Dr Hill’s podcast series also feature North East Mayor Kim McGuinness, Paul Kennedy, Lee Hall, Peter Straughan, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, and Brendan Foster.
She said the podcast was an opportunity to highlight the region.
“It’d be great for other people to know that the North East is not just a feature or a function of its past, it’s not just somewhere to visit and go to castles and stately homes and beautiful countryside, but it’s somewhere that’s vibrant and that has lots of possibilities ahead of it,” Dr Hill said.
She added that she missed the region “a lot”.
“I never really intended to go away and not come back,” Dr Hill said.
