Podcast 1 - welcome to the Commonwealth

In episode one: Welcome to the Commonwealth, Melzy J chats with Martin Green, Chief Creative Officer at Birmingham 2022 and Amerah Saleh, a spoken word artist, to get the nitty gritty on the build up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

In the podcast the trio discuss the once-in-a-generation event and what it will mean to the people of Birmingham.

Martin and Amerah chat about the handover ceremony from the 2018 Gold Coast Games and reveal some sneaky information on the intricacies involved in producing the Birmingham 2022 Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

The creative duo give listeners an interesting 24 hour tour of Birmingham, before revealing what Commonwealth sport they would like to play.