<p>This week,&nbsp;Seb and Verity&nbsp;welcome the brilliant and utterly charming&nbsp;Baroness Thangam Debbonaire -<strong> </strong>cellist, former MP, and now fully-fledged member of the House of Lords.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With such a huge understanding and love of the arts - Thangam was shadow secretary for culture, media and sport, this was a throughly enjoyable and insightful chat including;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Swapping Parliament for the Lords</li><li>Thangam’s memories of music school in the 1980’s - both the brilliant education and a much darker underside</li><li>How the arts can keep pace with AI and harness the positive elements</li><li>The importance of music as a way of processing grief&nbsp;</li><li>Crafting the&nbsp;<em>perfect</em>&nbsp;running playlist - this is next level curation!&nbsp;</li><li>How arts organisations can make a real noise in politic</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Thangam brings a rare and beautiful mix of musical soul and political nous to this episode and we&nbsp;loved having her. She is an incredibly positive person with a clear vision on ways to support and maintain/grow the arts - what a huge asset she is to the House of Lords!&nbsp;</p><br><p>You can find us on the socials here;</p><p>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@threeinabarpod</a></p><p>Tiktok <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@threeinabarpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@threeinabarpod</a></p><p>Three In A Bar on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAm1oJac7PwZpa_4WpfVwkw/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Youtube</a></p><p>Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at <a href="mailto:hello@threeinabar.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hello@threeinabar.com</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Three In A Bar

Seb Philpott and Verity Simmons

139. Baroness Thangam Debbonaire and the underrated value of joy

JUL 9, 202586 MIN
Three In A Bar

139. Baroness Thangam Debbonaire and the underrated value of joy

JUL 9, 202586 MIN

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<p>This week,&nbsp;Seb and Verity&nbsp;welcome the brilliant and utterly charming&nbsp;Baroness Thangam Debbonaire -<strong> </strong>cellist, former MP, and now fully-fledged member of the House of Lords.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With such a huge understanding and love of the arts - Thangam was shadow secretary for culture, media and sport, this was a throughly enjoyable and insightful chat including;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Swapping Parliament for the Lords</li><li>Thangam’s memories of music school in the 1980’s - both the brilliant education and a much darker underside</li><li>How the arts can keep pace with AI and harness the positive elements</li><li>The importance of music as a way of processing grief&nbsp;</li><li>Crafting the&nbsp;<em>perfect</em>&nbsp;running playlist - this is next level curation!&nbsp;</li><li>How arts organisations can make a real noise in politic</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Thangam brings a rare and beautiful mix of musical soul and political nous to this episode and we&nbsp;loved having her. She is an incredibly positive person with a clear vision on ways to support and maintain/grow the arts - what a huge asset she is to the House of Lords!&nbsp;</p><br><p>You can find us on the socials here;</p><p>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/threeinabarpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@threeinabarpod</a></p><p>Tiktok <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@threeinabarpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@threeinabarpod</a></p><p>Three In A Bar on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAm1oJac7PwZpa_4WpfVwkw/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Youtube</a></p><p>Anything you’d like to share with us? Any guests you’d love to hear or anything you’d like us to do better? Drop us a line at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>