Listen to our trailer to get a feel for our new podcast.

‘The Ballad of the Crocodile and the Underpass' - Stories of Washington New Town’, is a podcast ballad partnership between Washington Heritage Partnership, We Make Culture, University of Sunderland, Baseline Shift and Arts Centre Washington. Since April 2024 this partnership, podcaster and musician Grace Stubbings and the Washington community podcasting group have been working with people and organisations in Washington to collect and share experiences of life in a new town.

Musicians Paige Temperley and David Brewis (Field Music) have been working with community members and young people at Arts Centre Washington to turn stories of Washington into songs.

The songs, interviews, sounds and archive recordings have been woven together to create unique ballad podcasts. The group have been influenced by the radio ballad work of Charles Parker, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger who made radio ballads about working class stories in the 1950s and '60s for the BBC.

You can listen to Episode 1 immediately after this trailer.

Subscribe now to hear episodes 2-5, which will be released in November 2024.

In this episode we hear from Rebel Women in the world of sports. Aly Dixon, Lucy Green, Iliyana Farfarova, Shahzana Aslam, Olivia Coxon and YAV young participants share their love for sports, why they think it's important for young females to get involved and what they are doing to encourage this.

Read more about the Rebel Women of Sunderland project here: https://sunderlandculture.org.uk/events/rebel-women-of-sunderland/

Aly Dixon: @alydixon

Iliyana Farfarova: https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/about/staff/media/iliyanafarfarova/

YAV: https://www.youngasianvoices.co.uk/

@yavsunderland

Rebel Women of Sunderland is a University of Sunderland and We Make Culture production.

Produced and Edited by:

Lottie Steele:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lottie-steele/

X: @LottieS_Sounds

Grace McDonough:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-mcdonough-98a800270/

X: @producer_grace

Presented by Bobbi Bunker

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbi-bunker-949ab8151/

Music by the Rebel Women students at NAME: https://www.wearename.org.uk/

In this episode we hear from Rebel Women in the music world. Katie Anderson, Dr Becky Allen, Lily Mac, Izzy, Lauren and Isabel Maria discuss their involvement within the music industry, and how they're continuing to pave the way for women in music.

Read more about the Rebel Women of Sunderland project here: https://sunderlandculture.org.uk/events/rebel-women-of-sunderland/

Katie Anderson: https://www.tiktok.com/@katieandrson?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Dr Becky Allen: https://twitter.com/bettyall92

https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/about/staff/computing/beckyallen/

North East Sound Women: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090043899309&paipv=0&eav=Afbn2Bcmdx2klq-l3OvUPM80WyL-wS93Tej3fqJU6JyEXR75cMJf0_l8qm-k683I3vM

Young Musicians Project: https://www.wemakeculture.co.uk/young-musicians-project

Misogyny in Music Report: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5804/cmselect/cmwomeq/129/report.html

Rebel Women of Sunderland is a University of Sunderland and We Make Culture production.

Produced and Edited by:

Lottie Steele:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lottie-steele/

X: @LottieS_Sounds

Grace McDonough:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-mcdonough-98a800270/

X: @producer_grace

Presented by Bobbi Bunker

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbi-bunker-949ab8151/

Music by the Rebel Women students at NAME: https://www.wearename.org.uk/