A View From A Bridge

This episode is an exploration of relics. Objects, memories and ideas that exist past their intended end, they hold a significance whether we like it or not. Relics have a life of their own, some we search for, others finding us.  One way or another, they hold power.  - Kareem Rahma, the host of New York City’s underground talkshow ‘Subway Takes’ opens up about the time he 'threw away a museum' -...

Men at work have been romanticised and documented in art, music and literature for millennia, it's about time we feature some of them in a podcast! Alistair works in Hyde Park. Whether it's planting rose gardens, or litter picking, he finds solace and calm in his daily routine. Mo has been a postman for 17 years, and sees it as his job for life. He lets us into the ups and downs of being a London...

This episode is about moments which have provoked the primal instincts reminding us that we are in fact alive. Everyone listening to this podcast is alive, however what that means is entirely different for each and every one of us- it’s a spectrum.  Kae Tempest speaks about embracing themselves, their identity and how that freedom has made them finally feel alive. After a fairground ride on the te...

From birth, our bodies are initiated into a complex web of politics, sexuality, hierarchies and trends.  Today, we feature stories about people’s relationships with their form. People can have ever changing relationships with their bodies, some want to be seen while others are simply wanting to be ignored.  Adrain, a professional life model, a job which see’s him posing naked in front of multiple...

Home can be the house you grew up in. The country you were born in. It can be a person, a feeling, or an unidentifiable sense of safety. Sometimes people leave home because it isn’t safe, sometimes they leave to become who they are supposed to be, and sometimes the decision to leave is made for them. The search for safety, or the decision to leave it behind is something that joins all of today's s...

Life sometimes throws us circumstances beyond our control, we can’t change the fact that these circumstances exist, but we can have a say in what comes next, and how we approach what we’ve been confronted with. This is an episode about moments in life where the fabric of what we know to be reality is torn, and we are found in a new situation for which we have no prior training. Camilla receives a...

To be or not to be a parent...That is the question - which everyone in today’s episode has asked themselves.  The birth of Alexandra’s first child didn’t go as planned. She tells us about it and why she won’t be doing it again. Jonathan, an Oscar nominated documentary maker, thought he was making a film about Vasectamies. It turned out he was starting a worldwide movement. Lead singer of the band...

A View From A Bridge is an audio-first storytelling podcast. Each episode is thematically curated and brings together a handful of different voices, or 'views' recorded outdoors on bridges across the world. Known to millions on Instagram for its powerful short films with the project’s iconic red telephone, the podcast dives deeper into these profound human stories, featuring extended and carefully...