The Listening Project

Three snippets from a conversation between friends who became close when Rachel's daughter died but who still find joy in writing a diary or running for charity, introduced by Fi Glover.

The challenges of adoptiion, remembering grandad through his recipes, and facing terminal cancer, all feature in conversations introduced by Fi Glover, from Devon, Northern Ireland and Leeds

Three conversations between work colleagues, old friends, and female members of a Jewish family introduced by Fi Glover

Living with blindness, with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and with Parkinson's all feature in conversations from Glasgow, London and Maryport introduced by Fi Glover

Life as an immigrant, adoptiing a child, and surviving sexual abuse,all feature in conversations from Wales and Leeds,introduced by Fi Glover

Conversations between UKIP councillors, members of the Spinners, Weavers and Dyers Guild, and a man whose life was changed by literacy with the mentor who taught him, all introduced by Fi Glover

The impact of the National Front in the 1980s, coming to terms with infertility, and the history beneath your feet all feature in conversations from London, Scotland and Devon, introduced by Fi Glover

A conversation from Cumbria between a mother and daughter about coping with the death of the strong man who was their husband and father, introduced by Fi Glover

Mothers who have lost sons, a mother-in-law and her son's civil partner, and a couple of pensioners who regularly ride roller coasters all feature in conversations introduced by Fi Glover

Conversations about choices to be made around health, education and career, between two mothers and their sons and between an eight year old and her grandmother, introduces by Fi GLover.

For 40 years Iby kept it secret that she’d been held in Auschwitz – she didn’t even tell her husband. Finally, 30 years ago, she told Carolyn. Now the two have a conversation about why her, and why then. Iby also talks with her granddaughter about her refusal to be defined by being a Holocaust survivor, and reads the powerful poem she wrote in the hope that her experiences will not have been in vain.

Conversations between couples who together find the strength to make a fresh start, eliminate starvation in a small Tanzanian town, and deal with fatal illness, introduced by Fi Glover.

Losing your sight but holding on to your appearance, the power of scouting to break down cultural barriers, and whether we help animals or they help us all feature in conversations from Devon, Wales and Cumbria, introduced by Fi Glover

Life after anorexia, proposals over satellite phone and posing nude from Edinburgh, Leicester and Cumbria all feature in conversations introduced by Fi Glover

Marriage and disability, children and disability and the importance of grandmothers all feature in conversations from Scotland, Devon and London, introduced by Fi Glover