Today’s episode is one that we’ve been talking about off microphone since before the podcast began - money.
We’ve spoken about it off microphone, and I know that there are individuals and groups having these conversations on a case-by-case level. But we decided not to have the conversation on microphone because this show is meant to be talking about the news - admittedly in a fairly broad sense - but still, we didn’t want On The Outside to be outing individual experiences with payment.
But then in August, something happened that we thought would be a good way to bring the conversation onto the show. Matt Barr, who’s the host of the Looking Sideways podcast - posted an open thread with this question:
Ideally, this episode would have been a discussion with a few more people reacting to each other’s answers. But due to various different circumstances, even getting myself and Matt on a recording together was tricky.
Matt and Soraya did have a conversation for Matt’s own podcast, and they spoke a bit about their thoughts on the subject. But I did want to speak to Matt to ask him more about the catalyst for posting that thread, and to pick apart the question itself a bit more.
And then after my conversation with Matt, you’ll hear some of the Looking Sideways podcast and then several talking heads as a bit of a continuation of the open thread.
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The UKAN rates survey:
Find out more about the guests in this episode:
Matt Barr from Looking Sideways
Soraya Abdel-Hadi soraya.earth
Ani (@ani_went_outside) from Outside Our Way
Carlos Casas from Colour Up Bristol (@colourupbristol)
Kathi Kamleitner (@watchmesee) from the Wild For Scotland podcast
Steph Wetherell from Every Body Outdoors (@every_body_outdoors) • Instagram
Oge Ejizu (@ogsworld) from Black Girls Hike
Sonny Peart (@runny.sonny) from Black Trail Runners (@blacktrailrunners)
Frankie Dewar from The Purposeful Adventure Club (@purposefuladventureclub)
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CREDITS for the episode:
Produced, hosted and edited by Francesca Turauskis
Artwork by Sophie Nolan
Music is Bassbeat by Alex Norton