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Living Leith Podcast

Living Leith

31 episodes

2 months ago

Jennie chats to Tammy Waugh, hairdresser and co-owner of X Creative Collaboration, a creative co-working space for hair and beauty professionals to work independently from next to Ocean Terminal. Tammy tells us about her life, her hairdressing career and what prompted her and her husband to open a flexible co-working space and nurture a community of hair and beauty professionals. We discuss salon culture, client personalities, creativity, entrepreneurship, and of course - the evolution of Le...

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Jennie chats to Tammy Waugh, hairdresser and co-owner of X Creative Collaboration, a creative co-working space for hair and beauty professionals to work independently from next to Ocean Terminal. Tammy tells us about her life, her hairdressing career and what prompted her and her husband to open a flexible co-working space and nurture a community of hair and beauty professionals. We discuss salon culture, client personalities, creativity, entrepreneurship, and of course - the evolution of Le...

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Places & Travel,

Society & Culture

Episodes (20/31)

Living Leith Podcast

Tammy Waugh from X Creative Collaboration

Jennie chats to Tammy Waugh, hairdresser and co-owner of X Creative Collaboration, a creative co-working space for hair and beauty professionals to work independently from next to Ocean Terminal. Tammy tells us about her life, her hairdressing career and what prompted her and her husband to open a flexible co-working space and nurture a community of hair and beauty professionals. We discuss salon culture, client personalities, creativity, entrepreneurship, and of course - the evolution of Le...

1 year ago

51 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Deidre Brock, MP for Edinburgh North & Leith

Jennie and Rumana sit down with Deidre Brock, who is the SNP MP for Edinburgh North & Leith. Deidre tells us about growing up in Perth, Australia, her former life as an actor (and featuring on Home and Away!), what brought her to Scotland, and what got her interested in politics. To learn more about Deidre's work you can check out her website and follow her on socials: https://dbrockmp.scot/ This episode was recorded in July 2023.

1 year ago

42 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Socks from LGBT Youth Scotland

We're back for Season 3! Keith and Jennie chat to Socks who is a Youth Worker at LGBT Youth Scotland, a charity based in Leith. Socks tells us about the variety of services and programmes the organisation provides, the important issues their young people are facing, and what she loves most about her job. Learn more about LGBT Youth Scotland on their website: https://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk/ This episode was recorded in May 2023.

1 year ago

57 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Stephen Greenhorn - Playwright and Screenwriter

Stephen is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. In 2007 he created the award-winning stage musical ‘Sunshine on Leith’ and went on to write the screenplay for the successful film version which was released in 2013. Stephen also created the BBC’s popular long-running drama, River City, and his TV work includes Doctor Who, Marchlands, The Bill, and Around the World in 80 Days. Jennie chats to Stephen about his impressive career, how he got The Proclaimers’ permission to write a musical with ...

3 years ago

2 hours 4 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Jennie, Rumana and Keith - Season 2 Finale

For the final episode of Season 2, the Living Leith hosts, Jennie, Rumana and Keith, interview each other - chatting about what brought us to Leith, the meaning of life, Beyonce and Rihanna, what we’d like to be remembered for as individuals, and generally shooting the shit.

3 years ago

1 hour 24 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Cherise Huth - Leith Local

Jennie and Keith speak to their friend, Cherise Huth, who has lived in Leith since 2017, and worked in the area for longer. She has worked as a carer and telecare advisor, and is one of the most compassionate and hilarious people you'll ever meet. As a young person, Cherise was faced with homelessness - she shares her experience and we discuss societal perceptions around it. Cherise also shares vulnerable and wholesome life lessons, influences, inspiration and more. You canny find her online,...

3 years ago

58 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Lizzie McGhee - Founder of Off Grid Yoga

This week, Jennie and Keith chat to Lizzie McGhee, Yoga Teacher and Founder of Off Grid Yoga - a company that hosts tech-free retreats for overwhelmed minds. Lizzie tells us about her career (and career changes), and her journey into digital minimalism, with many wise insights along the way. Follow Lizzie on Instagram and find out more about her retreats at offgridyogaretreats.org

3 years ago

1 hour 42 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Michelle and Ashley from Mimi's Bakehouse

Jennie and Keith chat to mother-daughter business duo, Michelle and Ashley. Michelle is the Managing Director, and Ashley the Events Manager, of Mimi's Bakehouse - Edinburgh's most loved bakery. Mimi’s Bakehouse is a second-generation family business established in 2010, they've won Scotland's Cafe Bakery of the Year six years in a row and have six shops around Edinburgh - with the original cafe based on the Shore in Leith. Michelle sold the family home in order to start the business, overcom...

3 years ago

1 hour 11 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

John Tantalon - North Edinburgh Nightmares

This week, Jennie and Keith chat to John - ghost story collector at North Edinburgh Nightmares. We hear plenty of spooky stories from around Leith and Edinburgh, and John tells us about his own supernatural experience, and why he loves these stories so much. Find out more on the North Edinburgh Nightmares website.

3 years ago

1 hour 1 minute

Living Leith Podcast

Raheema Sayed - Creative Writer

Raheema Sayed is a local creative who loves the written word and how storytelling connects people. She tells us about her writing, storytelling, and her recent live performance at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. We discuss what stories mean to us, Raheema's obsession with dreams, her favourite writers and artists, funny stories about growing up in Leith, and her plans for 2022.

3 years ago

56 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Willy and Connor from the Citadel Youth Centre

The Citadel is a community-based youth centre which has been in Leith since 1980. Their building is in Commercial Street, where they've been based for 42 years. In this episode Jennie speaks to Willy Barr, the centre's manager, and Connor Muir, a 21-year-old Citadel volunteer who grew up attending programmes and clubs there. Willy and Connor talk about the history of the Citadel, and share their own lovely stories and experiences. They also highlight the important intergenerational work...

3 years ago

1 hour 13 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Talha Imam - Cinematographer and Creative Director at Gulp

Talha Imam is a cinematographer and creative director. After working in food and drink photography for a long time, he founded Gulp (previously Medialiciously), a food and drink content agency. At Gulp, Talha co-founded the Food Hero Scot campaign - an initiative designed to support and champion food and drink businesses who are leading the way in Scotland with eco-friendly practices. In this episode, Talha tells Jennie and Rumana about his career, his business, and the legacy he hopes to lea...

3 years ago

53 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Tracy Griffen - Personal Trainer and Founder of Griffen Fitness

Personal Trainer. Author. Food Critic. Chef. Leith Festival Coordinator. Web Designer. Graphic Designer. Is there anything Tracy Griffen can't do? Tracy has been running her own fitness studio - Griffen Fitness - in Balfour Street since 2005. We went along to hear about her fascinating journey, meeting Coco the Fitness Pug as well. We discuss nutrition, the Fringe, Leith Festival, and Tracy tells us about her recovery from a stroke she experienced at 21. To find out more about Tracy's work an...

3 years ago

47 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

Ben Macpherson MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith

Ben Macpherson is the MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, and the Minister for Social Security and Local Government. Ben tells us about his background and what led him into politics, about the different careers he’s had, and all of his favourite things about Leith - which is a huge part of his constituency. As self-proclaimed political dafties, the Living Leith gang ask Ben to explain more about his ministerial roles and how the political system works. The list of Social Security Benefits B...

3 years ago

1 hour 1 minute

Living Leith Podcast

17. Tim Bell from Leith Walks

Tim Bell runs Leith Walks, home of the original Trainspotting tours, and is the author of Choose Life. Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location. Tim’s lived a fascinatingly full life in Leith for the past 40 years. Tim discusses his time working as a Port Chaplin at Leith Docks, meeting seafarers from all over the world. He talks to us about Irvine Welsh’s depiction of Leith’s social issues and the demolition of the old Leith Train Station. He also tells us about Dr Robertson who, in 1986 in M...

4 years ago

47 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

16. Ellen and Lauren from Monstrous Regiment Publishing

Ellen Desmond and Lauren Nickodemus run Monstrous Regiment Publishing together, an intersectional feminist press, based in Leith, that they created to publish books and stories that are missing from bookshelves. The books they’ve published so far include The Bi-ble: Essays and Narratives About Bisexuality, New Testimonials: Essays and Narratives About Bisexuality, and So Hormonal: Essays About Our Hormones, along with their Monstrous Regiment magazines, Crimson and Emerald. Ellen and Lauren t...

4 years ago

1 hour 1 minute

Living Leith Podcast

15. Anna Higham from Leith Theatre

Anna Higham is the longest standing member of staff at the Leith Theatre Trust. She tells us about the history of this iconic building and shares fun facts and interesting stories about the theatre's past, including the Female Chorus Bar, some of rock's biggest bands playing the venue, and a haunted door. We talk about Leith Theatre's partnership with Empty Kitchens, Full Hearts, and the Big Radiator Generator Crowdfunder which Leith Theatre is currently running until Wednesday 16th December....

4 years ago

54 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

14. Sinita Potiwal from Punjabi Junction

Sinita is the Social Enterprise and Media Manager at Punjabi Junction, which is the social enterprise cafe that's part of the organisation Sikh Sanjog, set up in 1989 under the name ‘Leith Sikh Community Group' with the aim of providing support for women in the Sikh community. Sinita tells us about the journey of the organisation, how they've adapted during the pandemic, and their new Christmas Hamper available to order. Sinita shares how she attended the Sikh Sanjog Youth Group in her childh...

4 years ago

41 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

13. Singer-songwriter, Kirsty Baird

Singer-songwriter Kirsty Baird is the Founder and Creative Director of Sing in the City, Founder of Chief Radio, and band member of Hanley and the Baird. Kirsty tells us about her varied career in music, from gigging in Leith bars at the age of 17, to performing at the Usher Hall. Kirsty shares stories about her band, Hanley and the Baird, who have a new single out - Looking at Me, Looking at You. We talk about her wildest gig (involving a gun), crawling underneath the Hibs stadium barriers a...

4 years ago

1 hour 5 minutes

Living Leith Podcast

12. Joanna Weintritt from Fitness Soul

Joanna is a Fitness Instructor and PT who has been in the fitness industry for 15 years, teaching different classes and presenting at fitness conventions around the world. In 2014 Joanna and her husband Leszek opened Fitness Soul Studio, a fitness and wellbeing hub based in Tennant Street in Leith, offering a wide range of fitness classes, programmes, services, workshops, wellness getaways and more. Joanna tells us about building the amazing community at Fitness Soul, what inspires the energy...

4 years ago

58 minutes