Welcome to the first Working Hours podcast Newsletter. This newsletter is designed to keep you informed. You’ll know what’s currently available and what’s coming up on the Working Hours podcast. Working Hours is the oral history podcast about a place called Leeds, a time called now and activity called work.
165 Published Episodes of Working Hours
Art work for episode 165 of Working Hours podcast starring Kim Heslip
Somehow we’ve made it to 165 episodes!!! With the release of the latest episode of Working Hours, Work Can Improve Our World with guest Kim Heslip, the show celebrates its 165th published episode! Wow! How did we manage that? It’s another great episode. We think it’s shaping up to be one of the best series of the show so far. There are more great episodes coming up this season. Make sure you follow the show wherever you listen. Turn on notifications on your favourite podcatcher so you never miss an episode.
If you need to catch up on any episodes you’ve missed click this link: Working Hours podcast website. All published episodes of the Leeds social history podcast about work in one place.
Fancy being a guest on the show? If you live, work or were born in an LS postcode you can be the guest on Working Hours. Email workinghourspod@western-studios.com letting us know when would be the best time to grab a couple of hours to record and if you want to record online or in person.
Working Hours on YouTube
Don’t forget the show is also available on YouTube. Do something super nice right now. It’s really easy and costs nothing. It’s super helpful for the show. Hop on over to the Working Hours YouTube channel and hit subscribe!
It’ll really help, just click the link: https://www.youtube.com/@workinghourspodcast4618
Thank you so much. That’s a massive help.
Most of our episodes on YouTube are just audiogram videos. However, some guests have chosen to release the video from their interviews to YouTube too. Can you find out which guests are the ones to take the plunge?
Dr Reem Ameri recently allowed us to release her video on the YouTube channel. It has done some of the best numbers on the channel. You can watch Dr Ameri’s Working Hours YouTube episode here: Work is Easier When its Shared
If you’re coming on the show we’d love it if you were happy to release your video to YouTube too. We know it can feel intimidating to be on YouTube. It didn’t seem like the kind of place we would want to be in. It didn’t seem comfortable either. However, just like being on a podcast, it’s fine.
By adding video, you get more coverage. You also get more content of you in more places for your episode. If you really want to maximise value from your free recording for the podcast then, using your interview’s video for YouTube and Spotify will really help you bring even more listeners to your episode. If you’re being interviewed online and not using your video then you’re missing half the value of your recording.
If you’re yet to record for Working Hours and you’d like to have your Working Hours interview on YouTube please tell us as early as possible. That way, we can give you some extra tips and tricks before we record about how to get the best out of your video. If we do more video episodes, we’ll create a video intro for the YouTube episodes. This will add more value to those guest’s episodes.
Working Hours Playlists
We’ve grouped together some of our similar episodes of Working Hours into playlists on YouTube and CaptivateFM.
Let us know what you think. Share them around for us on your socials. Don’t forget if you do anything for the show or about the show let us know. Tag us and add our hashtag #workinghourspodleeds
Send them to people you know in Leeds. Who do you think should be on the show? Who would you’d like to see added to these playlists or to brand new playlists? What can other playlists can you find or suggested from our back catalogue?
Tailors and Garment Makers on Working Hours
Construction Workers on Working Hours
YouTube playlist Tailors and Garment makers
Is there anyone you know on any of these episodes? Let us know.
Who’s missing from our playlists? Let us know about any Loiners you think would make a great addition to one of these playlists
What other playlists should we do from our existing recordings? Are there enough guests to do a wellness or healthcare playlist? HR? What other playlists can we create from our existing back catalogue? Drop us a message with your suggestions.
Money, Money, Money.
If you follow the show closely, you know that funding for the show is nearly nonexistent. It has always been a struggle.
The show’s audience isn’t big enough to draw advertisers or paying members. The overheads for the show are low. However, even these low overheads are reaching a critical point. They are starting to become debts and are becoming unsustainable.
If the show is to continue beyond its 200 episode, it needs better and more reliable funding. It also needs more resourcing. The show creator and Western Studios Leeds founder Simon Treen has not been able to provide this. As it currently stands Simon has said on the show that there can be no more free episodes after episode 200.
We ask for money on the show in episodes. There are several ways to donate to the show. These options help financially support it. We signpost them on the show and on the Western Studios Leeds website. We try hard to make these donation methods known. They’re not widely recognized. While it’s easy to click through to them, it’s not easy enough for people to actually follow through. We’ll tell you about our Crowdfunder soon. If you can, please throw in any amount of cash for the show. This will help keep it in the black until we get to episode 200.
The easiest way to donate to Working Hours is to visit the website. Click the donate button on the Captivate players.
We listed it above but we’ll save you the time now of scrolling up. Click here https://ko-fi.com/workinghours to go straight to the Working Hours Ko-Fi page. You can donate any amount you can. Or want to. Your donation will help us make it to 200 episodes in the best shape we can.
Thanks for reading issue one of the Working Hours Newsletter. We’ll give you more info on the production. In the next issue, we’ll provide details on the costs. We will also share our plans for the future of Working Hours. Make sure you’re subscribed via the website western-studios.com.
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