Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Take a seat, get comfortable, and join the community. Stretch or Starve podcast is a love letter to the 'Third Place'. These are the places between our homes and our workplaces. The places we gather. The places we build community, form friendships, and a whole host of other stuff.
My name's Josh, and I work in the hospitality industry in the UK. A thriving community of creatives, thinkers, and coffee drinkers. This podcast is about telling the stories of the people who run these spaces, and who believe in the power they hold.
This episode gives a bit of an intro to the theme of this podcast, “The Third Place”. It’s a phrase coined by author and human scientist Ray Oldenburg, in his 1989 book, “The Great Good Place”. It’s a description of the community gathering spaces in our cities, towns, and villages. I’m a huge advocate for third spaces, and believe they are up there with some of the most essential elements of our communal life.
This last year, we’ve seen third places struggle to keep their doors open, but I’m convinced that they’ll be around for a long time to come.
Check out Episode 1, where I chat about the name of the podcast, “Stretch or Starve”. After these two ‘primer’ episodes, we'll get on with the interviews. I've met some fantastic people so far, and I'm very excited to share our conversations over the coming season.
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