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Skip diving and foraging, playing Santa and financial hardship at Christmas and beyond.

Three conversations about urban skip diving and countryside foraging; the joys of playing Santa; and living with financial hardship at Christmas and beyond.  Fi Glover presents.

Fi Glover presents three conversations between strangers.

This week: Countryside forager Robin meets urban skip diver Chantelle; Scott and Chris  share their passion for playing Santa; and single-Mum Lisa talks to Natalie about the financial hardship she's facing this Christmas and beyond as a result of the pandemic..

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

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