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"Voices That Are Usually Unheard"
The Voices of London If you’re tired of Hollywood endings, contrived story-lines and morality lessons than listen to ordinary but real stories, told by the locals of Hackney Wick, East London. In partnership with Hub 67, Miss Kakande presents untold stories from the shifting landscape of post-Olympic London here on RadioActive101. Stories that will make you stop, listen and think.
Hosted by our partners Hub 67 and introduced by Miss Kakande (and produced by students at the University of East London).
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Transitions: journeys into adulthood for the learning disabled. This show features young learning disabled people in London and explores a number of different experiences. What are the difficulties of finding work, studying at college or just volunteering when you’re a young person with an alternative perspective?
RadioActive101 presents ‘The Fabric of Society’. In this show we will explore the increasing number of closures of live music venues in London, a capital previously renowned for its nightlife and music culture. The issue has recently culminated with the closure and subsequent reopening of the world-famous Fabric nightclub which garnered a lot of attention in the media.
The issues surrounding these closures are vastly varied; from the purported danger surrounding the drug culture associated with Fabric, to the development of Crossrail which is catalytic to many closures across London, such as The Astoria. In this show we will be speaking with DJs, musicians, promoters and patrons to hear their views on these issues and what the future holds for a city which is losing its identity as a thriving melting-pot for music culture and expression.
‘Proud Aloud’ has features from eight young men and women aged 19 to 22 who identify themselves as being LGBT – another group that frequently goes unheard. The theme the young people have chosen is the difficult theme of ‘Coming Out’ and includes:
‘Queer Ear’, an agony aunt feature where young people are given information about important and relevant questions
A story about a young women’s experience of ‘Coming Out’, the issues she faced and how she took control of her situation
LGBT Anthems- a section where these young people choose tracks that have impacted upon them and discuss why they matter to them.
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Each year, F-UEL showcases the greatest talent that the Performing Arts schools have to offer, with dance performances next door to acting and music. Here you can listen to some of these varied performances, paired with questions posed to people from a variety of backgrounds. Lecturers, students and visitors all give their take on what makes a performance work, and why the festival of UEL is important to them.
In the second programme about the 2015 F-UEL, we put the emphasis on the students that make everything tick. These performers are given the opportunity to discuss about the inspirations that have led to their creations. Interviews conducted by Ben James.
It’s time to re-fUEL with the best of University of East London’s four day festival of performing arts. This year we captured music and interviews with an unusual eclectic mix of emerging and established artists from music and dance. Tune in on Thursday when we’ll bring you groundbreaking music from VELOCITY – Velocity is a series of Acoustic and Electronic Showcase performances. Join us for the story behind the performers’ stories and hear more performing voices that are usually unheard.
RadioActive101 popped over to West Ham for a Free, Family Friendly arts festival – Emergence Fest. We uncovered the motivation and inspiration behind UEL’s amazing Performing Arts students who are determined to celebrate culture, community and coming together live from the G.A.S.Station.
Hear more about this fantastic event and listen to the performances and workshops.
RadioActive101 and Dragon Hall youth organisation visited the Jersey Tech Fair 2015 to support this new exciting event. The team hosted a series of workshops for young people on internet radio, Raspberry PI, coding, 3D printing and Virtual Reality demonstrations. ‘Channel Island Discs’ sets out to dispel some of the myths about Jersey’s ubiquitous wealth and examines its geographical isolation and the digital divide.
RadioActive101 brings you ‘Boiled Beef & Carrots’: Exploring live music halls in London. The music professionals of UEL’s performing arts degree course investigate the renewed interest in Music Hall such as in Wilton’s in East London and the resurgence of a new wave of traditional variety theatre.RadioActive2uel's avatar
Featuring the music, politics and experiences of older people who grew up in Belfastduring ‘the Troubles’ and the influence of the emerging punk rock scene.
The show has interviews with The Shangrilads, a group of older musicians who experienced life in Belfast in the 1970s growing up through these turbulent times. The show has echoes of Carberry and Patterson’s film about the punk music scene in the late 1970s ‘Good Vibrations’ with the classic line by Terri Hooley in 1980:
‘New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers but Belfast has the bands’
The show references the influence of terrorism, music and punk and explores how gross acts of terror have the power to impact not only on British and Irish lives but to disrupt political fundraising for terrorist groups in the USA.
RadioActive101 broadcasts a hard hitting show that presents us with ‘alternative voices’. The show reminds us in no uncertain terms of a reality for many people – homelessness, exclusion from the education system, life inside Pupil Referral Units or dealing with the complexities of addiction.
Activism or Vandalism is a music-themed show investigating the impact of licensing on live events comparing public and free vs private and invited (not free) events in and around East London’s Hackney Wick. Does poverty and homelessness connect squatting and squat raves/parties as a form of activism or are they simply vandalism?
Why is Busking and Grime frowned upon within the music industry? This podcast explores how these genres are perceived socially and historically around London.
Radio Active 101 introduces new ways of bringing people into the Olympic Park at Stratford. The Aquatics Centre's swimming pool is met with live music performances from UEL Students, whilst swimmers engage in fitness. The collaboration brings the world of fitness and music together to create a unique space for sport.
The second part to David Zorro Caplan's sit down interview, where he delves deeper into his perspective on music and how it tell his story.​
Jeff Humphries sits down with musician and producer, David Zorro Caplan, who discusses his personal issues with depression and homelessness. The music within this episode is used to navigate his journey and struggles he encountered within the music industry.