VIS: Recent Episodes
Star McFarlane and Izzie Compton
Natterbox. Radio show. Podcast. Two curious journalists redefining human connection through the power of conversation. VIS brings you some amazing guests and out of the box ideas with some soul-fuelling tunes thrown in. Based in Cornwall, hosts on Source FM.
This week we are joined by emerging director and filmmaker Marcus Anthony Thomas who talks us through making films with social edge, getting into the industry and creative process.
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY SPECIAL: For the series finale of our amazing series on and for women, we host the co-founders of the Inspiring Women's Network here in Cornwall. Join us as we take a look back over the series and talk about the amazing things that can happen when women come together in community.
For the third instalment on our series for women, we are joined by director of AMATA and lifelong actress Terrie Fender to talk about women and the stage. Join us as she shares anecdotes from her career and we hear from a young performer on the other side of their career, Anna Ray.
Outdoor educator and host of re-wilding camps for women, Kathy King joins us for the second instalment in our series on women to talk about all things outdoors. Join us as we talk about the joys of naked swimming, the importance of nature for women's wellbeing and some tales from a real-life mermaid.
The fiery first episode of our series on women has us talking about everything bodily! We're joined by hilarious friend and fellow journo Emily Wheeler and women's health specialist and GP of over 30 years, Dr Sarah Gray.
Megan Chapman aka MCMC Spoken joins VIS this week as we discuss the power of words to give voice to the voiceless and help highlight the most important topics of today.
This week's show breaks down the topic of systemic racism in the wake of the US presidential inauguration and the role of Race in the recent election. We cover everything from that side of the pond to what's happening on our doorstep and hear a guest interview with vice-chairman of Black Voices Cornwall, Marcus Alleyne.
NHS community and end-of-life nurse Alice joins The VIS Show as we begin to break down some of the taboos around death and dying - a topic we've had to deal a lot with over the past year of pandemic. NB: Alice's full name has been concealed for discretion due to her employer.
On VIS this week is grassroots political journalist Erin McGroarty all the way from Alaska. Join us as we chat everything from fake news to the future of journalism.
We talk to ex-probation officer and entrepreneur Kelly Thorne about the new rap therapy programme she's rolled in UK prisons, the power of lyricism to incite change and her community urban arts project 4Elementz.
Welcome to our first ever episode of VIS! Here we introduce ourselves, unpack what VIS actually means and go over the kinds of topics we want to cover on The VIS Show. We also kick off the series with a chat about the new Netflix documentary 'The Social Dilemma' and of course there's also a couple of groovy choons thrown in too.