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 range of special guests with at least some connection to the North about their lives and experiences and about Northern representation. The North is defined inclusively, and subsequent series may well eventually venture beyond British shores… It is a non-profit podcast, so thankfully I can promise: no ads, it is purely done as a labour of love. No AI is used, as it is a profoundly overrated and absurd Ponzi scheme – one that is consuming our water and electricity at an unseemly rate, to boot.

Here’s a trailer with a decidedly low Average Shot Length! :

And here are the episodes themselves so far on YouTube as embedded videos:

#001: Introduction

#001: Matthew Kelly (NORTH WEST)

“If I were to choose one [finest ensemble cast], it would always be the one I’m working with…”

#002: Ruth-Ann Boyle (NORTH EAST)

“There was a few moments of intrusion, like the press doorstepping me mother…”

#003: Justin Lewis (WALES)

“I could hear the guy who was doing the pub quiz reading out some of the questions that night. And I thought: these are very familiar questions…!”

#004: John Howard (NORTH WEST)

“Who’s been licking the library steps then?”

You will also find it on most of the mainstream podcast platforms, like Apple Music and Spotify.

Here too is a link to the Hit the North musical playlist, containing all the songs featured in the series, alongside exclusive IT’S ONLY A NORTHERN SONG OF THE WEEK selections shared to Hit the North‘s Facebook group. If you want to join that group, please do so here.

It has been an absolute blast, and a delight, so far to talk to these fine people; enjoy the podcast! Please spread the word, give it five-star ratings (or don’t bother!), or indeed get in touch to suggest a guest or correspond about any Northern places or stories.
Email: HitTheNorthNE41@proton.me