Alone Together has been with you since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. Amongst all the fear, doom and gloom that has surrounded Covid-19, we’ve been here to bring you the positive stories of our local heroes doing their bit to help keep our communities going.We have also brought you fact-filled interviews with experts offering tips, advice and answers to your FAQs about the pandemic.The podcast continues to follow the coronavirus story closely, as we learn to adapt to a ‘new normal’ in life after lockdown.Join Matt, Morven, and Dan as they speak to inspirational and educational figures across the UK, finding the positive, community stories coming out of a dark time.Stay safe, stay positive, stay informed and stay tuned to the Alone Together podcast.Alone Together is a Laudable production from the newsrooms of Birmingham Live, the Edinburgh Evening News, and the Manchester Evening News. It is presented and produced by Morven McIntyre, Dan McLaughlin, and Matt Millard, and it is edited by Matt Millard.
In this special episode of the Alone Together podcast, we will be celebrating the amazing work done by local heroes in their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic.Matt Millard speaks to the Clifton Cake Fairy, an anonymous local hero, who has been secretly delivering cakes to the front doors of those nominated by family, friends and colleagues for their good deeds.And while it may have been a lonely time for many, in particular those in care homes, Sheila Callaghan has been raising their spirits with performances of wartime songs at their windows. She tells Dan McLaughlin about her singing and fundraising.Morven McIntyre also speaks to Ruairiadh Thompson from The Big Juicy Appreciation Society, a Facebook group usually dedicated to Tennents beer, who has launched a Christmas charity appeal, delivering food parcels to children.Alone Together - A Coronavirus Podcast is a Laudable production from the newsrooms of Birmingham Live, the Edinburgh Evening News, and the Manchester Evening News.It is presented by Morven McIntyre, Dan McLaughlin, and Matt Millard. And it is also edited by Matt Millard.
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20 Nov 2020
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The Alone Together podcast has been with you since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. Amongst all the fear, doom and gloom that has surrounded Covid-19, we’ve been here to bring you the positive stories of our local heroes, as well as sharing fact-filled interviews with experts offering tips, advice and answers to your FAQs about the pandemic.Hosts Matt Millard, Dan McLaughlin and Morven McIntyre look back over the past two series of Alone Together and share their favourite moments.Alone Together is a Laudable production from the newsrooms of Birmingham Live, the Edinburgh Evening News, and the Manchester Evening News.Written and hosted by Matt Millard, Dan McLaughlin and Morven McIntyre.Produced and edited by Matt Millard.
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9 Oct 2020
The return of universities
On this episode we take a look at the return to universities for students. What are their concerns about the new academic year? What will lectures look like under social distancing? And what do they feel needs to be done to support them?Matt Millard speaks with Joshua Williams, a postgraduate student at the University of Birmingham and ex-president of the students union, to get a deeper perspective on the challenges that students are facing.Dan McLaughlin speaks with Dr Carole O’Reilly, senior lecturer in media and cultural studies at the University of Salford, who has embraced the change and wants to avoid - in her words - ‘death by PowerPoint’.Dan and Matt also celebrate Journalism Matters Week, an annual campaign that highlights the important role that journalism plays in our society, as they discuss their favourite journalism moments of 2020 so far.Alone Together is a Laudable production from the newsrooms of Birmingham Live, the Edinburgh Evening News, and the Manchester Evening News.Written and hosted by Matt Millard, Dan McLaughlin and Morven McIntyre.Produced and edited by Matt Millard.This October, to mark Black History Month, Laudable has launched a new short-form audio series, Black Lives: Past, Present, and Future. To find out more about the project and how you can get involved, head to laudable.substack.com
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