We Built This City: Greater Manchester
Hosted by Lisa Morton · Roland Dransfield
4.7from 12 ratings
- 234
- Episodes
- 11
- Transcribed
- 12
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About We Built This City: Greater Manchester
Incredible conversations with the Mancunians - born, bred and adopted - who put the heart into Modern Manchester. We Built This City focuses on how these extraordinary Mancunians have built something that impacts lives and the purposeful relationships that have helped steer them, the values that have driven them to do it, and the legacies they plan to leave behind. Celebrate human grit, determination, loyalty, and diversity across culture, arts, politics, sport, music and business. Lisa Morton interviews Mancunian icons like Andy Burnham, John Thomson, Gary Neville, Sacha Lord, Stacey Copeland, Clint Boon, Sir Richard Leese, Diane Modahl MBE, Ged King, Chris Brindley MBE, Carl Austin-Behan OBE, Karina Jadhav, Joanne Roney OBE and Sir Howard Bernstein.
- Publisher
- Roland Dransfield
- Category
- business · business · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Feb 2020
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
11 of 234 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Manc 108: Jo Walby - The Manc Planting Seeds of Hope
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Manc 107: Anthony Thompson - The Manc Who Delivers A Different Route
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Manc 106 - Gareth Shenton - The Manc about Town
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Manc 108: Jo Walby - The Manc Planting Seeds of Hope
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah, absolutely. Rather than just being super empathetic. Absolutely. I hadn't thought about that. That's absolutely true. That's exactly what I mean. If we only gave out food and clothing to people and we didn't talk about progression and we didn't talk about how to help people move on from that situation, I think we would be contributing to the problem. The reality is that every single person has something within them that they can contribute. And that doesn't necessarily always mean work. And it's about finding what that is and allowing that person to express themselves. So our values are belief. […]
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- Jo Walby
- Anthony Thompson
- Gareth Shenton
- Lisa Hughes
- Dave Scott
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- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
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- 85
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- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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