unfinishing
Episodes
with Chanel Comis. Surprising sea turtles.
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, works-in-progress or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the ...
with Fuschia Sirois. Procrastination and what to do about it.
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, works-in-progress or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the ...
with Micah Clasper-Torch. Sugar coats and punch needles.
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Micah is an artist, designer, and teacher who’s an expert in punch needle rug hooking - a type of textile craft that can be used not only to create ...
with Tommy Mackay. An encyclopaedic mish-mash reflecting the absurdity of modern times.
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, works-in-progress or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the ...
with Teresa Stenson. 90s teenage diaries (ft. Take That).
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete,abandoned, works-in-progress or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson. You can ...
with Michael Shallcross. Inscribing Pandemonium.
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, works-in-progress or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the ...
with Kenton Rogers. Treeconomics and the treescapes of the future.
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Sophia Siddique Harvey. Shirkers, vulnerability, and staying for the credits.
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sophia Siddique is a film scholar whose area of focus is contemporary Southeast Asian cinemas, film phenomenology, and genre (horror and science-ficti...
with Robert Hampson. Publishing an unfinished poem (twice).
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Lorraine Topper. Bras, jock straps, and a dog named...
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcastabout projects that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Graha...
with Nathan Waddell. George Orwell and unfinished video games.
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Guy Waites. Sailing solo round the world.
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Andy Jaggard. Printing Shakespeare and the mystery of the unfinished memoir.
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Alix Beeston. Incomplete film, genius, and being batman.
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Loose Ends. International finishers, knitting, and mystery stockings.
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Gra...
at the Northern Writers' Awards 2023
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Victoria Bennett. Memoir, grief, and gardening.
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about things that are incomplete, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Graham...
with Dr Steve Kershaw. Atlantis, stopping mid-sentence, and English Springer Spaniels.
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are unfinished, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Jo Moseley. Paddleboarding, rainbows, and crying on camera.
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are unfinished, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Gra...
with Faye Latham. Erasure, imposter syndrome, and Tipp-Ex.
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are unfinished, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Rebecca Coles. First ascents, role models for men, and taking a judge up Kilimanjaro.
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are unfinished, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Franco Cookson. Mental preparation, castles, and guaranteed failure.
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Franco Cookson is climber and the star of Fall Theory, a film by Alistair Lee that premiered in 2021, and which follows Franco completing the first as...
with Kendal Mountain Festival. Departure, therapy mountains, and music for crossing Iceland.
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing is the podcast about projects that are unfinished, abandoned, or not public. It’s presented by Emily Anderson and the artwork is by Grah...
with Lewis Hobson. Murals, buildering, sci-fi Geordies and sex in space.
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lewis Hobson is the founder of Durham Spray Paints, and he creates beautiful and very large murals for communities and local businesses around the Nor...
TRAILER, with Lewis Hobson. Murals, buildering, sci-fi Geordies and sex in space.
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lewis Hobson is the founder of Durham Spray Paints, and he creates beautiful and very large murals for communities and local businesses around the Nor...
with Anna Fleming. A climber’s Time on Rock: community, life changes, and vomiting seabirds.
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
unfinishing celebrates projects that never got finished, that have yet to be finished, or that never made it out into the world. I ask my guests to se...
TRAILER with Anna Fleming. A climber’s Time on Rock: community, life changes, and vomiting seabirds.
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NEXT EPISODE OUT SUNDAY 14 AUGUST - WITH ANNA FLEMING Anna Fleming is a climber and a writer. In January 2022 she published Time on Rock – A Climber...
with Matt Busher. Technological fruit.
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Busher is a designer and art director who started making a solar-powered web server in the summer of 2020. He’s got lots of fascinating things ...
with Graham Oakes. Comedy vampires and Hugh Laurie.
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Oakes talks to me about his endeavours in stand-up comedy, in sketch groups, and in creating YouTube videos. Graham tells me about how he prepa...
TRAILER, with Graham Oakes. Comedy vampires and Hugh Laurie.
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest in the next episode of unfinishing is Graham Oakes, who talks to me about his endeavours in stand-up comedy, in sketch groups, and in creatin...
with Mark Antony Owen. Facts disguised as fiction and in-between places.
14 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Antony Owen is a poet and publisher. He talks to me about his online poetry project Subruria, which is about the place where the suburbs and the ...
with Sophie Taylor. Writing Robots.
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Taylor is a writer and visual artist. She talks to me about a poetry collection she doesn’t want to publish. It was written by an AI text gen...
with Rishi Dastidar. Postcards for strangers.
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest is Rishi Dastidar, who is a poet and copywriter. Rishi’s poetry has been published by the BBC, the Financial Times and the New Scientist, a...
with Dr Pete Edwards. Proper Northern History.
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is the historian Dr Peter Edwards. From a Polish-Welsh background, Pete was born in Liverpool and grew up in Birmingham. He studied...
with Michael Farris Smith. Putting the Nick into Gatsby.
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Farris Smith’s novels have appeared on Best of the Year lists with Esquire and with NPR, among many others, and he’s also been a finalist ...
with Richard Hurst. Bomb disposal, sunglasses, and Miranda Hart.
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard is a brilliant writer and director for television and the stage. His writing includes three series of Bluestone 42, the BBC sitcom about a bom...
with Maggie Tran. Performance, Zen gardening, and the future of historical gardens.
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie has the enviable job of being the Head Gardener at the beautiful Bramdean House in Hampshire. We talk about overlaps between gardening and perf...
with Kevin Frediani. Gorillas, vertical farming, and abandoned gardens.
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Frediani is the Curator of the University of Dundee Botanic Garden. Before that, he’s had a hugely varied career – to name just a couple of ...
with Sarah Geissler: emotional quilts, dress detectives, and naughty steps.
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Geissler is a fashion historian and writer. She researches costume, homemade clothing, and communities of dress, including cosplay and historica...
with Adam Smyth. Lists, archival secrets, and redemptive urges.
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Smyth is Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book at Balliol College, Oxford University. He recently published a fascinating a...
with The Dark Material Podcast. Daemons, TV adaptations, and biscuits
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week my guests are Amy and Iain, the hosts of the wonderful and very popular The Dark Material Podcast. Amy and Iain are in the middle of a chapt...
Stories of Change
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special, one-off recording in which four storytellers describe their experiences of coming to the UK as refugees and asylum seekers. I produ...
with David Spittle, presented by Em Anderson
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5 my guest is David Spittle, who is a poet, filmmaker, and essayist. He was recently commissioned to direct and edit a documentary on Aust...
with Rachael Shaw, presented by Em Anderson
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4 my guest is Rachael Shaw, who is a writer. Rachael very generously tells me about the blog she started after being diagnosed with breast ...
with Mary McGrath, presented by Em Anderson
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3 my guest is the writer Mary McGrath. Mary reads her short story, entitled “Sup”, which judges Prue Leith and Stephen Fry shortlisted ...
with Gillie Kleiman, presented by Em Anderson
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2 my guest is the artist Gillie Kleiman. The starting point of her work is an interest in dance and in choreography, but her art manifests...
with Sophie Cooper, presented by Em Anderson
26 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 1, my guest is musician Sophie Cooper, who was nominated in 2020 for an Ivor Novello Composer Award. Sophie tells me about her unfinished ...