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Joining the Dots: A Huck podcast

Huck Magazine
Joining the Dots is a podcast from HUCK magazine. Season 2 is hosted by Michael Fordham. In each episode, Fordham spends time with artists, journalists, photographers and activists exploring how different scenes and cultures have influenced their work - and their lives. The discussions roam wild and free, connecting style, experience and attitude across time, space and genre.

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Episodes

Writer and journalist Vincent Bevins

The author of The Jakarta Method on imperial violence, the future of journalism, post-Brexit London and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 08, 202148 minSeason 2Ep. 9

Jamie Brisick and Trace Marshall

We sat down from afar last spring with two stalwarts of California surf culture - and explored the strange power of Malibu, the burdens of a wave-riding career, and the healing power of the sea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 28, 202138 minSeason 2Ep. 8

Gary Younge

We sit down with journalist Gary Younge at a time of transition for the long-time columnist and US correspondent. We discover the hope that for Gary resides within the madness and brutality of contemporary life, and discuss the current state of journalism as he embarks on a new life in academia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 23, 20201 hr 3 minSeason 2Ep. 7

Climate justice activist Jamie Margolin

We speak to young climate activist and author Jamie Margolin about crisis, organising, and the urgent need for change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 17, 202025 minSeason 2Ep. 5

Gabriel Krauze

Gabriel Krauze on his groundbreaking first novel, Who They Was. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 03, 20201 hr 2 minSeason 2Ep. 4

Tariq Goddard from repeater Books

We speak to the founder and publisher of radical press Repeater Books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 17, 202042 minSeason 2Ep. 3

Arlo Parks

We speak to the 19-year-old London singer-songwriter on negotiating the trials of isolation and London life... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 02, 202024 minSeason 2Ep. 2

Ghostpoet

We speak to recording artist and double Mercury Nominee Ghostpoet at the height of the BLM protests... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 30, 20201 hr 2 minSeason 2Ep. 1

Guy Martin - photographer part 2

Photographer Guy Martin has been part of the Huck creative family from the very beginning. The Cornwall-raised lensman started his career chasing waves and documenting beach culture around the world. Inspired by photojournalists like Don McCullin and Larry Burrows, who had documented the wars of Southeast Asia, in his mid-twenties he began to turn his attention to conflict. Soon he found himself at the heart of The Arab Spring. Following the story from the demonstrations in Tahrir Square to the ...

Apr 16, 20201 hr 27 min

Guy Martin - photographer

Photographer Guy Martin has been part of the Huck creative family from the very beginning. The Cornwall-raised lensman started his career chasing waves and documenting beach culture around the world. Inspired by photojournalists like Don McCullin and Larry Burrows, who had documented the wars of Southeast Asia, in his mid-twenties he began to turn his attention to conflict. Soon he found himself at the heart of The Arab Spring. Following the story from the demonstrations in Tahrir Square to the ...

Apr 09, 202046 min

Cosima

In this episode of Joining the Dots, Don Letts meets South London vocalist and artist Cosima Ehni. Signed to esteemed label Island Records and with a background that bridges London, Germany and the African Diaspora, Cosima’s work is impossible to categorise. She channels the work of singers from Sade all the way back to Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. The 24-year-old swaps stories of what it’s like to be young, gifted and black in a Peckham manor where the dominant cultural force for the last fe...

Mar 05, 202039 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Georgia

This week Don sits down with emerging recording artist Georgia. The young musician and producer grew up deeply embedded in the culture of electronic music - her dad Neil Barnes being one half of influential British dance outfit Leftfield. In the conversation Georgia and Don explore what it’s like to be a kid growing up in the beat-centric counterculture of rave - and discover that pop, dance and beats can be intimately intertwined. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Feb 27, 202045 minSeason 1Ep. 5

Andrew Cotton, Big-Wave Surfer

The world of big-wave surfing is populated by an elite coterie of high-profile athletes from all over the planet. Andrew Cotton, who sits down with Don Letts for this episode of Joining the Dots, is a humble young surfer from North Devon - an unlikely member of this rarified subculture. ‘Cotty’ shot to surf world fame in 2016 when, in front of a battery of lenses at Nazare in Portugal, he rode one of the biggest, most spectacular waves ever documented. When he sat down in the Letts bunker, Cotty...

Feb 20, 202043 minSeason 1Ep. 4

Gary Inman and Gemma Harrison: Alternative Bike Culture

In this week's episode of Joining the Dots, our host Don Letts sits down with Gemma Harrison, of VC London , and Gary Inman, editor of Sideburn Magazine . Emma and Gary are at the heart of the burgeoning alt.biker scene – an inclusive, open-minded generation of people redefining what it means to ride a motorcycle. Careworn clichés and the tired macho tropes of biker culture are being replaced with a simple love of riding – and the crew explore all the consequences of this liberating new scene. H...

Feb 13, 202044 minSeason 1Ep. 3

Hattie Collins

Writer and journalist Hattie Collins is the documenter-in-chief of the Grime generation. For fifteen years she had a ringside seat as the young emcees and producers of East London created a culture in their own image — and she remains locked in tight to the music’s evolution. In 2016 she published Grime’s first and definitive oral history. This Is Grime told the story of the most dynamic subculture since Punk from the inside out. As the scene goes global, Don Letts sits down with Hattie to reaso...

Feb 06, 202050 minSeason 1Ep. 2

Ed Templeton

Don Letts meets Ed Templeton, the pioneer skater and artist from deep in the SoCal heartland. Unexpected dots are joined between Huntington Beach & Ladbroke Grove; and between punk, hardcore, skate and ska. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 30, 202056 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Trailer

Joining the Dots connects culture across skate, music, the arts and beyond. Hosted by Don Letts and presented by Huck Magazine in association with size? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 16, 202058 secSeason 1Ep. 1
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