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Off Air with Jane & Fi
Asleep most of the time, or drunk.
This edition is one for all you sailors - ahoy! Jane and Fi chat ships and fruity cruises, lemon curd, memorial benches, and charismatic famous people.
Plus, Fi speaks to Rosie Maguire, Policy and Programmes Manager at the Centre for Thriving Places, and Clare Bracey, Director of Policy, Campaigns & Communications at Become, about what happens when private companies operate our care services.
Ending Extraction in the UK Care System is a report that has been jointly put together by researchers at the Centre For Thriving Places, the Centre for Local Economic Strategies, the New Economics Foundation and Co-Operatives UK. You can find it on: www.centreforthrivingplaces.org.
Check out our YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/@OffAirWithJaneAndFi
Our new playlist 'Coiled Spring' is up and running: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tmoCpbp42ae7R1UY8ofza
Our next book club pick is 'A Town Like Alice' by Nevil Shute.
Our most asked about book is called 'The Later Years' by Peter Thornton.
If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio
Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi
Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury
Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler
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659. OFF AIR... EXTRA
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658. All the hallmarks of a Costco customer
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657. Nancy's poo was 'ere (with Thangam Debbonaire)
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656. It's ALL about Disco Dollies, Romford (with David Szalay)
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655. Trapped inside a washing machine full of digestive biscuits and regret
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654. OFF AIR... EXTRA
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653. Let's hear it for the dormice (with Pam Ayres)
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651. A little bit backed up (with Dr. Sian Williams)
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