26
Feb
09

Where we’re going / where we’ve been

DATES IN THE DIARY

Ros: We’ll be at WeMedia in Miami in March (week of 8th). And on an east London estate talking about the Olympics on 3 March.

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Cornwall
26 February – University College Falmouth
25 February – Gyllyngvase Beach Cafe, Falmouth
24 February – University College Falmouth

London
10 February – One Young World, Excel Centre

London
28 January – Arianna restaurant, west London

Florida
11 January – Imokalee Workers Coalition
12 January – Golden Gate High School
13 & 14 January – WGCU
15 January – Chef Creole, Litte Haiti, Miami

2009

Copenhagen
17 December – Copenhagen Concert Hall

Berlin
9 November – Berlin Story Book Store

Rwanda
16, 17, 18 September – in and around Kigali

ITALY
22 July – Cassa della Carita, Milan
23 July – ATM Bar, Milan

OREGON
9 June – Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland
10 June – Momma Jane’s Pancake House, The Dalles
11 June – PRNDI conference, Portland
12 June – Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland

INDIA AND PAKISTAN
18 May – Mumbai
19 May – Mumbai and Lahore
20 May – Lahore

BRUSSELS
20 April – BBC Brussels bureau
21 April – NATO

OBAMA’S FIRST 100 DAYS + MEXICO
27 April – Mexico City
29 April – Kokomo, Indiana
30 April & 1 May – Indianapolis

February 10 – Rehavia Cafe, Jerusalem
February 9 – Bookworm bookstore, Tel Aviv

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February 2 – listeners house, Reykjavik
February 4 – La place de la Republique, Paris

January 19&20 – National Mall, Washington DC
January 21 – BBC bureau, Washington DC
January 22 – Soup kitchen, Fort Myers, Florida
January 23 – studios of WGCU, south-west Florida

January 2 – Cubana bar, London

2008

December 5 – The Eden Project, Cornwall
December 4 – Peter and Sarah’s house in St Austell, Cornwall
December 3 – Truro High School, Cornwall

November 20&21 – Austin City Limits studio, Texas
November 19 – Barbers shop in Killeen, Texas
November 18 – UT campus courtyard in Austin, Texas
November 17 – Georgetown, Texas

November 11 – listener AJ’s flat in south London

October 20 – KALW, San Francisco

October 17 – Prevention of terrorism conference, Wembley, London

October 8 – Gypsy community in Slough, UK

October 1 – outside Dublin, Ireland

September 30 – Black Box bar, Belfast
September 29 – BBC bureau, Belfast

September 22 – Dallas, Texas
September 16 – Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
September 10 – Venice Beach, LA

August 28 – Democrats Abroad event in a London pub

August 20 – Nanluoguxiang, Beijing
August 13 – Nanluoguxiang, Beijing

July 18 – Robben Island
July 16 – BBC bureau, Johannesburg
July 15 – church in downtown Johannesburg

July 11 – Mary’s house in Mwanza, Tanzania
July 9 – secondary school in Mwanza, Tanzania

July 7 – Kibera, Nairobi

June 18-20 – Civicus World Assembly, Glasgow
June 17 – BBC Scotland, Glasgow

Feb 1 – Skyy Power, Takoradi, Ghana
January 30 – Dynamite FM, Tarkwa, Ghana
January 29 – by the road in Takoradi, Ghana

2007

November 3 – San Francisco Film Institute

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October 31 – KJZZ, Phoenix, Arizona

October 12 – Zula Bar, Cape Town
October 11 – a farm in Ladysmith
October 10 – Nelson Mandela Square, Johannesburg
October 9 – Kaizer Chiefs training ground, Johannesburg
October 8 – South Africa / Zimbabwe border

September 19 – Windhoek, Namibia

August 17 – Heathrow, London
August 16 – Green Street, London
August 15 – Chinatown, London
August 14 – the South Bank, London
August 13 – Bush House canteen, London

August 3 – Scouts jamboree, Chelmsford, UK

July 19 – New Orleans

May 25 – Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi
May 24 – Alliance Francais, Nairobi

May 22 – Issa’s house, Kampala
May 21 – Makarere University, Kampala

May 17 – Kofi Annan Centre, Accra

May 16 – Paris

May 15 – BBC bureau, Abuja, Nigeria
May 14 – British Council, Abuja, Nigeria

March 23 – OPB, Portland, Oregon
March 22 – Portland, Oregon

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March 21 – Sylvia’s restaurant, Harlem
March 20 – Columbus
March 19 – Cleveland

February 23 – Integrated Media Conference, Boston

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February 8&9 – Mumbai
February 7 – Hyderabad
February 6 – Delhi University
February 5 – Chandigarh

2006

December 6 – secondary school in Chicago

November 28&29 – Istanbul for the Pope’s visit

November 20 – a cafĂ© in Amsterdam

November 9&10 – WDET, Detroit, Michigan
November 7&8 – WCPN, Cleveland, Ohio
November 6 – Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington DC

September 20 – Sofia, Bulgaria / Bucharest, Romania / Brussels, Belgium (EU special)

July 21 – Polish restaurant, London
July 20 – Somali centre, Cardiff
July 19 – Lebanese restaurant, Glasgow
July 18 – Chinese restaurant, Belfast
July 17 – Community centre, Bradford

May 22 – Nambitha restaurant, Soweto
May 23 – Nelson Mandela Square, Johannesburg

May 3 – WeMedia, BBC Television Centre, London

March 31 – Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington DC
March 30 – Motown, Detroit
March 29 – Ebeneezer Church. Atlanta
March 28 – Colours restaurant, New York
March 27 – Preservation Hall, New Orleans


20 Responses to “Where we’re going / where we’ve been”


  1. 1 Ron S. from Ft Myers Florida
    February 26, 2009 at 15:13

    Hmm…

    lest we not forget WHYS visited SW FLorida as well. And we all had such a great time when you all came here, and hope you come and visit us again 🙂

  2. 2 Ros Atkins
    February 26, 2009 at 16:16

    Good point Ron. No offence intended to all you there! I’ll sort that out now.

  3. 3 Dennis Junior
    February 26, 2009 at 16:26

    Ros and the team,

    All previous places were interesting since, I started following the BBC WHYS in 2008…..

    ~Dennis Junior~

  4. 4 Venessa
    February 26, 2009 at 17:56

    Looks like it’s time for another visit to Oregon. It’s been nearly 2 years since WHYS has been here.

  5. 5 Jessica in NYC
    February 26, 2009 at 22:34

    That can’t be right, May of 2007 was the only time you came to New York? *gasp*

  6. 6 Benjamin
    February 26, 2009 at 23:14

    Now when are you guys heading to Singapore!

  7. February 27, 2009 at 00:23

    Hi Ros,
    I am one of the loyal listeners who don’t need to be reminded of where you’ve been since 2007. I listened to almost all the shows from these places. Anyway, this memorandum brings with it some nostalgia.

    Personally, I still have a vivid memory of WHYS from India. I had the chance to be on a WHYS show from Nairobi in 2007 and lately from Iceland.

    For me, the most exciting WHYS shows were from Robben Island for Mandela’s 90th birthday and from Israel.

    Actually, I hope your critics will not say that the WHYS shows in the different corners of the world were just an opportunity to have a holiday!

    I think there should be a special page- with memorable pictures- for the past WHYS members like Fiona Crack and Peter van Dyke who just changed their place of work at the BBC and those who left it altogether like Kevin Anderson and Anu Anand – although the blog already contains a page about them: https://worldhaveyoursay.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/the-ones-that-got-away/

  8. 8 parth guragain
    March 2, 2009 at 11:06

    do u have any plans for Nepal.

  9. 9 Jim Newman
    March 2, 2009 at 12:52

    hello again
    Judjing by your red eyes I think you must have been partying the night before.
    Jim

  10. April 16, 2009 at 18:06

    I see you guys were in my country last year. Then, i had not hooked up with you guys. Please find time to come back.

  11. 11 Nelson Isibor
    April 23, 2009 at 17:56

    When is WHYS coming to Nigeria again?

  12. 12 Lola Akinola
    May 20, 2009 at 19:27

    Hi

    I was just about to request that WHYS visits Nigeria but looks like you already have and I missed the show :(. Please please pleeeease do a show in Nigeria again.

    I would love to hear a show on what Nigerians have to say about the current state of the country, are the people to blame as much as the currupt leaders?. You could hold the show at one of the universities, University of Ife O.A.U, Uniben, Unilag e.t.c. OR one on the employment situations for graduates, is it getting better or worse? and why more youths are turning to crime especially the now somewhat fashionable crime “yahoo yahoo”

  13. August 16, 2009 at 13:03

    Really interesting topic going on here…Thanks alot for this usefull information really learnt alot from it and a good contribution by you on the web. Keep it up with good blogs like this.

  14. 14 Julia in Portland
    August 17, 2009 at 17:03

    RWANDA!! That is fantastic – good choice, look forward to hearing the broadcasts.

  15. August 19, 2009 at 10:56

    Ros/Mark – we met at the West Ham awayday thinktank thingy last year, work with the Frontline Club etc., we talked social media all day. I’m moving to Kigali for 18 months at the end of Aug. Drop me a line, we can meet when you’re in town.

  16. August 22, 2009 at 06:07

    Hi all…
    Good to see a forum where we the ordinary people can have our say…BBC is making a good use of wordpress…

    Keep It Up

  17. October 4, 2009 at 16:44

    Hey WHYS Team,

    I see that you will be in Berlin at the 9th of November. I live in the near of Berlin and I want to support your radio broadcast. If I can assist you in any way, you can contact me.

    Felix

  18. 18 steve
    October 8, 2009 at 17:18

    I highly recommend that you watch the movie Goodbye Lenin, which concerns the fall of the wall and the GDR. Too bad I wont be there for this, but I’ll be in Germany the week prior to this.

  19. 19 Idris Dangalan
    January 22, 2010 at 13:16

    Am happy with this program since 2006 but please come back to us this year.

  20. 20 Ndirangu
    February 16, 2010 at 09:14

    Ros,
    When is the WHYS team planning to be back in Nairobi?


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