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Our Lives, Our Stories with Carl Chinn Podcast
Siobhán Stevenson

Siobhán Stevenson

Our Lives, Our Stories with Carl Chinn vor 2 Monaten

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Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with Dr Siobhán Stevenson, a
Birmingham oral historian and audio producer who has spent her
career capturing other people's life stories, from community
radio volunteers to imprisoned people to the women who fought for
gender equality in 1980s Birmingham. In this episode, the
microphone turns the other way, and Siobhán tells her own story.

She grew up in an Irish family from Dublin who settled in
Birmingham, spent her early childhood in Cabra, and came back to
Birmingham in 1979. She talks about the balance of being the
Irish in England and the English in Ireland. She reflects on the
strong women in her family, a non-traditional route back into
education, a trip to India that changed how she saw the world,
and the PhD on community radio that led her to a life spent
giving voice to the voiceless.

Content warning: This episode contains references to bereavement
and the death of a child. Please do take care whilst listening or
skip this episode if this could be distressing for you.

Website - https://siobhanlstevenson.com

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