iPM: We Start With Your Stories

A weekly companion to PM where the expertise and insights of the BBC Radio 4 audience shape a programme that sees news differently. Presented by Luke Jones.

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"A civilised life"
Part two of iPM's visit to Islay
29 Mar 2019,13 mins
"Everybody here is important"
iPM visits Islay and finds out what makes the island community tick
22 Mar 2019,13 mins
From Crime to Coffee
A listener on cutting re-offending rates of young prisoners
15 Mar 2019,13 mins
My relationship with social media
A listener on mental health in the digital age
08 Mar 2019,13 mins
Should I have to quit my job?
A listener explains how she was told to stop work in order to support her autistic son
01 Mar 2019,13 mins
My secret NDA
A listener describes how she felt after she signed a non-disclosure agreement
22 Feb 2019,13 mins
I can't grieve my dad's death yet
A listener explains why not going to her father's funeral means she can't move on
15 Feb 2019,13 mins
How to influence people
A listener on how she became a full time social media influencer
08 Feb 2019,13 mins
"It's taken all the stress out of the relationship"
Having an affair saved my marriage
01 Feb 2019,16 mins
My extreme hobbies
26 marathons and weekly protests in a badger outfit. [email protected]
25 Jan 2019,25 mins
Pained at being apart
A listener on the six months he spent without his wife while they waited for a visa
18 Jan 2019,23 mins
Why won't anyone rent to our daughter?
Two listeners on how landlords turned them away
11 Jan 2019,24 mins
The diagnosis which made me quit my job and put me on stage
A listener on how a diagnosis inspired her to reinvent her career. [email protected]
04 Jan 2019,25 mins
Ring out the old
iPM looks back at listeners’ stories from 2018
28 Dec 2018,23 mins
Here's a church, here's a steeple...
What to do with the houses that God built. [email protected]
21 Dec 2018,25 mins
'You will do it naked, won't you?'
A listener on fulfilling a deathbed promise to her dad
14 Dec 2018,25 mins
Carrying my friend's baby
How one woman became a surrogate for her childhood friend
07 Dec 2018,25 mins
The Generation Game
Retirees and teenagers who meet once a fortnight for a chat. [email protected]
30 Nov 2018,27 mins
Living in sin
A listener on moving on after 30 years of marriage. [email protected]
23 Nov 2018,15 mins
We went right to the edge of adoption breakdown
A listener on how adoption affected her family
16 Nov 2018,14 mins
Inside the high-risk pregnancy clinic
The pioneering team at St.Thomas' Hospital who are trying to save lives and give hope.
09 Nov 2018,17 mins
Elderly, female and trailblazing
How a group of women built the UK's first senior co housing project. [email protected]
02 Nov 2018,13 mins
The charity inspired by my Houdini husband
A listener on setting up a charity offering the kind of help she wished she'd had.
26 Oct 2018,13 mins
Slowing the flow
The residents trying to protect their town from flooding. [email protected]
19 Oct 2018,13 mins
'I can't go through it again'
A listener on deciding not to try for more children after having two late miscarriages
12 Oct 2018,15 mins
Arrested for giving my daughter medicine
A listener on what happened when she bought medicine for her child online
05 Oct 2018,14 mins
Married, divorced, married
A couple on why their divorce was almost too amicable. [email protected]
28 Sep 2018,24 mins
Family Secrets
A listener on how finding out the truth changed his world
21 Sep 2018,26 mins
Faulty divorce?
Should the idea of 'fault' be taken out of divorce? [email protected]
14 Sep 2018,27 mins
I'm not looking to be a father
A sperm donor on what he expects from meeting his son.
07 Sep 2018,26 mins