A window into the lives and achievements of Welsh people in New York. Hosted by Gideon Jensen and Richard Swain, each episode features a different guest and their unique story. Often funny, sometimes sad, but always honest and inspirational. // Mewnwelediad i fywydau a chyflawniadau y Cymry yn Efrog Newydd. Wedi ei chyflwyno gan Gideon Jensen a Richard Swain, mae pob pennod yn taro sylw ar westeion gwahanol a’u hanes unigryw. Yn aml yn ddoniol, weithiau’n drist, ond bob amser yn onest ac yn ...
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Episode 30: Independent Spirit - Rebecca Hurn
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Rebecca Hurn is an independent singer-songwriter from Porthcawl, in South Wales. Before writing and releasing her own music, Rebecca built up a fan following by recording acoustic cover songs and sharing them online. In September 2015 Rebecca released her debut EP ‘Lions’ which reached no. 5 in the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts. With the release …
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Episode 29: Photojournalism On The Front Line - Claire Thomas
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Claire Thomas is a photographer and photojournalist from Penygroes in South Wales. Her work on issues relating to global political and military conflicts, human rights, and humanitarian and environmental crises has earned her recognition at the 2017 British Journalism Awards, the 2018 UK Picture Editors’ Guild Awards, and the 2018 Amnesty Internati…
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Episode 28: The First Virtual North American Festival of Wales - Dr Megan Williams
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On this episode, Gideon and Richard chat with Dr Megan Williams from the Welsh North American Association about the upcoming annual North American Festival of Wales, a weekend long event that includes performances, poetry, literature, singing, dancing, seminars, a marketplace and an Eisteddfod. Sadly, due to the ongoing coronavirus threat, this yea…
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Episode 27: The Road to Fun City - Rod Thomas (Bright Light Bright Light)
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Rod Thomas (stage name Bright Light Bright Light) is an independent singer-songwriter from the outskirts of Neath in South Wales. His music is a combination of nu-disco, 80s synthpop, dance and house music. Over the past decade he has collaborated with Elton John, Jake Shears, Andy Bell of Erasure, and toured with Cher. Two of his albums have reach…
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Episode 26: 90 Minutes of Freedom - Jamie Grundy
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Jamie Grundy is a former football coach and writer with a special focus on criminal justice, sport and rehabilitation. He is the author of 90 Minutes of Freedom, which follows HMP Prescoed FC, the only prisoner football team in Wales, through a single season in Gwent Central Division 2. The book was written with the support of 'National Sporting He…
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Episode 25: Going 'West' for Wales Week - Gwenllian Higginson and Gareth John Bale
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Episode 24: Fake News, The Perennial Founder, and the FBI - Jaz-Michael King
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Episode 23: 2019 Year in Review
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Episode 22: Wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg? Part II - Fate of the Language
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In the second of a two-part special episode Gideon and Richard pick up the story by looking at the catalyst for Welsh language activism in the 60s and 70s, the successes of the movement and the changes brought about by the establishing of the Welsh Assembly. With more contributions from special guest experts they learn about the sociological and ne…
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Episode 21: Wyt ti'n siarad Cymraeg? Part I - History of the Language
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In the first of a two-part special, Gideon and Richard ask, "Do you speak Welsh?”. They discuss the falling numbers of Welsh speakers and the various factors behind this decline. With contributions from special guest experts they delve into the history of Cymraeg, the roots of the language and how key events in history have impacted its usage—from …
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Episode 20: Writing in the Footsteps of History - Peter Thabit Jones
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Peter Thabit Jones is a poet from Swansea in South Wales. He is the author of sixteen books and his poems have been translated into over twenty-two languages. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Arts Council of Wales Award, the Homer European Medal for Poetry and Art, and the Shabdaguchha Journal Poet of the Year Award for his …
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Episode 19: Broadway Beginnings and Hanging Coats of the Rich and Famous - Chloe Wilson
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Chloe Wilson is an actor and singer from the Rhondda. An accomplished soprano, she learned her craft in the choral traditions of the valleys. At 18 she auditioned for and was accepted in to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and — on completion of her studies — she was invited to stay on and join the Academy’s Company for 2018/19. Chloe recently…
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Episode 18: A Walking Tour of Greenwich Village - Dylan Thomas
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Dylan Thomas is one of the most recognisable Welsh names in the United States. He’s best known for his landmark poems such as ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ and ‘Death shall have no dominion’, his play for voices ‘Under Milk Wood’, and classic stories such as ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’. Born in Swansea in 1914, the legendary poet spent…
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Episode 17: Creating Brands for Floyd Mayweather and Jay-Z - Ibby Tarafdar
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Ibby Tarafdar is a graphic designer from Cardiff. Born in Wales, he grew up in Gabalfa after his father emigrated to Wales from Bangladesh in the 1980s. Since completing his degree in Graphic Communication at the University of South Wales in 2014, Ibby has since created brand identities for numerous athletes signed to Mayweather Promotions and Jay …
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Episode 16: A Walk in the Park and the Small Matter of Trying to Change the World - Dr Denny Taylor
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Dr Denny Taylor is an author, researcher and educator living in New York City. She has published 19 books—fiction and nonfiction—and is a co-founder of Garn Press, a publishing house with a focus on social conscience. Denny is widely credited with giving rise to family literacy, a concept UNESCO uses today as an organizing principle for supporting …
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Episode 15: From the Outskirts of Cardiff to Starting Fly-Half for the USA - James Bird
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James Bird is a rugby player and management consultant. He is a fly-half for New York based Old Blue RFC, who he has played for since moving to the US in 2013. In 2016 he became eligible for and represented the US national team in the Americas Rugby Championship, the American equivalent of the Six Nations. On this episode, Richard and Gideon talk a…
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Episode 14: Three Billboards Outside The Rhondda Valley - Matthew Hitt
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Matthew Hitt is a singer and songwriter from the Rhondda Valley in South Wales. He is the front man of Drowners, an American-Welsh indie rock band based out of New York. Formed in 2011, the band signed for Frenchkiss Records and released their self-titled studio album in May 2013. After seven years performing and touring the world and one more stud…
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Episode 13: A Musical Education, Composing for Commercials and a Knight to Remember - Karl Jenkins
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Sir Karl Jenkins is a musician and composer from Penclawdd on the Gower Peninsula. He was knighted in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List. From his early days in jazz and prog rock he has gone on to become the most performed living composer in the world. His canon of work transcends genre or classification and now includes 17 gold and platinum d…
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Episode 12: John Lewis Christmas Ads, Closing the Gender Gap, and Marketing Marijuana - Sarah Collinson
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Sarah Collinson is Head of Account Management at Joan, a startup creative agency based in NYC that works with Google and YouTube. Prior to joining Joan, Sarah spent 4 years at world-renowned advertising agency Anomaly where, among other things, she helped create one of the most highly-acclaimed cannabis brands in the world today. Originating from S…
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Episode 11: The Royal Wedding, Christmas No.1, and How To Get to Carnegie Hall - Paul Mealor
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Paul Mealor has been described in the New York Times as, the most important person to emerge in Welsh music since William Mathias. He rose to global attention when his motet Ubi Caritas et Amor was performed at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011. That same year he became the first classical composer to hold both the class…
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Episode 10: Behind the Scenes at Peppa Pig and Publishing a First Children's Book - Jemima Williams
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Jemima Williams a NY-based illustrator from Aberystwyth in South Wales. Prior to moving to the US she worked for eight years as a designer for the children’s television program Peppa Pig. Jemima recently finished her first children’s book ‘Hibernate with Me’, a collaboration with singer-songwriter (and her husband), Benjamin Scheuer, which will be …
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Episode 9: Mixing, Maracas, and Marching on The Streets of Cardiff - Davey Newington
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Davey Newington is a musician and front man of Cardiff band Boy Azooga. Their debut album ‘1, 2 King Fu!’ was released earlier this year, ahead of the band’s transatlantic tour, including a stop at Rough Trade in Brooklyn on October 24. Boy Azooga burst onto the scene in 2017 with their breakout hit, ‘Face Behind Her Cigarette’, which NME called “a…
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Episode 8: Big Dreams, Broken Toes, and How Not to Style a Chimpanzee - Emma Pritchard
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Emma Pritchard is a Fashion stylist from Pontypool. After graduating with a degree in Fashion & Design from University of Wales, Emma swapped the UK for Asia to embark on a career in advertising. Emma ended up spending 9 years in Singapore, initially working as an Art Director on brands such as Elizabeth Arden, Guess and DeBeers, and later as a sty…
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Episode 7: Immersive Theatre, Reading Reviews and Dodging Chocolate Mousse - Tom Chandler
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Tom Chandler is a Welsh actor from Penarth in South Wales. He currently plays Begbie in the Off-Broadway show, Trainspotting Live. The play is an adaptation of the 1993 book by Irvine Welsh about the struggles of a group heroin addicted friends living in Edinburgh, most widely known for the 1996 film of the same name. What makes Transporting Live s…
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Episode 6: Designing for the Future - Gareth TW Rees
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Gareth is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Nuremberg, working on the ‘Futures’ design team for Adidas. This summer, Gareth was selected to participate in Adidas’s annual design program in New York, working alongside other star designers from around the world. On the episode, Gareth tells the boys how he finds his inspiration, his philosophy o…
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Episode 5: Overcoming Roadblocks and Making Movies That Matter - Claire Fowler
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Writer-director Claire Fowler is a filmmaker from North Wales, based in New York City. Her most recent short, ‘Salam’, a film about a Syrian female Lyft driver on a night shift in New York City, had its World Premiere at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. After studying at Oxford University and the Royal College of Art, Claire made a name for herself …
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Episode 4: A Scottish Play, an American Dream, and a Welsh Window - Hywel John
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Hywel John grew up in West Wales, and London. He attended Bristol University and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After initially coming to New York in 2008 as an actor, appearing in Rupert Goold’s production of Macbeth—alongside Sir Patrick Stewart—Hywel moved to the United States permantly in 2014 to further his career as …
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Episode 3: Making a Movie With a Cast of Professional Drunks - Cian Llewellyn
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On this episode, the boys speak to Cian Llewellyn, an actor, producer and director, whose debut short recently screened in cinemas across the United States. Based upon Dylan Thomas' short story, ‘The Outing’ features a cast of untrained actors who, guided by Cian, come together in this quirky yet memorable short film. Richard and Gideon probe Cian …
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Episode 2: From Llanelli to the White House: Designing With Purpose - Lucy Jones
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Lucy Jones is an award-winning designer and entrepreneur with a unique focus on addressing the needs of those in society often ignored in the traditional fashion design process. Originally from South Wales, Lucy came to New York to study fashion at the world-renowned Parsons Schools of Design, whose alumni include the likes of Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford…
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Episode 1: Sunken Hundred, New York in the 90s, and Living Through 9/11 - Illtyd Barrett:
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Illtyd Barrett came to New York in the 90s with the intention of experiencing the good, the bad and the ugly side of a city that would come to be his home for the next two decades. After years of feeling like the only Welsh person in the city, the artist and musician, decided he wanted to create a bar and restaurant that would be a beacon of Wales …
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A window into the lives and achievements of Welsh people in New York. Hosted by Gideon Jensen and Richard Swain, each episode features a different guest and their unique story. Often funny, sometimes sad, but always honest and inspirational. Mewnwelediad i fywydau a chyflawniadau y Cymry yn Efrog Newydd. Wedi’i chynnal gan Gideon Jensen a Richard S…
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