What do you do? Western Studios, Leeds presents Working Hours: a podcast series surveying the people of Leeds on their thoughts and feelings on the topic of work. I want to talk to my city about work. Why do we do it? Do we like it? What could we do differently? What will we? How does work change and how does it change us? Leeds, the largest city in the largest county on the UK mainland, is a former imperial textile centre and is now a major UK financial centre. This series will document the city’s experiences through Lockdown, Brexit, creeping technological unemployment, new and continuing resource wars, the ongoing dismantling of the welfare state and our accelerating ecological emergency.If you are in Leeds or from Leeds then help me to reach my target of interviewing 1000 Loiners over the 2020s. Let me ask you, what do you do?
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Signup to Generate a PitchWhat do you do? Western Studios, Leeds presents Working Hours: a podcast series surveying the people of Leeds on their thoughts and feelings on the topic of work. I want to talk to my city about work. Why do we do it? Do we like it? What could we do differently? What will we?
Recent episodes include "Work is for Putting Food on The Table" (12 October 2026, 96 minutes), "Work Spins Us Right Round Baby" (24 August 2026, 90 minutes), and "Work is What We All Do" (31 July 2026, 153 minutes).
Working Hours publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 107 minutes across 200 episodes.
Booking probability for Working Hours is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Working Hours requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Working Hours's contact route on record: verified email.
Working Hours is a business podcast with 200 episodes published.
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Episode #11
Recorded on 26/06/2026 Sonja Woodcock has co-ordinated FoodWise Leeds, the city’s sustainable food partnership, since its inception in 2017. With a strong commitment to cross-sectoral collaboration, she applies a...
Episode #9
Recorded on 19/05/2026 Chris Black left school in 1986 intending to become a painter-decorator but ended up joining his dad’s growing company instead. Starting as a factory lad and then working his way up through the...
Episode #8
Recorded on 11/06/2026 Katie Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Leeds Beckett University, a freelance broadcast journalist at the BBC, and a freelance Content Designer and website builder. Katie moved from...
Episode #7
Recorded on 22/06/2026 Lynette Willoughby’s first degree was in Electrical and Electronic Engineering after which she moved to Leeds to teach at Foxwood school for 2 years. After then trekking round the Pyrenees and the...
Recorded on 11/06/2026 Maria Forryan is Subject Lead of Drama at Elliott Hudson College. She has also taught A Level Music, BTEC music, GCSE English, EPQ and been a mentor for Trainee teachers whilst working there...
Episode #5
Recorded on 23/04/2026 By day, Emma Harper is a Senior Analyst at a stockbrokers’ firm, with 26 years in finance. It's a career she truly loves! Outside of work, Emma is married with two children. She runs two charity...
Episode #4
Recorded on 07/04/2026 Saleem Shafi is a Financial Wellbeing & Workplace Performance Advisor and the Founder of Money Beam. He is enthusiastic about improving people’s lives so they can live in dignity, feel valued and...
Episode #3
Recorded on 08/04/2026 Liza Kellett is the founding Chief Executive of social enterprise Trust Leeds and was awarded the Yorkshire & Humberside ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2025. Liza has set up, led, managed...
Episode #2
Recorded on 28/01/2026 Tony Crooks started LeedsNet.com, the first public information service for Leeds, thirty years ago in 1996, before the internet got to the UK. He had 54 telephone lines, with a modem for each...
Episode #1
Recorded on 30/01/2026 Leigh Staunton is the Project Lead for the Leeds Mindful Employer Network — a one-of-a-kind, city-wide network bringing employers together across sectors to make work better for mental health...
Episode #36
Recorded on 08/11/2025 Erene Hadjiioannou is a psychotherapist, supervisor, author, trainer, and (occasional) activist. Erene has worked with adult clients since 2010 and is currently based in her private practice...
Episode #35
Recorded on 31/10/2025 Gill Beadle is an ILM7 certified Executive and leadership Coach with two decades’ experience in Technology and change Leadership roles within Health-Tech and Financial services. She decided to...
Episode #34
Recorded on 05/11/2025 Dominic Charkin was the CEO of a charity that was established in 2002 to work with local people to identify and overcome issues that affect their health and wellbeing at a community level. In the...
Episode #33
Recorded on 19/09/2025 Helen Underwood is a Former NHS Physio, First Aid Expert, and entrepreneurial-mum on a mission! With over 20 years in healthcare, including time in Children’s ICU and other NHS departments, I’ve...
Episode #32
Recorded on 06/08/2025 Sam Perry is Project Lead for Warm Homes at the Trades Union Congress, where he works to improve job quality in the clean heat and home retrofit sector, promote just and inclusive net zero...
Episode #31
Recorded on 11/09/2025 Jessica Spencer runs Aladdin’s Cave Jewellery, a third-generation family run business in Queens Arcade Leeds, alongside her mum, Roberta. The shop has been in the same location for over 45 years...
Episode #30
Recorded on 31/10/2025 J Warren Jones was born in Leeds in the early 70s and lived in Wakefield for most of his life. Travelling extensively in his late teens and early twenties and working in the gambling trade for 20...
Episode #29
Recorded on 16/09/2025 As a Health and Lifestyle Coach with over 20 years' experience in medical research, including a BSc in Biomedical Science and a PhD in Drug Metabolism, Louise Guilfoyle is passionate about using...
Episode #28
Recorded on 04/08/25 Derek Miller is native of Chicago where he got his background in acting and improv at Improv Olympic, Second City and Piven Arts. Derek spent 20 years in Hollywood, teaching and performing at The...
Episode #27
Recorded on 22/05/2025 Asma Khanum is a pioneering Speech and Language Therapist of Bangladeshi heritage and the CEO of Chatterbug Speech and Language Therapy Service. With a wealth of experience, Asma is deeply...
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actor, wedding planner, energy cultivator, National Pork Producers Council
Associate Lecturer at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Green Burial Council International
Florida Director of Advocacy for Vote No on Amendment 3, Aladdin’s Cave Jewellery
John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, American Association of Port Authorities
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