Episodes 200
Avg. Duration 1h 36m
Activity Highly Active
Since Aug 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
34%
Hosting
feeds.captivate.fm

About This Podcast

What do you do? Western Studios, Leeds presents Working Hours: a podcast series surveying the people of Leeds on their thoughts and feelings on the topic of work. I want to talk to my city about work. Why do we do it? Do we like it? What could we do differently? What will we? How does work change and how does it change us? Leeds, the largest city in the largest county on the UK mainland, is a former imperial textile centre and is now a major UK financial centre. This series will document the city’s experiences through Lockdown, Brexit, creeping technological unemployment, new and continuing resource wars, the ongoing dismantling of the welfare state and our accelerating ecological emergency. If you are in Leeds or from Leeds then help me to reach my target of interviewing 1000 Loiners over the 2020s. Let me ask you, what do you do?

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Recent Episodes

S7E5 Work Can Pay Dividends

Jun 08, 2026 1h 41m

Recorded on 23/04/2026By day, Emma Harper is a Senior Analyst at a stockbrokers’ firm, with 26 years in finance. It's a career she truly loves! Outside of work, Emma is married with two children. She…

S7E4 Money Makes the Work Go Around

Jun 04, 2026 2h 5m

Recorded on 07/04/2026Saleem Shafi is a Financial Wellbeing & Workplace Performance Advisor and the Founder of Money Beam. He is enthusiastic about improving people’s lives so they can live in…

S7E3 Work Needs Trust

May 12, 2026 2h

Recorded on 08/04/2026Liza Kellett is the founding Chief Executive of social enterprise Trust Leeds and was awarded the Yorkshire & Humberside ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2025.Liza has…

S7E2 How to Change the Size of Raindrops

Mar 30, 2026 1h 35m

Recorded on 28/01/2026Tony Crooks started LeedsNet.com, the first public information service for Leeds, thirty years ago in 1996, before the internet got to the UK. He had 54 telephone lines, with a…

S7E1 Bring Back Better Work

Mar 20, 2026 1h 26m

Recorded on 30/01/2026Leigh Staunton is the Project Lead for the Leeds Mindful Employer Network — a one-of-a-kind, city-wide network bringing employers together across sectors to make work better for…

S6E36 Work is Taking Stock

Feb 26, 2026 1h 51m

Recorded on 08/11/2025Erene Hadjiioannou is a psychotherapist, supervisor, author, trainer, and (occasional) activist.Erene has worked with adult clients since 2010 and is currently based in her…

S6E35 Work is Doing It Again

Feb 13, 2026 1h 29m

Recorded on 31/10/2025Gill Beadle is an ILM7 certified Executive and leadership Coach with two decades’ experience in Technology and change Leadership roles within Health-Tech and Financial…

S6E34 Work is Meant To End

Feb 05, 2026 1h 51m

Recorded on 05/11/2025Dominic Charkin was the CEO of a charity that was established in 2002 to work with local people to identify and overcome issues that affect their health and wellbeing at a…

S6E33 To Work Is To Live

Jan 26, 2026 1h 46m

Recorded on 19/09/2025Helen Underwood is a Former NHS Physio, First Aid Expert, and entrepreneurial-mum on a mission!With over 20 years in healthcare, including time in Children’s ICU and other NHS…

S6E32 Work Changes Things

Jan 24, 2026 2h 14m

Recorded on 06/08/2025Sam Perry is Project Lead for Warm Homes at the Trades Union Congress, where he works to improve job quality in the clean heat and home retrofit sector, promote just and…

S6E31 Work Is A Treasure Hunt

Dec 01, 2025 1h 49m

Recorded on 11/09/2025Jessica Spencer runs Aladdin’s Cave Jewellery, a third-generation family run business in Queens Arcade Leeds, alongside her mum, Roberta. The shop has been in the same location…

S6E30 Work Builds Castles Out of Sand

Nov 27, 2025 2h 9m

Recorded on 31/10/2025J Warren Jones was born in Leeds in the early 70s and lived in Wakefield for most of his life. Travelling extensively in his late teens and early twenties and working in the…

S6E29 Work Doesn't Have To Hurt

Nov 17, 2025 1h 41m

Recorded on 16/09/2025As a Health and Lifestyle Coach with over 20 years' experience in medical research, including a BSc in Biomedical Science and a PhD in Drug Metabolism, Louise Guilfoyle is…

S6E28 Work Keeps You Running Man

Nov 13, 2025 1h 40m

Recorded on 04/08/25Derek Miller is native of Chicago where he got his background in acting and improv at Improv Olympic, Second City and Piven Arts. Derek spent 20 years in Hollywood, teaching and…

S6E27 The Best Work Needs The Best Communication

Nov 10, 2025 1h 25m

Recorded on 22/05/2025Asma Khanum is a pioneering Speech and Language Therapist of Bangladeshi heritage and the CEO of Chatterbug Speech and Language Therapy Service. With a wealth of experience,…

S6E26 Work Must Be Organised

Nov 06, 2025 1h 43m

Recorded on 03/09/2025Dave Pike joined the Trades Union Conference (TUC) from the NEU (National Education Union) where he was leading on activist development and mobilisation. Dave has worked on…

S6E26 Work is Bills and Beats

Oct 15, 2025 1h 38m Bonus

Jin-Theng Craven recorded on 03/10/2025Infinitely curious and endlessly imaginative, Jin-Theng Craven thrives at the crossroads of art, culture, and storytelling. A former broadcast journalist,…

S6E25 Work Calls You

Sep 29, 2025 1h 55m

Recorded on 27/06/2025Laura Stubbs runs social media agency, Coucou Social Media, helping small businesses and charities in Leeds get their message out to a wider audience online. She has worked in…

S6E24 Work Should Give You Peace of Mind

Sep 25, 2025 1h 30m

Recorded on 05/08/2025Emlyn Hagan was born in Liverpool and has lived in Leeds for nearly 28 years. Leaving school at 16 Emlyn completed an apprenticeship with Ford Motor Company in Liverpool,…

S6E23 Work is Making Someone's Life Better

Sep 22, 2025 1h 40m

Recorded on 22/06/2025In this engaging episode, join Kirsty Elton as she shares her unique journey from aspiring teacher to Viking-inspired business coach. Kirsty opens up about her early dreams, her…

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