Should the state give people free money? This week Ani and Neil discuss how a universal basic income would work, why supporting the arts is a class issue, and whether ‘eco-populist’ Green leader Zack ...

Kerri, from Brentry’s EveryFamily charity, talks to Neil about working with families where a parent is in prison, the shame and stigma children face and how the wider system needs to change after the ...

Jon Shepherd, who is 52, has lived in Bristol since the mid-1990s. For most of that time, he rented from private landlords. “I’ve paid rent for 30 years – up to £300,000 of my income to somebody else, ...

Tune into BBC Radio Bristol on any weekday afternoon and you’ll hear Claire Cavanagh presenting “an uplifting afternoon of conversation, local information and music”, as she’s billed. But not this ...

As a well-known left-leaning journalist, how does one turn up at a Reform rally and go undercover without being outed? This week, Sian Norris breaks that down for Isaac and Priyanka, as well as ...

Talk Club, set up in a Bristol pub seven years ago, offers a space for men to get together and discuss their mental health. That’s something too few of us still do, as shown by the horrible statistic ...

At the start of 2026, the Green Party put forward a motion to Bristol City Council to lobby the government for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilot in the city. The motion argues that the current ...

Artist and activist MoYah speaks to me via video link from his living room sofa — and from what he tells me, he’s a man in need of a sit-down. The multilingual rapper is just back from performing in ...

Women's boxing star Tiah-Mai Ayton talks family life, the discipline of training and world champ ambitions after going pro ...

For years, the Reverend Dawnecia Palmer – a United Nations Peacemaker – has worked on Bristol’s inner-city streets. After a recent spate of stabbings rocked St Paul’s, she’s praying for an end to the ...

With long treatment waiting lists, negative media coverage and rising transphobia, life is becoming harder for trans people ...

Journalist and author Sarah Jaffe joins us for a live recording at Jikoni East Africa where we chat about commodified connection, manufactured isolation, and how we create true relational care under ...