• Episode 4: Fire

  • Oct 22 2021
  • Length: 20 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • A poet’s inquiry into climate change presented by Linda France. How fossil fuels affect global heating and extreme weather and the legacy of coal mining and colonialism are discussed with Welsh language poet Menna Elfyn, Australian poet John Kinsella and climate campaigner Suzanne Dhaliwal. The Brothers Gillespie sing ‘Tina’s Song’, written for a group protesting against fracking in Lancashire. With poetry from Menna and Linda. Music by Joshua Green. Produced by Sonderbug, with New Writing North and Newcastle University and funded by the Audio Content Fund and Arts Council England.

    A transcript for this episode is available here: https://newwritingnorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/In_Our_Element_Ep4_Fire_TRANSCRIPT.pdf
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