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Cornucopia Radio Podcast 37

Once again we return to the world of podcasting with three new short productions that all deal with that thing we lovingly call ‘life’. We start by exploring the highs and lows (plus the nail polish) of a local temping agency. We then jump back 70 years and listen to a surprisingly prophetic women hiding within the London underground during the blitz. Finally, we’re introduced to Kaz and Donna; two young women who have nothing but their makeup, Ugg-Boots and bus tickets to help them make it through the day.

Each tale is different, each one is unique but they find themselves here, on the ‘Cornucopia Radio Podcast’

Hitting The Wall

It is said that Pheidippides, an Athenian herald, was sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, running 150 miles in just two days. After this, he then ran another 25 miles from the battlefield near the town of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon with the word “Νενικήκαμεν”, meaning ‘We have won’. He then collapsed and died on the spot due to exhaustion. Many years later; in the town of Sheffield, we find ourselves focused on the adventures of a very unfit man trying to complete his first ever Marathon. He’s only just started and already he’s thinking about catching a bus…