HeyJaredAssa Marra
Assa Marra: “A Love Letter to West Cumbria and the Legend I Married”18th December 2024 marked 16 incredible years since I met my husband, madcap adventurer and total legend, John Williamson.
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Episode 28: Colin Cox (opens the original)
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Men in West Cumbria are still dying too young and too often in silence. In this conversation with Colin Cox, Director of Public Health for Cumberland, this episode looks at what sits underneath that reality. West Cumbria is a place of contrasts. Beautiful landscapes and strong, close communities sit alongside real and persistent challenges, poverty, poor health, isolation and suicide rates that remain far too high, particularly among men. This is not about labelling a region. It is about trying
Episode 27: Heather Dempsey (opens the original)
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A tiny yellow bird. A mining community. A producer and broadcaster back on patch. Throw in a surprising number of coincidences and two people who can’t resist following the next question, and you’ve got a conversation that goes to some wonderfully unexpected places. Heather Dempsey is one of West Cumbria’s own—a girl who’s gone out into the world and done good. An astute observer of people, life and her own generation, Heather has the rare ability to spot a story, trust her instincts and follow
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