Actress/Comedian Emma Smith Watts is the stereotype that catapulted this podcast into existence: she got bangs after a breakup (she's our first guest to do so). Emma and Elke discuss blondes vs. redheads, childhood fringe cuts, and how they both went through a long-distance breakup the exact same year. One of them copied their mom's bangs, the othe…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Renee D'Angelo - Crazy For You FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY You and Your Sister - Steady and Slow FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Cassidy Waring - Hold Me Tight FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Emily Anderson - What If It's Not Enough FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ava Della…

Musician Rhiannon Giddens on returning to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyoncé. As a huge retrospective of the work of the artist Helen Chadwick opens at The Hepworth Wakefield, art critic Louisa Buck and the exhibition's curator, Laura Smith, discuss why Chadwick should be viewed as the godmother for a golden generation of British c…

25 years after Joanne Harris introduced readers to the soothing delights of Chocolat, she's released her new book Vianne. It’s the prequel that explains how her heroine found her way into the world of high end French confectionery. A new exhibition at the British Museum sheds light on the provenance of popular images of the Hindu god Ganesha, the B…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Grenon - snow for a day FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Mandy Lopez - Scapegoat FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Delaney Parker - Stockyard FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ana Gracey - Afterlife FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Erin Darley - NRG FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Yasmin Schancer …

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Christa Rooks - This Is Home FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Sarah Kirkland - Bloom Where I'm Planted FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY MISY - Arise My Darling FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Violin Gospel - The Night's Soft Song FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Natalie Grace - Gr…

In this episode of Talking Art, host Ben Gougeon welcomes esteemed documentary maker John Nakashima to discuss his latest film, George Woodworker, a heartfelt exploration of the life and legacy of his uncle, George Nakashima.By Ben Gougeon

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Backyard Betties - Blame It on the Red Wine FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Fia and Hanna - It'd Be So Nice FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Jo Grange-Seaver - Don't You See FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Tamoona - Beautifully Unbroken FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Talia Lond…

David Benedict and Viv Groskop review Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are, a surreal story of brunch and existential dread; French film about about grassroots music, The Marching Band and Daniel Kehlmann’s new novel, The Director, about a real life German filmmaker navigating the Third Reich. Presenter: Tom SutcliffeProducer: Simon Richar…

Colin Bulfield, Executive Producer of the new film Ocean With Attenborough, talks about working with the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker Sir David Attenborough on his latest project, an exploration of the vital importance of healthy oceans to our planet which is in cinemas around the country now. Current exhibitions at V&A Dundee and the Briti…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: CMAGIC5 - Happy Never After FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Luciana Lariccia - Masterpiece FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY B. Hawksley - Kansas FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Fiona Glatki - glad you're here FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY HRZN - Haunted FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY North…

Novelist Elif Shafak, artist and writer Edmund de Waal and Professor Rachel Bowlby join Samira to discuss the centenary of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. As the Semi Finals of Eurovision start tonight in Basel, Switzerland, Paddy O'Connell talks about this year's contest. Four hundred leading British Artists such as Paul McCartney and Kate Bush hav…

Suzanne Vega has just released her first album of all-new material for nearly a decade. "Flying With Angels" continues her folk-influenced sound and introduces influences of soul as well as a song in tribute to Bob Dylan's "I Want You". She performs in the studio with guitarist Gerry Leonard. Sean Combs aka P Diddy is on trial in New York, charged …

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Alli Brown - Some People Never Change FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Neon Massacre - Hey Siri FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Leanne Lightfoot - The Game FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Joanna Finnis - Love Story FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ghostwood Empire - Supernova FOL…

Nathan continued our Done series with a message on faith, choosing to trust in God even when life feels uncertain. He shared five ways to stay anchored in faith: friends, affirmation, immersion, thankfulness and honesty. Faith grows not by sight, but by walking with God through every season.By Nathan Oliver

Comedian Seth Lawrence is a stay-at-home dad by day, raising four kids and (briefly) a ponytail. When the going got tough and he had toddlers at home, it came down to time for a haircut or time for stand-up. Seth chose stand-up. Seth and Elke discuss the ideal work/life balance and their current lack thereofs, Elke's first Catholic confession, and …

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Meadowsweet - The Sound of Coming Home FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY EVA - Mother, Mother FOLLOW ON SOUNDCLOUD Jackie Morris - Last Leaf FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY David Vito Gregoli & Jennifer Silver feat Teresa James - May All Your Dreams Ca…

Authors Matt Cain and Eimear McBride join Tom Sutcliffe to review a new remake of Ang Lee's 1993 classic The Wedding Banquet. They also discuss Isabel Allende's new novel My Name is Emilia del Valle and the play The Brightening Air, on at the Old Vic theatre in London. And the National Gallery is having a re-hang, we speak to Head of the Curatorial…

Acclaimed German journalist and film producer Sandra Maischberger talks about her new documentary about Leni Riefenstahl, which re-examines the life and career of the filmmaker and Nazi propagandist who was one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Art historian and curator Sandy Nairne, a member of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Commi…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Amy Hooper - Apples and Trees FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Susie Maddocks - Yesterday_Belong FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Prettier Than Matt - Better Me FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ed & Carol Nicodemi - Look At You Now FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY BuZZFoX - Nobody …

In the wake of President Trump's proposed film tariffs, Jake Kanter, International Investigations Editor at Deadline, discusses what the impact could be for the British film industry. Last week Moorcroft became the latest heritage ceramic company to close its doors in Stoke-On-Trent. Emma Bridgewater, founder of the eponymous ceramics company, and …

To mark the 80th anniversary this week, we explore British culture around VE Day in 1945, reflecting on the music, books, films and theatre that defined the moment and the complex emotional landscape that followed the war’s end. Songwriter and pianist Kate Garner joins us at the piano. Guests: Michael Billington, theatre critic; Ian Christie, film …

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Melyssa Lee - My Guarantee FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Lisa P. Medina - A Mother's Love FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ed & Carol Nicodemi - A Mother's Love (Reimagined) FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Susie Maddocks - In Your Eyes FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Audra Wat…

Ps Mel shares that faith waits patiently, trusts confidently, and rests. We need to understand that it is not enough to just believe in God, but we need to believe Him. It is during times of waiting that we continually need to choose to trust God that He will fulfill His promises. By looking at the story of Abraham, we can be encouraged that God is…

US director Ryan Coogler on his supernatural horror film, Sinners. Anne Sebba discusses her new book, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, about the orchestra formed in 1943 among the female prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. And as a new report looking at so-called book banning in the United States is published, we talked to au…

Talking Art with Jarabe MexicanoBy Ben Gougeon

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Wild As Her - Heatwave FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Kristan Mikala - Candy Lover (Acoustic) FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Emma Hughes - Jealousy FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY CELINE - Bound In Breath FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Mia Lee - Over You FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ca…

Critic Kate Maltby and Beatles author Ian Leslie join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss two documentaries about John Lennon remaking his life in New York - Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade and One to One: John & Yoko. They also discuss Tina Fey’s new series The Four Seasons, based on the 1981 film of the same name, which explores the relationships of thr…

Jeff Pope on his new series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man who was killed by police on a London tube in 2005, which launches tonight on Disney+. James VI of Scotland & I of England is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. We’re joined by the historical writers Lucy Hu…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: JENNY & ME - I Like The Way FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY DuoLia. - Go Back To Sleep FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Sara Abraham - Never Leave Again FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Team Toxic - Better Run FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Shedonist - Weight of Your World FOLLO…

In 1975, at the height of their fame, British band Slade made a feature film, Slade in Flame. The film was a critical and commercial failure at the time, but has built up a cult following over the years. Now it's being re-released in cinemas and on DVD. Frontman Noddy Holder and film director Richard Loncraine spoke to Samira Ahmed in studio. With …

Mark Rosenblatt on Giant, his Olivier award-winning play starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl. As Universal Studios announce plans for a major new theme park in Bedfordshire, what does this mean for the UK entertainment industry? Samira is joined by entertainment journalist Ella Baskerville and Gareth Smy from Framestore to discuss its signficance a…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Molly Devine - To Be FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Efi Gjika - 4 Likes FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Victoria Marie - ghosts FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Bonnie Cash - Stranger FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Slung - Collider FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Avery Fortune - Cowboy FOLL…

This week, Ps Paul kicked off our new series on faith, reminding us that faith is more than belief. It's a life of trust, response, and relationship with God. We were encouraged to grow strong in truth and walk daily in faith that overcomes.By Ps Paul Marshall

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Crista Phoenix - Jwsu (Just Wanna Satisfy You) FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Emily Myers - Behind Closed Doors FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Alexa Kate - I Want It FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Kierra Noelle - Identity FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY AUBRIANA - 14 FOLLOW …

Journalist Siân Pattenden & critic Stephanie Merritt join Tom to discuss Self Esteem's third album A Complicated Woman, which features collaborations with Nadine Shah and Moonchild Sanelly. Ahead of the release, Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor showcased the album by staging a five-night theatrical presentation at London's Duke of York theatre. …

As the journals of the American writer Joan Didion (based on conversations with her psychiatrist) are published, writer and journalist Rachel Cooke and Alan Taylor, editor of actor Alan Rickman's diaries, discuss the challenges, responsibilities and ethics of posthumously publishing the diaries of great writers, artists and actors. Acclaimed German…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Baba - Love Like This FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Amy Pinkus - How's Your New Wife FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Victoria July - The Girl I Wanted to Be FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Signe Nørgaard - Don't Hang Up the Phone FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Gabriela - Mor…

Jamaica's former poet laureate, Lorna Goodison, on setting Dante's Inferno on the island of her birth; Journalist Joanna Moorhead on Pope Francis' relationship with the arts; Poet and librettist Michael Symmons Roberts on writing a form-breaking book to re-examine French composer Olivier Messiaen's form-breaking masterwork - Quartet for the End of …

Mr. Turner director Mike Leigh, art historian Charlotte Mullins and senior curator at Tate Amy Concannon join Tom Sutcliffe to celebrate the life and work of JMW Turner, as we approach the 250th anniversary of his birth. Also in this edition, David Hockney on Turner's skill as an artist, Alvaro Barrington talks about his continuing influence on art…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Orchard Sky - Good Intentions FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY xoxodubstep - Don't Lie FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY NJ - the beast FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Lexi Faye - How Do I Let You Go FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Ellie Reed - You Weren't Mine FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY A…

On Easter Sunday, Ps Mel shared a moving message about the resurrection of Jesus and the freedom it offers. She spoke on forgiveness, both for others and ourselves, and the power of surrender, reminding us that because Jesus rose from the grave, we can live free, forgiven, and fully committed into God's hands.…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Correna - Coming For You FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Adela - The Kiss FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Mandy Cole - Wild Hearts FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Camilla Wickman - Cailleach FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY REGINA - Age of Aquarius FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY BIRD AKA JAN…

This Good Friday, Ps Mel shared a powerful message reflecting on the sacrifice of Jesus. She reminded us that He carried our sin, shame, and sorrow. Through His death, the way to relationship with God was opened. The cross changed everything.By Ps Mel Marshall

Alex Garland's latest film Warfare, which is co-directed by US military veteran Ray Mendoza turns back the clock back nearly twenty years to reconstruct a real-life surveillance mission in Iraq. Film critic Tim Robey and journalist Zing Tsjeng give their verdict on the analysis of the theatre of war, which unfolds in real time. They've also been to…

In this episode of "Talking Art," host Ben Gougeon welcomes a very special guest: United States Army Master Sergeant James Old, the tour coordinator for the U.S. Army Field Band. With an exciting free concert coming up on April 17th at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, listeners are treated to an in-depth discussion of the rich history and vibrant fu…

American documentary photographer and President of the Magnum Foundation Susan Meiselas speaks about her fifty-year career, as she receives the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award at the Sony World Photography Awards 2025, and as her work goes on display at Somerset House in London. We hear how President Trump's economic tariffs are affec…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Blue Rose - If I Had a Rose FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Davvn - Any Other Girl FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Kat Ivy - Autumn FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Loulita Gill - Here to Stay FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Maggie Baugh - Other Side Of The World FOLLOW ON SPOTI…

Director and Screenwriter PJ Hogan, creator of the 1994 comedy Muriel's wedding, speaks to Samira Ahmed about the new musical adaptation of his film. With lead actors leaving, and ratings down, there are questions about the future of Doctor Who. Author John Higgs, and entertainment writer Caroline Frost, talk about the past, present and future of t…

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.com This show includes the following songs: Restore to Past - Your Song Again FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Christa Wells - The Voice FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Jayla Gray - Mine FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Mandi Macias - Lovesick FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY Bonnie And The Jets - Regatta FOLLOW ON SPOTIFY …