Ep.13 Voices in the ether
The Tip Off
The Tip Off
4.7 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2018
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
When you set out on an investigation you usually start with a hypothesis- an idea that you will test and challenge as you go. But not Paul Myles…
Working for On Our Radar, Paul set out to tell the story of dementia in the UK. Hours spent on trains, workshops around the country and 3D printed phones brought him to Agnes, Melvyn and dozens of others. Together they give a never-before-seen insight into life with the condition.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's story is about listening. |
| 0:12.0 | Listening to the tales that are out there, the ones waiting to be told if we can just tune in long enough to hear them. |
| 0:19.0 | It's a story about setting off without a destination in sight, |
| 0:22.6 | a journey of discovery. |
| 0:24.6 | So there's lots of places we could start. |
| 0:27.6 | We could start with Melvin or Chris or Diane. |
| 0:31.6 | But we're starting here with Agnes. |
| 0:34.6 | This is the tip-off. Good morning everybody, Agnes. This is the tip-off. |
| 0:38.9 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:40.5 | Agnes again. |
| 0:42.1 | Agnes has opinions, lots of them. |
| 0:45.5 | She practices yoga, lives alone in Scotland, and she has dementia. |
| 0:51.1 | Agnes has stories to tell, but no way to tell them. |
| 0:55.0 | Enter Paul. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm Paul Miles and I'm head of editorial at On Our Radar. |
| 0:59.0 | Paul's a journalist with a difference. |
| 1:01.0 | He works for an organisation called On Our Radar. |
| 1:04.0 | On Our Radar specialises in gathering stories from some of the most remote and marginalised communities |
| 1:09.0 | reporting on their own stories, |
| 1:11.2 | in their own words and in their own time. |
| 1:13.0 | The group have done some amazing projects in the past, training citizen journalists in |
| 1:17.0 | countries like Sierra Leone and Nigeria. |
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