Real Voices of Happy Valley 98: Dean Wilkinson talks to Viv

About this episode

In this episode, Viv shares her life story and the journey to podcasting in Calder Valley.

As we approach 100 episodes, which was always our target, our colleague at Calder Valley Radio asked if he could ‘turn the tables’ and ask us questions. So we agreed. In this episode he asked Viv to talk about her life and how we got to be in Calder Valley doing podcasts with local people…

People in this episode

Host: Dave Boardman

Guest: Viv

Topics covered

• podcasting
• local culture
• personal stories
• community
• Calder Valley

Keywords

• podcast
• Calder Valley
• Viv
• Dean Wilkinson
• local stories
• community engagement
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Calder Valley Radio

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