Podcasts by the Bristol Cable

Workers from a children’s ward at Priory Hospital Bristol speak out about regular incidents of self-harm and alleged attacks on staff, following a six-month Cable investigation: https://thebristolcable.org/2020/09/banksy-ward-priory-bristol-revealed-true-story-behind-closure-private-child-mental-health/

The Bristol Cable presents the latest episode of W.G. Grace’s Sports Surgery podcast – delving into the worlds of sport, politics and business in Bristol. Terry and Duke sit down with Kev and Sensi from Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls, to discuss the origins of this historic club, extraordinary oversees trips and how they mix activism and sport.

Thousands of Bristolians and tourists have bought ice creams from Lopresti ice cream vans at iconic city landmarks over the decades. For an equally long time rumours spread about their notoriety as employers and landlords. In an investigation by the Bristol Cable spanning five years that led to Modern Day Slavery charges, these rumours have been investigated and a shocking story uncovered. Now with reporting restrictions lifted, the Cable can reveal there were men living like slaves under Salvatore Lopresti’s control, and a trail of workers and tenants exploited by the Lopresti ice cream and property business. Having had enough of living in fear, poverty and indignity, these same people spoke out. wwwthebristolcable.org @thebristolcable

Terry and Duke sit down with Cable journalist and Media Lab graduate, Marcus Smith, to discuss how gambling addiction is plaguing Bristol and communities nationwide, and the sinister links between sport and the gambling industry. Help - If you're affected by this issue you can get help in Bristol through the Addiction Recovery Agency, just call 0117 930 02 82 or if you don’t live in Bristol you can get help via the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 or by visiting www.gamcare.org.uk

In episode four of W.G. Grace’s Sports Surgery Duke and Terry sit down with Bristolian GB distance runner, Dan Studley, to discuss the future of UK athletics and what can be done to improve running in Britain.

In episode three Terry and Duke sit down with Dick Gherkin from cult podcast, From Bristol With Love, to discuss the emergence of the Football Lads Alliance (FLA), a self-proclaimed anti-extremism movement, but have they been infiltrated by the far right? They also discuss Football Lads and Lasses Against Fascism who were set up to counter the FLA.

Terry and Duke are here once again to cover professional to grassroots sports in Bristol and looking at the business and politics behind it all. Bristol's seventh best sports journalist, Neil Maggs aka Maggsy, joins the duo to talk about how the local media's cosy links to sport clubs in Bristol influences coverage.

Terry and Duke from Mark McChrystal’s Bedtime Stories fame are here to put the cheer into Bristol sport, for your audio delight. Each month the lads will be rummaging around W.G. Grace’s Sports Surgery and tackling the big sporting issues in Bristol, with an eye on the worlds of business and politics. It won’t be particularly sensible, but it will be a lot of fun.