The mask is off; our economic system is unequal by design, and the climate is collapsing. So, what can we do about it? Beneath the City is Soil is a six-part narrative documentary podcast exploring alternative futures emerging from a decomposing late-capitalist system in the city of London.
Leslie(GCK) is featured in Part 3. Infrastructure of Our Own and it will be released on the 8th of September
The recent UK heatwave – alongside devastating wildfires across the UK, France and Spain – has made one thing clearer than ever: we urgently need new ways to live with a rapidly changing climate. Beneath the City is Soil, a new six-part narrative documentary podcast from Transmission Roundhouse, responds directly to this moment. Launching 25 August, the series traces how London’s communities are reimagining public space, community, and collective action in the face of deepening inequality and environmental breakdown.
Hosted by Robyn Moffat, the series follows organisers, horticulturalists, environmental social scientists and educators who are building alternative futures from the ground up. Through field interviews, narrative storytelling, folk tales and immersive sound design, Beneath the City is Soil explores how climate change is inseparable from housing, land ownership, public space and the politics of who gets to shape the city.
“The aim of this series is to unpack connections between wealth inequality and the climate crisis, resist dystopian narratives, and remind listeners of their agency to reimagine and realise just and climate‑resilient futures,” says Robyn Moffat, creator and producer of Beneath the City is Soil.
Series Guests
Lewis Winks – Environmental Social Scientist and Right to Roam Campaigner
Maymana Arefin – Community Organiser, Artist & Founder of fungi.futures
Nathan Miller – Researcher and Director of East London Waterworks Park
Leslie Barson – Co-founder of Granville Community Kitchen & Farm Hub
Richard Skrein – Forest Schools Practitioner, Trainer & Author
Kate Bygrave – Schools Programme Manager at Stepney City Farm
Tayshan Hayden-Smith – Activist, London Climate Commissioner & Founder of Grow to Know
Will Carr – Creative Director of Grow to Know
Part 3. Infrastructure of Our Own
Public infrastructure and food systems
How privatisation affects shared resources, and how community-led projects are responding to environmental pressures on food and public space, with Nathan Miller (East London Waterworks Park) and Leslie Barson (Granville Community Kitchen and Farm Hub).
About the creator
Robyn Moffat (she/her) is a sound designer and audio producer from West Dorset, now based in London. Her work explores social histories, inequality, politics and environmental change through interviewing, field recording, rich storytelling and immersive audio. A geography graduate of UCL and the Roundhouse Podcast Academy, Robyn has worked with organisations including On The Record, Transmission Roundhouse, Cities and Memory, Mediorite and Care Full. She also works as a social researcher for public and third sector organisations.
About Transmission Roundhouse
Transmission Roundhouse is a home for innovative audio-led content championing the voices of underrepresented young creatives. Its presenters and producers, aged 18–30, create work from the heart of the Roundhouse to reach diverse audiences.
Streaming Platforms
Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Saavn and Stitcher
