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Hosted by Our Lives, Our Stories · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 23 episodes
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Our Lives, Our Stories is hosted by social historian and writer Carl Chinn MBE, whose life’s work has been dedicated to bringing to the fore the lives and stories of people too often left out of traditional history books. This podcast is built on a simple but powerful belief: that history must be democratised and that every person’s story matters. In each episode, Carl sits down with guests ranging from well-known figures to community activists and changemakers, exploring the personal histories, experiences, challenges and moments that have shaped who they are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our Lives, Our Stories hosts Our Lives, Our Stories with Carl Chinn, a history show with 23 episodes published.
In this special solo episode, Carl Chinn opens up his own family history and turns it into a practical guide to tracing where you come from. He starts with the memories, a story passed down through the women of his famil
Carl Chinn sits down with Nicola Silk, a Birmingham based producer and director whose life has been closely tied to television from the very beginning. She was one of the first children through the doors of the BBC Pebbl
Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with Lyle Bignon, Birmingham's Night Time Economy Ambassador and a lifelong champion of the city's music and culture. Growing up in Balsall Heath as a third-generation Irish, second-g
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
Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with Dr Karamat Iqbal, an educator and historian whose life crosses two worlds. Karamat grew up in a village of ten houses in Kashmir, walking hours to school across the ravines, unti
Carl Chinn sits down with Rebecca McKinney, an outstanding headteacher and Catholic schools inspector whose story begins in a big, fiercely close Irish family with roots in the centre of Dublin and the countryside of Kil
In this solo episode of Our Lives, Our Stories, Carl Chinn answered a question he has been asked all his life: what makes a historian? For years his answer was the books, the historical novels he read as a a child, from
This Father's Day special, Carl Chinn and some of our guests over the passed year share the stories of the fathers and grandfathers who made them. From a working class bookmaker who played football on the rec and ran the
Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with Kate Knowles, editor of the Birmingham Dispatch, a reader-funded online paper covering the stories that matter most to the West Midlands. They talk about Kate's background, how s
Carl Chinn is joined by educator, speaker, community activist and inspirational founder of the Gorniak Method, Toby Gorniak MBE, who grew up in Poland one of the stigmatised Roma community before arriving in Britain as a
Carl Chinn is joined by author, community builder and his former student Christina Longden, who grew up in the mill town of Dukinfield, near Stalybridge, and was among the first in her family to go to university. Since t
Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with Roifield Brown, entrepreneur, podcaster, publican and proud Brummie. The son of Windrush generation parents, his Jamaican roots deeply affect him and he tells the remarkable stor
Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with Byline Times journalist and broadcaster, Adrian Goldberg, to talk identity, football and belonging. Adrian – the proud son of two migrants to Birmingham – tells the story of his
Carl Chinn is joined by fellow historian Dr Kiran Sahota, revealing her research into the vital roles of South Asian men and women in two world wars and how that heritage empowers today’s communities and young people. Gr
In this episode, Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with businessman and former Bullring trader, John White. They talk about growing up around Birmingham’s historic markets, the world of the barrow boys, and a life sha
In this episode, Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with musician and UB40 co-founder, Robin Campbell. They talk about growing up in Birmingham, discovering reggae, and the journey from local gigs to global success wit
Carl Chinn is joined by author Sophie Martin-Canning to explore the personal history behind her novel, Kissed By The Angels, as well as the impact her father had on boxing. Sophie talks about growing up in a Brummie-Iris
In this episode, Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with comedian, artist and TV presenter, Joe Lycett. They talk family history, building a comedy career, creativity, and what it means to be a champion for Birmingham.
In this episode, Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with writer, performer, educator and former Poet Laureate of Birmingham, Casey Bailey. They talk about Casey's childhood growing up in Nechells, the power of educatio
In the first episode of 'Our Lives, Our Stories', Carl Chinn dives into his own life story. From his family history to his education, Chinn takes us through the influences behind his career as a social historian, his foc
John White
governor of the first English colony in the Americas · Dublin City University
1 appearance on this show
Carl Chinn
social historian
2 appearances on this show
Joe Lycett
comedian
1 appearance on this show
Casey Bailey
poet, playwright, author, screenwriter, educator, Ambassador for the Young Leaders Club · Deel
1 appearance on this show
Kate Knowles
Birmingham Dispatch
1 appearance on this show
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