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Leeds is the largest city in the largest county on the UK mainland, it is a former imperial textile centre and is now a major UK financial centre. The Working Hours Podcast documents the city’s experiences through CoVid, Brexit, creeping technological unemployment, new and ongoing resource wars, the ongoing removal of the welfare state and the accelerating ecological emergency.

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The Working Hours Podcast – A show about a place called Leeds, a time called now and activity called work.

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The Health Coder's Apprentice – Working Hours

Benji Morton recorded on 19/01/2023Benji Morton is a software developer by day and an aspiring events organiser by night. Benji is 23, was born in Leeds and is yet to live anywhere else. Benji joined NHS Digital as an Apprentice Developer at age 18 and worked and studied through the pandemic. In 2022 Benji started both Leeds Dates and Sunday Sessions Events and has found a love for the events scene. Something he is keen to pursue going forward. To find out more about Leeds Dates go to: https://www.instagram.com/lds_dates/ To find out more about Sunday Sessions Events go to: https://www.instagram.com/sundaysessionsevents/

1. The Health Coder's Apprentice 01:45:52
2. Work is A Portrait 01:50:39
3. Work is History 01:01:32
4. Work is Not The Only Thing 01:54:47
5. Work is Resilience 01:06:27

Working Hours is an original and unique Leeds podcast. Working Hours surveys the residents of Leeds on their thoughts and feelings on the topic of work.

The purpose of the project is to create a depository of knowledge about labour and employment in one place and across this pivotal decade in the human story. The goal is to record an hour of experience and opinion on this topic from one thousand people in the city of Leeds.

The conversation allows for guests to think and reflect on their work in new ways, if you’d like to take part get in touch.

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I want to record one thousand Loiners* for this podcast so I am always on the lookout for new guests. All you’d have to do is talk to me for an hour or so about your working experiences and your thoughts and feelings about work and working.

Is it scary? Is it safe?

It’s not scary, you know all the answers so there’s no hard questions. I want to make sure you feel comfortable in and with your interview, so you can be anonymous or give your name. You can big up your company or put down your job.

I work with you on your episode so that I know that that you are happy for our interview to be published as an episode.

If you would like to take part but wish to remain anonymous please email me securely at westernstudios@protonmail.com

*Loiners, for the purposes of Working Hours, are anyone living in an LS postcode or working in LS postcode or anyone originally from an LS postcode now living and working anywhere else.

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Okay, so you don’t feel confident or comfortable being recorded, listening to your own voice or being heard by your boss or employer? I get that. But, if this is you and you’re still reading then perhaps you might be interested in taking part in a Working Hours survey?

You need to be Leeds based or Leeds born to take part and the information will help to inform the show and the overall project. The survey can be found here.

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For any data protection issues please email dpo@western-studios.com