EastCast

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community cultivated in East London but resonating way beyond. This month Pearl Wise, Jessie Lawson and Katie Callin meet Annick Metefia from Toynbee Hall and John Newman from Newham Bookshop. Jess shares one of her Night Bus Podcasts made for the Museum of London, Robin Leeburn brings us the story of the Luminary Bakery and Pearl shares some musical highlights from this year.

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community cultivated in East London but resonating way beyond. This month  Jessie Lawson and Katie Callin meet  Korantema Anyimadu from Arts Emergency,  Oonah Gay from East London On Foot and hear some live music from Henry Nielsen. They also share sounds from Four Corners Gallery in Roman Road, Tower Hamlets and a few clips from their last EastCast Away event.

This month Pearl Wise meets Gini Simpson and Shamni Pithia from Music in Detention an organisation working with immigration detainees in the UK and Steve Lazarus host and producer of the podcast Your London Legacy. She takes a peek behind the scenes at new arts and culture venue Poplar Union and young musicians Rosie Frater-Taylor and Roella Oloro from the Jazznewblood collective play live ahead of their London Jazz Festival performance later this month. 

Community radio in Thamesmead, Spark stories, E5 Bakehouse and music by Voltage Black

Contemporary dance, a mental health sound walk, and Elvis fan and live music by Dishy Tangent

A live listening lounge featuring works from London's talented radio makers and podcasters.

The Grand Union Orchestra, Rebecca Rowntree from This Way Up, a woman who marries her step brother, a Marconi receiver and Carolyn's Fingers all on one show

Red telephone boxes, Museum in a box, not being boxed in and Morgan Lorelle live.

Pigeon whistles, new fiction, Tommy Flowers, raw materials + Jonathan Holder and the Good Thinking

Film, art studio spaces, queer people of colour and sonic meditations all from East London.

Recipe kit cooking, bike polo, LGBTQ+ migrant stories, street harassment and live music..

Youth politics, dance, hair, a love story and live music all on one show.

A live listening lounge featuring works from London's talented radio makers and podcasters.

A live listening lounge featuring works from London's talented radio makers and podcasters.

Feminism, black history, voices from East Glasgow and live music by John Fairhurst.

Enjoying life over 70, a community car park, an audio tour and live music by King Tides.

A Place Like Home, London Coffee, BearMotherHouse, Sex and A-Mens

Improve your memory, great men, fizzy pop, the menopause and a diary collection.

This month Jonny Virgo, Pearl Wise and Sasha Edye-Lindner are joined by Kasia Uscinska and Viv Ellis from Nasty Women, an event celebrating female artists in support of women’s rights. Jessie Lawson continues her series of starting conversations and talks to random East Londoners about masturbation, we hear about a collaborative exhibition with residents from the Wedlock Barn Estate in Hoxton - Permissible Notations Of, Oliver Meek executive director of Dalston’s Rio Cinema explains why the cinema is such an important part of local heritage and singer-songwriter Phil Cosby plays live in the studio ahead his Blue Daze EP release.

This month Jonny Virgo, Pearl Wise and Jessie Lawson are joined by Roxi Jahanshani and Asma Shah from You Make It an organisation enabling young unemployed women to pursue their goals, influential transmedia creator and CEO of story gaming platform Conducttr Rob Pratten and and cross-media artist SG Milner ahead of his The Night Is Over, Applaud exhibition. New contributor Celia Robbins takes us on The Ancestors Trail in Epping Forest and Jessie investigates why ‘that time of the month’ is still taboo.