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Clare Balding is walking in someone else鈥檚 shoes for this edition of Ramblings.

She鈥檚 joined, on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, by the artist, Clare Patey and the author, Roman Krznaric. They are 鈥� respectively 鈥� the Director and Founder of The Empathy Museum. On their walk from Gravesend Station to the Cliffe Pools Nature Reserve, Clare and Roman describe one of the Empathy Museum鈥檚 projects: 鈥淎 Mile in My Shoes鈥�.

Inspired by the saying: 鈥淣ever judge a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins鈥� the project travels the UK, and the world, in a shipping container which is decorated as a gigantic shoe-box. Inside are rows of other people鈥檚 shoes, and audio-recordings of their own personal stories. The idea is that visitors wear a pair of shoes, and go for a walk, while listening to the shoe owner鈥檚 story.

The stories range from a Herefordshire farmer discussing his search for love (you wear a pair of his old work boots to walk and listen) to a former sex worker (red high heels). For part of this walk, Clare Balding will wear a pair of fluffy pink slippers and hear a powerful tale.

The idea behind the project is to expose listeners to the stories of people they wouldn鈥檛 otherwise meet, in order to promote empathy.
The project has a podcast 鈥� the link is further down on this web-page.

Producer: Karen Gregor