Hit The North podcast
@hitthenorthuk.bsky.social
A podcast where Tom May has conversations with a range of people about their lives and The North, defined inclusively.
Episode 7 of HIT THE NORTH features Peter Street, a remarkable autistic poet, gravedigger, arborist, broadcaster and war poet. This was a wonderful, specific & wide ranging chat taking in the climate crisis, migration & a 1970s Granada drama shot in. Street's street!
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#007: Peter Street
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December 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Episode 7 of HIT THE NORTH features Peter Street, a remarkable autistic poet, gravedigger, arborist, broadcaster and war poet. This was a wonderful, specific & wide ranging chat taking in the climate crisis, migration & a 1970s Granada drama shot in. Street's street!
open.spotify.com/episode/65TM...
open.spotify.com/episode/65TM...
Our guest this week on HIT THE NORTH podcast is academic Laura Minor! We had a great chat about her work analysing the trends in women comedy performers on TV and Northern representation, among much else! Including contrasts with the Midlands where she hails from.
open.spotify.com/episode/3U02...
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#006: Laura Minor
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December 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Our guest this week on HIT THE NORTH podcast is academic Laura Minor! We had a great chat about her work analysing the trends in women comedy performers on TV and Northern representation, among much else! Including contrasts with the Midlands where she hails from.
open.spotify.com/episode/3U02...
open.spotify.com/episode/3U02...
Here is Episode 5 of HIT THE NORTH! This week I interview actor and stand-up comedian Rachel Jackson who worked with Karen Gillan on THE PARTY'S JUST BEGINNING and who I initially knew from the excellent rave culture film, BEATS.
open.spotify.com/episode/7KMR... (1)
open.spotify.com/episode/7KMR... (1)
#005: Rachel Jackson
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December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Here is Episode 5 of HIT THE NORTH! This week I interview actor and stand-up comedian Rachel Jackson who worked with Karen Gillan on THE PARTY'S JUST BEGINNING and who I initially knew from the excellent rave culture film, BEATS.
open.spotify.com/episode/7KMR... (1)
open.spotify.com/episode/7KMR... (1)
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A really excellent idea for a podcast, and even though I have never lived further north than the north-east Midlands for about a year, Tom was kind enough to ask me on! And we had a fab conversation. #HitTheNorth
A brief introduction to HIT THE NORTH podcast with Tom May. This contains embedded YouTube videos of the Introduction & all four main episodes so far! Fearuring special guests Matthew Kelly, Ruth-Ann Boyle, Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social & John Howard.
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Hit the North podcast
I can announce that my podcast, HIT THE NORTH, has reached the landmark of being broadcast into the internet’s ether for a whole month! This podcast is simply based around my talking to a ran…
maysbritain.home.blog
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A really excellent idea for a podcast, and even though I have never lived further north than the north-east Midlands for about a year, Tom was kind enough to ask me on! And we had a fab conversation. #HitTheNorth
A brief introduction to HIT THE NORTH podcast with Tom May. This contains embedded YouTube videos of the Introduction & all four main episodes so far! Fearuring special guests Matthew Kelly, Ruth-Ann Boyle, Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social & John Howard.
maysbritain.home.blog/2025/11/24/h...
maysbritain.home.blog/2025/11/24/h...
Hit the North podcast
I can announce that my podcast, HIT THE NORTH, has reached the landmark of being broadcast into the internet’s ether for a whole month! This podcast is simply based around my talking to a ran…
maysbritain.home.blog
November 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A brief introduction to HIT THE NORTH podcast with Tom May. This contains embedded YouTube videos of the Introduction & all four main episodes so far! Fearuring special guests Matthew Kelly, Ruth-Ann Boyle, Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social & John Howard.
maysbritain.home.blog/2025/11/24/h...
maysbritain.home.blog/2025/11/24/h...
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Listen to my podcast with the excellent @whenisbirths.bsky.social here or on all other usual podcast platforms. I really enjoyed this chat, including doing readings from Justin's work! #HitTheNorth #Wales #NorthernEngland #IntoTheGroove
Here's an extensive discussion with Justin Lewis about his life and work and Northern England, for episode 3 of HIT THE NORTH! With good detours into Radio 4's WEEKENDING and Chris Morris's radio work. His new book is INTO THE GROOVE,
open.spotify.com/episode/7zi9... (1)
open.spotify.com/episode/7zi9... (1)
#003: Justin Lewis
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November 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Listen to my podcast with the excellent @whenisbirths.bsky.social here or on all other usual podcast platforms. I really enjoyed this chat, including doing readings from Justin's work! #HitTheNorth #Wales #NorthernEngland #IntoTheGroove
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Thank you to @hitthenorthuk and to Tom May (@dreamcargoes.bsky.social) for asking me on!
Here's the updated HIT THE NORTH playlist following the fine guest appearance of @whenisbirths.bsky.social in Episode 3:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
HIT THE NORTH podcast playlist
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November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Thank you to @hitthenorthuk and to Tom May (@dreamcargoes.bsky.social) for asking me on!
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Here is the latest episode of my podcast, HIT THE NORTH, wherein I talk to the great singer songwriter John Howard about his life, work and the North. I have loved his music for over twenty years now, and John deserves to be far better known than he is!
open.spotify.com/episode/0qH3... (1)
open.spotify.com/episode/0qH3... (1)
#004: John Howard
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November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Here is the latest episode of my podcast, HIT THE NORTH, wherein I talk to the great singer songwriter John Howard about his life, work and the North. I have loved his music for over twenty years now, and John deserves to be far better known than he is!
open.spotify.com/episode/0qH3... (1)
open.spotify.com/episode/0qH3... (1)
Here is the playlist for the HIT THE NORTH podcast so far, featuring the musical selections from the Introduction and the four main episodes so far: open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
HIT THE NORTH podcast playlist
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November 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Here is the playlist for the HIT THE NORTH podcast so far, featuring the musical selections from the Introduction and the four main episodes so far: open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
Here's the updated HIT THE NORTH playlist following the fine guest appearance of @whenisbirths.bsky.social in Episode 3:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
HIT THE NORTH podcast playlist
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November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Here's the updated HIT THE NORTH playlist following the fine guest appearance of @whenisbirths.bsky.social in Episode 3:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
Here's an extensive discussion with Justin Lewis about his life and work and Northern England, for episode 3 of HIT THE NORTH! With good detours into Radio 4's WEEKENDING and Chris Morris's radio work. His new book is INTO THE GROOVE,
open.spotify.com/episode/7zi9... (1)
open.spotify.com/episode/7zi9... (1)
#003: Justin Lewis
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November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Here's an extensive discussion with Justin Lewis about his life and work and Northern England, for episode 3 of HIT THE NORTH! With good detours into Radio 4's WEEKENDING and Chris Morris's radio work. His new book is INTO THE GROOVE,
open.spotify.com/episode/7zi9... (1)
open.spotify.com/episode/7zi9... (1)
And Episode 2 itself, a great chat with Ruth-Ann Boyle, most known for her work as singer of the band Olive, but this also reveals that she worked with the Durutti Column in 1994. A great chat with a fine mackem! :
youtu.be/iidIH0FS7Ug?...
youtu.be/iidIH0FS7Ug?...
HIT THE NORTH #002: Ruth Ann Boyle
YouTube video by Tom May
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November 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
And Episode 2 itself, a great chat with Ruth-Ann Boyle, most known for her work as singer of the band Olive, but this also reveals that she worked with the Durutti Column in 1994. A great chat with a fine mackem! :
youtu.be/iidIH0FS7Ug?...
youtu.be/iidIH0FS7Ug?...
Here's the updated HIT THE NORTH podcast playlist, featuring all the tracks from yesterday's Episode 2 with special guest Ruth-Ann Boyle:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
HIT THE NORTH podcast playlist
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November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Here's the updated HIT THE NORTH podcast playlist, featuring all the tracks from yesterday's Episode 2 with special guest Ruth-Ann Boyle:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
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Here's the updated HIT THE NORTH podcast playlist, which will be added to as each episode airs. Admittedly, the Half Man Half Biscuit version I used was a Peel Session not on Spotify, but it's never a problem to hear owt from VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ROAD!
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
HIT THE NORTH podcast playlist
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November 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Here's the updated HIT THE NORTH podcast playlist, which will be added to as each episode airs. Admittedly, the Half Man Half Biscuit version I used was a Peel Session not on Spotify, but it's never a problem to hear owt from VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ROAD!
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5jf...
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If you're on Facebook & able to, please join the HIT THE NORTH community here:
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Here is the first episode proper of HIT THE NORTH with my special guest Matthew Kelly! Urmston, the Liverpool Everyman's agitprop theatre, Stars in their Eyes, Inside No. 9 & an existential childhood problem. & Much more: this was a wonderful conversation!
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#001: Matthew Kelly
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November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Here is the first episode proper of HIT THE NORTH with my special guest Matthew Kelly! Urmston, the Liverpool Everyman's agitprop theatre, Stars in their Eyes, Inside No. 9 & an existential childhood problem. & Much more: this was a wonderful conversation!
open.spotify.com/episode/5P5t...
open.spotify.com/episode/5P5t...
HIT THE NORTH podcast kicks off with an Introductory episode! It's not characteristic in that it's not a conversation like all the others, but a
rather a series of monologues, exploring my own experiences, thoughts and feelings about the North. youtu.be/7-iKp6wV7co?... (1)
rather a series of monologues, exploring my own experiences, thoughts and feelings about the North. youtu.be/7-iKp6wV7co?... (1)
HIT THE NORTH #000: Introduction
YouTube video by Tom May
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November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
HIT THE NORTH podcast kicks off with an Introductory episode! It's not characteristic in that it's not a conversation like all the others, but a
rather a series of monologues, exploring my own experiences, thoughts and feelings about the North. youtu.be/7-iKp6wV7co?... (1)
rather a series of monologues, exploring my own experiences, thoughts and feelings about the North. youtu.be/7-iKp6wV7co?... (1)
Here's a trailer for HIT THE NORTH! :
youtu.be/tGp2oEWMKrA?...
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HIT THE NORTH - Trailer
YouTube video by Tom May
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November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Here's a trailer for HIT THE NORTH! :
youtu.be/tGp2oEWMKrA?...
youtu.be/tGp2oEWMKrA?...
