LEEDS 2023 - Year of culture - Podcasts

The purpose of this podcast series is to discuss some of the biggest issues in the world we live in and issues that we may face over the next decade. We are not here to solve those issues, just to bring them into focus.  Alongside this series, we ran an online residency programme called Tech for The Public Good. In partnership with the British Council and the University of Leeds's Horizons Institute, we brought together artists, creatives and academics from around the world to spend 10 days together to discuss how we can use technology to help societies from all over the world. During this time they prototyped solutions using technology and creativity to tackle global issues that they collectively decide upon. The conversations in this podcast series we're aimed to inform their process and get them talking about their own lived experiences or prompting creative responses.  In our fourth podcast of the series, we spoke to Dr Alice Owens, Lucy Brooks and Elizabeth Edgington on how tech can be a vital tool in combating climate change and the immediate disaster the globe is facing. Discussing the aftermath of COP 26 and ways in which we can utilise tech to do our part in creating a greener more sustainable world.     Hosts: Anna Turzynski – Producer, LEEDS 2023 Adam Sas-Skowronski - LEEDS 2023, Creative Technologists  https://leeds2023.co.uk/  Panel:   Dr Alice Owens: Professor in School of Earth & Environment at the University of Leeds  https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1463/dr-alice-owen  Lucy Brooks: NHS Leadership Fellow in Climate Change and Anesthesia  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-brooks-0635b2190/?originalSubdomain=uk  Elizabeth Edgington: Environment Adviser at Business in the Community  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-edgington-72b51717  Audio Edited by:  Sable Radio https://www.sableradio.live/

The purpose of this podcast series is to discuss some of the biggest issues in the world we live in and issues that we may face over the next decade. We are not here to solve those issues, just to bring them into focus.  Alongside this series, we ran an online residency programme called Tech for The Public Good. In partnership with the British Council and the University of Leeds, we brought together artists, creatives and academics from around the world to spend 10 days together to discuss how we can use technology to help societies from all over the world. During this time they prototyped solutions using technology and creativity to tackle global issues that they collectively decide upon. The conversations in this podcast series we're aimed to inform their process and get them talking about their own lived experiences or prompting creative responses.    In our third podcast of the series, we spoke to Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, Dr Lata Narayanaswamy and Jessica Atkins on how tech is being used as a positive force in promoting and aiding gender equality. But also highlights how the tech industry could work better to make the industry more gender-equal.   Hosts: Anna Turzynski – Producer, LEEDS 2023 Adam Sas-Skowronski - LEEDS 2023, Creative Technologists  https://leeds2023.co.uk/  Panel: Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, Deputy Leader of the Women’s Equality Party    https://hannahbarhambrown.com/  Dr. Lata Narayanaswamy - Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development at The University of Leeds  https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/staff/93/dr-lata-narayanaswamy  Jessica Atkins Inclusion Advisor at Business in the Community  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jessica-atkins-77abb9107  Audio Edited by: Sable Radio  https://www.sableradio.live/

The purpose of this podcast series is to discuss some of the biggest issues in the world we live in and issues that we may face over the next decade. We are not here to solve those issues, just to bring them into focus.    Alongside this series, we ran an online residency programme called Tech for The Public Good. In partnership with the British Council and the University of Leeds, we brought together artists, creatives and academics from around the world to spend 10 days together to discuss how we can use technology to help societies from all over the world. During this time they prototyped solutions using technology and creativity to tackle global issues that they collectively decide upon. The conversations in this podcast series we're aimed to inform their process and get them talking about their own lived experiences or prompting creative responses.    In our second podcast of the series, we spoke to Dr Siobhan Hugh-Jones, Jonny Benjamin and  Kate Goldring on how tech has intertwined with our mental health in a lockdown and post lockdown world, and how tech if used with the right intentions can have a positive effect on our mental wellbeing.     Host:  Matt Allen and Adam Sas-Skowronski - LEEDS 2023, Creative Technologists   https://leeds2023.co.uk/  Panel:  Dr Siobhan Hugh-Jones: Associate Professor in Mental Health Psychology at the University of Leeds https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/psychology/staff/450/dr-siobhan-hugh-jones    Jonny Benjamin MBE:  Mental Health Campaigner  https://jonnybenjamin.co.uk/ Kate Goldring: Business Development Director at Leeds Mind  https://www.leedsmind.org.uk/   Audio Edited by: Sable Radio  https://www.sableradio.live/

The purpose of this podcast series is to discuss some of the biggest issues in the world we live in and issues that we may face over the next decade. We are not here to solve those issues, just to bring them into focus.    Alongside this series, we ran an online residency programme called Tech for The Public Good. In partnership with the British Council and the University of Leeds's Horizons Institute, we brought together artists, creatives and academics from around the world to spend 10 days together to discuss how we can use technology to help societies from all over the world. During this time they prototyped solutions using technology and creativity to tackle global issues that they collectively decide upon. The conversations in this podcast series we're aimed to inform their process and get them talking about their own lived experiences or prompting creative responses.    In our first podcast of the series we spoke to Jane Earnshaw and Abby Dix-Mason from FOXGLOVE who are working on the Civil Engineer John Smeaton is the inspiration for the Tech for the Public Good program.  Please join us as Abby and Jane talk about the extraordinary life of John Smeaton.     Host:  Matt Allen - LEEDS 2023, Creative Technologist   https://leeds2023.co.uk/  Panel:  Jane Earnshaw and Abby Dix-Mason  - FOXGLOVE   Audio Edited by: Sable Radio https://www.sableradio.live/

During our Game Jam we caught up with Lucy James (Giant Bomb)to chat all things Leeds and indie gaming! In this conversation Lucy chats to Matt Allen, one of the Creative Technologists on the LEEDS 2023 team. Lucy James is a Senior Video Producer and Host at GameSpot. As a lifelong gamer, her favourite part of the job is speaking to game developers and digging into the creative decisions they make during the development process. Her favourite games include Mass Effect 2, Okami, and Overwatch.

During Leeds Digital Festival 2021 we brought together an amazing panel to talk about the importance of prototyping when working with video games and digital art. Karen Palmer - Award Winning International Artist and Public Speaker. Simon Barret – Director of Co-op innovations, an Immersive AR and VR developer. Dave Lynch – Artist, inventor and researcher. Lee Stocks – Senior Lecturer of the Game Design course at Leeds Beckett University and Concept Artist.

Gillian discusses regional, national and international working practices with playwrite, poet, and screenwriter Zodwa Nyoni, and the Director of Programmes for Leeds 2023 Emma Beverley. Wise Women Conversations is a commission for Leeds 2023 Year of Culture and supported by Leeds Beckett University, School of Arts. Concept and Production, Gillian Dyson Production Assistant, Rheanna Atkinson Editor, Kit Watson  Additional audio content, Paddy Mackenzie  Photography, Lizzie Coombes  Graphic Design, Megan Shirt © G Dyson 2023

Cultural Producer Sue Ball, and Structural Engineer Hannah Keighley talk with Gillian about their experiences of working in public art and public realm. Wise Women Conversations is a commission for Leeds 2023 Year of Culture and supported by Leeds Beckett University, School of Arts. Concept and Production, Gillian Dyson Production Assistant, Rheanna Atkinson Editor, Kit Watson  Additional audio content, Paddy Mackenzie  Photography, Lizzie Coombes  Graphic Design, Megan Shirt © G Dyson 2023

Gillian chats with Abeer Muhktar about her experience as a Leeds ’23 Neighbourhood Host for Headingley & Hyde Park. Wise Women Conversations is a commission for Leeds 2023 Year of Culture and supported by Leeds Beckett University, School of Arts. Concept and Production, Gillian Dyson Production Assistant, Rheanna Atkinson Editor, Kit Watson  Additional audio content, Paddy Mackenzie  Photography, Lizzie Coombes  Graphic Design, Megan Shirt © G Dyson 2023

Gillian meets Kerry Harker - Founder of East Leeds Project, and Jess Sweet -Artistic Director for CLAY Centre for Live art Yorkshire to discuss artist-led and socially engaged practices. Wise Women Conversations is a commission for Leeds 2023 Year of Culture and supported by Leeds Beckett University, School of Arts. Concept and Production, Gillian Dyson Production Assistant, Rheanna Atkinson Editor, Kit Watson  Additional audio content, Paddy Mackenzie  Photography, Lizzie Coombes  Graphic Design, Megan Shirt © G Dyson 2023

The Wise Women Conversations are a series of discussions between artist and academic Dr Gillian Dyson, and women involved in some way with the Leeds 2023 Year of Culture programme: artists, curators, programme managers or community leaders. The recordings were made with some live listeners, in the Leeds ‘23 Hub in Trinity shopping mall, September 2023. The conversations followed a thread of discussion wherever it might take us. The result is a series of candid exchanges from women with strong ideas, experience, and knowledge to share. Wise Women Conversations is a commission for Leeds 2023 Year of Culture and supported by Leeds Beckett University, School of Arts. Concept and Production, Gillian Dyson Production Assistant, Rheanna Atkinson Editor, Kit Watson  Additional audio content, Paddy Mackenzie  Photography, Lizzie Coombes  Graphic Design, Megan Shirt © G Dyson 2023

Experience the new public artwork Making A Stand in City Square that reawakens history and captures the magic of the Forest of Leodis, with a audio description recorded on site by Vicky Ackroyd of Totally Inclusive People. Inspired by Leeds' roots as an ancient woodland, world-famous visual artist Michael Pinsky and award-winning environmental architects Studio Bark put sustainability at the heart of this epic piece for LEEDS 2023.  Take in the architecture and beauty of the sculpture, learn about the stories and materials that brought it to life, or sit back and enjoy inspiring events and performances, including work led by Leeds Beckett students.  We invite you to come play in the forest in the centre of Leeds.

Earlier this year, LEEDS 2023 helped form a global collaboration between Knaive Theatre and KL Shakespeare Players. The two companies would only ever meet online, but their chemistry resulted in the successful delivery of a major research project.    This collaboration was explored in a roundtable chat between members of Knaive Theatre & KLSP, chaired brilliantly by Florence Lambert at British Council Malaysia. Listen back to the conversation with this special episode of the LEEDS 2023 Podcast.

We interviewed all 33 Neighbourhood Hosts to find out more about the wards they represent.  Explore The Gift to read more stories from across the city. 

We interviewed all 33 Neighbourhood Hosts to find out more about the wards they represent.  Explore The Gift to read more stories from across the city. 

We interviewed all 33 Neighbourhood Hosts to find out more about the wards they represent.  Explore The Gift to read more stories from across the city. 

We interviewed all 33 Neighbourhood Hosts to find out more about the wards they represent.  Explore The Gift to read more stories from across the city. 

We interviewed all 33 Neighbourhood Hosts to find out more about the wards they represent.  Explore The Gift to read more stories from across the city. 

We interviewed all 33 Neighbourhood Hosts to find out more about the wards they represent.  Explore The Gift to read more stories from across the city. 

We interviewed all 33 Neighbourhood Hosts to find out more about the wards they represent.  Explore The Gift to read more stories from across the city.