Show Notes
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 teacups, Junelala found herself faced with existential thoughts on what it means to be alive.
During a near fatal car accident, Actress May Elghety saw everything in slow motion and high definition.
At a motorway service station on the M6, Craig lets us into his world, and the daily battle he has with life itself.
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Helen has been driving trains for 18 years. Talking to us looking over a canal in London, she lets us into her world: solitude, pigeons, meals cooked in her cab and the inevitable leaves on the line all play a part in her day to day. She's found a job that suits the way her brain works, almost perfectly.