WEBVTT - Introducing: Away Days Podcast

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<v Speaker 1>In the late nineteen fifties, a cultural and artistic movement

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<v Speaker 1>known as kitchen sink realism formed in Britain. For many,

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<v Speaker 1>it was the first time seeing the harsh realities of

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<v Speaker 1>the downtrodden represented in creative media. Kitchen sink realism first

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<v Speaker 1>took form in the shape of theatre productions such as

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<v Speaker 1>Look Back in Anger, which is set entirely in an

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<v Speaker 1>overcrowded council flat in the East Midlands, which happens to

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<v Speaker 1>be where I'm from. Kitchen sink realism dramatized the underbelly

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<v Speaker 1>of Britain, bearing it warts and all to the nation.

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<v Speaker 1>At that time, artificial feel good plays about happy families

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<v Speaker 1>were generally the North. Meanwhile, the country was a rough,

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<v Speaker 1>harsh and broken place to live for the vast majority

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<v Speaker 1>of the underprivileged. Whilst the old plays offered soft escapism

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<v Speaker 1>for the viewer, kitchen sink realism did the opposite, kicked

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<v Speaker 1>the door in and aired out the dirty laundry. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a concept close to my heart and as all

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<v Speaker 1>it's been at the back of my mind. We're producing

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<v Speaker 1>all of my own independent projects. The problem is there's

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<v Speaker 1>less and less of this in today's more than media.

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<v Speaker 1>As a response to all of this, I've created Away Days,

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<v Speaker 1>a new project that you could say is kitchen sync journalism,

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<v Speaker 1>reportize from the fringes of society that doesn't seek to

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<v Speaker 1>caricature it or soften the blow at all. I'm presenting

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<v Speaker 1>to you real, live countercultures without frills and judgment at

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<v Speaker 1>its base. Away Days is an independent video documentary series

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<v Speaker 1>that you can watch over the next few months at

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube dot com, slash at away Days TV subscribe their asap.

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<v Speaker 1>We've also teamed up with cool Zone Media and iHeartRadio

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<v Speaker 1>to bring you this podcast version that goes deeper with

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<v Speaker 1>all the nerves left raw. Away Days is a pushback

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<v Speaker 1>against the climate of fakery. We're not phoning in once.

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<v Speaker 1>We're actually outside making something real and at times unapologetically ugly.

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<v Speaker 1>This is reporting from the underbelly. We will show you

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<v Speaker 1>parts of the world you never knew existed. Underground no

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<v Speaker 1>rules fight clubs in Europe, a legal street racing in Japan,

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<v Speaker 1>football hooliganism in Kazakhstan, gang governments in the favelas of Brazil,

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<v Speaker 1>and much much more. We've been there and now we'll

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<v Speaker 1>show you it all. Listen to the Away Days podcast

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<v Speaker 1>reporting from the underbelly on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>or wherever you get your podcasts.