Be More Pirate

**BONUS EPSIODE** For this final episode in the 'season' Sam and Alex interview each other about some of the big themes and challenges of being a pirate in 2021. Expect a lot of uncertainty... Thank you to everyone who has supported and listened! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet the Camerados - a social movement with a very simple suggestion: 'the answer to our problems is each other.' A Camerado is someone who is halfway between a stranger and a friend: they're people who meet in public spaces, just to be alongside each other in good times and bad, with no agenda and absolutely no fixing. On this week's podcast we're talking to Maff Potts, - founder of the movement,...

This week we’re talking real life fierce female pirates with award-winning writer for stage and screen, Carina Rodney, whose original Audible audio drama ‘Hell Cats’ tells the story of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, who in their escape from poverty and illegitimate birth, discovered true freedom in piracy. In a world synonymous with gnarled bearded men, their story is one of defiance of the status...

Since the beginning Be More Pirate has had the biggest response from people working across health and social care. Perhaps it’s no surprise that environments with lots of rules and regulations and hierarchy would start to breed rebellion, however, it’s not all that easy to do and it’s certainly not easy to do alone. Which is why we wanted to do an episode or two where we speak to people...

Saasha Celestial-One is a powerhouse pioneer of the sharing economy - co-founder of Olio, the neighbourhood food sharing app that is re-humanising big tech while tackling a colossal part of the climate change puzzle. Olio came about in 2015 when Saasha and her co-founder Tessa realised they both cared a lot about the issue of food waste, so decided to give themselves a year to do something about i...

If you've ever felt intimidated by street protests, crowds, and the loud, angry face of activism, then join us for a fascinating conversation with Sarah Corbett, founder of the Craftivist Collective. Sarah is a pioneer of gentle protest, a way of campaigning for those who consider themselves introverts. She explains how you can create a full sensory experience to think deeply and differently about...

In this episode we tackle the somewhat taboo topic that is alcohol consumption. We're joined by the fabulous Laura Willoughby of Club Soda, a community that provides courses and resources for anyone who wants to change their drinking habits. A former political campaigner, Laura co-founded the movement in 2015 after realising that the standard narrative around alcoholism and recovery wasn't working...

In 2011 Peter Macfadyen led a mini revolution in his home town of Frome, Somerset. Fed up of the infighting caused by party politics and the damaging effect it was having on the community, he and a group of local citizens organised themselves in to a new party of independents, with a totally different, pirate way of working. They stood for local election, and won! Flatpack Democracy was born. 10 y...

Make no mistake, rewriting the rules begins with the terrain of your imagination. With re-evaluating what may or may not be possible and reinventing yourself accordingly. No one knows this better than award-winning podcaster, rapper, spoken word artist and social commentator George Mpanga, aka George the Poet. Blending up genres, styles and storytelling techniques like no other, George challenges...

In our inaugural episode we talk to environmental entrepreneur Kresse Wesling MBE (featured in Be More Pirate). Kresse is pure pirate: she has a zero tolerance for waste of any kind, and is ambitious and unapologetic about it. We discuss her incredible story that began with rescuing decommissioned firehoses from landfill sites, turning them into handbags, and going on to found her company Elvis an...