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The Leisure Society with Gemma Cairney

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Gemma Cairney interviews cultural icons about their pastimes, hobbies and loves.

Gemma Cairney interviews cultural icons, tastemakers, artists and musicians about their pastimes, hobbies, collections and loves beyond what they are known for.

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The Leisure Society with Gemma Cairney: Kristin Hersh

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Gemma Cairney joins Throwing Muses frontwoman Kristin Hersh at the snake house. 

Gemma Cairney joins Throwing Muses frontwoman Kristin Hersh at the snake house to explore her love of snakes and reptiles.

After founding her inﬂuential art-punk band Throwing Muses, at age 14, Kristin Hersh went on to spend the next 25 years confounding expectations and breaking rules - both her own and others.  In addition to Throwing Muses, Kristin performs with her other band 50FOOTWAVE and as a solo artist.She has just released her tenth studio album, Possible Dust Clouds.

Kristin’s writing career has also flourished with the highly acclaimed Paradoxical Undressing and the award winning Don’t Suck, Don’t Die, a personal account of her long friendship with the late Vic Chesnutt, as well as the enchanting books which now accompany each of her record releases.

In this programme Gemma joins Kristin at the London Zoo snake house where Kristin chats about her love of snakes and the reptiles her and her children have grown up with including her pet water monitor, and how they have infiltrated her creative output.

She also opens up about female mental health, (she was formerly diagnosed as bi-polar) and music being her therapy, the song she couldn’t perform, as well as the impact her music has on her fans.

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