Pilot Season

Kalungi Ssebandeke shares four works that shaped his creative voice, from early inspiration to refined craft.In this self-told audio portrait, he reflects on the moments, details, and instincts that shape how he approaches character, rhythm, and storytelling. Moving across theatre, screen, and performance, Kalungi explores how different forms sharpen his perspective and expand his imagination. The episode builds towards one of his own works, revealing how influence becomes voice. FOUR WORKS is a clear, personal account of how a storyteller listens, learns, and develops through the works that stay with him.Created and produced by Bernard P Achampong for UneditedFind out more about Pilot Season here.Experience more of Pilot Season here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1920s America, one woman dominated two sports simultaneously – yet her name was erased from history.Ora Washington won 23 African American national tennis titles and 11 consecutive Coloured Women’s World Championships in basketball. She was arguably America’s greatest Black female athlete, yet almost nobody knows it.The Unacclaimed travels back to the sounds and textures of early 20th-century America to ask: how do extraordinary legacies disappear? This is a story about forgetting and why some names deserve to be spoken again.Credits:Anne-Marie Batson (Narrator/Writer)Sefa Nkyi (ProducerDrew Christie (Writer)Marc Farey (Sound Design)Natalie Tulloch (Executive Producer)Unedited for Spotify Sound Up.Experience more of Pilot Season here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BIN JUICE is an audio sitcom following four housemates stumbling through the mess of their twenties.Living above a grim bin room, BJ, Rachel, Gabriel and Jack attempt to navigate adulthood while carrying the emotional fallout of a traumatic accident involving their fifth friend, Carrie.Each episode begins with an object uncovered in the rubbish, dragging secrets, old wounds and chaos only true friendships can survive.Sharp, heartfelt and painfully relatable, BIN JUICE explores grief, love and the absurd pressure to have your life together - asking not just what we throw away, but what we cling to.Cast:Vanessa Ifediora as RachelKush Khanna as GabrielLizzie Coles as BJArthur Hill as JackCrew:Created by Emma TindallCo-produced by Jack BowmanCo-written by Scott LongwellMade possible thanks to the Content Is Queen microgrant with AudibleRecorded at Content Is Queen Studios and AudibleExperience more of Pilot Season here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A potted history of Ireland, specially curated for our nearest neighbours.If you ever found yourself wondering why Patrick is Ireland’s patron saint, who was Molly Malone, and what caused all “the unpleasantness” between us, this is the podcast for you. Join Irishman Barry McStay as he attempts to teach the pieces of Irish history that every Brit should know to his under-informed English friend Ben Van der Velde. Each week they’ll be joined by a professional historian and attempt to keep the conversation light, informative and guilt-free when tackling the potato famine, the Easter Rising and the lingering side-effects of Riverdance.Experience more of Pilot Season here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Ruchira Sharma tackles the awkward side of popular culture head-on. In this pilot episode, she examines her complicated relationship with yoga, from lockdown YouTube classes to an uncomfortable memory of a Hindu summer camp. Through conversations with yoga teachers Carly Schutt and Ainhoa Acosta, Sanskrit scholar Dr James Mallinson, and psychiatrist Raj Persaud, she explores yoga’s Indian roots, its Western reinvention, the wellness industry, cultural misappropriation, anxiety, and whether yoga needs decolonising. Along the way, Ruchira confronts what yoga means to her as a British Indian woman, and whether reclaiming the practice also means reclaiming parts of herself.Credits:Writer/Narrator - Ruchira SharmaExecutive Editor - Tony PhillipsProduction Management - Emma StephesProducer - Bernard P AchampongExecutive Producer for Spotify - Natalie TullochExperience more of Pilot Season here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.