus en français!

Dans cet épisode un peu spécial, nous avons une interview depuis Paris!

Et... une liste des meilleures initiatives de l’année depuis le début de la crise...

Et... un poème de l’artiste et art thérapeute Léonard Pietri: “Terre iodée”.

Et.... de la musique avec une chanson de la star française: Vanessa Paradis!

Concernant l'interview, Melissa a dit:

"Je voulais parler de vivre deux lockdown et/ou confinements en un an, du Royaume-Uni et de Paris, ma ville natale, et des industries créatives et surtout de musique… Alors j'ai pensé : qui mieux que la journaliste musique franco-écossais basée à Paris : Marjorie Hache?"

Musique:

Merci Pour Tout, Vanessa Paradis

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective

Animateurs: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Productrice: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Journalist Marjorie Hache

Pommy Harmar — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:00:00 +0100

What has it been like to go through the last year and be in lockdown in Paris. Or Scotland! And what has it been like for the music industry. In this episode we talk to Majorie Hache, a Scottish/French music journalist who tells us all about it.

ALSO - we've chosen one of our favourite pieces of music from the year - one which marks the lockdowns we have and are going through - it's called Gotta Be Patient and it's by Stay Homas, a group of musicians who happened to share a flat together in Barcelona and who wrote three or four songs every week which they performed and recorded on their balcony.

PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Gotta Be Patient, Stay Homas

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Dr Gemma Burgess and the digital divide

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:00:00 +0100

The pandemic has brought home the desperate need for a UK-wide policy to tackle the growing digital divide. The number of households lacking laptops, broadband and/or the skills to use the internet is higher in the UK than we might imagine. Dr Gemma Burgess from the University of Cambridge has been researching digital poverty in Britain and she tells us about it in this episode. You can read her article here. We also hear from Bristol teacher Jason Gillman who is fundraising for laptops for his students who cannot do their school work when self-isolating at home. You can donate here.

ALSO - we celebrate our favourite band The Old Bones Collective who provide every episode's opening music....

PLUS - we bring you our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Carlos, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Aisha Thomas

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:00:00 +0100

In the year of the pandemic, of George Floyd's murder and the toppling of slave trader Colston's statue here in Bristol, we ask Aisha Thomas, educator and mother what it means to her to be black and to teach black children.

We are deilghted to have music from Aldous Harding who is over here recording her latest album and has kindly let us play a track from one of her previous albums - Designer.

PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Fixture Picture , Aldous Harding

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with a picture book about grief

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 08:00:00 +0100

In this first episode of season 4, and as the UK heads back into lockdown, we think about grief.

In the wake of Bristol's Good Grief Festival, we talk to Eva Hibbs author of a picture book called Where is Uncle AL? and together with illustrator Sarah Harrison, they discuss how the book came about, why we need to get better at talking about death in a more straightforward way and how Covid may be changing our approach to grief.

To find out more or to buy a copy of the book, click here.

A donation with each purchase goes to Action for Children

And we have music from Some Bodies, courtesy of Funnel Music

PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

Ain't Over Yet , Some Bodies

Ho t Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective - opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with the NHS

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:00:00 +0100

In the final episode of season 3 we celebrate the NHS.

From a We Say No protest and march in Bristol, we hear from NHS nurses including Alex Oldham and Shannon O’Sullivan.

From the Migration Museum, Robyn Kasozi (pictured) talks about the brand new free online exhibition - Heart of the Nation: Migration and Making of the NHS.

And we have poetry from NHS staff, from the book These Are The Hands, Poems from the Heart of the NHS, Foreword by Michael Rosen, Fair Acre Press. (You can buy it here)

PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Music:

The NHS Song (parody SOS, ABBA)

Hot Flu, Seb Gutiez, The Old Bones Collective -opening music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Holly Stoppit

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 08:00:00 +0100

It's all Clowning and Covid this week with clown, clown teacher, drama therapist, Ted Talker and theatre director Holly Stoppit.

How does a clown approach the pandemic?

Does clowning help?

How do you even become a clown?

Holly Stoppit reveals all...

PLUS - our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

PLUS - a huge thanks to world-famous and Bristol-based band IDLES for letting us use one of the tracks - A Hymn - from their brand new album hot off the press only this week!

Music:

A Hymn, Idl es -from their new album Ultra Mono, courtesy of

Partisan Records

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with NZ Green Party candidate Celia Wade-Brown

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 08:00:00 +0100

We go to the other side of the planet this week to hear from Green Party candidate and former Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand Celia Wade-Brown. Find out how she feels New Zealand has handled the Covid Crisis and why she thinks The Climate Emergency is more important.

We have our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Plus, courtesy of Funnel Music, music from Katy Pearson's debut album 'Return', due to be released on 13/11/2020 via Heavenly Recordings.

Music:

Fix Me Up, Katy Pearson

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with The Mental Health Foundation

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 08:00:00 +0100

The state of our mental health has been around in the news lately and so this week we spoke to Shari McDaid, Senior Policy Manager from the Mental Health Foundation to hear her views on how things have been during lockdown and what needs to happen now.

We have our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Plus music from The Golden Dregs courtesy of Funnel Music

Music:

Nobody Ever Got Rich (By Making People Sad), The Golden Dregs

Clarkesdale, MS, The Golden Dregs

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Seb Gutiez and The Old Bones Collective

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Episode 20 is here and is released on August Bank Holiday! To celebrate, our very own Old Bones Collective guitarist Seb Gutiez, decided to share a Quarantini with us this week. He tells us how lockdown has been for him personally and the music industry in general and what he thinks should happen now.

We have our usual round up of positive responses to the virus from around the world....

Plus music from the Zen Hussies a band which Seb was in along with TinTin Quarantino aka Jules Landau - see Episode 1 for an interview with him!

Music:

Not in the Mood, Zen Hussies

The Getaway, The Old Bones Collective

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Pinky Lilani CBE

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0100

We are delighted to be joined this week by Pinky Lilani CBE. She is a woman of influence, ideas and huge creativity. She founded Women of the Future, an organisation for women under 35 which includes the network, the Summit, the ambassadors programme and the awards programme. She founded at least three other awards ceremonies including the Asian Women Business awards and she is CEO of Spice Magic. She has written extensively about the importance of kindness in business and talks here about how it is especially critical post-Covid.

We are spending this season highlighting some of the up-and-coming artists, musicians and bands that have suffered during lockdown with no live performances. This week the wonderful Emily Breeze sings her latest track Hey Kidz.

As usual, we also bring you a brief round up of ingenious responses to the virus from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Hey Kidz, Emily Breeze

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Guy Standing and Universal Basic Income

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0100

This week we interview another Professor - this time Guy Standing from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) about Universal Basic Income. Guy has devoted muchg of his career to the subject and talks in this podcast about what it is and why it would work well post Covid.

We are spending this season highlighting some of the up-and-coming artists, musicians and bands that have suffered during lockdown with no live performances. This week, courtesy again of Funnel Music, it's the turn of Make Friends.

As usual, we also bring you a brief round up of ingenious responses to the virus from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Knowing Makes It Worse, Make Friends

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Professor Martin Parker and Life after Covid

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Season 3 kicks off with an interview with Professor Martin Parker from the University of Bristol. His new book - Life after Covid-19 is published on August 12th. It is a collection of 17 essays from a variety of thinkers on a wide range of subjects. Find out in this week's episode which one surprised Martin most!

As usual, we also bring you a brief round up of ingenious responses to the virus from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Soulmates, The Desert

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

A Quarantini with Hassan Hajjaj

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0100

The "Andy Warhol of Marrakech" - artist Hassan Hajjaj joins us this week. He talks about growing up in Morocco and London and how both cultures inspire his art. He currently has an exhibition showing at the Arnolfini in Bristol, UK.

AND Massive Attack feature again with the third in their trilogy of new tracks.

As usual, we also bring you our round up of ingenious responses to the virus from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Massive Attack x Saul Williams featuring Professor Gabriel Zucman, Massive Attack

Corona Virus, toujours tout en chantant comme d’habitude..!, Maroc

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with City to Sea

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0100

We are delighted to be joined this week by the founder of City to Sea Natalie Fée who joins us for a Quarantini. She talks about single use plastics, masks, PPE and how we can help.

Melissa is back from Paris and gives us a flavour of what is happening over there.

AND Massive Attack feature not once but twice in the show!

As usual, we also bring you our round up of ingenious responses to the virus from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Massive Attack x Young Fathers featuring Professor Guy Standing, Massive Attack

Massive Attack x Algiers featuring Christiana Figueres, Massive Attack

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Off The Record

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0100

This week it's the turn of young people to tell us how lockdown has been for them and what their hopes are for the future. We also hear from Rhea Warner, a Counsellor from Off The Record - a young people's charity in Bristol, about their work and their experiences of supporting young people and their parents at this time.

Plus audio from Banksy and music from The Kiffness and The Old Bones Collective

And as usual, we bring you our round up of ingenious responses to the virus from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

I Get Locked Down (Tubthumping Parody), The Kiffness

Sunshine of your Love, Scythia Cover in Isolation

Peaceful Seascape, Purple Planet Music

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with The Last Resort

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Quarantinis all round for anyone living with their partners during lockdown. This week, Maxine Blystad-Collins, co-host and producer of The Last Resort Relationship Podcast, tells us the secret of how to get along when there's nothing else to do! And - how we can use this exciting time to develop healthy relationships to last long into the future. She is full of positive ideas, tips and information and completely unafraid of conflict. Have a listen!

Plus music from Chico Roze and The Old Bones Collective

And as usual, we bring you our round up of ingenious responses to the virus from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

OUTKAST PARODY Hey-Ya "Ro-Na", (Coronavirus edition), Chico Ro ze

Do It, The Old Bones Collective

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Cycling UK

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 08:00:00 +0100

This week we share a Quarantini with Keir Gallagher, Campaigns Manager for Cycling UK. We've all experienced less traffic during lockdown and as we emerge into a new world, we wanted to hear about how more people might be encouraged to keep cycling. Keir talks about the need for properly funded cycling infrastructure in our towns and cities so that everyone will feel safe enough to think of cycling as their first means of transport.

As usual we bring you our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

My Corona Home - ("Kokomo" Parody Song), Jon Pumper

BBC Sports Theme Megamix, Abandoned Rugs

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Fuad Mahamad, CEO of ACH

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 08:00:00 +0100

In this episode we hear from Fuad Mahamad, CEO of ACH, an organisation which supports migrants and refugees. He talks passionately about their entrepreneurial spirit and how with targeted investment, they could be the ones to kickstart the economy as we emerge from lockdown.

As usual we bring you our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Can't Take the Mask Off of You, Ron Alan

Celebrating Sanctuary at Home, Dijwar Khalil

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Cllr Cleo Lake

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:00:00 +0100

This week we share a Quarantini with Cleo Lake - one of Bristol's Green Party Councillors, Bristol’s former Lord Mayor and ambassador for Bristol’s African-Caribbean culture! She talks about her views for positive change and how her projects have been affected by the lockdown...

We celebrate Refugee Week, Windrush Day and the summer Solstice, plus of course we bring you our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Celebrating Sanctuary at Home : Servo & Family

Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughan Williams

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening & closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Beatboxer Jack Salt

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Kicking off series 2 we have an interview with Bristol-based beatboxer Jack Salt.

We celebrate young people this week and so the music we've chosen is from the wondrous Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids. Following the theme we bring you three young people who have made a huge difference tackling Coronavirus in their communities in Cameroon, India and Malaysia, plus of course our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Happy Together, Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening & closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Josh Connolly

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 08:00:00 +0100

In the last of our first series, we're delighted this week to be talking to Josh Connolly about how to manage difficult emotions which may be surfacing during lockdown. Josh is a life coach and a volunteer mentor with NACOA, National Association for Children of Alcoholics.

Free helpline: 0800 358 3456

We also have music from Lady Nade and and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Safe Place, Lady Nade, Bristol, UK

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening & closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini of Joy with Dionne Draper

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Today's episode is pure joy!

Joining us this week is singer, performer and leader of Sing With Soul, Dionne Draper and she tells us all about her new song and what charities she is raising money for.

We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Joy, Dionne Draper, Bristol, UK

No Guilt, The Old Bones Collective

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with a Street in Quarantine

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 25 May 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Sam Sayer has created a podcast featuring five residents living in her street, and their lives during lockdown. She tells Melissa all about it.

We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

"Stayin' Inside" - Coronavirus Bee Gees Parody, Brent McCollough, Nashville

Hello (from the Inside) Adele Parody, Chris Mann, LA and Nashville

Isolation ABBA Medley, The Starlets, New Zealand

"Quarantine (is Not Quite Over)" - Billie Jean Parody, The Holderness Family (Penn, Kim, Lola and Penn Charles Holderness)

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Kindness By Post

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 18 May 2020 08:00:00 +0100

In this episode, Dr Amy Pollard, Founder and Director of the Mental Health Collective talks about one of its projects, Kindness By Post.

We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

SAIYAAN- A song for hope, written by Bharat Goel

Singer: Gurashish Singh

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening and closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Michelin chef Josh Eggleton

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 11 May 2020 08:00:00 +0100

We share a Quarantini with Josh Eggelton this week, Michelin-star chef from the Pony and Trap. He tells us about his work with the Bristol Food Union helping to feed Bristol's homeless.

We also have music and our usual round up from Bristol, UK and around the world.

Music:

Gotta Be Patient (Confination Song VI), Stay Homas ft Judit Neddermann

Stay with the Light, Jane Kitto, Perfect Blue Sky

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening and closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Rosedale House

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 04 May 2020 08:00:00 +0100

This week we 'visit' Rosedale House, a care home for people with dementia. Manager, Julie Edwards and Deputy Manager, Nikola Penevski tell us about life under lockdown and how the residents and staff are getting on.

We also have our usual round up and excitingly we bring you a recipe for a quarantini made by Derek Brown, author of Spirits, Sugar, Water, Bitters: How the Cocktail Conquered the World.

Music:

Covid 19, La Guerre, Patrick Sese Buluku

Merci Pour Tout, Vanessa Paradis

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening and closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Caring in Bristol

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0100

This week we feature Ben Richardson talking about the work of Caring in Bristol, whose aim is to end homelessness in the city. Ben talks about the kitchens they have set up with the help of local chefs, to provide 6500 meals per week during the pandemic, to feed Bristol's vulnerable homeless population.

Music:

No Time for Love Like Now, Michael Stipe

Spiritual Data, Jimmy Galvin

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening and closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

A Quarantini with Tin Tin Quarantino

Pommy Harmar — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Interview with TinTin Quarantino

Coronavirus Song, Bobi Wine ft Nubian Lee.

Hosts: Melissa Chemam and Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Opening and closing music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective

The Quarantini Trailer

Pommy Harmar — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0100

A new cocktail for viral times. New weekly podcast out Monday 20th April 2020

Trailer features:

Tin Tin Quarantino

Coronavirus Song, Bobi Wine ft Nubian Lee.

Hosts: Melissa Chemam & Pommy Harmar

Producer: Pommy Harmar

Music: Hot Flu, The Old Bones Collective