Summer is almost upon us and the time has come to stretch your legs and take those weary, aching bones out into the world.
The #YTASWellbeingChallenge invites you to breathe new life into surroundings that might have become stale during lockdown and travel restrictions. We’ve curated a playlist of stimulating and energising podcasts, offering food for your ears and your mind whilst you pound the pavement or venture off the beaten track in your local area.
Each day for 14 days, you’ll hear new perspectives, creative ideas, challenging topics and see the potential for new stories to emerge from familiar spaces. And you’ll get some fresh air too, which is nice.
Share your adventures on Twitter or Instagram using #YTASWellbeingChallenge, and any epiphanies you may have had relating to your creative practice along the way.
If you want to go faster or slower than the suggested dates, or mix it up a bit, that’s totally fine, and if you want to record your experience of the #YTASWellbeingChallenge, we’ve also made a journal to help you to reflect on how the challenge influenced your wellbeing.
Date | What we’re listening to… | Theme | Length | Links |
Tue 1 Jun | Walking Meditation Mind to Walk: Paths for All | Focus | 20 mins | Spotify iTunes Web |
Wed 2 Jun | Firsts Shotput | Beginnings | 26 mins | Spotify iTunes Web |
Thu 3 Jun | Dead Lift by Stef Smith Earwig: Tron Theatre | Create | 15 mins | Spotify iTunes Web |
Fri 4 Jun | Class prejudice in the cultural sector:has the pandemic made it worse? CC Skills Podcast | Pathways | 40 mins | Spotify Web |
Sat 5 Jun | Karine Polwort Scotland Outdoors | Inspiration | 29 mins | Spotify iTunes Web |
Sun 6 Jun | Spotlight on the Sector: Morna McGeoch Youth Theatre Arts Scotland | Reach | 23 mins | Soundcloud iTunes Web |
Mon 7 Jun | Briana Pegado The Braw and the Brave | Values | 1 hour 2 mins | Spotify iTunes Soundcloud |
Tue 8 Jun | Bernadine Evaristo Desert Island Discs | Impact | 37 mins | Spotify iTunes Web |
Wed 9 Jun | Taking Space hidden route and Hayley Blakeman | Safety | 55 mins | Soundcloud |
Thu 10 Jun | Eclipse The Allusionist | Language | 30 mins | Spotify iTunes Web |
Fri 11 Jun | Who Belongs to Scotland? Anti-Racist Educator | Diversity | 52 mins | iTunes |
Sat 12 Jun | A walk through Caledonian pinewoods in summer Paths For All | Nature | 35 mins | Web |
Sun 13 Jun | How to Fail: Mo Gawdat Elizabeth Day | Failure | 1 hour | Spotify iTunes |
Mon 14 Jun | Hope Ghost Shows | Hope | 1 hour | Spotify iTunes Web |