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Kate and Rachel - Not a Bad Thing, to Ask for Help

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a fell runner, who had a taste of what disability is like when she broke her ankle, and her disabled friend, who had polio as a child.

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a fell runner who had a taste of what disability is like when she broke her ankle, and her disabled friend who had polio as a child.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to them about a subject they've never discussed intimately before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're not ´óÏó´«Ã½ interviews, and that's an important difference - lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moment of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Marya Burgess.

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5 minutes

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Fri 12 Dec 2014 16:55

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  • Fri 12 Dec 2014 16:55

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Fi Glover and Jane Garvey

Fi Glover and Jane Garvey roam the fields of broadcasting talking to interesting people.

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