The Two Of Us

Naomi and Alba chat about their social isolation experiences, and why looking at the horizon is so important and restorative.  The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental health.  Show hosts - Naomi Woddis/Alba Freder...

Writer, storyteller, educator and artist Amie Taylo r explains why working with children is such a joy for her, and talks about her new venture 'Spring Forward'. The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental health.  Sh...

Creative and life partners Zara and Rikard discuss how they work collaboratively. Zara talks about her enthusiasm for getting her hands dirty and being present to the process and Rikard shares his excitement on learning how to make salt prints. Full Transcript The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic h...

Poet and actor, Mark 'Mr T' Thompson,  chats about the links between teaching and performance and why his poetry is his form of political activism. The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental health.  Show hosts - Nao...

Safiya Kinshasa shares her passion for dance as a form of empowerment and performs some magnificent poetry. The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental health.  Show hosts - Naomi Woddis/Alba Frederick Originally broa...

Jessica Horn talks about the importance of flourishing, how spending her childhood outdoors exploring nature has a particular resonance for her now.   The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental health.  Show hosts -...

Rishi Dastidar chats about his relationship to London when working remotely and reads from his marvellous collection Saffron Jack .  Full Transcript The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental health.  Show hosts - Na...

Karen Arthur talks to Naomi about her experience of depression and anxiety, and her subsequent recovery and why sewing for her, can be an act of prayer.  The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental health.  Show hosts...

Anna Sexton talks about collective experience, the relationship between play and creativity, and dissolving the boundaries between us and other living things. Full Transcript The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and menta...

Producer, musician and educator Graham Silbiger talks about teaching music and production collaboratively online and how he processes complex feelings by writing music. The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio  In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental healt...

Writer, performer and director Jamie Hale talks to Naomi about what it means to have a sense of service, having Quaker values and ways of maintaining consistency when the world feels unstable.  Full Transcript The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pande...

Alba interviews musician Gavin O'Brien ( aka Citóg ) about life during lockdown, making bread, and the release of his debut album, Nadir. Full Transcript The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental health.  Show hosts...

Over Easter Naomi caught up with her friend Antonio Mattesini and his young son Lucas in his home in north Italy. They discussed the different approaches the UK and Italy have to preventing further spread of the virus, and what this new reality had taught each of them about themselves. Full Transcript The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS'...

Writer and performer Gemma Weekes and her son Isaiah talk about their lockdown experience in St Lucia and read a beautiful life-affirming poem together.  Full Transcript The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series, 'The Two of Us SHORTS', Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the impact the worldwide pandemic has had on creativity and mental hea...

Naomi Woddis interviews  podcaster supremo and writer Sara-Mae Tuson who shares her passion for Georgette Heyer and tells us why her podcast 'Heyer Today' may be just the well-written escapism we need in the current climate.  Full Transcript   The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series - 'The Two of Us SHORTS' - Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews expl...

Alba Frederick interviews London artist Will Reid  who discusses the inspiration of the outside, not putting pressure on himself to make art and his use of painting and drawing to explore emotional states of being. Full Transcript The Two of Us began on Reel Rebels Radio . In this special edition series - 'The Two of Us SHORTS' - Naomi Woddis and Alba Frederick conduct interviews exploring the imp...

One from the archives from my previous show on Reel Rebels Radio, 'The Conversational'. A brilliant interview with TS Elliot 2020 prize winner Roger Robinson and writer/editor Nii Ayikwei Parkes. Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Therapist, healer, muse and workshop facilitator Laurence Sessou shares her wisdom on caring for one's inner child, why listening to our body is so essential to our well-being and what alchemy means to her. Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Writer, journalist, musician and podcaster Musa Okwonga shares his feelings about recklessness and shame and what it means to always be in a state of transition. Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Photographer Wasi Daniju shares her experience of  living through the grieving process and what family means to her. Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Poet and educator Dorothea Smartt talks about her identity as Zami. She reads from her new unpublished work which explores the anglophone caribbean contribution to the building of the Panama Canal. Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Poet Anne Erith Cooper talks frankly about her mental health, how she manages living with Bipolar Disorder and why naming her diagnosis in the public sphere is her way of countering stigma. Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Novelist Leone Ross talks about being happier than she's ever been, expressing the honest self through writing and reads from 'Come Let Us Sing Anyway' . Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Poet and academic Kate Potts shares her enthusiasm for running and how it's really helped her mental health. She discusses her poetics and why giving voice to who has been silenced is so important to her. Kate reads from her book 'Feral.' Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive

Naomi talks to poet, podcaster and carpenter David Turner . He discusses the idea of joinery and collaboration with his wife Lizzy Turner . David also talks about his experience as a service user, a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and the difficulties of coming off librium Show host - Naomi Woddis Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio Music - Hoh Harph by Lobo Loco on Free Music Archive