{"id":1116,"date":"2022-05-29T08:04:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T07:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:04:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T07:04:23","slug":"vicky-mcclure-on-class-jack-rooke-on-grief-plus-self-esteem-maisie-adam-david-lammy-mp-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatbritishpodcasts.com\/picks\/vicky-mcclure-on-class-jack-rooke-on-grief-plus-self-esteem-maisie-adam-david-lammy-mp-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Vicky McClure on Class, Jack Rooke on Grief, plus<\/i> Self Esteem, Maisie Adam, David Lammy MP and more\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Let\u2019s start this newsletter with some conversations that have explored our mental health, in particular in relation to grief. The comedian and writer Jack Rooke<\/strong><\/a>, the creator of the sitcom Big Boys, <\/em>is the first guest on the new series of the LGBTQ+ mental health podcast Bottoming<\/strong><\/a> this week. He talks candidly about the ways we talk about grief, to how humour can be tied to our most difficult moments: \u201cHistorically when I went through it, it was 2009 and 2010. We didn\u2019t have as much of an open, broad conversation about mental health as we perhaps do now. It was tricky and people didn\u2019t know how to treat me and I walked into school as the boy whose Dad died, rather than being the fat boy who might be gay. It gave me a new identity in school.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another good podcast to listen to is Mother of All Losses<\/strong><\/a>, a podcast that talks about the experiences of grief of mothers or maternal figures. It is presented by Emily Benita and Anna Burtt. \u201cWe have joined forces to create a podcast in the hope that we can provide what we feel we needed and still need in our grief,\u201d says Anna. In their most recent episode, they are joined by the writer Matt Ortile, who talked about his mother Mary May Elaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other great podcasts that explore grief in a helpful way, which we have featured in previous editions of this newsletter: Griefcast with Cariad Lloyd<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>and On The Marie Curie Couch<\/strong><\/a>, where a bereavement counsellor guides a guest through a conversation about a loved one they miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTABLE NAMES ON PODCASTS THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have listened to a great guest on a podcast, let us know by filling in <\/strong>this form<\/strong><\/a> and it might get featured in an upcoming newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are our podcast picks for the week ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want your podcast featured, or you have a great recommendation, all you need to do is fill in this <\/strong>simple form<\/strong><\/a> and might get featured in a future newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Where You From?<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>– A new Global podcast, presented by Lillie Almond, puts the question many people of colour have experienced at least once in their lifetime firmly under the microscope. The question being: \u201cwhere are you from?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt means so many things to different people,\u201d says Lillie. \u201cSo this podcast is a space to explore the rich variety in people\u2019s lives, to hear the experiences that shaped them and above all, to find out what the question \u2018where are you from?\u2019 means to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first episode is with MP David Lammy. Their conversation weaves together identity and belonging, with discussions on working class routes, racial discrimination and microaggressions, and the issues that need to be talked more about in our society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Proper Class Podcast<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>This very good podcast explores what it means to be working class, by speaking to people who have made a name for themselves with working class roots. Returning for a second series after a critically acclaimed first run, the podcast series is presented by actor Laura Checkley (who you might recognise from King Gary) and theatre director Hannah Chissick (Little Wars).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guests in the new series have so far included Bake Off winner Candice Brown and the stand-up comedian Darren Harriott. There\u2019s also a great chat with Line of Duty\u2019s Vicky McClure, which dabbles on why unreliable payments from companies within the creative industries can put off working class people from entering the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n