{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e8602cbe54957021fba08f6/685a65f4bd94a78be6c67db1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"139. Baroness Thangam Debbonaire and the underrated value of joy","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e8602cbe54957021fba08f6/1750754744129-9666eecf-f864-4637-bfad-252d662210b9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week,&nbsp;Seb and Verity&nbsp;welcome the brilliant and utterly charming&nbsp;Baroness Thangam Debbonaire -<strong> </strong>cellist, former MP, and now fully-fledged member of the House of Lords.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>With such a huge understanding and love of the arts - Thangam was shadow secretary for culture, media and sport, this was a throughly enjoyable and insightful chat including;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Swapping Parliament for the Lords</li><li>Thangam’s memories of music school in the 1980’s - both the brilliant education and a much darker underside</li><li>How the arts can keep pace with AI and harness the positive elements</li><li>The importance of music as a way of processing grief&nbsp;</li><li>Crafting the&nbsp;<em>perfect</em>&nbsp;running playlist - this is next level curation!&nbsp;</li><li>How arts organisations can make a real noise in politic</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Thangam brings a rare and beautiful mix of musical soul and political nous to this episode and we&nbsp;loved having her. She is an incredibly positive person with a clear vision on ways to support and maintain/grow the arts - what a huge asset she is to the House of Lords!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>You can find us on the socials here;</p><p>Instagram <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@threeinabarpod</a></p><p>Tiktok <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@threeinabarpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@threeinabarpod</a></p><p>Three In A Bar on <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAm1oJac7PwZpa_4WpfVwkw/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube</a></p><p>Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at <a href=\"mailto:hello@threeinabar.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">hello@threeinabar.com</a></p>","author_name":"Seb Philpott and Verity Simmons"}