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In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we are hosting Episode 1 of Embodied Voice, a 3 part series produced by Queer Circle and Margomool that asks: How can queer and trans+ folks find routes to vocal embodiment?
PARALLEL STREAMSEPISODE 08 | AUGUST 14 | 2026
PARTICIPANTSSophie Hope | margomool
COMMENTARYQueercircle are an LGBTQ+ led charity working at the intersection of arts, health and social action. ...
In the previous episode Sophie Hope and Owen Kelly examined James Agee and Walker Evans classic documentary book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men from several viewpoints: as a public art project, as ethnography, as literature, and as an historical document.
In this episode Owen Kelly uses this as the starting point for an argument that locates this, and the book USA, as crucial points on the road to agentic AI.
Meanwhile i...In the third episode for 2026 we use Casablanca as an example to explore how and why hit movies transferred rapidly to radio..
Friday Number 5EPISODE 22 | JULY 31 | SERIES 2026
CASTCecil B deMille, Owen Kelly, Alan Ladd, Hedy Lamarr
COMMENTARYOn months that have a fifth Friday we break from our normal schedule. This year, as we did in 2022, we delve into the history of radio to bring back some examples...
In July 2024 we interviewed the educator Peter Renshaw, who has been a huge influence on the development of socially engaged practice and research at Guildhall and the initiatives we’ve heard about in this podcast series so far: Leadership, PACE, The Institute for Social Impact Research in the Performing Arts and Disrupt.
Echoes and the UnsaidEPISODE 07 | JULY 24 | 2026
HOSTSJo Gibson | Sophie Hope
COMME...On episode 66 of A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso interview Paulo Lameiro, a musician, educator and musicologist, based in his hometown of Leiria, Portugal.
A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITYEPISODE 66 | JULY 17 | 2026
PARTICIPANTSArlene Goldbard | Paulo Lameiro | François Matarasso
COMMENTARYPaulo Lameiro is a portuguese musicologist, educator, communicator and creator from Leiria. After a brief ca...
In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we listen to an episode of Cory Doctorow’s weekly podcast, in which he has a live (and lively) discussion with Angie Coiro about his new book The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI.
PARALLEL STREAMSEPISODE 07 | JULY 10 | 2026
PARTICIPANTSAngie Coiro | Cory Doctorow | Owen Kelly
COMMENTARYCory Doctorow’s website says that he “is a science fic...
Sophie Hope recently read James Agee and Walker Evans classic documentary book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. She persuaded Owen Kelly to read it too, and in this episode they examine the book from several viewpoints: as a public art project, as ethnography, as literature, and as an historical document.
Meanwhile in an Abandoned WarehouseEpisode 88 | July 3 2026
PARTICIPANTSSophie Hope and Owen Kelly
COMMENTAR...In July 2024 we interviewed the educator Peter Renshaw, who has been a huge influence on the development of socially engaged practice and research at Guildhall and the initiatives we’ve heard about in this podcast series so far: Leadership, PACE, The Institute for Social Impact Research in the Performing Arts and Disrupt.
Peter has written extensively on music, education and socially engaged practice and is an influential fig...
On episode 65 of A Culture of Possibility, François Matarasso and Arlene Goldbard interview Clare Reynolds, codirector of Restoke, to find out what has happened since they last spoke to her in Episode 3.
A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITYEPISODE 65 | JUNE 19 | 2026
PARTICIPANTSArlene Goldbard | François Matarasso | Clare Reynolds
COMMENTARYClare Reynolds works as the codirector of Restoke, a community arts organization in Stoke-o...
In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we listen to an episode of ART IS CHANGE, introduced by Bill Cleveland who created the long-running podcast.
Each episode aims to bring you “deep into the lives and work of activist artists and cultural organizers who are doing more than dreaming — they’re transforming communities around the world.”
PARALLEL STREAMSEPISODE 06 | JUNE 12 | 2026
PARTICI...Owen Kelly had intended to conclude his arguments about artificial intelligence this episode but he got sidetracked by a question that he decided to ask Claude Sonnet.
Instead he ended up recording a conversation with Claude about the nature of the “thinking” and “feeling” that Claude does.
Meanwhile in an Abandoned WarehouseEPISODE 87 | June 5, 2026
PARTICIPANTSOwen Kelly and Cl...
In the second episode of Friday Number Five for 2026 we embark on another journey through the golden age of radio, this time with William Conrad starring as Marshall Matt Dillon in a 1956 episode of Gunsmoke.
Friday Number 5EPISODE 21 | MAY 29, 2026
HOSTOwen Kelly
COMMENTARYOn months that have a fifth Friday we break from our normal schedule and produce something tangentially related to ideas of cultural democracy. This ...
Jo and Sophie talk to programme leaders, tutors, students and the administrator of the two-year postgraduate Leadership programme, which ran from 2007–2019 at Guildhall School of Music and Drama for musicians wanting to develop their practice in socially engaged settings.
This constitutes episode 5 of a special series for miaaw.net about social practice programmes and projects at Guildhall School of Music and Drama from the 1...
On Episode 64 of A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso discuss the ethical issues that arise when working with communities.
The presentation was recorded live at a session at the International Community Arts Festival in Rotterdam earlier this Spring.
A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITYEPISODE 64 | MAY 15 | 2026
PARTICIPANTSArlene Goldbard | François Matarasso
COMMENTARYIn the second episode based o...
In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we listen to an episode of THOUGHT SNACK, with Max Haiven and Sarah Stein Lubrano.
THOUGHT SNACK is an occasional podcast from Sense & Solidarity where Sarah and Max explore the big ideas that make and break our world.
PARALLEL STREAMSEPISODE 05 | MAY 8 | 2026
PARTICIPANTSMax Haiven | Owen Kelly | Sarah Stein Lubrano
COMMENTARYMax Haiven is an researcher and educator who...
During a discussion about the possible meanings of cultural democracy Sophie Hope raised the concept of structures of feeling that Raymond Williams had developed.
In this episode we examine this concept in more detail.
Meanwhile in an Abandoned WarehouseEPISODE 86 | MAY 1 | 2026
PARTICIPANTSSophie Hope and Owen Kelly
COMMENTARYOwen Kelly and Sophie Hope dig out their copies of Marxism & Literature and d...
In the fourth episode of Echoes and the Unsaid Jo and Sophie talk to a group of people involved in the BA Performance and Creative Enterprise (PACE) Programme that ran from 2015-2021 at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
They discuss the background to the course, reflections on how it challenged the structures of the conservatoire and the generative community of practice that evolved between students and staff during the li...
Episode 63 of A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso discuss cultural policy as it really is, and not as policy makers would like you to think of it.
The presentation was recorded live at a session at the International Community Arts Festival in Rotterdam a few weeks ago.
A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITYEPISODE 63 | APRIL 17 | 2026
PARTICIPANTSArlene Goldbard | François Matarasso
COMMENTARYArle...
In the fourth episode of Parallel Streams we listen to episode 52 of Ferment Radio, with Kirsty Hendry and Aga Pokrywka.
Ferment Radio is “a podcast series that takes you deep into the fascinating world of microbes. Through fermentation and transformation, we develop new recipes for living on a broken planet”.
PARALLEL STREAMSEPISODE 04 | APRIL 10 | 2026
PARTICIPANTSKirsty Hendry | Owen Kelly | Aga Pokrywka
...Rebekah Cupitt and Owen Kelly discuss the possibility of artificial general intelligence; the nature of Claude, and the relationship (if any) between artificial intelligence and creativity.
They also discuss the meaning of the word excode.
Meanwhile in an Abandoned WarehouseAPRIL 3 | 2026 | EPISODE 85
PARTICIPANTSRebekah Cupitt | Owen Kelly
COMMENTARYRebekah Cupitt has a BA (University of Queensland, Austra...
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