BBC Radio Podcasts from iPM: We Start With Your Stories

iPM: We Start With Your Stories

"A civilised life"

Part two of iPM's visit to Islay

"Everybody here is important"

iPM visits Islay and finds out what makes the island community tick

From Crime to Coffee

A listener on cutting re-offending rates of young prisoners

My relationship with social media

A listener on mental health in the digital age

Should I have to quit my job?

A listener explains how she was told to stop work in order to support her autistic son

My secret NDA

A listener describes how she felt after she signed a non-disclosure agreement

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

How to influence people

A listener on how she became a full time social media influencer

"It's taken all the stress out of the relationship"

Having an affair saved my marriage

My extreme hobbies

26 marathons and weekly protests in a badger outfit. ipm@bbc.co.uk

Pained at being apart

A listener on the six months he spent without his wife while they waited for a visa

Why won't anyone rent to our daughter?

Two listeners on how landlords turned them away

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. ipm@bbc.co.uk

Ring out the old

iPM looks back at listeners’ stories from 2018

Here's a church, here's a steeple...

What to do with the houses that God built. iPM@bbc.co.uk

'You will do it naked, won't you?'

A listener on fulfilling a deathbed promise to her dad

Carrying my friend's baby

How one woman became a surrogate for her childhood friend

The Generation Game

Retirees and teenagers who meet once a fortnight for a chat. iPM@bbc.co.uk

Living in sin

A listener on moving on after 30 years of marriage. ipm@bbc.co.uk

We went right to the edge of adoption breakdown

A listener on how adoption affected her family

Inside the high-risk pregnancy clinic

The pioneering team at St.Thomas' Hospital who are trying to save lives and give hope.

Elderly, female and trailblazing

How a group of women built the UK's first senior co housing project. iPM@bbc.co.uk

The charity inspired by my Houdini husband

A listener on setting up a charity offering the kind of help she wished she'd had.

Slowing the flow

The residents trying to protect their town from flooding. ipm@bbc.co.uk

'I can't go through it again'

A listener on deciding not to try for more children after having two late miscarriages

Arrested for giving my daughter medicine

A listener on what happened when she bought medicine for her child online

Married, divorced, married

A couple on why their divorce was almost too amicable. ipm@bbc.co.uk

Family Secrets

A listener on how finding out the truth changed his world

Faulty divorce?

Should the idea of 'fault' be taken out of divorce? ipm@bbc.co.uk

I'm not looking to be a father

A sperm donor on what he expects from meeting his son.

Finding my real dad

A listener on learning he was conceived by sperm donation.

I couldn't reach my wife

A listener on trying to contact his wife trapped in the floods in India. ipm@bbc.co.uk

Struggling to divorce

Two listeners on trying to end their marriages

Will my daughter fall behind at school?

A listener on what losing funding could mean for her deaf daughter.

My son was too big to bury

A listener on the problems she faced after her son died suddenly. ipm@bbc.co.uk

The advert that ended my relationship

A listener on how he realised he was in an emotionally abusive relationship ipm@bbc.co.uk

Last chance at justice

A listener on half a decade of trying to find out what happened to his teenage sister.

The final frontier

A listener on how she became a member of parliament but not on Earth.

What I finally said to my boss

A listener on an unexpected encounter with her old boss and how she had the last word.

Shutting up shop

A listener closes his bookshop after 40 years on the high street. ipm@bbc.co.uk

We bought an island

We're looking for somewhere to broadcast from. Small horses or small islands?

'The devil of all drugs'

A listener on rebuilding his life after drug abuse. ipm@bbc.co.uk

The cradle of rhythm and blues

A listener on why she'll fight to keep a historic club open

Is my tower block safe now?

A listener who tried to fireproof his high-rise tower block after Grenfell.

Home is where the shed is

Listeners on making homes, gardens and living in a shed. Plus Peter Gibbs with Your News.

Hello, is it me you're looking for?

Listeners looking for a second chance on love, plus Jilly Cooper has Your News.

In the classroom

Two listeners on the challenges of teaching. Plus Fi Glover with Your News.

My house is falling in the sea

A listener on his struggle to keep his home. ipm@bbc.co.uk

I've always felt like an alien, now I know why.

After 50 years of struggling to cope, a diagnosis helps our listener. ipm@bbc.co.uk

The hole story

iPM listeners on how to solve Britain's pothole problem

The outsider

A listener reignites an old flame, only to find himself cut off from her by her family.

Make 'em laugh

A listener on why he started doing stand-up comedy

Keen as mustard

Listener Robert Ashton on why he wants to keep making mustard in Norwich.

Defending plastic

A listener defends plastics.

I couldn't go to my mum's funeral

What our listener did after finding out her late mother had secretly married. @bbcipm

I didn't know my mum was married

A listener on what she found out after her mother's death. ipm@bbc.co.uk @bbciPM

Olderpreneur

Is it harder for over 50s to find jobs?

After the affair: the daughter's view

A listener on the impact her mother's affair had on her childhood and the family.

Permanently excluded

A mother on her struggle to find a school for her son after 13 rejections

How I left a cult

A listener on escaping her 'God' and recovering from the abuse she says she suffered.

Life inside a cult

A listener on how loneliness and an interest in spirituality led her to a cult. @BBCiPM

Policing domestic violence

A listener on fighting for justice plus a suggestion for our outside broadcast.

Letters from my stalker

A listener on receiving letters from a stalker, even though he is in prison.

Looking for love online

After our infidelity series, listeners got in touch with stories of trying to find love.

New Year, New Me

Listeners with a new identity in 2018. ipm@bbc.co.uk

After the affair: the husband

A husband on rebuilding his marriage after his affair.

After the affair: the wife

A wife on rebuilding her marriage after her husband's affair.

Catch up: the wife and husband

A couple from last year on infidelity. Next week we'll hear what happened next.

What I did to keep a deathbed promise

It got one listener shot, it gave one a new hobby and another lied to her whole family.

Closing a Greek migrant camp

We revisit a camp and see where the residents go next. ipm@bbc.co.uk

What my doctor did to me

A listener responds to last week's interview with a sex offender and tells her own story.

I sexually assaulted women while at work

A massage therapist on why he sexually abused his clients and how he got caught.

Should I research my illness online?

Our listener Robert hasn't. We hear from the consultants who told him not to.

My stepmother is in the broom cupboard

A listener on her frosty relationship with her stepmother.

Life after a migrant camp

When a Greek camp is shut down, where the residents go? ipm@bbc.co.uk

I loathe my stepsons

A listener on what she can't tell her husband or her friends.

The stranger who saved my son's life

Jenny meets the American man who helped cure her son's leukemia.

I worry Catalonia will leave

In Spain, our listener and former holiday rep Stuart on Catalan independence.

Hotel Catalonia

Listeners Roy and Goretti on voting, violence and their guest house. ipm@bbc.co.uk

I have no urge to have sex with another human being

iPM: the programme that starts with its listeners. Email ipm@bbc.co.uk. Twitter: @BBCiPM.

Being asexual

The A in LGBTQIA stands for asexual - listeners tell us what that means for them.

Living in Japan under North Korea's missiles

It's 6.02 and the text message reads: North Korea has launched a missile - take cover

Should parents know what is happening at university?

More students are reporting mental health issues. Should parents be told? ipm@bbc.co.uk

I'll never know what happened to my son

A mother on the conversation she wished she'd had. ipm@bbc.co.uk

Stargazing in Aleppo

An iPM listener is inspired by the words of a teacher in Syria.

I wish I'd said

Why do we regret things? A psychoanalyst's view.

Midwife at Sea

Caring for pregnant women on board a migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean.

Fighting for psychiatry

A psychiatrist and a patient in Iraq. ipm@bbc.co.uk

Baghdad to Norfolk

A doctor on swapping a hospital in wartime Baghdad for psychiatry in Norfolk.

The refugees' crisis

A listener and 70 year old art student on being inspired by foreign reporting.

Fireproofing my tower block

iPM has a look around listener Phil's tower block as work starts to fire proof it.

Is my tower block safe?

After Grenfell, a former firefighter investigates his own high-rise tower block.

Getting out of the habit

After 33 years of being a nun, iPM listener Marion is starting a new life.

Father's Day

How to celebrate Father's Day if your father is no longer around. ipm@bbc.co.uk

Finding mum

How do you buy a Mother's Day card for a mother you don't know?

Identifying victims

A former police inspector on managing the aftermath of an attack.

Migrants go to Greek school: full story

This is both parts one and two of our story following migrant children in Greece.

Education and integration

How migrants living in camps in Greece join the Greek education system

Out of the chaos comes hope

How migrants living in camps in Greece join the Greek education system.

My father died before I was born

A listener on the twists and turns in her family history.

Let's talk about pants

A school on starting sex and relationship education early.

Pressure to be positive

A mother of three on raising children with autism.

Mind the gap

Finding love when he was 17 and she was 37. ipm@bbc.co.uk

Vice Unit

An iPM listener on policing sex work.

I didn't know my flat was a brothel

An iPM listener on his unusual discovery

Drugs services: ‘something went wrong'

A psychiatrist on leaving addiction treatment and Stephen Fry with Your News.

To Russia with love

Learning Russian with Bridget Kendall and the Russian Ambassador to the UK.

My referendum

As is the fashion, an iPM listener holds a referendum. ipm@bbc.co.uk

It's never too late to take up the piano

You've been meaning to do it for ages. Meet the iPM listeners who already have.

The daughter

How class A drugs took over a young woman's life. The full interview.

The daughter: part 2

A young woman on recovering from her class A drug problem. Email ipm@bbc.co.uk.

The daughter

How class A drugs took over a young woman's life.

Turning Point

What support is available for people with drug problems and their families?

My daughter is a heroin addict

A mother on coping with her daughter's drug addiction. iPM@bbc.co.uk.

Every day I wonder what could have been

A mother on her daughter's drug addiction. iPM@bbc.co.uk.

Why I took legal action against my daughter

A mother explains why she pressed charges against her daughter. iPM@bbc.co.uk

Why I bought my daughter drugs

A mother on why she bought her addict daughter drugs.

Love After Love

Two widowers on rekindling their first love 50 years later.

My affair with a married man

A woman explains why she had a 12 year affair with a married man.

Infidelity

A special podcast with interviews with a wife, a husband and a relationship therapist.

Relationship therapy

A relationship therapist gives her advice for struggling couples. iPM@bbc.co.uk

The husband

A husband explains why he cheated on his wife of 28 years. iPM@bbc.co.uk

Two Christmas stories

We hear two stories from listeners who have very different Christmases. iPM@bbc.co.uk

All the world's a stage

A listener's investigation into a lonely life, and reflections from the original Poldark.

The hitchhiker's guide to the UK

iPM's Manveen Rana finds out if it's still possible to hitchhike in the UK. iPM@bbc.co.uk

The finger wagging cure

How finger wagging can help victims of bullying. iPM@bbc.co.uk

Yes, no, maybe?

Jennifer Tracey on why she absolutely needs to leave the iPM show. iPM@bbc.co.uk

To e safety, and beyond!

Jennifer Tracey visits a school where children lead the way on e safety. iPM@bbc.co.uk

Losing love at Hellfire Corner

Part two of a war time love story. iPM@bbc.co.uk

Finding love at Hellfire Corner

Jenny Nater met a sailor in wartime Dover, that relationship has echoed through her life.

'If dad had exercised he might still be alive'

A listener's angry with her late father. With Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey.

'I'm don't want HIV, but I've stopped using condoms'

A listener on why he's paying for pills to avoid the sexually-transmitted virus.

'I'm not the sort of person who wants to live to 100, so 56 doesn't sound so bad'

A listener talks about the cancer he's been told will kill him.

Why drinking fountains have dried up

iPM investigates why there aren't more usable drinking fountains in the UK. iPM@bbc.co.uk

Living in Antarctica

A listener has decided to quit his job to live and work in Antarctica.

The listener who fought for her pacemaker to be turned off

A dying woman and a US doctor talk about how human hearts are sometimes stopped.

"I'm not a boy or a girl. I'm both." A ten-year-old talks about being gender non-binary.

Leo has lived as a girl, but he's just told his family that gender identity feels wrong.

'I can't switch off my army brain, so haven't slept properly in 30 years'

A soldier and an aid worker share stories of how their careers left mental scars.

'I'd rush home from school to start on the red wine.'

How alcoholism crept up on a teacher, how she hit rock bottom, and then rebounded.

"I wanted to explode." Women with binge eating disorder share their secret stories.

"I wanted to explode." Women with binge eating disorder share their secret stories.

How a wife's heart attack returned her husband to World War Two

Psychologist Janie Penn-Barwell remembers the fear & guilt her patients have carried.

'I loved the boogie woogie, but hated my wartime life'

John Barnes suffered bereavement, separation, scorn and worse during World War II.

'After the war I found peace as a pig farmer'

An ex-serviceman explains adjusting to civilian life after a tough tour of Afghanistan.

Orson Welles, Judi Dench... Eddie Mair: Actress Thelma Ruby looks back over 70 years.

From performing for wounded servicemen to showing her legs on stage at 91.

The dead should be names not statistics

Reporter Hugh Sykes on assignment in Turkey considers an email from an iPM listener.

How to listen; becoming a good Samaritan

An iPM listener talks about his experiences as a volunteer for the Samaritans.

'He came home from Iraq and he was dead behind the eyes'

A mother describes her son's experience of the Iraq war.

How traumatised jury members can seek help

A retired judge on how he ensured jurors wouldn't be distressed by graphic evidence.

Jury duty trauma

A listener's traumatic experience of serving on a murder trial jury.

Finding evidence for historic abuse cases

A QC explains the difficulties of prosecuting historical sex abuse cases.

'Learn the art of patience'

Becoming a full time carer

'Is the mountain giving you a sign?'

A listener's story of determination, as he climbs Everest after 2 failed attempts

'A black face in a blue uniform'

Britain's first black police officer

Dopamine: How it can cause havoc

Dopamine: How it can cause havoc

Medication made my dad a gambling addict.

A side-effect of Parkinson's medication turned a listener's father into a gambling addict

A single phone call that can change lives

How 2 listeners set up a warning system to help children who experience domestic abuse

Maternity leave: Why don't dads get it?

A listener's experience of fighting for equal pay

Having children: Selfish or selfless?

Having children: Selfish or selfless?

The mystery of the unknown children

One listener's curious tale of discovery, after finding some old cine film in his loft.

Why stalkers stalk

Inside the mind of a stalker

'I was stalked for 10 years'

'My stalker was at the door with a gun'. How a friendship turned into a decade of pain

'They'd clearly been hit by smoke'

A listener's experience working with emergency services in Brussels after the attacks

'I can't die'

A listener's anguish as her disabled son turns 21 and ventures into the adult world.

Is cannabis bad for you?

A leading psychiatrist examines the latest medical research

How not to get burgled

A woman who's interviewed burglars for 20 years, gives an insight into how they operate.

Britain's greatest test pilot

Eric 'Winkle' Brown : The Royal Navy's most decorated pilot

'I write things I wouldn't tell anyone else'

We've been pen pals for 60 years.

It was burgers, now I'm craving cucumbers

The new manager of a remote Welsh island tells us about life with 40,000 seabirds

Parting with my prostate

A listener's experience of curing his prostate cancer. Bridget Kendall reads Your News.