Eastern Promise - The Podcast

Connected Innovation & the launch of Space East

Mike heads out to Adastral Park near Ipswich for the Connected Innovation conference and talks to delegates and Space Cluster manager Stuart Catchpole.
Visit: www.spaceeast.co.uk
 

The EP Interview: Dr Garrick Fincham (Author of ’Interchange’)

Mike chats to Norfolk-based SF author Garrick Fincham about his debut novel, his day job at the UEA and his inspirations.  There's also a treat in store: a snippet of a dramatised reading of one of Garrick's short stories: STORM DAMAGE, available now on the Eastern Promise podcast feed.  

Eastern Promise: Episode 60 - Omnibus Edition

This week: Mike talks to Norfolk-based SF author Garrick Fincham on his debutr novel Interchange, the creative process, how he got into print and where he finds inspiration in the East of England.  Then, after a short advertisement break, we hear from delegates at the launch of Space East, the region's new Space Cluster!  All that, plus we look at your Bank Holiday Haunts in this week's CROWDSOURCERY!

BEST OF THE GUESTS: Emma Fletcher (Swaffham Prior District Heating)

The Swaffham Prior Community Land Trust #districtheating scheme is a trailblazer for the #eastofengland, if not the #UK, and it was a huge pleasure to chat with the Chair of the #CLT Emma Fletcher, about the scheme.
Though District Heating schemes are common on the continent, they are less so here in Britain.  Even so, the Swaffham Prior scheme in #cambridgeshire has really come into its own since the huge pressure on energy costs became apparent.  Emma and I also discuss housing and her then day job as MD of Evera Homes, where she shares her insightful and highly thoughtful prescription for what's needed.  This interview initially went out in two parts last year and is presented here as recorded.  
I'm grateful to Emma and proud to bring you this 'Best of the Guests' bonus from the Eastern Promise Archive!  And look out for Episode 60 next week, 'cos it's Out of This World...!

CHALLENGE:ANGLIA REDUX - It’s Telly Time!

As Mike is off on his holidays as you hear this, we've reached back into the archive for one week only, to bring you CHALLENGE:ANGLIA - It's Telly Time!

EP PANEL: Local Journalism in the East of England

This week: Mike Rigby pays a visit to Broadcast House, home of the Broadcast Journalism course at the University of East Anglia, to meet MA students there and also to sit down in studio 2 with Course Director Clare Precey, former Editor of the Eastern Daily Press David Powles, and Mike Talbot, former Head of News at ITV Anglia.  

Eastern Promise: Episode 59 - Omnibus Edition

This week: Mike Rigby pays a visit to Broadcast House, home of the Broadcast Journalism course at the University of East Anglia, to meet MA students there and also to sit down in studio 2 with Course Director Clare Precey, former Editor of the Eastern Daily Press David Powles, and Mike Talbot, former Head of News at ITV Anglia.  
And then, as Mike is off on his holidays as you hear this, we've reached back into the archive for one week only, to bring you CHALLENGE:ANGLIA - It's Telly Time!

CROWDSOURCERY! Let’s Be Sporty!

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

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)

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.