Recovering Community

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University of Glasgow, School of Social and Political Sciences

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Episodes 11

Avg. Duration 32m

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Since Sep 2021

Latest Episode Jun 2025

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Semi-Annually

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About This Podcast

What does the word 'community' mean to you? An homogenous group of people united by faith, sexuality or another form of identity? Or perhaps it's about the place where you grew up, or the people you work with? Recovering Community is a podcast series from the University of Glasgow's School of Political and Social Sciences about community; what it means, how it's formed and how it is rebuilt. Les Back is joined by academics, campaigners, volunteers and artists to talk about how communities respond to social and economic change, who belongs and who is excluded and what this tells us about some of our most pressing social issues.

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Recent Episodes

S3E1 Understanding Racism, Transforming University Cultures - Les Back and Professor Patricia Hill Collins in Conversation

Jun 27, 2025 37m

Welcome back to Recovering Community. In a special bonus episode, Les Back meet world-renowned sociologist Professor Patricia Hill Collins, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in Sociology,…

S2E5 Roots and Futures in Sheffield: Growing Heritage Around Communities

Oct 04, 2024 33m

For this special bonus edition of Recovering Community, Les Back travels south of the border, to Sheffield to look at how rethinking the relationship between heritage and local communities can make…

S2E4 We See You: Exploring the links between violence, homelessness and the drug economy in Scotland

May 08, 2024 33m

Les Back meets with Dr Susan Batchelor, Dr Caitlin Gormley and Jim Thomson to learn more about a new piece of research exploring repeat violence in Scotland. To be homeless is more than not having a…

S2E3 The Museum of Discomfort: How Glasgow's Hunterian is Decolonising through its Collection

May 08, 2024 33m

Les Back visits the Hunterian Museum at the University of Glasgow to talk about history, and how it impacts our lives and relationships in the 21st century. He meets with Hunterian Curator of…

S2E2 The Soup'erheroes: Fostering Food Solidarity in Castlemilk

May 08, 2024 32m

Les Back swaps his desk for the kitchen table as he travels to Castlemilk in the south of Glasgow to meet a group of remarkable women working together to feed their community. Is there a more…

S2E1 Is Wasteland Ever Wasted? Looking beyond the developer's view; how brownfield sites add value to the cityscape

May 08, 2024 28m

In this episode of Recovering Community, Les Back climbs through a hole in a fence to get right to the foundations of urban life. He meets with Dr Ross Beveridge, and artists Mary Redmond and Jim…

S1E5 The Wellbeing Economy: rethinking traditional economic structures to benefit people and planet

Jun 10, 2022 26m

What does it take to reconfigure our traditional capitalist economic structures so that people, communities and the environment come before profit? That's the question at the heart of the wellbeing…

S1E4 Coming Back: How Vox Liminis uses creative responses to the criminal justice system to build community

Feb 03, 2022 30m

How do you build community after the criminal justice system has removed you from society to serve a prison sentence? Today's episode of Recovering Community explores the work of Vox Liminis, a…

S1E3 Colombia River Stories: The symbiotic relationship between the Río Atrato and the community who call it home

Nov 05, 2021 30m

The 400 mile long Río Atrato is in the Chocó department of northwest Colombia. Chocó is one of the most ethnically diverse regions in the country. It's also one of the poorest, and the river provides…

S1E2 Communities, Identity and Borders: What does the Kenmure Street Protest tell us about belonging to Glasgow?

Oct 08, 2021 34m

The way we control our borders and treat those who want or need to cross them says so much about our national identity. And for the last 25 years, the U.K. Government has - with significant public…

S1E1 1. After Auchengeich: Resilience in a Mining Community

Sep 14, 2021 33m

For this first episode of Recovering Community, we're focusing on Moodiesburn, a former mining town about eight miles north of Glasgow. Moodiesburn was home to the Auchengeich colliery. The danger of…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Recovering Community have?

Recovering Community has published 11 episodes since September 2021, covering topics in Documentary, Science.

Is Recovering Community still active?

Recovering Community is currently active with new episodes semi-annually. Average episode length is 32m.

How do I contact Recovering Community for sponsorship or guest appearances?