‘You’ve just got to keep walking.’ Says Rio, ‘Surviving is giving yourself permission not to thrive.’
Are we spoiling you with the wisest guests on any podcast? Probably. And here’s another one. We hope you enjoy this beautiful conversation about friendship, loving someone through their darkest moments and being on the other side.
Rio Matchett lives in Leeds and works as the New Work and Learning Producer at the Leeds Playhouse. She gained her PhD in literary modernism and queer theory from the University of Liverpool in 2022 and now leads the MA in Dramaturgy at Leeds Conservatoire. As a writer, Rio was recently shortlisted for the Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize, and as an academic, has spoken about her research at institutions including the University of Oxford, the Università IULM Milan and the Sorbonne.
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Episode 9: Rio Matchett