The Listening Project - Listener Uploads conversation theme
Capturing the nation in conversation
Best days of our lives?: Dean and Thomas
Musicians Dean and Thomas talk about how school wasn't a positive experience for them.
Far from home: Giulia and Claudia
Friends Giulia and Claudia talk about their lives as English language students in Belfast.
Leaving home: Abigail and Lina (uploaded by Abigail)
Students Abigail and Lina talk about how university didn't turn out as they expected.
What is love?: Stephen and Susie (uploaded by Stephen)
Former flatmates Stephen and Susie discuss their differing experiences of love.
42 years of marriage: Joan and Brian (uploaded by Brian)
Husband and wife Joan and Brian discuss how they've made marriage work over the years.
Educating mother: Jane and David (uploaded by Jane)
David speaks to his mother Jane about her following him throughout his education.
Twice the presents: Arthur and Ross (uploaded by Arthur)
Student Ross remembers the Christmas after his parents divorced with his friend Arthur.
Unexpected gift: Alan and Anne (uploaded by their neighbour Tom)
Husband and wife Alan and Anne recall how a WWII bomb blast left Anne an unexpected gift.
Our future: Peter and Eve (uploaded by Peter)
Peter doesn't want children, Eve does. They sat down to discuss their future.
Wise women: Jenny, Sylvia and Alison (uploaded by Jenny)
Partners Sylvia and Alison talk with their friend Jenny about the challenge of being gay.
Engaged in a week: Nicky and Dodge (uploaded by Nicky)
Nicky and her Aunt Dodge remember Dodge's husband Paddy who swept her off her feet.
A summer courtship: Ranjit and Sara (uploaded by Ranjit)
Husband and wife Ranjit and Sara remember the summer they fell in love in Oxford.
More like sisters than friends: Sarah and Rebecca-Lauren (uploaded by Sarah)
Sarah and Rebecca-Lauren are lifelong friends and consider each other family.
Life changing decision: Helen and Janette (uploaded by Helen)
Helen was just three when her mother Janette made a decision that would change her life.
Remembering Everest: Matt and Irene (uploaded by Matt)
Irene sat down with her grandson Matt to relive her trip of a lifetime to Nepal.
Friends for Life: Winifred and Helen (uploaded by Winifred's granddaughter Kirsty)
Winifred and Helen celebrate their lifelong friendship spent in a Yorkshire mining town.
Dyslexia and dyspraxia: Rory and Cheri (uploaded by Cheri)
Rory and his sister Cheri discuss how dyslexia and dyspraxia have affected them.
Family tragedy: Tim and Ethel (uploaded by Tim)
Ethel talks to her son-in-law Tim about losing four members of her family all at once.
Reluctant retirement: Lynn and Anna (uploaded by Lynn's daughter Kirsty)
Lynn has finally taken the decision to retire from teaching. She talks to her sister Anna.
Moving to Britain: Priya and Hargun (uploaded by Priya)
Priya talks to her grandfather about his move to Britain from India in the 1950s.
Young ambition: Isabel and Annie (Uploaded by Annie)
Annie asks her Grandma how she came to be married and a headmistress by the age of 21.
Autism in the family: Sophie and Oscar (Uploaded by Sophie)
Sophie talks to her step-brother Oscar about what it’s like for him being autistic.














