Eastern Promise - The Podcast
‘Eastern Promise‘ explores the full potential of the East of England. We talk to experts, innovators, entrepreneurs, disrupters and more, finding out why the Eastern region is the best place in the UK to start, run and grow a business. From architecture to zoology, every business has a place here, with Mike Rigby as your guide on this audio journey, celebrating and promoting our region. Eastern Promise also features the Plug Board; where a panel of three get to plug their own business, event or project in exchange for giving a plug to someone else in return. And there‘s also a bit of lighthearted audience participation in ‘CrowdSourcery’, where folk from across the East of England - and even beyond! - choose their favourite things on a given theme to share and celebrate! You can contact Mike at podcast@easternpromise.org.uk.
Episodes
![CROWDSOURCERY! Let’s Be Sporty!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12817790/EP-Logo-Apple_300x300.png)
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
CROWDSOURCERY! Let’s Be Sporty!
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Where do you go and what do you do to keep active and sporty in the East of England? Only one way to find out! Let's go into extra time for this week's CROWDSOURCERY!
![EP at the UEA ’Change Makers’ Grand Finale 2023](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12817790/EP-Logo-Apple_300x300.png)
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
EP at the UEA ’Change Makers’ Grand Finale 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Mike Rigby drops in on the Grand Finale of the UEA 'Change Makers' programme 2023, at the university's iconic Enterprise Centre.
![The EP Interview: Asher Minns (Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12817790/EP-Logo-Apple_300x300.png)
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
The EP Interview: Asher Minns (Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research)
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
This week: Mike Rigby talks to Asher Minns, Executive Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, discussing not only the work he and his team do in charting the impact of climate change but the many opportunities our region has to lead the fight against it.
![Eastern Promise: Episode 58 - Omnibus Edition](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12817790/EP-Logo-Apple_300x300.png)
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Eastern Promise: Episode 58 - Omnibus Edition
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
This week: Mike Rigby talks to Asher Minns, Executive Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, discussing not only the work he and his team do in charting the impact of climate change but the many opportunities our region has to lead the fight against it.
Then, sticking with the UEA we'll be dropping in on the Grand Finale of the 'Change Makers' programme, at the university's iconic Enterprise Centre.
And finally, where do you go and what do you do to keep active and sporty in the East of England? Only one way to find out! Let's go into extra time for this week's CROWDSOURCERY!
Get in touch at mike@easternpromise.site
![CROWDSOURCERY! Mystery...](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12817790/EP-Logo-Apple_300x300.png)
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
CROWDSOURCERY! Mystery...
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
This week: We visit your choices of the most mysterious places in the East of England and a body's found in the library in this week's CROWDSOURCERY!
Get in touch at mike@easternpromise.site!
![Nor(Dev):Con 2023 meets Eastern Promise](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12817790/EP-Logo-Apple_300x300.png)
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Nor(Dev):Con 2023 meets Eastern Promise
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
This week: Mike Rigby heads for the region's biggest tech conference, Nor(Dev)Con 2023, to hear from speaker Dr Gail Ollis, Molly Howes of Aviva, Gearset's Cathrine Evans, gaming guru Oscar Clarke, Simon Blackwell and Norwich tech legend James Adams.
Get in touch at mike@easternpromise.site!
![The EP Interview: Susan Gowling (Laptops4learning)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12817790/EP-Logo-Apple_300x300.png)
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
The EP Interview: Susan Gowling (Laptops4learning)
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
This week: Mike Rigby talks to Susan Gowling, Founder of Laptops4Learning (Laptops4learning.co.uk) about her life, her drive to help people across the world and how the pandemic created a tremendous force for good in our region, fighting digital exclusion and digital poverty.
Get in touch at mike@easternpromise.site!
![Eastern Promise: Episode 57 - Omnibus Edition](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12817790/EP-Logo-Apple_300x300.png)
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Eastern Promise: Episode 57 - Omnibus Edition
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
This week: Mike Rigby talks to Susan Gowling, Founder of Laptops4Learning (Laptops4learning.co.uk) about her life, her drive to help people across the world and how the pandemic created a tremendous force for good in our region, fighting digital exclusion and digital poverty. Then, we head for the region's biggest tech conference, Nor(Dev):Con 2023, to hear from speaker Dr Gail Ollis, Molly Howes of the Aviva Foundry, Gearset's Cathrine Evans, gaming guru Oscar Clarke, Simon Blackwell and Norwich tech legend James Adams. And finally, we wrap it all up with the most mysterious places in the East of England and a body's found in the library in this week's CROWDSOURCERY!
Get in touch at mike@easternpromise.site!
![CROWDSOURCERY! What to do in Wet Weather...](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12817790/EP-Logo-Apple_300x300.png)
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
CROWDSOURCERY! What to do in Wet Weather...
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
The answer over what to do on to your wet weekends: solved! It's all here in this week's CROWDSOURCERY!
![The EP Headlines: 16th March 2023](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12817790/EP-Logo-Apple_300x300.png)
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
The EP Headlines: 16th March 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
This week, it's Blast Off for the New Anglia Space Cluster as our news roundup hears from cluster manager Stuart Catchpole. All that and the answer over what to do on to your wet weekends: solved! In this week's CROWDSOURCERY!
For more on Space East, visit: https://spaceeast.co.uk/
Contact Eastern Promise by emailing: mike@easternpromise.site.
![Image](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wyvzdk/Plug_Board_1e09b0416-5815-4942-4767-022a655c10a8.jpg)
Welcome to Eastern Promise
Eastern Promise is the podcast that explores the full potential of the East of England. We showcase that potential, celebrate it and share it with you, our listener.
From architecture to zoology, your host Mike Rigby takes you on a tour of the region, finding out things you din't know you didn't know and surprising you as to the scale of fantastic stuff that's happening under our noses.
Photo, left: Mike and Engineer 49 record a Plug Board episode at the boardroom at the EpiCentre in Haverhill, Suffolk.