Spare a Thought
Spare a Thought
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Welcome to Spare a Thought, the podcast that shines a light on the people and organisations tackling some of society’s biggest challenges. Join host Tom Spare for thought-provoking conversations with engaging guests whose work and lives are often overlooked or misrepresented in the media.
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The podcast covers a spectrum of themes including creativity, volunteerism, international education challenges, and humanitarian issues. For example, episodes highlight the significance of creative writing in community settings, delve into the work of the RNLI, and explore the experiences of international students in UK universities. Specific focus areas include societal contributions and personal narratives that challenge mainstream narratives.
Welcome to Spare a Thought. The podcast for curious minds, exploring creativity, culture and stories from the margins.
Join host Tom Spare for conversations that go to unexpected places, from the Welsh landscape and Japanese architecture, to media ownership and hidden British history.
Whether you’re on the morning commute, taking a Sunday stroll or looking for a lunchtime listen, take time out of your day to Spare a Thought.
Spare a Thought is the podcast for curious minds exploring creativity, culture and stories from the margins.
About this episode
To celebrate Refugee week (15th – 21st June), Tom brings together voices from three previous episodes of the show.
Rosa Brown of the Welsh Refugee Council reflects on Wales’s Nation of Sanctuary approach and the small daily acts that make welcome real.
Dr Samantha James, an NHS doctor who volunteered with German rescue charity Sea-Watch in the Mediterranean, talks about what drives someone to act.
Professor Karen Jacobsen, Henry J. Lear Professor of Global Migration at Tufts University and author of Host Cities, explores how refugees don’t just survive in the cities that receive them, they reshape them.
And the Cardiff University chaplains, Reverend Delyth Liddell, Reverend Jo Smith and Father John Patrick Thomas, revisit one of the oldest refugee stories in our lexicon.
Refugee Week events are taking place across the UK — find out what’s happening near you at refugeeweek.org.uk
Find out more about Sea-Watch, the Welsh Refugee Council and Professor Jacobsen’s book Host Cities.
This episode was edited, produced and presented by Tom Spare. Clips were selected by Leonora Cartman.
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