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with Tony Kearney

The legacy of the Berlin Wall 60 years after it was built; how filling empty homes could help homelessness & children's author Piers Torday on his new book about climate change.

A new report shows that Scotland has more empty homes per capita than England and Wales but with homelessness rising in Scotland, is it time to requisition empty homes? Tony Kearney is joined by Jon Sparkes, CEO of homelessness charity Crisis, Shelter Scotland鈥檚 Shaheena Din and Susan Aktemel of 91热爆s for Good to explore possible solutions to homelessness.

With recent flooding and bushfires across the world, and with COP26 on the horizon here in Scotland, it seems as though the climate crisis is on everyone鈥檚 minds. But how do we talk about the issue with children? Author Piers Torday has done just that with his much loved The Last Wild trilogy, and now again with his prequel to the series, 鈥楾he Wild Before鈥�, which he speaks about with Tony.

Karen Morrison from the charity STAR, that works to unite siblings in foster care, explains the importance of recent legislation from the Scottish Government aiming to keep siblings in foster care together.

Half the population will go through the menopause and the other half will know someone who does, yet it is rarely talked about. Ruth Devlin, who takes menopause workshops into workplaces, and Rachel Weiss, the founder of menopause cafes, discuss why it鈥檚 time to change the way we speak about the menopause.

This week marks the 60th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall. Edinburgh based West Berliner Tico Seifert shares what it was like growing up in the shadow of it, and Alison Phipps, Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow, talks about her memories of living in the city and the legacy of the wall.

You may have heard about people prescribing time in nature to improve one鈥檚 health, but what about prescribing books? Tony Kearney finds out about the power of literature and poetry - particularly women鈥檚 writing 鈥� with Alison Phipps and Helen Boden, poet and writer.

1 hour, 54 minutes

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Sun 8 Aug 2021 08:00
91热爆 Radio Scotland

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  • Jack Johnson

    MUSIC Breakdown - Jack Johnson

    • In Between Dreams.
    • Brushfire records.
    • 11.

  • Merry Clayton

    MUSIC Gimme Shelter - Merry Clayton

    • The Best Of Merry Clayton.
    • RCA/Legacy.

  • Misty River

    MUSIC Walk Me To The River - Misty River

  • Harry Styles

    MUSIC Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

    • Columbia.

  • Dusty Springfield

    STANDBY MUSIC Son Of A Preacher Man

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy

    • Blue Lines.
    • EMI.
    • 1 / 2.

  • Frank Wilson

    MUSIC Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) - Frank Wilson

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.

  • Catatonia

    MUSIC Stone By Stone - Catatonia

    • (CD Single).
    • Blanco Y Negro.

  • Leon Bridges

    Coming 91热爆

    • (CD Single).

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Aug 2021 08:00
    91热爆 Radio Scotland