Hello You the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins

I’m trying to give you something a little different. Hello You is about stuff, and things. People, and stories. Shrewsbury, and Shropshire. Mental health and well-being. History and heritage. Arts, culture and music. Faith, belief and the complexities of life.I’m a good listener. It’s what I do. And for Hello You, I’m listening to (and talking with) fascinating people, mostly but not always from Shropshire, so that you can hear what they have to say. It's public-service local journalism that cares about people. Audio that brings you the voices of people you might not hear from otherwise. Interviews conducted with compassion and empathy. Thoughtful, positive, good-humoured conversations, informed local storytelling, and commentary that’s not afraid to get righteously angry on occasion. jimallthetime.substack.com

Hello You the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins is a society podcast hosted by Jim Hawkins, with 153 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jim Hawkins hosts Hello You the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins, a society show with 153 episodes published.

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  Hello You the Shropshire podcast with Jim Hawkins

  Hello You 163: 'Can you sponsor my mid-life crisis?'

  Jun 1, 202654 minS0

  <p>‘You can come here and stare at the whole environment in awe’</p><p>Every so often, I take myself off to sit on a bench somewhere in Shropshire, and record conversations with whomsoever happens to sit on the bench with me.</p><p>On Whit Sunday (the Sunday of the last bank holiday weekend) I went to Haughmond Hill, a fascinating and beautiful place managed by Forestry England. There are about a dozen picnic benches arranged under conifer trees outside the delightful Haughmond Hill Café. On these benches walkers, cyclists, dog-parents, families, and outdoors enthusiasts sit and rest after...

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  Hello You 162: A Sunday afternoon in the park, in stereo

  May 12, 202622 minS0

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jimallthetime.substack.com<br/><br/><p>A Sunday soundscape in vivid stereo</p><p>It’s been a while since I published a ‘soundscape’ episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast. Sunday afternoon, though, presented the perfect opportunity to record one.</p><p>The afternoon was sunny, if not quite as warm as it at first looked. It was the perfect time to go to the park, in this case the Quarry (Park) in Shre…</p>

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  Hello You 161: With the bikers at Montford Bridge

  May 3, 202658 minS0

  <p>It’s the first Bench episode of 2026!</p><p>Here’s something I started doing on the radio about twenty years ago, and I’ve carried on as part of Hello You the Shropshire podcast.</p><p>It’s a very simple idea: I sit on a bench, somewhere in Shropshire, and talk with whoever sits on the bench with me.</p><p>‘It’s just the nicest feeling in the world’</p><p>Every Tuesday evening during British Summer Time dozens, often hundreds of bikers descend on the picnic area around the Montford Bridge Café, just off the A5, for tea and...

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  Hello You 160: There is everything to look forward to

  Apr 27, 202639 minS0

  <p>‘It really is as though one person is speaking directly to you, saying it’s going to be all right’</p><p>Formerly The Emergency Poet, offering poetry on prescription from her vintage ambulance, Deb Alma is now best known as co-founder of the world’s first walk-in Poetry Pharmacy, based in Bishop’s Castle here in Shropshire.</p><p>In this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast, Deborah Alma talks about how poetry can help us, and tells her remarkable story which encompasses using poetry with people with dementia, in hospice care, with women’s groups and with childre...

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  Hello You 159: 'It's MASSIVE to be able to help people'

  Apr 12, 202631 minS0

  <p>‘There’s something inside you that’s never broken’</p><p>Sarah-Charlotte Peace has been through a lot.</p><p>And I do mean, a lot. In this episode of Hello You the Shropshire podcast, Sarah-Charlotte tells her story and explains how her experiences have fed into her work as Peaceful Warrior Wellbeing.</p><p>Join in the conversation about this episode in the comments: </p><p>‘They’re looking for peace, and it’s my role to help them’</p><p>I recorded part of this episode stretched out on the floor of the meeting room in Oswestry Library! Hey, I’...

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