- 115
- Episodes
- 48
- Transcribed
- 31
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 292
- YouTube views
About Other Lives Are Available
Drop into the lives of everyday people around East London - their thoughts, their experiences, their take on life. Episodes are recorded wherever former radio journalist David finds people willing to chat. This pod is about connecting through conversation, hearing stories, listening to the lives of others. (otherlivesareavailable@gmail.com)
- Publisher
- David Whitty
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 May 2025
- Latest episode
- 3 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
48 of 115 episodes have a transcript.

3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
115. Nola - teacher

29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
114. Akira - adventurer

22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
113. Maya - editor-in-chief
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115. Nola - teacher
Published 3 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's fun. It's more fun than anything. Do you know what I mean? Because obviously my full-time job takes up a lot of my time at the moment. Are you still teaching? Yeah. Primary, secondary, further education? Further education. Further education. That sounds a bit more civilised than secondary. Well, I did try mainstream, primary and secondary. I would never do it again. Yeah. I would never do it again. What was it that was challenging? I think they expect a lot from teachers these days and a lot of the expectations. You know, it used to be more vocational. […]
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- Nola
- Akira
- Maya
- Jo
- Lindon
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- YouTube views
- 292
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 31 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 64
- Engagement
- 51
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