Real Folk with Jo Burke

Jo's back with a bang, after a summer hiatus, with the multi-talented, Sarah Callaghan who was named a Time Out One to Watch. Tune in for a frank and inspiring chat about comedy, performance poetry, her experience on BAFTA Award-winning spoken word series Life & Rhymes on Sky Arts - Hosted by Benjamin Zephaniah featuring Kae Tempest, John Berkavitch and Adaya Henry and everything in between. Including her critically acclaimed stand-up shows that achieved sell out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe/Soho Theatre, living and moving to Australia, finding her soulmate, mental health and taking time out to breathe. She is currently supporting Jason Manford on tour.

Real Folk First - Sarah also performs one of her poems 'Proceed without Certainty' and shares how her band 'The Free Thinkers' was formed. Listen to Soft Life the other performance piece Sarah mentions.

Watch Sarah's comedy and performance poetry and follow on Instagram. Her poetry can also be found in the new book from two-time Sunday Times bestselling poet, Hussain Manawer, I WANTED TO QUIT TOO.

Jo's other podcast, Utter Burke, is also available FREE wherever you listen.

What is Real Folk with Jo Burke?

Real Folk - Inspiring life stories.

Jo chinwags with guests from diverse backgrounds and delves into their lives so far. Guests include actors, adventurers, comedians, dancers, artists, singers, filmmakers, foster carers, authors, entrepreneurs, linguists and more.

Who would we be without our stories? Sharing, listening and learning about our experiences is the essence of being human.