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BBC sounds music Radio podcasts this week, what is the point of a program all the hearing loss that listeners with hearing condition find particularly hard to hear your feedback in box is still being flooded by concerns about the news that BBC is about to be blocked outside the UK this natural life is the subject of our first fox box of the year and Martha Kearney will be talking to me about moving from the Today studio to the great outdoors and as predicted.

There's been quite a response to last week's item about the Archers embracing Ramadan remember a very easy way to get in touch about anything that you've heard on BBC audio is to send a WhatsApp voice note to us on 0345 you can all.

That's a number and leave a voice message the number again 0345 and you can send us an email to back at bbc.co.uk and it's at BBC R4 feedback on social media Radio 4 programmes which focused on hearing loss inside Health examined.

Why we lose our hearing with aged sliced bread looked at different types of hearing aids, but a number of listeners picked up on some issues within health from Sylvia I'm a volunteer for a leading hearing charity and a profound hearing loss myself this means that I am unable to listen to the radio hyaluronic there that inside Health should run a program and titled why do we lose our hearing with age without any downloadable transcript? I found this totally unacceptable and most of setting.

As a charity we like to signpost beneficiaries to programs which may be of interest and help but in this case it is disappointing and needs to be addressed the dog wasn't the only problem within my name is Judith Havens my live in Norwich I have just listened to the inside Health podcast about hearing loss on the 11th of March I hope you can hear me being clearly as I'm walking down a busy street.

That's plenty of traffic as I'm on my way to my first interview someone who suffers from this condition.

I was very interested to them what the program How to offer but some sections especially the one record in the noise it cafe or impossible to make out as they demonstrate counter.ie, but someone with hearing loss even with hearing aids struggles to process speech in noisy environments.

My name is Kevin Munroe I'm on professor of audiology the producer but people such as myself would be excluded from fully and program that was specifically designed for their health condition.

Hi my name is Charlie from Sheffield I'm hard of hearing in a program rehearing on Inside health was very interested in the last 10 minutes was talking about ambient noise in a cafe in the technology available that may help patients ironically I couldn't hear the most important for me because the conversation was held in a cafe with all the ambient noise.

Is it possible for this to be treated without the ambient cafe noise from George Vickers in Harrow I had a full hearing test book for the day after inside help was on the radio the main motivation was my

Understand Radio 4 Inside health episode on hearing loss was of particular interest however in common with many producers attention was any paid what was being said without Thorpe what can be heard the subject demanded greater sensitivity hello, I'm Richard Lee from Leigh-on-Sea was really grateful for the recent programmes of hearing loss of hearing aids as a hearing aid user virtually plugged into radio all day even though it was challenged by the section on inside Health about how tech tries to fill out background noise, who are these programs because I couldn't hear radio four years before I got here regards.

That could stream it to rent if you're trying to help as per the charter surely visualise versions of these with subtitles are more likely to have the reach with that part of the population.

I really wanted someone.

Inside Health to come on the program so I could put your questions to them directly we did try but we were told no one was available instead episode of inside Health we wanted to highlight some of the issues faced by those you suffer hearing loss as part of this we recorded a short interview with an expert in a busy cafe demonstrate to listeners the impact of navigating noisy environments.

We appreciate the feedback.

We have received from listeners and will take on board how we might make this point differently in the future, so they're all inside health visitors can engage with the discussion well, it turns out after all those complaints inside Health have night put up a transcript of that episode like a transcript of this item do email us at feedback at bbc.co.uk.

If you're a regular feedback listening, you will be very aware that we've been following the BBC announce that last month to BBC signs will cease to exist for overseas listeners, and we'll be able to receive a live stream of Radio 4 and the world service as well as a selection of podcasts well.

That's passed news as left many people with a lot of still unanswered questions.

We've had some of them over the last 3 weeks, but still they keep coming and we have no answers from the BBC my name is France's rainbow and even Normandy in France I was disappointed that management couldn't put anyone up for your recent programme to discuss the end of the BBC Sounds app for those of us who live at nikto Tina press release no more Radio 1 radio 2 Radio 3 and the rest and I suppose no more.

Also the values the match of haunted Radio 3 new generation artists scheme by limiting the audiences of the Valley musicians, who is the BBC is trying to promote? What's coverage will also be impacted and of course I'll be no more test match special if it is to do with money.

I supposed to BBC will say it is clear that the corporation has failed to come up with a funding mechanism which allows you to maintain the Crow it has built a cost the world hello this is Brian back from New Jersey in the United States of America looking online actually no exact actual help or to how we're actually supposed to listen to BBC Radio 1.

BBC sounds accept it just says go to bbc.com but then it offers no information as to what exactly the heck you're supposed to do or go from there.

My name is Tony Roberts and I'm an expat living in Portland Oregon on the west coast of the US on I moved here over 30 years ago listen to the BBC meant listen to the world service on a shortwave radio and obviously and the intervening years Everything has changed it seems only Yesterday being directed to the BBC Sounds app and now that has been changed for those of us outside the UK I want to be pushed to a new website at the seems to exist largely to server podcasts Radio 4 on the world service no Radio 5 Live no local radio and engagement podcast can be the same as library.

Hello.

Sleep and my family and I we live in Roberta in Canada and be very disappointed and upset to hear the BBC programmes listen to which we we have come to love and adore.

I'm 6 years old talk I listen to the shipping forecast on everyday me and my brother also like to listen to every night before going to bed programmes are not available on the app with orphan joke tell listening to the BBC has almost like a help me get through the day support as it's kept me stimulated informed and help to understand the world around us we also received a few.

Pacific questions about programmes broadcast in Celtic languages reporter Adam Thomas from BBC Welsh language station radio Cymru has been following this story talking to Welsh because worldwide about the impact of losing BBC signs before we hear from him.

He is Howard Edwards a graduate in Welsh and linguistics.

Please remember that the BBC does not only broadcast in English also indigenous Celtic languages including whilst on BBC Radio Cambridge whose output is entirely in Welsh this is a very valuable service to the many thousands of overseas listeners, who are learning Welsh Water mentioned that many native Welsh speakers who left Wales to work overseas, it is a particular value to the community and Patagonia Argentina Welsh ancestors settled in the 19th if that's a company went to be removed from the BBC's collection of radio stations available abroad it would be a great disservice.

Not only to those Welsh lessons online as abroad but also to the what's nation.

Listeners have been getting in touch with you as well about this.

What other concerns basically he was a complete shock to start with the nobody was aware that this decision was around the corner and the concerns of the Welsh speaking diaspora.

Wherever they are in the world won't snow be able to access Raja kamri.

They won't be able to listen again to the the catch-up services and that is obviously concerning quite a few people that have been in contact.

I've always known that there was a Welsh community in Patagonia that's actually they went there ironically to protect their language and culture and their Welsh speakers there.

That's right you we think there's around 5 6000 Welsh speakers in Patagonia today as you say they were originally part of a Welsh settlement the went in the middle of the nineteenth century and the language has survived the arrival in recent years for example the British Council send out a couple of teachers every year to help with their teaching in schools and teaching whilst two adults in Patagonia to Ireland and a few other people.

It's a vital life lying to us.

We used all day really it's the soundtrack in a house and talking to one person for example SS Robert she's lived in 2420 years to raise her children there and she told as well proud of her life forever granddaughter actually important since you moved to South America because it's a chance for her and her children to hear the language around her and she's telling us it for example children started school.

They are obviously surrounded by Spanish then when they started speaking Spanish to each other if she put body can be on it was me in the back of the other language and she said that then they switch back to Welsh to bring any official concern in Wales over this we have spoken to the Welsh language commissioner and she gave it a statement saying that it's always a concern when Welsh language services are cut back well.

That's in Wales or Elsewhere and she told her that she will be meeting the BBC Two

This decision and the implications for the Welsh language audience we also heard from campaign group the Welsh language Society they've also criticised the decision they want the BBC to continue to provide Welsh language services fire BBC sounds quite a lot of uncertainty over.

What is happening and not certainly Wood or inbox has been saying I believe that you actually did get a press release from BBC that explained a little bit more little yes, it was explaining the decision by BBC studios to restrict sounds to the UK and oversee the launch of the new app that you've been discussing on the program, but that told us that this decision to extract sounds to the UK won't affect listening to radical via third-party platforms which presumably means but if you can access internet radio by another website you will be able to do that but whether you can have the catch up service as part of that we don't know Alan thank you so much for joining us and explaining a lot Alan Thomas there a news reporter.

BBC Radio Cymru and as I said we had a flood of messages and voice notes from across the globe we are of course reading every one of them and I sincerely hope the remainder BBC signs or BBC Studios will come on this program in the very near future so that we can try to get to the bottom of what's going on another popular subject with feedback this week the Archers last week.

We had from a number of people about their annoyance and Disapproval of The Archers focusing on Ramadan and Linda Snell fasting with the Malik family.

Are you saying you want to fast for Ramadan yes, I didn't get into the swing of things would you mind?

I don't know what to say is that a yes, then? I did suggest this might Spurs some different opinions and indeed this week listeners have been overwhelmingly positive is a sample of what you've been telling us.

My name is Susan McKeown I am Scottish I have no face I have been listen to The Archers for 60 years plus and I'm embarrassed and ashamed to be called an artist van and I listen to Prejudice and bias views of people express and I'd see no reason why I said she wants to it's a free country.

I would like lucky to live in a free country and I've actually learnt about some of the the things that go on in fasting for Ramadan from listening to the couldn't be more tolerant and remember it's fiction rupiah from Leeds

I cannot help feeling sadness about the number of comments about the theme of Ramadan in The Archers I listen to it regularly and it saddens me that it was not welcome by many who wrote in about it for me.

It was not about dismissing any other important practises and other Faith's it was simply celebrating Ramadan as a storyline.

I wish it could have been celebrated without becoming a negative some people experience did Brenda Hawkins from Croydon like one of your correspondence.

I've listened to the arches for over 60 years.

I'm like him to hear you're taking on Ramadan I was actually more curious to know why she was only following for a few days.

I'm so glad to hear them Alex and the village normalising the normal is sewing.

No, Michael Kearney step time from presenting the Today programme last summer and turned her attention to another of her passions in the Radio 4 Series this natural lime mortar talks too well-known people like Cate Blanchett and yazan and Delia Smith about their personal connection with nature whilst exploring a natural environment with them to is on Radio 4 at the moment, but what a pair of eco mind listeners think of it Christine and Kate who bonded over their shared views on climate change enter the box box to give their thoughts on the first series.

Hi, I'm Christine Giles and I won't know sustainable supermarket in Bradford-on-Avon my name is Kate Nottage and I am a loyal customer Christine shop.

We always have wonderful interesting conversations about climate change and sustainability whenever cake come shopping.

I'm in the Sussex countryside.

It's actually rather sunny day under a spreading oak tree.

It's a landscape.

It is really close to the heart of Cate Blanchett the Oscar-winning actor is an interesting range of people that have taken part in the program and with some of them you get a completely new insight into an aspect of their life that you wouldn't otherwise as with all my guests in our new series this natural life and want to explore Kate's passion for nature in a place that really does mean something to her lunch in particular.

I was very surprised at her climate and nature activism and how long that has been going on in her life with lack of global to to reduce emissions and do something about that rising temperatures and biodiversity loss we can it it's very very easy to feel hopeless.

I really enjoyed the Martin Clunes episode because I really like Martin Clunes anyway, and I felt that he you know his Love of nature really came across his nature and some people think it's all it's all life.

Isn't it? And you know the fact that the funniest part for me where it was when he said that the ramsayn up against defence and they just forget to live around good and so it was a lovely way to hear about his early work you living in this car while he was training to be a photographer yourself division, I had the campsite to have my shower that was the local pub to have food and it was the best thing I could have ever done was amazing.

So that his setting was an urban setting I thought that was very very interesting the DVR Smith episode was the most interesting for me because she really touched on the page that you know it will be the end of humanity if you don't change, what is your worst fear when you think about climate change that that the end of humanity is glucose and if we're not going to do anything about it.

That's where we going and it's awful.

It's awful, but I believe in human life the public know about her as my know about her as a football owner but we don't know about this aspect of her life that obviously means so much to ask at the end of each one.

Do you define hope you know in what way do you find hope about the future as regards nature and climate and it was interesting to me that usually from most of them it was it like.

I believe in humanity.

I think I'll problems as a species at the moment is we don't believe in ourselves in that is difficult on this subject not to be a doom monger as you said you know you don't want to come across in a very negative way because people won't listen to the program.

Yeah.

I think it's it is a really good show it is very gentle but at least it's a start to people being able to think about you know their actions and their consumers in more than anything.

I'm delighted to say that more the car just listening to Christine and Kate there, what what did you think of that conversation about this natural Life they're absolutely understood exactly what we have to do with the programme the way that we're trying to celebrate nature but also find out more about the people or interviewing and I was just the thrill that they like the programs so much because you

Especially with the new programme it goes into avoid.

It's a kind of vacuum and son absolutely delighted Christine and it mentioned the gentle way in two talking about climate change that this program gives us and I was just thinking because you're talking to well-known people about their love of nature that you can address and port and issues finding to Bleak and doom-laden which is easy to do when you're talking about climate change.

I was very keen with this natural life that we would take an optimistic stance whenever possible.

I was very impressed when I interview Jane Goodall for the Today programme a little while ago when she was a guest editor the best from chimpanzees and have you is it everybody can do something in their own little patch to improve the planet and if we just.

Nothing gets done at all.

So we talk of course we talk about climate change if that's what the guests want to address and we talked about the loss of species, but we also celebrate.

What's there and again and again guess talk about the resilience of nature and the fact that there is some hope title is similar to John Wilson's I think we could call as a Radio 4 classic at this point this cultural life.

He's talked to us about that here on feedback and of course is guest we already know because they've had a life in the Arts and I wonder if your surprise when you find out just how important nature of the environment is to people who we know for something else will that's exactly right blonde shed I bumped into her I was doing an interview with her about a film and I gave her a jar of.

Just to be nice, if she said I should have given you a jar of my honey and I said what and it turns out.

She's a bit and I definitely didn't know that she is very about the Sussex countryside she's an ambassador for Wakehurst and Sussex so through this program.

Even people you think you're familiar with you do hear a new site which is what makes it special of course we know you as well for something completely different as a political journalist and broadcaster including of course on the Today programme but I think even if you listen to the programme you would know that you had a love of bees.

Is that where your love make sure again? I will I grew up in a number of places that lost in my childhood was spent in the countryside in Sussex in a village called Ditchling near the South Downs and I suppose that's where I really got my love of nature from but certainly more.

I was given a beehive as a wedding present which was almost like a joke from a group of friends.

They Club Together to get me this and I just painted and put it in the gardeners and and and she taught me how to keep bees and it you're absolutely right.

It's through honeybees that I Began to have a much more intimate relationship with the Natural World and yes, I got completely obsessed and passionate about them to the extended if I ever suggested to be story on the Today programme The Rolling of eyes.

You are ordered the studio on location and I think recording there probably leads to some challenges as well in some ways.

It's can be absolutely brilliant for example when I was recording the nature writer Richard maybe we're on his boat in the Norfolk Broads and maybe many thanks and then his

Nepali shouted from the roof of the boat there's a bitten amazing rare bird only hear normally flew around the boat recently I was talking to the insect expert George McGavin in wytham woods, Oxford and it was very difficult program for a cold because very frequently we were interrupted by aircraft.

Who are flying above from RAF Brize Norton and George said that this is much more than you've ever normally have and of course that's because of the international tensions at the moment.

You know planes are going a lot more military manoeuvres and very clever producer and mccampbell.

She kept that in the program because we're not trying to pretend that in some little bubble.

That's perfect and Away From anything you know there is a war going on Ukraine and and we didn't want to come just pretend that wasn't happening.

Christine and Kate mentioned that you asked your guests what gives them hope in nature so let me put that question to you.

What makes you hopefully about the Natural World something that number of our guests have also talked about and that's the incredible resilience of nature Spring comes around and I think birds that managed to arrive on Incredible migratory journeys in a the first Swift's of the Year always feel my heart with joy and there's a new business because you know some of them few of them make it than they used to but still they calm the spring flowers come and I think it is that resilience more.

Thank you so much for joining us on feedback.

Thank you so much for the lovely listeners Christine and Kate will the latest series of this natural Life ends next week and Martha is already busy preparing the next series which will be on Radio 4.

All the episodes are available on BBC Science well, that's all for today from me and all the team here.

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