Season 2 - Black Country Stories Podcast
Black Country Stories podcast unearths the stories of the people of the Black Country, from fairground showmen to tattooists, shopkeepers to artists.
Season 2 of the podcast builds on the work of artists as a part of the What’s In Store project in Wednesbury Town Centre.
Delve into audio stories and poetry informed and inspired by the local community of Wednesbury.
Episodes are available on Apple, Spotify, Anchor, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or right here with us.
I Don’t Know Why I’m Telling You This
Bohdan Piasecki is a poet and he listens to people. Well, he has conversations with people, listens to what he’s been told, and then writes a poem for them from the things that he’s been told.
In this podcast, he has conversations with three people and writes three new poems about a special grandchild, the release of speed, and how loving people often means knowing when to let them go.
The conversations are intriguing, the poems are wonderful.
What’s In Store
Before Vimal Korpal became a performer, he ran a shop – and he still likes talking to shopkeepers. In this podcast he visits Wednesbury town centre where he uncovers the interesting stories behind two shops – Simone’s Bridal Wear and Sue’s Traditional Sweets.
Surprisingly, these vastly different shops share more than just their Wednesbury location, and Vimal proves yet again that there are stories we all want to hear in everyone’s lives.
The Black Country Stories Season 2 episodes were funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
What's in Store was part of We Are Wednesbury, a cultural programme produced by Multistory for the High Streets Heritage Action Zone initiative, funded by Sandwell Council and Historic England.
