Meet the 85%
The Meet the 85% Audio Project is a series of audio snapshots into the reality of people's lives. In this first season, we'll be chatting to people all over the UK, from different walks of life, about their passions, hopes, fears, and day to day realities. We'll be chatting to some who make up the 85% of people in the UK who live outside of London, and to some who make up the 15% who live inside London. The people we chat to are not known to us. They've been sourced by specialist recruiters with a simple brief - find a range of people who are comfortable talking about their realities. They've been given a pseudonym, and we've generalised their area, but each episode will contain their reality in their words. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
This week, we’re asking our participants,
- What do you worry about over the next five years?
- What would you do if you won the lottery?
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This week, we’re asking our participants,
- What don’t you like about yourself?
- What gives you hope?
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This podcast is presented by Mark Hadfield from Meet the 85%.
It is edited by Big Tent Media and produced by Emily Crosby Media.
This week, we’re asking our participants,
- What’s your biggest fear?
- What’s your happiest memory?
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This podcast is presented by Mark Hadfield from Meet the 85%.
It is edited by Big Tent Media and produced by Emily Crosby Media.
This week, we’re asking our participants,
- What is a brand?
- What's your favourite TV show?
- Which adverts have had a lasting impression on you?
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This week, we’re asking our participants,
- When was the last time you were angry?
- What brings you joy?
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This podcast is presented by Mark Hadfield from Meet the 85%.
It is edited by Big Tent Media and produced by Emily Crosby Media.
This week, we’re asking our participants,
- What would you do if you were the Prime Minister?
- What are the best and worst things about being British?
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In this episode, we meet Julie, 51, from Stockport.
Julie shares her thoughts and realities around
- working for a housing association, having a lived reality similar to many of her clients, -
- her brother, who meant so much to her
- grief, and how she deals with it.
- hobbies for the over 50s and why she hates walking up hills
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In this episode, we meet Hannah, an IT recruiter who lives near Bristol
Hannah shares her thoughts and realities around
- What she enjoys about her job and her future aspirations
- Her love of theatre and performance
- How that passion helped her understand her sexuality
- Social media from Tumblr to the present day
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In this episode, we meet Gerald who lives in Bicester. Gerald is 101 years old and an ex RAF engineer.
Gerald shares his thoughts and realities around
- his life and work in the RAF and beyond
- the charitable work he does for the local food bank,
- the secrets of his longevity
- and what gives him hope for the future of the world.
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In this episode, we meet Eleanor, a mother of two, from Doncaster.
Eleanor shares her thoughts and realities around
- Her success selling what she terms ‘crap’ on Vinted
- Macrame and her love of the process
- Self doubt and creativity
- The negativity of social media and why she is keeping her children away from it
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In this episode, we meet James, 44, from Warrington.
James shared his thoughts and realities around
- His work as a coach, helping people find confidence
- The importance of self reflection and self awareness
- His unusual working day
- And finding a love of running during lockdown
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In this episode, we meet Rick, who lives in East London.
Rick shared his thoughts and realities around
- How much his vote is worth
- ULEZ, congestion and air pollution
- His freelance career in videography
- Streaming services vs illegal downloads
- The tension within himself about whether to sacrifice his idea of self to get what he wants in life
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In this episode, we meet Anne, from the Lewisham area of south London.
Our conversation touched on
- her passion for cooking, influenced by her sons’ ethnic heritages
- how online courses helped her deal with her son's ADHD
- living with a disability
- her life in London, with a heart in Scotland.
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In this episode, we meet Si, who is in his early 50s, and lives in the Rotherham area of England.
Si and I chatted about
- his career in the steel industry, and how it's changed over the 40 years he’s been a part of it,
- his thoughts on unions,
- how the local community has changed as the steel industry has changed
- and his love of sour beers.
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In this episode, Vince, a student living in the Bury area of England.
Our conversation touched on
- his views on university education, and whether the debt he's in has been worth it or not.
- The power of football, from teaching people how to deal with pressure to the social aspects of the sport,
- his alcohol preferences
- and his passion for space exploration.
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In this episode, we meet Caroline, who has just turned 60, from the Whitchurch area of southern England.
Caroline shared her thoughts and realities around
- the community network she is part of, that has over 100 women as its membership,
- how in life it's sometimes the little bits that need to be appreciated,
- how much a whole deer costs and how many freezer drawers it fills,
- learning with age, when to ...
Hello, and welcome to the Meet the 85% Audio Project, a series of audio snapshots into the reality of people's lives.
In this first season, we'll be chatting to people all over the UK, from different walks of life, about their passions, hopes, fears, and day to day realities.
We'll be chatting to some who make up the 85% of people in the UK who live outside of London, and to some who make up the 15% who live insid...