All The Small Things: Recent Episodes
Venetia La Manna
All The Small Things is a weekly interview series hosted by Venetia La Manna. Venetia will be speaking to inspiring people, thought leaders, writers and activists about the rituals that help provide structure when we need it most - or perhaps if creativity lies in the chaos if it all. We'll be learning about the small things that keep them in-check and uncover more about what makes their minds tick. What’s more, we’ll hear about the seemingly small moments that perhaps felt insignificant at the time, but their impact turned out to be life-changing.
This podcast aims to encourage us to pay closer attention to the present moment and cherish all the small things.
Note: this podcast is a follow up from Talking Tastebuds.
Spoilers alert! In this voice note episode, we're chatting about the highest grossing blockbuster of 2023 and going through some valuable listener correspondence in regards to "starting a family", having friends who work in the fossil fuel industry and extra tips to help us spend less time on our phones. A special shout out to Ronaé for her Barbie voice note. Thank you for all your support on this season of the podcast, it's Bye Barbie for now but I look forward to seeing you soon!
Extra reading, links:
What Is The Bechdel Test?
Films that surprisingly, Pass the Bechdel Test
Margot Robbie on saying "thank you instead of sorry"
Take Action Against Big Fashion
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic.
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On average, British people spend more than 2 hours per day on their phones. That amounts to an entire MONTH on our phones every year - or more - in my case!
In this episode, i'm sharing what i've learned from spending my weekends offline (with varying levels of success!) over the past 5 years, in a practice I call #offline48. I'll also be answering the questions I get asked most frequently and i'll be sharing tips and advice if you're keen to join me on an offline weekend.
Mentions
How To Break Up With Your Phone by Catherine Price
Lumie alarm clock
Wandering Wild
Unplugged cabins
You can email the show or send us a voice note of your own to atstpodcast@gmail.com
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic.
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Kieran Yates is a London-based journalist, broadcaster and author.
Her debut book “All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In” is part memoir, part social commentary. It’s a love letter to home and community and a vital and timely expose on the UK’s housing crisis.
By the age of 25, Kieran had lived in twenty different houses across the country, from council estates in London to car showrooms in rural Wales. Drawing on personal experience, interviews with tenants across the country and the stories behind our interiors, she explores the unexpected ways we can fight back, highlighting the invaluable work of community organisers who have led the way to change and improve the housing system, inviting us to re-imagine what the future of housing could look like.
Buy Kieran’s book
Find Kieran on Twitter
Mentions
From Pollution to policing - can Sadiq Khan clean up London?
Flock Together
POC in Nature
Novara Media interviews landlords
London Renters Union
The Renters Reform Bill
This episode was hosted and produced by Venetia La Manna and edited by Nada Smiljanic.
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loads to talk about this week! including going on tv dressed for prom, wasting my time watching The Idol and a listener e-mail which i can't stop thinking about.
Take Action Against Big Fashion
Welcome To Wrexham
Champion
Decolonising Conservation
Tan France on the Louis Theroux podcast
Stop Cambo
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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this week we're catching up on my trip to France, i'm chatting about the books that i loved reading the places at which i enjoyed eating! i'm also reading out some of your brilliant emails.
summer reading list
pontochoux
jah jah
vg patisserie
land & monkeys
meet up
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Rachel Mills is a London based literary agent, business owner and entrepreneur. In this episode, we learn about the publishing industry the duty of care it owes memoir writers. Rachel shares her summer reading list and discusses her decision to live a child-free life. I hope you enjoy this episode!
Rachel's recommended summer reads:
Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang
Psychedelics by David Nutt
Boyslut by Zachary Zane
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Imad's Syrian Kitchen by Imad Alarnab
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Welcome back to voice notes. This week we’re catching up on the last week, discussing Patagonia and the need to prioritise collective action that’s in solidarity with garment makers, and the responsibility of folks who are at the age where they could be grandparents to shift the dial on the “when are you having children” question.
mentions:
You Can Cook This
Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch
Patagonia manufactures in the same factories as fast-fashion
Do Ethical Billionaires Exist?
Social Auditing, The Fast Fashion Get Out Of Jail Free Card
Why should the brand be responsible for factory working conditions?
Fashion campaign groups to follow and join: Remake, Clean Clothes Campaign, Labour Behind The Label
Hold an EU passport? Please sign the Good Clothes Fair Pay petition!
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welcome to the third voice note episode, it's great to have you here.
mentions:
flex appeal with Anna Whitehouse
is wellness just another fashion trend? with Rina Raphael
real self care by Dr Pooja Lakshmin
maintenance phase podcast
changes podcast with Emma Gannon
love, Lizzo documentary
the fast furniture fix on BBC Sounds
loneliness awareness week with Marmalade Trust
an extra special thank you to my loves Becca and Lottie for sharing their valuable insights with us.
email the show: atstpod@gmail.com
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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welcome to the second voice note episode, it's good to have you here.
previous ATST episodes mentioned:
starting a sustainable business with Josephine Philips
transcending the binary with Willow Defebaugh
having children in a climate crisis with Tessa Khan
reproductive justice and parental ambivalence with Dr Pragya Agarwal
tailor your clothes at the Sojo pop up (or check out their app) if you're not based in London, try your local dry cleaner for alterations
Spice World on Sentimental Garbage
Willow Defebaugh's life hacks
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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welcome to my first solo-cast, in a series we're calling voicenotes. expect recommendations and personal thoughts on specific topics. this doesn't mean the end of the interviews, we're working on them as we go. in this first voicenote episode, i'm talking about having children.
email the show: atstpod@gmail.com
recommendations from this episode:
Rye Lane
I Kissed A Boy (BBC)
having children in a climate crisis with Tessa Khan
we are child free podcast
embracing a child free life Today In Focus
Friendaholic by Elizabeth Day
Olive by Emma Gannon
Greg James for the i
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Season finale! Tessa Khan is an international climate change and human rights lawyer, campaigner and strategist. She is the founder and executive director of climate action organisation Uplift who are on a mission to support and energise the movement for a just and fossil fuel-free UK. Tessa spent more than fifteen years supporting grassroots, regional and international movements for justice and has served as an expert advisor to UN human rights bodies and national governments around the world.
In this episode, we’re going to be speaking about fossil fuels and climate breakdown and what it means for ours and our children's future. We'll also be touching on eco fascism, the overpopulation myth, climate tipping points, the future of democracy, the energy crisis and Big Oil's recent profits.
Tessa is my first return guest to this podcast. Listen to our first conversation on the fight for a fossil fuel free future.
Since we last spoke, Tessa recorded an unmissable TED talk titled: "How Can We Escape Soaring Energy Bills? Stop Using Fossil Fuels"
Follow Tessa on Twitter
Join the campaign to #StopRosebank!
Listen to this previous episode with Swatee Deepak on Do Ethical Billionaires Exist?
Check out this related episode on reproductive justice with Dr Pragya Agarwal
Find me: Venetia
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Poppy Okotcha is a trained horticulturist and regenerative grower, on a mission to inspire people to engage with and connect to the natural world.
With her joyful instagram content, poppy teaches people how to grow and forage their own food, whilst living and eating consciously - for personal, community and planetary health. As a young black woman, Poppy also advocates for those who are underrepresented and marginalised in the world of horticulture and environmentalism.
A former successful model, in 2016 Poppy began her horticulture studies with the Royal Horticultural Society, and spent time working with a number of community gardens in London. She also studied alongside Martin Crawford, the creator of the oldest “food forest” in England, qualifying in 2019 as a Permaculture Designer. Poppy has been featured on Gardeners’ World (BBC2), and is a regular contributor to the Royal Horticultural Society podcast. She recently relocated to Devon, where she has more growing space to work with, and more links to a landscape of established, sustainably run farms and community gardens.
Mentions
Right2Roam
Wintering by Katharine May
The Book Of Trespass by Nick Hayes
Who Owns England? by Guy Shrubsole
Find me on Instagram here and you can message me for anything podcast related @ATSTPodcast
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Rina Raphael is a journalist who specialises in health, wellness and tech. She was the health and wellness features writer for the Fast Company and has also contributed to New York Times, LA Times, CBS and NBC News and was previously senior producer and lifestyle editor at The TODAY Show.
In her new book The Gospel Of Wellness, Rina balances the good with the bad, taking a deep, nuanced dive into this $4.4 trillion dollar industry, and how it’ s a direct result of gender inequalities and structural sexism within medicine and society. She is here to help us tear down the false idols that have taken hold and ultimately shows how we might shape a better future for the movement - and for our well-being.
Find Rina: rinaraphael
Buy her book: The Gospel Of Wellness
Find me: Venetia
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Angie Tiwari is a yoga, meditation and breath work coach specialising in diversity, accessibility and inclusion. Her teachings show how we can incorporate powerful ancient rituals in modern day life.
Angie has been listed as one of eight women breaking the bias in sports, fitness and wellness by Women's Health Magazine and her retreats have achieved multiple accolades, including being listed as one of the best in the UK & Ireland by The Times and the best for beginners by Condé Nast Traveller.
Angie has collaborated with businesses who want to learn about wellness, diversity and accessibility through corporate coaching sessions, hosting, featuring on panels, and speaking with the media on topics across wellness, South Asian culture and trusting your intuition. UNEARTHED is her wellbeing community platform that I am a proud member of. It’s aim is to connect you with ancient Indian rituals to apply in your modern day life.
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the whitewashing of yoga and how we can all learn to appreciate the practice rather than appropriate it, and create meaningful change so that is respectful of its roots and inclusive of all bodies.
Find Angie: @TiwariYoga
Check out her platform: https://www.tiwariyoga.com/
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This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Josephine Philips is the CEO of Sojo, a seamless and scalable clothing alterations and repairs app, on a mission to make the fashion industry more circular. Sojo wants to make it easy for everyone to show their clothes the love they deserve and they do this through alteration and repair of clothing, allowing more of us to love our clothes for longer. In this episode, we learn about Jo's path to sustainable fashion, how she raised $2.4 million in pre-seed funding for Sojo, their aims to democratise sustainable fashion, the highs and lows of running your own business and much more.
Resources
Check out Sojo
Chloe Asaam on fast fashion's waste crisis
Last week's episode with The Or Foundation's Liz Ricketts
Learn about the women carrying our clothing wastehere
Follow Sojo on Instagram
Follow Jo on Instagram
Find me Venetia
Other recommended episodes
Marielle Elizabeth on size inclusive fashion
Aja Barber on the cost of fast fashion
For accessibility reasons, a subtitled video version of this conversation is available here.
This episode is kindly sponsored by LovenessLee.com. Use code “SMALLTHINGS20” at checkout or at their London Southbank store for 20% off. Valid until the end of February.
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Liz Ricketts is an educator, designer and the co-founder of The Or Foundation, a USA and Ghana-based non-profit working at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development.Working within the industry as a designer and stylist, Liz witnessed the toxicity of fashion’s disposable culture firsthand and has since been dedicated to transforming the industry. She holds a Masters in Education from Harvard University. Her upcycled garments have appeared in international magazines, film and TV. Her work as a researcher and advocate for a Justice-Led Circular Economy has been published widely.
Useful resources
Learn about The Or here: https://theor.org/
New to the work of The Or Foundation? Start with this ATST podcast episode: Chloe Asaam on fast fashion's waste crisis
Watch this video with Chloe
Read Liz's piece for Atmos This Is Not Your Goldmine
Learn about the women carrying our clothing wastehere
Read Chloe's op-ed for Teen Vogue here
Follow The Or on Instagram
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For accessibility reasons, a subtitled video version of this conversation is available here.
This episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Marielle Elizabeth is a body activist and writer in the ethical fashion community, who advocates for broader size inclusion and radical body acceptance. Throughout her social media platforms, she shares not only her lived experience as a plus size person, but also the ways in which we can all be striving to be kinder to the skin we’re in.
She is also a change-making contributor to Vogue, where she writes brilliantly about issues including but not limited to:
"Am I An Ethical Fashion Mean Girl?" and
“So Your Body Changed During the Pandemic. Here’s How to Rebuild Your Wardrobe”
In short, Marielle is here to make Slow Fashion EASIER for Plus Size Babes. She is one of my favourite people to follow on social media, and in my humble opinion, one of the most important voices for positive change. In this episode we unpack fashion’s fatphobia and sustainable fashion’s shortcomings when it comes to size inclusivity.
Find Marielle
Find me Venetia
Marielle recommends: SellTradePlus and ShopBerriez
Sustainable, size inclusive brand recommendations: Wray, Mara Hoffman, Christy Dawn
Also worth checking out: Loud Bodies, Birdsong, Lora Gene x Aja
This episode is kindly sponsored by WUKA. They are kindly offering my listeners £5 off your WUKA order, just use code “SMALLTHINGS” at checkout, valid until the 31st January. Ts&Cs: Minimum spend of £10 applies. Excludes shipping. Subject to availability: https://wuka.co.uk/discount/SMALLTHINGS5
For accessibility reasons, there is a video version of this podcast available with subtitles via this link.
Further reading:
'Solving' Fast Fashion Isn't A Plus-Size Responsibility
Fast Fashion Is Bad For The Environment. For Many Plus-Size Shoppers, It's The Only Option
This episode was produced by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Swatee Deepak is a consultant who works with private and public foundations in strategy development and design, with individuals and families of wealth on their redistribution strategies and oversees a portfolio of businesses and start-ups across philanthropy, socially minded businesses and the arts.
Together, without our friends Ruby and Devi we co-founded Remember Who Made Them, a campaign and podcast championing a new solidarity economy in fashion. Swatee is a guest lecturer for Columbia University, The London College of Fashion, is on the bench of Stanford University's Global Center for Gender Equality and is a Practitioner in Residence for LSE's Marshall Institute.
She is a founding member of several collectives working across philanthropy and social justice movements including Closer Than You Think, Healing Solidarity and Shake the Table and is a Board Director of the Global Fund for Children and EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation.
Find Swatee
Find me Venetia
Useful links:
On billionaires
Forbes 2022 Billionaires list
Hassan Minhaj: Why Billionaires won't save us
Oxfam: Inequality Kills, The unparalleled action needed to combat unprecedented inequality in the wake of COVID-19
On how philanthropy is involved in and can help counter the roll backs in human rights
Global Philanthropy Project's report into how $6.2bn was spent to roll back gender rights globally
The right hates feminists because we want freedom, here's how to fight back
Our campaign
Remember Who Made Them
On Patagonia
NextCity Webinar on understanding Patagonia and Perpetual Purpose Trusts
This episode is kindly sponsored by WUKA. They are kindly offering my listeners £5 off your WUKA order, just use code “SMALLTHINGS” at checkout, valid until the 31st January. Ts&Cs: Minimum spend of £10 applies. Excludes shipping. Subject to availability: https://wuka.co.uk/discount/SMALLTHINGS5
For accessibility reasons, there is a video version of this podcast available with subtitles via this link.
This episode was hosted and produced by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Welcome to a brand new season of All The Small Things! It's a joy to be back.
This week, I'm chatting to Willow Defebaugh. Willow is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Atmos, which is a stunning and thought provoking biannual magazine focused on the exploration of climate and culture. Willow writes a weekly newsletter called The Overview which offers a holistic look at life on Earth through the lens of deep ecology. Her work has been featured in V Magazine, L’Officiel USA, Vogue US i-D, The Guardian, Them and the BBC, to name just a few.
In this episode, we discuss the importance of surrender, especially in terms of nature and the seasons, how our passion is our purpose, our insatiable need for fashion trends, the importance of creating boundaries that prioritise joy meaning activism can be truly sustainable and long-lasting, how Willow's transness has informed her environmentalism and much more.
Follow Willow
Find Atmos
Check out Atmos Volume 7, Prism
Find me: Venetia
This is episode is kindly sponsored by my favourite light therapy brand, Lumie. Listeners can use code "VEN20' for 20% off, valid for a limited time only.
For accessibility reasons, there is a video version of this podcast available with subtitles via this link.
This episode is produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. It was coproduced by Holly Falconer. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Natasha Lunn is the features director at RED magazine and the creator of a popular and acclaimed bimonthly email newsletter, Conversations on Love.
Her Top 10 Sunday Times Best-selling book, also called Conversations On Love, discusses a wide range of themes intimately connected to love. After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, she set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. Natasha turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her own, asking: How do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do we survive when we lose it?
Some of my favourite conversations from the book include: Candice Carty-Williams on friendship, Emily Nagoski on the science of sex, Alain de Botton on the psychology of being alone, Esther Perel on unrealistic expectations and Roxane Gay on redefining romance.
Follow Natasha: natashalunn
Buy the book, and others from the series: bookshop.org/shop/venetia
Subscribe to Natasha's newsletter here
Find me: VenetiaLaManna
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This episode was produced by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Dr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist, writer, speaker and a consultant on bias, anti-racism, social inclusion, power and privilege.
She is the author of three books, including SWAY: Unravelling Unconscious Bias and ‘Wish we knew what to say: Talking with children about race’, a manual for parents, carers and educators of all backgrounds and ethnicities to talk to children about race and racism.
In this episode, we focus on her latest book: (M)otherhood: On the choices of being a woman a hybrid memoir and scientific analysis of women’s fertility, and an urgent and timely examination of how political ideas of womanhood and motherhood are constructed. Pragya uses her own varied experiences and choices as a woman of South Asian heritage to examine the broader societal, historical and scientific factors that drive how we think and talk about motherhood.
It’s an extremely honest book, with Pragya interrogating themes including infertility, childbirth and reproductive justice, making a powerful and urgent argument for the need to tackle society's obsession with women's bodies and fertility, in a truly intersectional way.
Find Pragya: @DrPragyaAgarwal
Buy her book: bookshop.org
Find me: @venetialamanna
Find the show: @ATSTpodcast
This episode was produced by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Vanessa Nakate is a climate activist from Uganda . She was the First Fridays For Future climate activist in her country and founder of the Rise up Climate Movement, which aims to amplify the voices of activists from Africa.
Her brand new book “A Bigger Picture” is part of her fight to bring front line voices to the front page.
When it comes to speaking or writing about climate change, voices and stories of people of colour and from the Global South are often omitted, even though these communities often contribute the least to the problem and suffer its consequences the most. Vanessa shows that without addressing this important gap, without highlighting the real and immediate danger communities like hers and so many others face, we have no hope of making progress in the race to save our planet.
In A Bigger Picture she traces the links between climate crisis and anti-racism, feminism, education, economics and even extremist radicalization, as well as telling the inspiring personal story of how she found her voice and shows readers that no matter your age, location or skin colour, you can be an effective activist.
Find Vanessa: @vanessanakate1
Buy her book: bookshop.org/lists/all-the-small-things
Learn about the Vash green schools project
Find me: @venetialamanna
Find the show: @ATSTpodcast #allthesmallthings
This episode was produced by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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TW: death and grief.
Mo Gawdat is a writer and entrepreneur. After a 30 year career in tech and serving as Chief Business Officer at Google [X], Google's 'moonshot factory' of innovation, Mo has made happiness his primary topic of research, diving deeply into literature and conversing on the topic with some of the wisest people in the world.
In 2014, motivated by the tragic loss of his son, Ali, Mo began pouring his findings into his international bestselling book, Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy. His mission to help one billion people become happier, #OneBillionHappy, is his moonshot attempt to honor Ali by spreading the message that happiness can be learned and shared.
His latest book is Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World, a blueprint to safeguard humanity's coexistence with future technology. Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for engineers who write the code or the policy makers who claim they can regulate it. This is a book for you. Because, believe it or not, you are the only one that can fix it. It’s a book about kindness and compassion and love and how ultimately, they are what will save us.
Find Mo: @mo_gawdat
Buy his book: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/all-the-small-things
Find his app: appii.app
Find me: @venetialamanna
Find the show: @atstpodcast
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This episode was co-produced by Venetia La Manna and Holly Falconer. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Chloe Asaam is a designer, researcher, community organiser and Program/Operations Manager for The OR Foundation.
The OR Foundation is an incredible charity and campaign who are raising awareness about the fashion waste crisis, specifically in Ghana’s capital Accra, where 15 million used garments pour into the area every week from the UK, Europe, North America and Australia, flooding the city’s sprawling clothing market.
The OR (which stands for choice) work at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development, our mission is to identify and manifest alternatives to the dominant model of fashion – alternatives that bring forth ecological prosperity, as opposed to destruction, and that inspire citizens to form a relationship with fashion that extends beyond their role as consumer.
They want to catalyse a justice-led circular economy. At every level their initiatives are founded on the belief that Justice within the violent yet beautiful world we share begins with Reckoning, Recovery and Reparations.
With a background in Fashion Design, Chloe sees the negative impact of fast fashion’s thoughtless overproduction and she is on a mission to do something about it. Chloe’s work with The OR Foundation builds on her personal advocacy and gives her the space to have a tangible impact on the people working within the Kantamanto ecosystem, specifically the kayayei (female head porters).
Learn more about the work of The OR Foundation
Support their work: https://theor.org/donate
Find Chloe: @chloe_asaam
Find The OR Foundation: @TheORisPresent
Find me: @venetialamanna
Find the show: @atstpodcast
This episode was produced by Venetia La Manna and edited by Nada Smiljanic. The music was composed by William Haxworth and the artwork was designed by Alex Sedano.
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Tessa Khan is an international climate change and human rights lawyer, campaigner and strategist.
She is the founder and director of Uplift, a new organisation helping to move the UK towards a fossil fuel-free future. They strategically resource, connect, and elevate ideas and voices to set in motion a just transition away from fossil fuel production that is in proportion with the scale of the climate crisis. Before this role, she co-founded and is co-director of the Climate Litigation Network, a project of the Urgenda Foundation, which supports groundbreaking strategic climate litigation around the world.
She has spent more than fifteen years supporting grassroots, regional and international movements for justice and has served as an expert advisor to UN human rights bodies and national governments, while working in Thailand, Egypt, India, the US, the Netherlands and Australia. Tessa is a trustee of Global Greengrants Fund UK and a member of the Steering Committee of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.
Her writing has been published in international media outlets and academic publications, and she has been invited to speak at the United Nations and events convened by The Economist, Wall Street Journal and TEDx. In 2019, Tessa was named by TIME magazine as one of fifteen women leading the fight against climate change. She is also an awardee of the Climate Breakthrough Project.
If you’re UK based, you should know that the government has spent 4 BILLION propping up the oil and gas industry since we signed the Pairs Agreement in 2016. At the end of October 2021, The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP2 6will be taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. Boris Johnson has referred to this as the turning point for humanity, yet our government is spending billions propping up the oil and gas industry, which is directly causing the overheating and destruction of our planet.
Actions and links for this episode
Learn more about the work of Uplift.
The Government are set to approve the climate-wrecking Cambo oil field later this year. If we want a liveable climate, we can’t allow any new oil and gas extraction. To learn more and take action please head to: stopcambo.org.uk/take-action
Write to your local MP to ask that they take action at COP26 and speak up against fossil fuels
Check out the PaidToPollute campaign
Check out podcast guest Daze Aghaji's campaign to sue the government for failing to tackle climate change: crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-budgets/
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[CW: sexual assault] Gina Martin is a campaigner, speaker and writer, best known for founding and running the national campaign to make upskirting illegal and changing English and Welsh law by creating the Voyeurism Act. Three other countries have since followed suit. In 2020, alongside Black plus size model Nyome Nicholas Williams and photographer Alex Cameron, Gina helped change Instagram’s Nudity policy, which previously censored larger Black women’s bodies.
Gina’s first book Be The Change, is a practical guide for activists starting out. She’s also an ambassador UN Women UK and advocates for regular people creating change in their communities, with a specific focus on young people, as you’ll hear in this episode.
We also talk about Gina’s campaigning, touching on the less glamorous side that doesn’t make into mainstream media, the lessons she’s learned and the depths of what she’s been through.
Buy Gina's book here
Watch her TEDx Talk here
Find Gina: @GinaMartin
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Hassan Akkad is a photographer, filmmaker and activist. He came to the UK in 2015 after fleeing Damascus after he was tortured by Assad's regime. He documented his journey in the BAFTA award winning documentary “Exodus: Our Journey to Europe and later caught public attention again when he applied to be a cleaner at his local hospital at the start of the COVID 19 pandemic. During his time on the COVID ward, Hassan shared images of his fellow cleaners, porters and cooks on his social media which went viral. Then, when Hassan found out that porters and cleaners working for the NHS would not be protected through the government's NHS bereavement scheme, he was outraged and his campaign to include those people in the scheme directly led to the second notorious government U-turn of 2020.
Hassan’s memoir “Hope Not Fear: Finding My Way from Refugee to Filmmaker to NHS Hospital Cleaner and Activist” was released in September 2021. It’s a searingly honest and heartbreaking account of his journey and his unparalleled compassion, kindness and advocacy. Hassan shows us that standing together and uniting in kindness and love is the single most important message of our time.
Order Hassan’s book here
Find Hassan on Instagram: @HassanAkkad and twitter @Hassan_Akkad
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Support Choose Love / Help Refugees: helprefugees.org/
This episode was co-produced by Venetia La Manna and Holly Falconer. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The music was composed by William Haxworth and the artwork was designed by Alex Sedano.
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Welcome to series 3!
Aja Barber is a writer, stylist and consultant whose work deals with the intersections of sustainability and the fashion landscape, building heavily on ideas behind privilege, wealth inequality, racism, feminism and colonialism.
Her brand new debut book “Consumed: The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism”, is a blazing polemic against both the exploitation and injustice of the fashion industry and the cynical manipulation of consumer culture as a whole. It’s divided into one learning section and one unlearning section, so by the end, you’ll understand why fashion is exploitative, how it’s causing a humanitarian crisis and contributing to climate breakdown and you’ll feel equipped to be a better consumer and, fundamentally, a more active citizen.
Order Aja's book here
Find Aja: @ajabarber
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This episode was produced by Venetia La Manna and edited by Nada Smiljanic. The music was composed by William Haxworth and the artwork was designed by Alex Sedano.
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Rachel Ama (she/her) is a cookery author and YouTuber with over half a million subscribers. A new Mum, Rachel has spent the last year in London, writing her most accessible and delicious book yet “One Pot, Three Ways: Save Time With Vibrant, Versatile, Vegan Recipes.” The recipes revolve around one main centrepiece dish that makes flavour-packed vegetables the worthy hero of every meal. With over 80 brand new recipes inspired by her Caribbean and African roots, Rachel offers three creative and flavoursome ways to serve and use each one-pot recipe. It is an absolute delight, just like Rach.
In this episode, we discuss her birth story, relationship with her mum, parenting style, thoughts on the vegan community, her ambition to make plant based food and cooking accessible for everyone and much more.
I use strong language more than a few times in this episode (I think it was due to the excitement of being reunited with my pal), so please bear that in mind if you're listening with people who might take offence.
Find Rachel: @RachelAma_
Pre-order her book: https://bit.ly/3wVGlVi
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Jazmin Sawyers (she/her) is a professional long jumper, former bobsledder and singer-songwriter from Stoke. A personal philosophy to say "yes" to as much as possible has taken her to the final of the Rio Olympic Games, Will.I.Am's team on The Voice UK and hosting the red carpet at BBC's Sports Personality of the Year. She is the current British long jump champion and is taking part in the Olympics in Japan this month.
Find Jaz on Instagram: @JazminSawyers
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This podcast was edited and produced by Venetia La Manna and co-produced by Holly Falconer. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
Tom Rasmussen (they/them) is a Lancaster born, London based writer and singer. When out of drag, they are contributing editor at Dazed Beauty, LOVE Magazine and Refinery29, and a regular contributor to the Independent and i-D. Their work has also been featured in Vice, Broadly, Tank and the Gay Times. In 2018 they were named an LGBT trailblazer by The Dots and one of the voices of now for i-D. Tom also forms half of the radical queer punk band ACM. Their first book, Diary of a Drag Queen, was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2020.
This month sees the release of their second book: “First Comes Love: On Marriage and Other Ways of Being Together”. It’s a witty and incisive exploration of what marriage means along the whole spectrum of sexuality and class. They look at why people get married - for security, romance, or celebration, and why others see taking part in this deeply binary, normative system problematic in itself, examining what the future looks like for this historic and universal institution.
Follow Tom: @tomglitter
Buy their book: https://bit.ly/3xuAIhX
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Ashley ‘Dotty’ Charles is a broadcaster and writer from south London. After joining the BBC in 2014 she became the first solo female to host the BBC Radio 1Xtra Breakfast Show in 2016, leading the breakfast show to its highest-ever audience and interviewing everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Will Smith. She has presented TV programmes including BBC One’s music show, ’Sounds Like Friday Night’, and BBC Three’s ’Story of Grime’ documentary series.
Dotty is currently the Lead Cultural Curator at Apple Music and the host of Apple Music 1 show The Dotty Show, as well as a Commissioning Editor at GRAZIA. Last year, The Times lauded her as ‘the powerful new voice of her generation.’
Her debut book “Outraged: Why Everyone is Shouting and No One is Talking” is an essential read for anyone who uses the internet and engages with outrage culture (that’s most of us). Dotty takes a candid and hilarious exploration into the state of cancel culture in our online world, and how we can channel our collective outrage back into the fights that matter.
Buy Dotty’s book: https://bit.ly/36c7999
Follow Dotty on Instagram: @thedottyshow/
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This podcast was edited and produced by Venetia La Manna. The artwork was designed by Alex Sedano and the music was composed by William Haxworth.
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Otegha Uwagba is the author of the Sunday Times Bestselling Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women published in 2017 and Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods in 2020. She is also a speaker, brand consultant and founder of Women Who, a London-based multi-media platform aimed at creative women that operated from 2016 - 2020. She also hosts the culture and ideas podcast In Good Company. Her forthcoming book We Need To Talk About Money - part memoir, part cultural commentary - is published by 4th Estate on 8 July. I gained so much from this book and it will no doubt be a catalyst for an conversation about money, transparency, racism and class.
Pre-order Otegha’s new book: https://bit.ly/3yfHaJZ
Find Otegha on Twitter: @OteghaUwagba
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Cathy Reay (she/her) is a writer, editor and disability consultant. She covers disability rights and representation, with a particular interest in the beauty and film industries. She is also a single mother of two and speaks about her life and her experiences on her instagram @ThatSingleMum.
There is so much in this conversation. We hear about Cathy's childhood, her advice for her teenage self, we discuss her experience of motherhood, both online and offline. We also talk about what a better future for disabled people would like from a political standpoint, in the media and crucially, in our every-day lives. Cathy speaks brilliantly about how important it is to challenge our perceptions of what we think accessibility means and how we need to reduce the stigma around asking someone about their access needs. We also talk about the life-changing power of a good skincare routine.
Find Cathy on Instagram @ThatSingleMum
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Paris Lees (she/her) is a writer, presenter and the first openly trans person to be a contributing editor for Vogue. Last month, she released her debut book ‘What It Feels Like For A Girl’, an unmissable coming of age memoir, following the story of Byron Lees, growing up on a council estate in a dead-end town in the East Midlands. It’s written in an evocative vernacular style with an utterly immersive depiction of early 2000s culture.
The book is not always an easy read as Paris’ adolescence was highly dramatic, with periods of bullying, a troubled home life, rebellion, sexual abuse and crime. Paris has written an addictively-readable debut, cementing herself as one of the UK’s most exciting young writers. In this episode, we talk about Paris book writing process, how well the memoir would lend itself to television, the traumatic process of “looking back”, sexual abuse, her time in a youth offenders’ institution, self-care and more.
Episode content warning: sexual and physical abuse.
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Michael James Wong (he/him) is the founder of Just Breathe and a leading voice in the global movement for modern mindfulness. He is an author, speaker, community leader and meditation teacher who is dedicated to expanding the conversation around the mind and mental health. Michael is internationally recognised for his work in the wellness community as both as an advocate and entrepreneur. He writes books about hope and is the voice behind the Just Breathe meditation app.
In his inspiring and beautiful new book 'SENBAZURU, Small Steps For Hope Healing and HappinessMichael shares a personal collection of short stories and teachings, accompanied by traditional hand-painted proverbs and prayers. Together these bring to life gentle wisdoms and universal truths to guide a meaningful way of living. Shared throughout the book in twelve straightforward steps is also the powerful practice of orizuru, the art of folding paper cranes, a journey that will encourage you to slow down and create a hopeful perspective for the future.
Find Michael
Buy his book
Download the Just Breathe meditation app
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Candice Brathwaite is an author, journalist, TV presenter, and the founder of Make Motherhood Diverse – an online initiative that aims to ensure more people see themselves reflected online.
Candice’s new book, Sista Sister, is a compilation of essays about all the things she wishes she'd been told when she was a young Black girl growing up in London. From family and money to Black hair and fashion, as well as relationships between people of different races and colourism. Sista Sister is the follow up to Candice’s debut book, I Am Not Your Baby Mother, which was published in May 2020 and quickly became a Sunday Times Best-seller. It’s an urgent and eye-opening book about Black British motherhood, the first of its kind in the UK.
In this interview, Candice explains why Black British women will always be at the forefront of her storytelling. She tells us about the boundaries she has in place to ensure optimum self-protection and fearless creative output, the highs and lows of social media and how she doesn’t promote the idea of becoming an influencer. We also discuss friendship and trauma bonding, performative activism, cultural appropriation in wellness, colourism, her career aspirations and much more.
Pre-order Sista Sister
Buy I Am Not Your Baby Mother
Find Candice on Instagram
Candice's TV recommendation
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Charlie Craggs (she/her) is an award-winning author, activist and speaker, hailed by Vogue as “the voice of a community”. Charlie is the founder of Nail Transphobia, a conversation-focused national campaign that tackles transphobia through education, empowerment and nail art. She is the author of To My Trans Sisters, an inspirational collection of letters written by successful trans women, sharing the lessons they learnt on their journeys to womanhood, celebrating their achievements and empowering the next generation to become who they truly are. This year, Charlie will be presenting a documentary about trans youth for the BBC. She is also the face of The Body Shop's global Self Love campaign.
Follow Charlie: @Charlie_Craggs
Buy her book: To My Trans Sisters
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CW: suicide.
Thank you to REN Clean Skincare for sponsoring this episode. Here are two of my favourite products that I mentioned, the Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic and the Clean Screen Mattifying Mineral SPF 30
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CW: brief mention of suicide.
Poorna Bell (she/her) is an award-winning journalist, digital editorial expert, three-time author, mental health ambassador and badass power-lifter. This month sees the release of her fantastic new book: “Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women's Strength”. Part memoir, part manifesto, this book starts a conversation about women’s strength and fitness, tapping into the reservoir of mental strength we each have, in a way that has absolutely nothing to do with weight loss. Poorna shares her own story, as well as drawing on research and telling the stories of other women who’ve forged their own path. This book is intersectional, refreshing and a necessary interrogation of the health and fitness industry, as well as the government’s role when it comes to mental health. I absolutely LOVED it.
In this episode, we discuss diet culture, mental health, the government's co-opting of the mental health movement during the pandemic, the menopause, representation and more.
Find Poorna on Twitter @PoornaBell
Find Poorna on Instagram: @PoornaBell
Pre-order her book: Stronger
Follow her community: @SeeMyStrong
Poorna’s book recommendation: Luster by Raven Leilani
Thank you to REN Clean Skincare for sponsoring this episode. Here are two of my favourite products that I mentioned, the Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic and the Clean Screen Mattifying Mineral SPF 30
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Andria Zafirakou (she/her) is "the best teacher in the world". Andria is art and textiles teacher at Alperton Community School in Brent, one of the world’s most ethnically diverse places. She has worked her entire teaching career of 15 years at Alperton Community School and is now Associate Deputy Headteacher leading on staff professional development. In 2018, she won $1million when she was crowned “the best teacher in the world” by the Varkey Foundation. Using the prize money awarded by the Global Teacher prize, Andria founded a charity called Artists in Residence (AiR) with an aim to improve arts education in schools. Andria’s brand new debut book “Those Who Can, Teach: What It Takes to Make the Next Generation” is an inspiring story about what it takes to work on the frontlines of education today. A call for people to value the arts in state education, as well as a powerful reminder that a teacher ready to listen can transform a young person's life. I LOVED it. As did my mum. As did my husband. A must read!
Find Andria: @Andriazaf
Find her book: Those Who Can, Teach
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Megan Jayne Crabbe (she/her), also known as her social media handle ‘BodyPosipanda’ is an eating disorder recovery advocate, unapologetic feminist, and body positivity campaigner. Her number one bestselling debut book Body Positive Power has taught tens of thousands of people how to stop dieting and make peace with their bodies for good.
Megan's book: Body Positive Power
Find Megan on Instagram: @BodyPosipanda
Find me: @venetialamanna
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Recommendations from this episode
Outraged by Ashley 'Dotty' Charles
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Uju Asika is a multiple award-nominated blogger, digital consultant and the author of the book 'Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World'. This book is for everyone who wants to instil a sense of open-minded inclusivity in their kids, and those who want to discuss difference instead of shying away from tough questions. In it, Uju draws on often shocking personal stories of prejudice along with opinions of experts, influencers and fellow parents to give prescriptive advice making this an invaluable guide.
Uju's book: Bringing Up Race
Find Uju on Instagram: @babesabouttown
Find Uju's blog: babesabouttown.com
Find me: @venetialamanna
Find the show: @ATSTpodcast
Recommendations from this episode
Blog post about Megan, Harry & Baby Archie
Black History 4 Schools
The Black Curriculum
Book: Homegoing by Yas Gyasi
This episode was produced by Holly Falconer, co-produced and edited by Venetia La Manna, with music composed by William Haxworth and artwork designed by Alex Sedano.
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Pandora Sykes is a writer, journalist and broadcaster. She co-created and co-hosted The High Low which is one of the most loved podcasts out there, and she’s also the host of Doing It Right and The Missing. Last year, she released her debut essay collection, "How Do We Know We Are Doing It Right?" where Pandora interrogates the stories we’ve been sold and the ones we tell ourselves, exploring themes including wellness, faster than fast fashion, millennial burnout and the rise of cancel culture.
Pandora’s book: http://bit.ly/3cdyvzz
Find Pandora on Instagram: @pandorasykes
Find Pandora on Twitter:@PINsykes
Find me: @venetialamanna
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Recommendations from this episode
It's A Sin (Channel 4)
Promising Young Woman (Emerarld Fennell)
We are All Birds Of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan
This episode was produced and edited by Venetia La Manna, with music composed by William Haxworth and artwork designed by Alex Sedano.
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Gelong Thubten (he/him) is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author. He became a monk 26 years ago at Samye Ling Tibetan Monastery in Scotland, and has spent over six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which was 4 years long. He is now regarded as one of the UK’s most influential meditation teachers, with pioneering work teaching in universities, schools, companies such as Google, hospitals, prisons and rehab centres. He has lectured at Oxford University and for the United Nations, and he provides courses to medical students, doctors and nurses. He trained Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in meditation on the set of the Marvel movie ‘Dr. Strange’ and he collaborated with Ruby Wax and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura on the book and theatre tour ‘How to be Human’. Thubten is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness’ and his next book ‘Handbook for Hard Times’ will be published in 2022.
Find Thubten’s book: 'A Monk's Guide To Happiness'
Follow Thubten: @GelongThubten
Find me: @venetialamanna
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Recommendations from this episode
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Choedroen
A Mindfulness Guide For The Frazzled by Ruby Wax
This podcast is kindly sponsored by VivoLife who are supporting Akanksha Education Fund.
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Luvvie Ajayi Jones (she/her) is an award-winning author, speaker and ‘professional troublemaker’. Luvvie thrives at the intersection of comedy, media and justice. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller “I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual” and she is the co- founder of the global movement #SharetheMicNow. Her TED Talk ‘Get comfortable with being uncomfortable’ has had over 5 million views.
Her new book “The Fear-Fighter Manual, Lessons from a Professional Troublemaker” is a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear and step into lives, careers and legacies that go beyond even our wildest dreams.
Find Luvvie’s book
Find Luvvie: @Luvvie
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Recommendations from this episode:
Luvvie’s skincare
Luvvie's playlists
My favourite Vitamin C serum (turns out I had used one before)
All The Small Things is co-produced by Holly Falconer, edited by Venetia La Manna, with music composed by William Haxworth and artwork designed by Alex Sedano.
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Rina Sawayama (she/her) is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and one of the most exciting artists to break through from last year. Born in Japan and raised in London, Rina’s music confronts theissues of identity and conflict with a wild blend of nineties and early noughties influences - everything from Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera to Lady Gaga and Gwen Stefani, to Evanescence and Limp Bizkit.
Rina’s been singing since she was little, but took her first official steps into the music world by joining a hip-hop group at school with Wolf Alice’s Theo Ellis. She broke into the public eye in 2017 with her self-titled EP and in 2018, she released the sex-positive ‘Cherry’, which served as a public declaration of her pansexuality. After finishing a tour with kindred alternative pop spirit Charli XCX, Sawayama signed with Dirty Hit (also home to The 1975) and in April 2020, released her genre-defying debut album ‘Sawayama’. Rolling Stone called it a "thrilling musical adventure" and Elton John proclaimed it “the strongest album of the year by far”; "Rina Sawayama," concluded Paper Magazine, "is our favourite genre".
Despite all this, Rina found out she was not eligible for Mercury Prize or BRIT Award nominations because she doesn’t hold a British passport, despite having lived in the UK for 25 years. Her story inspired a social media campaign and she has been in discussions with the BPI to get these rules changed - and she's succeeded!
Rina is a change-maker and true visionary and I feel honoured to be kick-starting this series with her.
Find Rina: @rinasonline
Listen to Rina’s music: http://dirtyh.it/sawayama
Find me: @venetialamanna
Find the show: @ATSTpodcast
Award nomination updates: Rina changes the game
Recommendations from this episode
The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Yoga With Adriene
Brene Brown on shame and accountability
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Hello, Venetia here.
It's been a little while! I took a break from Talking Tastebuds to focus on my fashion campaigning, but I'm delighted to say that I am coming BACK with a brand new podcast called All The Small Things.
I’m fascinated by how our daily habits shape us. Whether we're a ‘one task ticked off at a time’ type or we thrive with thirty-five tabs open, I want to learn more about the rituals that help provide structure when we need it most - or perhaps if creativity lies in the chaos if it all. In this series, I’ll be speaking to inspiring people and thought leaders about the small things that keep them in-check and uncover more about what makes their minds tick. What’s more, we’ll hear about the seemingly small moments that perhaps felt insignificant at the time, but their impact turned out to be life-changing.
This series is a slight departure from Talking Tastebuds, but I really hope you'll stay with me! I loved creating those 6 series SO much, but felt in my heart that it was time for a change and a subject matter that allows me to interview all kinds of folks, not just those who have ties to food. I really hope the original Talking Tastebuds fans will stay with me, it would be an honour to have you along for the ride!
Expect brand new episodes every Tuesday, for the next 9 weeks.
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I have some exciting news for you all!
Remember Who Made Them is a brand new six part podcast series, digital campaign and fundraiser that aims to help energise a new solidarity economy in fashion.
Listen to the show...
On iTunes: https://apple.co/39xRxgS
On Acast: https://play.acast.com/s/remember-who-made-them
On Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ZYRzew
Find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Rememberwhomadethem
Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rememberwhomadethem/
Get in touch: hello@rememberwhomadethem.com
Music: Melisa Le Rue 'Life Is Beautiful' (produced by Colin Emmanuel)
Disclaimer: This is a non-profit campaign. Everyone involved is giving their time free of charge. This podcast is not sponsored and features no adverts.
Evanna Lynch is an actress and animal rights activist. Evy rose to prominence when she played Luna Lovegood In the Harry Potter film series. She is the co-founder of a cruelty free and vegan and self-care delivery box Kinder Beauty Box, an ambassador for Veganuary and the co-host of the award-winning Chick Peeps podcast.
In this episode we discuss eating disorders in regards to veganism, vegan abolitionists, wet markets, Tiger King, the fetisisation of animals, Harry Potter, fan culture and much more.
Find Evy: https://www.instagram.com/msevylynch/
Find me: https://www.instagram.com/venetialamanna/
Episode TW: Eating disorders
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Lydia Morrow is a self-taught sustainable and ethical fashion designer, specialising in underwear for all sizes and genders. She studied Painting and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art, Lydia began making underwear as she couldn’t find bras that were stylish in her size. She refers to it as “outside of the male gaze” and began showcasing it via her instagram account.
In this episode we talk about: her joint hyper-mobility disability, size and gender inclusivity in fashion, her issues with calling for slower consumption from people in low income households, her tips for shopping sustainably for all body types, keeping costs and waste low when producing garments, body neutrality, how to get into sewing as a beginner.
FIND LYDIA
Website: https://www.whatlydiamade.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatlydiamade/
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https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
USEFUL ARTICLES
I’m Plus-Size & Making My Own Clothes Helped Me Reclaim My Wardrobe: https://r29.co/2ZqMqMH
Ethical Shopping For Plus Size Bods (March 2019)
http://www.therevivalcollective.com/simple-tips-ethical-shopping-for-plus-size-bods-guest-post-by-lydia-morrow-founder-of-what-lydia-made/
5 Independent UK Plus Size Brands That Are Changing The Fatshion Game (July 2019)
https://www.bustle.com/p/5-independent-uk-plus-size-brands-that-are-changing-the-fatshion-game-18186370
The Term Plus Size Debate: https://www.glamour.com/story/term-plus-sized-debate
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Swatee Deepak 'Fashion is a Feminist Issue': https://apple.co/3fWMhGB
Aja Barber: On Planet and Privilege: https://apple.co/3cKdJVP
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Jessica Quinn is a model, speaker, disability activist and diversity advocate.
Jess lost her leg to cancer at the age of nine, but hasn’t let that be an obstacle in her mission to ensure that less able bodied people are represented in the media, with brands and on social media. She’s also run a marathon and was a finalist on Dancing With The Stars New Zealand.
In this interview, we discuss overcoming cancer, representation and diversity in the media and single-use plastic and sustainability in regards to disabilities and healthcare.
Find Jess: https://www.instagram.com/jessicaemilyquinn/
Read this post: https://bit.ly/2YV4Swu
More Jess being amazing: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxb4YyHAHzV/
Find me: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
Interesting and important articles on disability:
https://gal-dem.com/as-a-chronically-ill-person-i-know-it-is-vital-we-approach-coronavirus-through-the-lens-of-community/
https://lucyandyak.com/blogs/news/disability-social-isolation-and-covid-19
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Kenny Ethan Jones on trans activism: https://apple.co/3dBHFn0
Pattie Gonia on online activism: https://apple.co/3fjQiUY
Damon Gameau on our Earth’s future: https://apple.co/3cp4CK6
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Kenny Ethan Jones is an activist and model. He is perhaps best known for his lead role in Pink Parcel's I'M ON campaign, in which he made history by being the first trans man to front a period campaign. Kenny’s work focuses on menstruation, body politics, mental health and intimacy.
Find Kenny: https://www.instagram.com/kennyethanjones/
Kenny’s #internalperiods post: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5IgdY1lz-Z/
Kenny’s sex Q&A video: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xL_r_FNM4/
The Gender Recognition Act: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/gender-recognition-act
MP Liz Truss’ recent statements: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/24/liz-truss-healthcare-trans-youth-women-equalities-gender-recognition-act-protest-backlash/
Please read: https://twitter.com/WhatTheTrans/status/1253433872563372032
Please sign this petition to protect young transgender individuals: https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament-liz-truss-threatens-the-future-of-young-transgender-individuals-this-needs-to-be-stopped
Find me: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
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Pattie Gonia on online activism: https://apple.co/3fjQiUY
Kimberley Wilson on anxiety: https://apple.co/3c2fs8H
Grace Hazel on sex: https://apple.co/35vUQmP
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Jillian Lavender is the co-founder of London Meditation Centre and New York Meditation Center. She’s based in London and teaches Vedic Meditation full time and she’s also an Ayurveda expert.
Jillian has appeared on the podcast before, but I wanted to catch up with her as I know so many of us are struggling to stay grounded during this time of social distancing and Jillian has a magical way of making me feel much calmer and centred and I think she’ll do the same for you.
Find London Meditation Centre :https://www.instagram.com/londonmeditationcentre/
Find me: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
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Ayurveda for Anxiety, live panel with Jillian: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/live-episode-ayurveda-for-life-long-health/id1287395967?i=1000459834433
Ayurveda with Jasmine Hemsley: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/jasmine-hemsley-ayurvedic-living/id1287395967?i=1000407557443
Meditation with Michael Miller: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/michael-miller-can-meditation-save-the-planet/id1287395967?i=1000434476767
Rhiannon Lambert on Nutrition: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rhiannon-lambert-how-to-re-nourish-your-body/id1287395967?i=1000401019775
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Xiye Bastida is an 18-year-old climate justice activist, originally from Mexico and now living in New York City where she is a senior in High School.
Xiye has been a leading voice for indigenous and immigrant visibility in climate activism. Xiye is a member of the indigenous Mexican Otomi-Toltec nation and she has witnessed the impacts of climate change first hand, when her hometown in Mexico experienced prolonged drought followed by widespread flooding.
She is one of the major organisers for youth climate movement Fridays Future New York City, she is on the administration committee of the People's Climate Movement and she’s a member of Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion.
Find Xiye: https://www.instagram.com/xiyebeara/
Find We The Planet: https://www.instagram.com/we.theplanet/
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Sarah Bentley is the founder of Made In Hackney. A London based charity that believes everyone should have access to healthy, affordable food that’s good for people and planet.
They are currently working tirelessly to provide meals for those in need during the crisis.
DONATE:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/made-in-hackney-4
Rising Majority Teach-In w. Naomi Klein & Angela Y. Davis:
https://www.facebook.com/TheRisingMajority/videos/1001191156942525/
Find Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/bentley_sarah/
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Pattie Gonia is a heel-stomping, trail-blazing social media sensation who brings drag, advocacy and activism into the outdoors. She burst onto Instagram back in October 2018 thanks to Wyn Wiley, a photographer, educator, creative director and passionate hiker from Nebraska.
In this episode we discuss: coming out, homophobia, toxic masculinity, drag, artistic expression, queer and environmental activism, food as love and so much more.
Find Pattie: https://www.instagram.com/pattiegonia/
Find Wyn: https://www.instagram.com/wynwileyphoto/
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Kimberley Wilson is a Chartered Psychologist and visiting lecturer working in private practice in central London. Her work looks at the role food and lifestyle plays in our mental health, including disordered eating, the gut-brain axis and our emotional relationship with food. Her debut book: “How to Build a Healthy Brain: Reduce Stress, Anxiety and Depression and Future-Proof Your Brain” is available now.
Find Kimberley: https://www.kimberleywilson.co/
Buy her book: https://amzn.to/39zJM8M
Find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodandpsych/
Listen to her podcast: https://play.acast.com/s/strongerminds
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Natalie Fee is an award-winning environmentalist, author, inspirational speaker and founder of City to Sea, a not-for-profit organisation running campaigns to stop plastic pollution.
Natalie’s Book: https://bit.ly/39h85YK
City To Sea: https://www.citytosea.org.uk/
Find Natalie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stories/nataliefee_/
Max’s Recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLrcTWu_bnE
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The Green Kitchen with Melissa Hemsley, Rachel Ama and Max La Manna, recorded LIVE at Life Lessons Festival In London.
Gelong Thubten, A Monk’s Guide To Happiness: https://bit.ly/3d5Et3C
Max La Manna: https://www.instagram.com/maxlamanna/
Max’s book: https://bit.ly/33kBuju
Episode with Max: https://apple.co/2x2ufR4
Melissa Hemsley: https://www.instagram.com/melissa.hemsley/
Melissa’s new book: https://bit.ly/38WyeMq
Episode with Mel: https://apple.co/39Xn5vT
Rachel Ama: https://www.instagram.com/rachelama_/
Rachel’s book: https://bit.ly/2vvFT6M
Episode with Rach: https://apple.co/2U6hFrK
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Florence Kollie Raja is the founder and director of Ethical Era and the creator of the 2030 Positive Planet Agenda: “mapping sustainability” concept and “sustainability metrics standardisation proposal”.
Florence came to the sustainability sector via her public sector work where she worked with the UK Parliament, European Parliament and Local Government for a decade, this granted her a deep knowledge of the political landscape (national and international) and extensive experience working with policymakers.
Prior to Ethical Era, Florence spent five years researching and testing sustainability concepts in fashion at a Start-up level which led her to explore all factors relating to sustainability and climate change with a specialisation in sustainable fashion.
Kollie Raja’s company, Ethical Era serve to track sustainability- focused organisations and leaders and to showcase that organisations and individuals can be a force for good.
Ethical Era: http://ethicalera.co.uk/
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Damon Gameau is an Australian film director, producer, author and activist. His latest documentary '2040' has been a box office smash and the accompanying book ‘2040: a handbook for the Regeneration’ is published by Pan Macmillan.
In this interview, we discuss his incredible film, the climate crisis, the importance of humanising the crisis and stepping away from blame culture.
Find Damon: https://www.instagram.com/damon.gameau/
Find his film: https://whatsyour2040.com/
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Join us on a digital detox + yoga retreat in Somerset! https://www.ourretreat.co.uk/retreat/march-27th-30th-2020/
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Jack Monroe is a best-selling cookery author, writer and activist. Her latest book Vegan-ish offers 100 simple low-budget recipes that don't cost the earth. Max La Manna is a zero waste vegan chef. His best-selling debut cookbook More Plants Less Waste was voted Best Sustainable Cookbook 2019 by Gourmand. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Edinburgh Wellbeing Festival.
Find Jack: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/
Find Jack's book: https://bit.ly/39Yi1qT
Find Max: https://www.maxlamanna.com/
Find Max's book: https://bit.ly/2VhNakV
Mentions:
Olio Food Waste App: https://olioex.com/
Oddbox: https://www.oddbox.co.uk/
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I take their Vegan Omega 3, Vegan Vitamin D3 and B12 daily and I love THRIVE.
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Daze Aghaji is the 19-year-old Regenerative Culture Coordinator for Extinction Rebellion Youth UK National team, a 2019 European Election candidate and a History and Politics student.
Honourable mentions:
Mooncup: https://www.mooncup.co.uk/
Clairo: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3l0CmX0FuQjFxr8SK7Vqag
Extinction Rebellion: https://rebellion.earth/
Extinction Rebellion 2020 Strategy: https://bit.ly/2SmcEfl
Olio Food Waste App: https://olioex.com/
Rubies In The Rubble: https://rubiesintherubble.com/
A huge thank you to VivoLife for sponsoring this episode.
https://www.vivolife.co.uk/
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Welcome back to Talking Tastebuds. In this very special episode, we uncover how the social conditioning, patriarchy and gender norms placed on men can negatively impact their mental health and wellbeing.
PANELISTS
Michael James Wong (founder of Just Breathe, Modern Meditator, author + yoga teacher) https://www.instagram.com/michaeljameswong/
Eddy Elsey (Sharman + founder of Street Spirituality) https://www.instagram.com/eddyelsey/
Brett Cobley (chef, author + mental health advocate) https://www.instagram.com/brettcobley/
A huge thank you to Pukka Herbs and The Well Bean Chocolate company...
The Well Bean's mission is to produce chocolate made with nature's finest ingredients, support mental health projects, and protect the planet - which all helps to make their chocolate that bit yummier. Feel good on the inside, do good on the outside.
https://www.wellbeanco.com
Pukka Herbs: https://www.instagram.com/pukkaherbs/
Well Bean: https://www.instagram.com/wellbeanco/
Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
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In this very special live episode of Talking Tastebuds, Venetia is joined by a panel of experts - Jo Webber (Pukka herbalist), Mira Manek (cook and author of Prajna, Ayurvedic Rituals for Happiness) and Jillian Lavender (Co-Founder of London Meditation Centre) - to uncover what Ayurveda is and how we can all incorporate it into our routines for a more balanced festive season.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… but it can also be a time of over-indulgence and increased anxiety. Whether it’s food, cooking, meditation, herbs, spices, plant medicine or digital detoxes, this panel will inspire you to feel calmer about Christmas, with some wonderful hacks in your toolkit to help you find balance.
This event was hosted in partnership with Pukka Herbs at their pop-up Herb Hub in Seven Dials.
Find me on Instgram: https://instagram.com/venetiafalconer
Dr Rangan Chatterjee has over 20 years of experience working as an NHS doctor. He is the best-selling author of two books, ‘The 4 Pillar Plan’ and ‘The Stress Solution’ and he’s soon to release his third book: ‘Feel Better in 5’, which is available to pre-order now. Rangan is the host of the chart-topping podcast: ‘Feel Better, Live More’ and he’s the star of the hit BBC One series, Doctor in the House.
Find Rangan: https://drchatterjee.com/
Listen to his podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/feel-better-live-more-with-dr-rangan-chatterjee/id1333552422
Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drchatterjee/
Pre-order his new book: https://tinyurl.com/y23apfn7
This episode is sponsored by Pukka Herbs: https://www.pukkaherbs.com/
It was an honour to sit alongside Fleur De Force, Rachel Ama and Justine Jenkins as part of The Body Shop’s Dream Big Christmas Event, cruelty free make-up artist and activist Justine Jenkins, vegan cook and author Rachel Ama and lifestyle vlogger extraordinaire Fleur De Force to discuss sustainability in beauty, food and fashion - and how we can incorporate these positive changes as the holiday season approaches.
THE PANEL
Fleur De Force: https://www.instagram.com/fleurdeforce/
Rachel Ama: https://www.instagram.com/rachelama_/
Justine Jenkins:https://www.instagram.com/justinejenkins/
Fleur's advent calendar video, what a flashback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF9KJX9drw0
A huge thank you to The Body Shop who offered up their incredible Dream Big event space to us as part of their Christmas event at The Old Truman Brewery In London.
The Body Shop and the work they’re doing with packaging: https://www.thebodyshop.com/en-gb/packaging/plastic-recycling-uk
https://www.thebodyshop.com/en-gb/packaging/return-recycle-repeat/e00011
And they’re now a B Corp: https://www.thebodyshop.com/en-gb/about-us/b-corp
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Amelia Freer is one of the UK's most well-renowned nutritional therapists and the author of three best-selling nutrition and recipe books. Her soon to be released Simply Good For You is available to pre-order now.
Find Amelia: http://ameliafreer.com/
Pre-order her new book: https://tinyurl.com/y3dl8qrj
Find Me: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
Join the Slow Fashion Exchange: https://www.facebook.com/groups/876390899418811/
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Aja Barber is a writer, stylist and slow fashion advocate. Her voice is one of the most impactful in the sustainable space and I couldn’t be happier to have her on the show this week.
We examine food as privilege and how colonisation affected and still impacts indigenous communities and Aja shares her advice on how she thinks we should be re-framing the conversation around veganism. We also discuss white privilege, sustainable fashion, her frustrations with influencers preaching ‘sustainability’ and taking money from fast fashion brands at the same time, inclusivity in fashion and cultural appropriation.
Find Aja: https://www.instagram.com/ajabarber/
The Byson post Aja mentions: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3xCCL2A29p/?igshid=1achv7x6ahhzp
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Alice Aedy is a photojournalist, director, documentary filmmaker and activist.
Alice spent much of the years between 2015 and 2018 on the front-lines of the European refugee crisis, reporting from inside refugee camps across Europe and the Middle East. Her work focuses on migration, women’s rights and environmental issues and has been published in The Times, Vice and The Guardian to name buy a few. In 2018 Alice was featured on The Sunday Times Alternative Rich List which recognises courage, wisdom, and perseverance. Alice recently completed an MA in documentary film-making at UCL. Her directorial debut, ‘Disconnected’, premiered at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019, and San Francisco Documentary Festival where it was nominated for Jury Prize and Audience Award.
Find Alice: http://www.aliceaedy.com/
Follow Alice: https://www.instagram.com/aliceaedy/
Extinction Rebellion: https://rebellion.earth/
Alice’s Youth Climate project: https://eco-age.com/news/global-climate-strikes-photographic-account-alice-aedy
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Richie Bostock is a leading figure in Breathwork, the next revolution in health and wellness. He is a Breathwork coach, author and speaker and it is his mission to spread the life changing possibilities of Breathwork to the world.
Richie discovered Breathwork which was a catalyst for a life changing journey that completely shifted his own life and beliefs on the potential of human beings. He spent years traveling across five continents learning from many of the modern day masters of Breathwork and continuously witnessed the transformative effects of when people became aware of their breathing and started to use it as a tool to create physical, mental and emotional benefits.
This free medicine is available to everyone and it's Richie mission to remind the world how to breathe with purpose.
FIND RICHIE: https://www.instagram.com/thebreathguy/
Find his book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MDWWY4M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
FIND ME: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
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Elizabeth Day is an author, journalist and host of the How To Fail podcast where she has interviewed everyone from Phoebe Waller Bridge to Dame Kelly Holmes and my personal favourite: Nigel Slater.
This incredible podcast soon landed Elizabeth with her fifth book deal, a memoir, titled: How To Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong.
It soon becamea Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller and has been described as ‘life-changing’ by critics and ‘life-affirming’ by, well… me.
Find Elizabeth: https://www.elizabethdayonline.co.uk/
Buy her book: http://bit.ly/2kCduXa
Follow Elizabeth on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabday/
Find me: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
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Grace Hazel is a Women’s Healing and Sexuality Witch/Mentor. She works with women worldwide, who are ready to powerfully heal so that they can clearly trail blaze their life towards sexual liberation, freethinking relationships, impactful feminine expression, and radical body love, so that they can live confidently and creatively based on their own unique essence. Grace has trained extensively in the sexual shamanic arts, womb awakening, is a certified bodyworker, yoga teacher, advanced theta healer and reiki master. Her offerings include transformative yoni healing massage, 1:1 online empowerment mentorships, and she also holds ritual gatherings and retreats worldwide. She hosts a podcast called Conversations with Pussy which has a wealth of knowledge guiding you to rediscover your innate magic, sexuality, sensuality and deep feminine power.
TOPICS COVERED
The healing power of sex
Goal driven sex
Self pleasure
Eco friendly sex toys
Squirting
Orgasms
What should we express to a new sexual partner
Polyamory / monogamy
Contraception / withdrawal method / cycle tracking
Free bleeding
Period blood ceremonies
Sexuality
Find Grace: https://www.grace-hazel.com/
Find Grace on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grace___hazel/
Find me: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
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Dr Rupy Aujla is the NHS GP who started 'The Doctor's Kitchen'. A project to inspire patients about the beauty of food and the medicinal effects of eating well. Not only does he create delicious recipes on his website and social media channels including Instagram, Facebook and YouTube - but Dr Aujla also talks about the amazing clinical research behind the ingredients he uses. He also has two best-selling cookbooks published by Harper Collins - ‘The Doctor’s Kitchen’ and his second book 'Eat to Beat Illness' which was released in March 2019 and quickly became a Sunday Times Bestseller.
Dr Aujla is also the founder of ‘Culinary Medicine’ – a non-profit organisation which aims to teach doctors and medical students the foundations of nutrition as well as teaching them how to cook. In his role as clinical adviser to the Royal College of GP's and more recently being accepted as a fellow on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme – Dr Aujla has big aspirations to bring the concept of 'Culinary Medicine' to the profession globally.
TOPICS COVERED
Social media and the backlash Rupy faced after the release of his Eat To Beat Illness Book
Food as medicine
Fasting in all its forms
Public shaming
Air pollution
Single use plastic in hospitals
The NHS
Supplements for veggies
Step counting
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FIND RUPY
Website: www.thedoctorskitchen.com
Eat to Beat Illness - New Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctors-Kitchen-Eat-Beat-Illness/dp/0008316317
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctors_kitchen/?hl=en
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDHTLhQbYlFnPBv-iLgFsQQ
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Emma Cannon is a leading women's health and fertility expert. As the founder of the Emma Cannon Clinic, she helps countless women achieve their dream of having a baby, with their periods and overall mental and physiological wellbeing. She is also a speaker, mentor and speaker.
Find Emma: https://www.instagram.com/emmalcannon/
https://www.emmacannon.co.uk/
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Welcome to season 5 of Talking Tastebuds!
This week’s guest is zero waste chef and author, Max La Manna. Max grew up in Connecticut in the US, with French and Italian immigrant heritage. He spent the early part of his twenties modelling and acting, but food was, is and always will be the constant feature. After working and cooking in a Michelin starred restaurant in New York, he turned his attention to cooking for intimate supper clubs and dinner parties, whilst sharing his passion for plant based, zero waste food on social media.
Max’s utterly brilliant debut book More Plants Less Waste is a cookbook and low impact living manual, which is released on Thursday 22nd August in the UK and on 31st March 2020 in the US.
Like what you heard? I’ll be interviewing Max again at Whole Foods Kensington on Wednesday September 4th at 1830. We'd love to see you! Tickets: http://bit.ly/2Mr1BPY
FIND MAX
More Plants Less Waste: http://bit.ly/2Mr1BPY
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxlamanna/
Website: https://www.maxlamanna.com/
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Swatee Deepak is the Director of With And For Girls and a global expert and champion of girls rights. She has advised UN agencies, Governments, Private Foundations and High Net Worth Individuals on girls rights and gender equity strategies. She has been instrumental in increasing resources to girls most in-need around the world.
With And For Girls is a group of organisations that share the common belief that girls are vital agents of change. They regard grassroots girl-led and girl-centred organisations supported by flexible funding, propel transformational change towards a more equitable world. They want to see a world where girls are heard and respected, able to access services and are included in decision-making processes that affect them.
Find Swatee: https://twitter.com/swatee
Find With and For Girls: https://www.withandforgirls.org/
https://www.instagram.com/withandforgirls/ #WITHandFORGirls
Global Giving is a great way to send your money to small grassroots groups around the world: https://www.globalgiving.org/
You can give to With and For Girls here: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/freedomforgirls/
Mentions:
AFEDES (the indigenous women's Collective in Guatemala mentioned): https://thousandcurrents.org/textiles-are-the-books-that-the-colony-was-not-able-to-burn/
Their website: https://thousandcurrents.org/partners/afedes/
11-11: https://11-11.in/pages/about-us
Fawcett Society shop: https://fawcettsocietyshop.com/
Find me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/venetialamanna/
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Laura Thomas is a Registered Nutritionist and podcaster, specialising in Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size & Non-Diet Nutrition. She has recently released her brilliant first book Just Eat It. This book is a simple step-by-step guide to help you phase out diet tools like meal plans and calorie trackers, to encourage a more peaceful attitude to food and your body.
Laura is the co-founder of the London Centre For Intuitive Eating, more information here: https://londoncentreforintuitiveeating.co.uk/
Laura's podcast: http://www.laurathomasphd.co.uk/category/podcast/
Laura's book: http://bit.ly/2UZIFfU
Find Me On Instagram: https://instagram.com/venetialamanna/
Rachel Ama is a London based home-cook, passionate about vegan living. She began by sharing videos on YouTube where she garnered a lot of attention for her all singing all-dancing delicious plant based recipes. In 2019, Observer named her the Rising Star of Food, and in June, she releases her debut cookbook: Rachel Ama’s Vegan Eats.
Rachel takes inspiration from naturally vegan dishes and cuisines as well as her Caribbean and West African roots to create great full-flavour recipes that are easy to make and will inspire you to make vegan food part of your daily life. Rachel's recipes are quick and often one-pot; ingredients lists are short and supermarket-friendly; dishes can be prepped-ahead and, most importantly, she has included a song with each recipe so that you have a banging playlist to go alongside every plate of delicious food.
Check out Rachel on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2PoT0ME
Find Rachel: https://www.rachelama.com/
Buy her book: http://bit.ly/2Gp7Y0V
Find Me On Instagram: https://instagram.com/venetialamanna/
Livia Firth is the queen of sustainable fashion. After learning about the negative human and environmental impact of fashion, Livia began to dress in an ethically sound way when she accompanied her husband Colin Firth to various award shows. Her success at ticking the ethical aesthetic box, lead her to founding The Green Carpet challenge, which culminates in the Green Carpet Awards in Milan every September.
Livia is the co-founder and Creative Director of Eco-Age, a consultancy firm and my go-to hub for all things sustainability. Livia campaigns tirelessly to make the fashion industry more honest, transparent and lower impact.
Find Eco Age: https://www.eco-age.com/
Follow Livia: https://www.instagram.com/liviafirth/
Watch the True Cost: https://truecostmovie.com/
Find Me On Instagram: https://instagram.com/venetialamanna/
Michael Miller is the co-founder of London Meditation Centre. After learning Vedic meditation under the world renowned Thom Knoles, he saw positive changes in his own life. Thom suggested he became a teacher, which lead to leaving his corporate job to study for 2 years and undertake several extended trips to India.
In 2007, Michael completed a three-month residential training programme and began a full-time teaching career. In early 2008, he founded the London Meditation Centre and New York Meditation Centre with his partner Jillian. Since then, Michael has spoken to more than 6,000 people about meditation, stress, creativity, neuroscience and peak performance. He has presented to tech companies, non-profits, government institutions and business organisations and taught thousands of people to be self-sufficient meditators - including me!
London Meditation Centre: https://www.londonmeditationcentre.com/
Find LMC On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/londonmeditationcentre/
Chris Smalling is a professional footballer who plays for England and Manchester United. In 2018, he transitioned to a plant based diet for which he credits enhanced performance and recovery. I went to the Man U training ground to meet Chris and hear about his life with food and football.
Find Chris On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smalling/
Find Me On Instagram: https://instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
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Dr Anita Mitra is an NHS doctor working in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, with experience in both clinical medicine and research. Anita goes by the name of ‘The Gynae Geek’ on social media, and it’s also the title of her first book. An accessible, informative guide to 'down there healthcare'.
In this episode, we discuss Anita’s story with amenorrhea, the difference between a vagina and vulva, why we should stop using soap to clean our nether regions and ethical period products.
Find Anita On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gynaegeek/
Buy her book: http://bit.ly/2HEUvFk
Find Me On Instagram: https://instagram.com/venetialamanna/
Lucy Siegle is an author, journalist and presenter. She is a reporter for BBC’s The One Show and has written for publications including The Guardian, The Observer and Huffington Post.
In 2010, she wrote ‘To Die For’, which is credited as being the go-to text on the fashion industry’s ecological and human footprint. After the release of the book, the worst industrial tragedy in the history of fashion took place in Bangladesh, where an eight-storey commercial building named Rana Plaza collapsed. Lucy’s book and this tragedy formed the basis of the 2015 documentary The True Cost. If you haven’t seen it, find it on Netflix because it will completely shift your perception of the fashion industry.
Last year, Lucy published ‘Turning The Tide On Plastic’: a practical, inspiring book, that serves as a much-needed call to arms to end the plastic pandemic and gives useful tools on how to make changes in our everyday lives and advice on how to demand long-lasting action.
Find Lucy: https://twitter.com/lucysiegle
Follow Lucy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theseagull/
To Die For: http://bit.ly/2Htzm0K
Turning The Tide On Plastic: http://bit.ly/2XZ4mdU
Find Me On Instagram: https://instagram.com/venetialamanna
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I am delighted to be bringing you this very special episode in celebration of International Women’s Day, recorded LIVE on Saturday 9th March in Shoreditch at The Body Shop’s 'Celebrate She' event.
I’m joined by three brilliant panelists: Nicole Crentsil, Natalie Glaze and Megan Jayne Crabbe to discuss female empowerment, being your own boss, failing, trusting your gut and so much more. I hope you love it! Please share the episode with your friends and on your Instagram stories - it makes a huge difference.
"Female empowerment or feminism in general is about allowing women - and that’s anyone who identifies as a woman - to live and thrive on her own terms. Set her own rules, not be ashamed, not be apologetic about any part of herself and her identity." Megan Jayne Crabbe.
THE PANEL
Megan Jayne Crabbe: https://www.instagram.com/bodyposipanda/
Megan’s Book: http://bit.ly/2XRsSgY
Nicole Crentsil: https://www.instagram.com/nkrystal_/
Black Girl Festival: https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlfest/
Natalie Glaze: https://www.instagram.com/natalieglaze/
Tickets to my next LIVE PODCAST on Monday 18th March with Laura Thomas (author of Just Eat It): http://bit.ly/2NFHxr2
DISCLAIMER: This is a paid partnership with The Body Shop.
The Body Shop: https://www.instagram.com/thebodyshop/
Information on how they’re empowering women around the world: http://bit.ly/2u0psuE
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Jack Harries is a filmmaker, environmentalist and WWF ambassador. He rose to fame after he launched a highly successful YouTube channel which he ran with his identical twin brother Finn, to document his Gap Year. We discuss his journey to veganism, the hypocrisy of sustainability, mental health, therapy and of course, food. I’m only sad to say that this interview was recorded just a short while before Jack was arrested for protesting with Extinction Rebellion at the International Petroleum Conference, where gas and oil tycoons gathered in their glad rags, trying to pretend that we don’t have a global catastrophe on our hands. Jack, you're a hero.
“It’s difficult to talk about environmentalism without being a hypocrite. It’s almost impossible to leave the house without having some kind of negative impact on the environment - unfortunately that’s just the way it is. But I don’t think it should stop you being able to have these conversations if you’re not the most perfect environmentalist because then no one would have these conversations and nothing would change. You have to have these personal inner conflicts because it forces you to think about your own lifestyle.”
Jack's Newsletter Recommendations:
https://e360.yale.edu/newsletter
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/19/sign-up-to-the-green-light-email
https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/climate-change
Find Jack on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackharries/
Jack's work: http://jacksonharries.com/
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Welcome back to Talking Tastebuds for a Veganuary Special, recorded LIVE at Foyles in London. It's always a pleasure to record in front of an audience, especially when my interviewees are as inspiring, eloquent and compassionate as these two.
Listen back to the full episode with Gaz: http://bit.ly/TTxGazOakley
Find Gaz and his books: https://www.avantgardevegan.com/
Follow Gaz: https://www.instagram.com/avantgardevegan/
Find Kim-Julie and her book: https://kimjuliehansen.com/
Follow Kim: https://www.instagram.com/kimjuliehansen/
Surprise! As it's the season of goodwill etc, I have a little bonus episode for you, featuring marvellous psychotherapist Dr Robin Hart. We discuss how to manage our mental health during the festive period.Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, I really hope you find something in this episode interesting or useful. Please remember, if you're struggling with your own mental health, you are not alone and there is help available for you.
USEFUL LINKS:
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy: https://www.bacp.co.uk/
Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/
Heads Together: https://www.headstogether.org.uk/
Mind:https://www.mind.org.uk/
SANE: http://www.sane.org.uk/
Companion for Stress and Anxiety App: https://apple.co/2luzPSD
Find me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/venetiafalconer
Watch my ‘Alternative Vlogmas’: https://www.youtube.com/venetiafalconer
A big thank you to William Haxworth for composing the theme tune: https://soundcloud.com/william-haxworth
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Emma Gannon is a Sunday Times Bestselling business author, podcaster and broadcaster. She has written for publications including The Guardian, ELLE, Refinery29 and The Sunday Times. This year, she was selected in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list and WEBBY nominated podcast Ctrl Alt Delete reaches millions worldwide and is consistently in the charts.
Find Emma’s latest book The Multi-Hyphen Method: https://bit.ly/2S4ye54
Listen to Emma’s podcast: https://apple.co/1VxS5bU
Find Emma on Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmagannon/
Find Emma on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmagannonuk/
Lucy Watson is a businesswoman, cookery book author and restaurant owner. She rose to fame on reality TV series Made In Chelsea, but has since gone on to build a plant-powered empire. Recently, she launched a range of frozen ready-meals and has released her second book: ‘Feed Me Vegan, For All Occasions’.
Find Lucy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucywatson/
Lucy’s new book: https://amzn.to/2QB3QyB
Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
Carnage: https://bbc.in/2A9QO2F
Tony Riddle has spent the last 18 years developing and refining a robust way of life based on the principals of a natural lifestyle. Driven by fatherhood, Tony believes that his role is to embody the sustainable, natural and vibrant way of life he wishes for his children and their children to come.
Find Tony: https://www.instagram.com/thenaturallifestylist/
Adrienne Herbert is a Leeds born, Hertfordshire based runner, fitness blogger, TEDx Speaker, ADIDAS global ambassador and a mum. She is a bundle of positivity and with a brilliant attitude to health and wellness.
Find Adrienne: https://www.instagram.com/adrienne_ldn/
Find me: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
A big thank you to The Hoxton Hotel for giving us a lovely room in which to record the episode.
Talking Tastebuds theme tune written and and produced by: williamhaxworth.com
Jack Monroe is a campaigner, food writer and activist. Her latest book Cooking on a Bootstrap makes budget food fun and delicious and she has just won The Observer Food Monthly Personality of the Year Award.
In this episode, we discuss cooking on a budget, privilege, veganism and mental health. Jack is fiercely intelligent and funny. She is an absolute trailblazer in the food space and it's a true honour to have her on the show.
Find Jack: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/
Find her new book: https://amzn.to/2EEXZHj
Julie Montagu is an Illinois born, London based yoga teacher and author of four best-selling well-being books. Not only does she regularly teach classes in the capital and globally at festivals and retreats, she also manages her husband’s family estate in Mapperton. Julie is no stranger to TV, having appeared on reality show ‘Ladies Of London’ and most recently as a presenter for the BBC, corresponding on the Royal Wedding - with more to come!
There is so much to be learnt from this remarkable human being.
Stay up to date with her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliemontagu/
And via her website: https://juliemontagu.com/
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Charles Spence is the head of the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at Oxford University. He is interested in how people perceive the world around them. In particular, how our brains manage to process the information from each of our different senses (such as smell, taste, sight, hearing, and touch) to form the extraordinarily rich multi-sensory experiences that fill our daily lives. His research focuses on how a better understanding of the human mind will lead to the better design of multi-sensory foods, products, interfaces, and environments in the future.
Over the years, Charles has consulted for a number of multinational companies advising on various aspects of multi-sensory design, packaging, and branding. Perhaps most famously, Charles worked with Heston Blumenthal, chef of The Fat Duck restaurant on his multi-sensory food experiences, not to mention the 2008 IG Nobel prize for nutrition, for his groundbreaking work on the ‘sonic crisp’.
Find Charles' book: https://amzn.to/2jJZpWh
Cardiff born culinary wizard Gaz Oakley learnt his craft in professional kitchens, before deciding to spread his plant powered message through his own recipes via his social media platforms as Avant Garde Vegan. He has amassed over half a million YouTube subscribers in under 2 years and is the proud author of two books: The Vegan 100 and the recently published Vegan Christmas.
Find Gaz: https://www.avantgardevegan.com/
Follow Gaz on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avantgardevegan/
Best Speech You Will Ever Hear - Gary Yourofsky:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es6U00LMmC4&t=534s
Prue Leith has been at the top of the British Food Scene for nearly 60 years. She has has huge success not only as the founded of the renowned Leith’s School of Food and Wine, but also as a caterer, restauranter, teacher, TV cook, food journalist, novelist and cookery book author. She has been a leading figure in campaigns to improve food in schools, hospitals and in the home. Well known as a judge on the Great British Menu, she is now in her second season as a judge on the nation’s favourite TV programme, The Great British Bake Off. She has just released her first recipe book in 25 years,: ‘Prue: My All Time Favourite Recipes.’
Find Prue: https://prue-leith.com/
Buy Her Book: https://amzn.to/2Q1SNhs
Dutch Hands: https://amzn.to/2xLlU12
Dr Rupy Aujla, also known as The Doctor’s Kitchen, is a medical doctor specialised in General Practice. In this episode he explains the reasons behind his passion for food and lifestyle change as medicine, drawn from his own experience with a serious health condition.
Earlier this year, Rupy published his first cookbook, which promises to ‘supercharge’ your health, with the added bonus of clinical research behind the ingredients that he uses.
Find Rupy: https://thedoctorskitchen.com/
Buy his book: https://amzn.to/2Nmy7Uj
Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctors_kitchen/
Music written and produced by William Haxworth: williamhaxworth.com
Jada Sezer is a British model and mental health campaigner. She hit the headlines when she was the first ‘plus size’ model to walk at London Fashion Week. She’s a passionate diversity advocate and is at the helm of the body positivity movement, punching down beauty standard barricades, one billboard at a time. Earlier this year, she ran the London Marathon in her underwear, alongside Bryony Gordon for mental health charity, Heads Together.
Things Mentioned:
Bryony Gordon's Mad World Podcast: https://bryonysmadworld.telegraph.co.uk/
Eat Drink Run by Bryony Gordon: https://amzn.to/2NzNI24
Well Being by Danielle Copperman: https://amzn.to/2OQsYRd
Find Jada: http://www.jadasezer.com/
Follow Jada on Instagram: http://instagram.com/jadasezer
Music written and produced by William Haxworth: williamhaxworth.com
Talking Tastebuds is back for a brand new series and we’re kick starting with a bang - or should I say BOSH?!
Henry Firth and Ian Theasby are the vegan men in black behind viral video platform turned fastest selling cookbook of 2018, BOSH!
In this episode, I find out how they built their quality content machine and learn more about their mission to get the globe eating more plants. There’s much more to this twosome than tofu, as will be clear when you hear about their fashion and DJ escapades.
Find BOSH! and buy their book: https://www.bosh.tv/
Follow BOSH! On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bosh.tv/
A huge thank you to Alex Sedano for his wizardry on the artwork: http://alexsedano.com/
And a massive thank you to the super talented William Haxworth for writing and producing the brand new theme tune: williamhaxworth.com
How important is our hormonal health and how should we be eating to help maintain well-being down there…?
In this bonus episode, I was joined by a panel of experts to discuss this very topic, recorded LIVE at Soho House, on Tuesday 31st July 2018.
Dr Anita Mitra is a London based NHS doctor working in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, with experience in both clinical medicine and research. Alongside her clinical training, Dr Anita is currently completing her PhD on the vagincal microbiome and cervical precnancer.
Follow Anita on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gynaegeek/
Find her here: https://www.gynaegeek.com/
Emma Cannon is a fertility and women’s health expert, registered acupuncturist, founder of the Emma Cannon Clinic, and a mentor and speaker. With over 20 years in clinical practice, from her fertility rooms she has helped countless patients achieve their dream of having a family. She is the author of five books including the best-selling The Baby Making Bible.
Follow Emma on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmalcannon/
Find her here: https://emmacannon.co.uk/
SH24 TEST: https://www.sh24.org.uk/orders/new
BRITA's #SwapForGood campaign: https://bit.ly/2KGOhT0
My BRITA vlog: https://bit.ly/2Mnx4C9
Sweaty Betty LIVE 2018: https://sweatybettylive2018.eventbrite.co.uk
Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
Music featured: El. Train - igotyou: https://bit.ly/1yUyMef
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How important is our hormonal health and how should we be eating to help maintain well-being down there…?
In this bonus episode, I was joined by a panel of experts to discuss this very topic. Recorded LIVE at Soho House, on Tuesday 31st July 2018.
Dr Anita Mitra is a London based NHS doctor working in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, with experience in both clinical medicine and research. Alongside her clinical training, Dr Anita is currently completing her PhD on the vagincal microbiome and cervical precnancer.
Follow Anita on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gynaegeek/
Find her here: https://www.gynaegeek.com/
Emma Cannon is a fertility and women’s health expert, registered acupuncturist, founder of the Emma Cannon Clinic, and a mentor and speaker. With over 20 years in clinical practice, from her fertility rooms she has helped countless patients achieve their dream of having a family. She is the author of four books including the best-selling The Baby Making Bible. Her fifth book, FERTILE, was published in March 2017.
Follow Emma on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmalcannon/
Find her here: https://emmacannon.co.uk/
SH24 TEST: https://www.sh24.org.uk/orders/new
BRITA's #SwapForGood campaign: https://bit.ly/2KGOhT0
My BRITA vlog: https://bit.ly/2Mnx4C9
Sweaty Betty LIVE 2018: https://sweatybettylive2018.eventbrite.co.uk
Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/
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The saying goes “Never meet your heroes”, but then low and behold, I found myself on a whirlwind trip to Greystones, Ireland, where I spent 48 hours with Steven and David Flynn, also known as The Happy Pear.
These twins have built a veggie empire. Three cafes, three books (their latest linked below), an extensive product line and an awesome online presence - their YouTube channel alone boasts almost a quarter of a million subscribers. All of this and they’ve still managed to maintain a healthy lifestyle. And not the kind of lifestyle that makes you want to spit out your green juice, but one full of vitality, inclusiveness, and above all, human connection.
Pre-order their new book, Recipes For Happiness: https://amzn.to/2JPZD7n
Find The Happy Pear on Instagram: http://instagram.com/thehappypear
Derek Sarno is one half of New England born, brother chef duo Wicked Healthy. Derek has been a professional chef for over 20 years with a focus on plant based food for a decade. Not only is Wicked Healthy a stunning forthcoming cook book, it’s also a product line stocked exclusively at Tesco, where Derek works as Head of Plant Based Innovation.
Wicked Healthy: https://wickedhealthyfood.com
Pre-order the book: https://amzn.to/2qgVtwY
Find them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedhealthy/
Derek Sarno: https://www.instagram.com/DerekSarno/
A big thank you to Strong Roots for sponsoring this episode: http://bit.ly/VenetiaStrongRoots
Find Strong Roots on Instagram: http://instagram.com/strongrootsuk/
Dolly Alderton is a journalist and writer. She co-hosts the brilliant pop culture podcast ‘The High Low’ and recently published her first book, ‘Everything I Know About Love’. In her words: “...it’s a memoir about growing up and learning lessons. A love story, but it’s not really about men.”
Dolly had me round to her lovely Camden flat to record this episode and it instantly felt like less of an interview and more a conversation about food, family, self-care and self-love. And that’s due to Dolly. She’s the kind of girl you want to stay up all night laughing with and tell all your secrets to.
We discuss her life with food and cooking, her recovery from an eating disorder, a recent trip to Linda the psychic, therapy, self-care and living a valid life without being in a relationship.
Dolly Alderton: https://www.dollyalderton.com/
Book’s mentioned:
Dolly’s book, Everything I Know About Love: https://amzn.to/2uCgZB7
Sophie Dahl - Miss Dahl’s Voluptuous Delights: https://amzn.to/2pZMr6V
Ruby Tandoh - Eat Up: https://amzn.to/2Ils8rR
Sarah Pascoe - Animal: https://amzn.to/2EdwsHo
Rachel Oakes-Ash - Good Girls Do Swallow: https://amzn.to/2pX3Sok
Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat Pray Love: https://amzn.to/2GPKHaK
Jonathan Safran Foer - Eating Animals: https://amzn.to/2H3jHCd
If you or someone close to you is dealing with an eating disorder, please don’t suffer in silence:
BEAT charity: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/
SANE charity: http://www.sane.org.uk/
Find Dolly on Instagram: http://instagram.com/dollyalderton
A big thank you to Natural Cycles for sponsoring this episode: https://www.naturalcycles.com/en
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Jasmine Hemsley is one half of sister cooking duo Hemsley + Hemsley. Before the best-selling books, Channel 4 TV show and Selfridge’s cafe for which we know the girls now, Jasmine was a successful model. She became interested in healthy living due to the conflicting information that we’re all too familiar with.
She has dedicated over a decade to learning about Ayurveda, which forms the main chunk of this interview, as well as mindful eating and meditation. She has written a brilliant book on the philosophy called East By West, full of nourishing recipes and useful information.
Follow Jasmine on Instagram: @JasmineHemsley
Buy Jasmine's book: https://amzn.to/2pHcNuZ
Anna Jones worked alongside Jamie Oliver for 7 years as a chef and food stylist. She has since written three best-selling cook books and is partly resposnible for putting vegetables at the centre of our plates. She has worked with some of the best-loved cooks and chefs of our time, including Antonio Carluccio, Yotam Ottolenghi and Nigella Lawson and writes regularly for The Guardian and The Pool.
Anna’s latest (incredible) book: http://amzn.to/2u2aVS4
Find Anna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/we_are_food/
Roz Purcell is a best-selling cookery author, blogger, model and former Miss Universe Ireland. In this episode, we discuss how modelling distorted her relationship with food, before taking her recovery into her own hands to let go of guilt.
You can find Roz on Instagram: @RozannaPurcell
I’m so pleased to be bringing you this episode alongside Natural Cycles. For more information on their alternative, certified method of contraception, check out their app and website: https://www.naturalcycles.com
If you were affected by anything in this episode or if you’re struggling with an eating disorder, please don’t suffer in silence. I am now working with an incredible mental healthy charity called Sane. Please head to their website for more information, useful links and a helpline: http://www.sane.org.uk
Max Lowery is a London based personal trainer and devoted intermittent faster. He has created The 2 Meal Day, an online programme and book to inspire people to live and eat more intuitively, with a focus on the nutritional content of food and mindful movement.
Although always an athlete (he was a sport’s scholar and competitive sprinter), Max had a turbulent adolescence, being expelled from a few schools after getting involved with drugs. After working in the city, he decided to change his passion for fitness into a career and is becoming one of the UK’s most sought after voices in health.
You can catch me and Max at the 'Eat and Drink Festival' on Thursday 22nd March: https://buff.ly/2I3RlHW Quote 'TAL10' for 2 for 1 tickets.
Follow Max: @Max.Lowery
Melissa Hemsley is one half of sister cooking duo: Hemsley and Hemsley. Since 2010, Mel and Jasmine have pioneered healthy home cooking via private catering, their blog and two best-selling cookbooks. They also have their very own Channel 4 TV show and a cafe in Selfridges - home to a banging matcha latte.
Melissa recently released her new book ‘Eat Happy: 30 minute feel good food’, which is a celebration of fast, real food, all made in under 30 minutes. She is also a proud supporter and volunteer for Cook For Syria and the Prince’s Trust.
In this episode, we talk about Melissa’s Filipino and British heritage and how it influenced the food she ate growing up, how she built her business and she explains how she practices self-care.
Find Melissa: @Melissa.Hemsley
Find me: @VenetiaFalconer
Dr Giles Yeo is a geneticist with nearly 20 years of experience studying obesity and the brain control of food intake. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in genetics in 1998 and has been there ever since.
He was in the initial vanguard that described a number of genes that when mutated, resulted in rare forms of severe obesity, thus uncovering key pathways in the brain that control food intake. His current research focuses on understanding how these pathways differ between lean and obese people, and the influence of genes in our feeding behaviour.
Giles is also a presenter for the BBC. You may have seen him on the Horizon documentary series, including the episode ‘Clean Eating – The Dirty Truth’. The film has been critically acclaimed and has prompted an important national debate about dieting advice and evidence based science.
Find Giles: @GilesYeo
Find me: @VenetiaFalconer
Zanna Van Dijk is a Yorkshire born, London based personal trainer, fitness and travel blogger, vlogger and author of ‘Strong’. When she launched her blog 5 years ago, Zanna set herself apart by speaking as honestly and openly as she could, writing as though her Instagram account was a personal diary. This instantly connected with her audience and she has since amassed over 200,000 followers.
Zanna is now a global ambassador for Adidas and can be found HIITing and trotting her way around the globe, sharing fitness and conscious living tips as she goes.
A huge thank you to Form Nutrition for sponsoring this episode.
Find Form Nutrition: http://formnutrition.com and @FormNutrition on Instagram
Follow Zanna on Instagram @ZannaVanDijk
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Tom Kerridge a Michelin starred chef and the proud owner of The Hand and Flowers, the only pub with two Michelin stars in the UK.
He has appeared on countless television programmes including Masterchef, Saturday Kitchen and Great British Menu, due to his affable and charming personality and unparalleled culinary skills.
Once very overweight (30 stone at his heaviest), Tom decided to drastically change his lifestyle when he hit 40, giving up alcohol and going on a low carbohydrate diet.
He has since written two chart-topping diet cook books, including the latest - How To Lose Weight For Good, which also boasts a hugely successfully accompanying BBC TV show.
A big thank you to the wonderful Edinburgh Wellbeing Festival for letting me host this episode at their brilliant event.
Follow Tom @ChefTomKerridge
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Nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert is the founder of Harley Street Clinic Rhitrition and author of the brilliant Re-Nourish: A Simple Way To Eat Well.
Registered with the Association for Nutrition, Rhiannon obtained a first-class Bachelor degree in Nutrition and Health and a Master’s degree in Obesity, Risks and Prevention. She is also a Master Practitioner in Eating Disorders and Obesity having obtained a Diploma approved by The British Psychological Society from The National Centre For Eating Disorders.
In this episode, the beautiful brainiac shares her story from singer to health professional and dispels food fad myths.
If you or a friend or relative is struggling with an eating disorder, please refer to any of the following charities:
Sane: http://www.sane.org.uk
The Mix: http://www.themix.org.uk
Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk
Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org
Find Rhiannon: @rhitrition on Twitter and Instagram
Buy her book: http://amzn.to/2nofO1r
Find me on all platforms @venetiafalconer #TalkingTastebuds
Ella Mills, also known as Deliciously Ella, is a best-selling cookery author and entrepreneur, on a mission to make vegetables cool. She is the queen of the well-being bloggers and the brains behind three plant based delis, a recipe app, a hugely successful product line - sold everywhere from Sainsbury's to Starbucks - and of course, the proud owner of Austin the cocker spaniel.
In this episode, we chat about the illness that changed her life, Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, how her whirlwind fairytale romance with husband Matt influenced her business and the decision to steer away from defining her diet.
This episode is proudly brought to you by my favourite plant-powered protein powder, Form Nutrition. Check them out at formnutrition.com
Follow Ella @DeliciouslyElla
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Follow Form Nutrition @FormNutrition
Laura Whitmore is one of the UK's best known TV presenters. She started her career at MTV and has since gone on to host ITV's I'm A Celebrity, The BRITs, BAFTA and has also appeared as a contestant on BBC 1's Strictly Come Dancing.
In this episode we talk about Laura's childhood in Bray, Ireland and university years in Dublin before winning a competition to become the face of MTV. She's a huge fan of running, yoga and food to make her feel great. She also shares some presenting tips, talks about her feature on the cover of Women's Health magazine and her entry into acting.
Follow Laura on Instagram and twitter: @thewhitmore
Carly Rowena is a Norwich based personal trainer, vlogger and blogger, founder of the Get Gorgeous Guide Ebook and ambassador for Women’s Health Magazine.
Carly is a Cross Fit fanatic, but she’s also the self-confessed ‘girl next door’ of the fitness world, with her workout videos being professional yet also accessible. If you’ve never done a burpee or a bicep curl, Carly is the girl who will make you feel ok about your first step into a gym.
She isn’t afraid of speaking about taboo subjects like the female orgasm, birth control and sponsored social posts on her platforms. Her approach to food is honest and she is the total embodiment of balance within the realm of wellness - which is why she is the perfect guest for this podcast.
Watch Carly’s 'This Is Me video' on YouTube via this link: http://bit.ly/CarlyMe
Follow Carly on Instagram @CarlyRowena
Niomi Smart is a London based lifestyle vlogger and blogger with a love for all things health and fitness. She makes videos about her healthy life to her audience of 1.8M YouTube subscribers and has gone on to write her first plant-based cook book Eat Smart. Niomi is also the co-founder of healthy snack subscription box, Sourced Box.
In this episode, we chat about Niomi's positive and soft approach to a vegan diet and how she doesn't let it define her. She also talks about how she copes with online negativity and she contributes to my new feature - 'The Vegan Confession box', with some hilarious results...
Follow Niomi on Instagram and twitter: @NiomiSmart
This week I'm chatting to one of my favourite people in the world - Madeleine Shaw. Maddy is a three-time bestselling cookery author, a Nutritional Therapist, creator of the Glow Guides, a yoga teacher and an ambassador for Origins. In this episode we discuss Maddy's disordered eating habits as a young teenager, rediscovering self-nourishment in Sydney, building her blog into a business and now, becoming a mother to her baby boy - and the huge decision to keep his face off social media.
I loved recording this episode and I'm so proud to be able to call this hugely inspirational woman my friend. You can find all her brand new meditation guide (and so much more) on her website: madeleineshaw.com and follow her on Instagram: @madeleine_shaw_
Patrick Drake is the co-founder and head chef of the UK's number one food delivery service, Hello Fresh. Launched in 2012, HelloFresh allows customers to pick their favourite recipes from a weekly menu, to receive the fresh ingredients delivered to their door in the exact quantities.
You’ve probably spotted Patrick in the Hello Fresh TV adverts, or on their YouTube channel, cooking up a storm. He is soon to front their forthcoming cookbook ‘Recipes That Work’ - the 100 Best Recipes from the past 6 years of Hello Fresh, tried and tested by their valued customers.
It’s easy to see why P Dizzle was recently named one of the most influential people in London by the Evening Standard. He’s warm, charismatic and hugely knowledgable. What's more, the Hello Fresh Farm walls are adorned by photos of Patrick with Jamie Olivier. We talked for well over an hour and I've no doubt, there's even more ground to cover. I really hope you enjoy it.
Follow Patrick: @PatrickDrakeChef @HelloFreshUK
Alice Liveing is a personal trainer, three time bestselling author and a Women's Health cover star and columnist. She is also the face of Primark sportswear (launching in December 2017). You may know her as Clean Eating Alice, but she decided to reclaim her actual surname earlier this year. Alice posts daily fitness and food updates via her Instagram account, which has a following of well over 600K.
In this episode, we have a chat about Alice's recent globe trotting, her upcoming Primark collaboration and how she makes time for her relationship in her busy lifestyle. Follow Alice on Instagram @aliceliveing.
This week, I’m chatting to the king of wellness: James Duigan. Mr 'Clean And Lean' is the creator and founder of the international boutique gym Bodyism, the author of seven books and the proud parent of three children. When he’s not training celebrities (past clients include Elle Macpherson, Lara Stone and Emilia Clarke), you might find him perfecting his Ju Jitsu (he competes at a world class level), or in the kitchen with his kids rustling up his favourite seasonal stew.
In this episode, James talks about changing his diet as a child to cure his ADHD, being homeless when he moved to London and his health philosophy: forgiveness and kindness.
I really hope you enjoy this interview. You can follow James on social media @JamesDuigan @Bodyism.
In this episode, I chat to the wonderful Hazel Wallace. This Irish beauty is a junior doctor, personal trainer and author of her first book: The Food Medic. I was really intrigued to find out just how much our doctors and GPs are taught about nutrition in their training and I was so pleased when Hazel accepted my offer to chat about this. I went over to her house for a cuppa and felt like we could have chatted for hours. She is a beacon of knowledge and every opinion she puts out there into the world is well researched, unbiased and most of all, honest.
I really hope you enjoyed listening to Hazel's dulcet tones, you can follow her on Instagram @TheFoodMedic.
Thank you for downloading this episode of Talking Tastebuds, please make sure you’re ’subscribed’ so you never miss a show. This week, I am joined by a professional ballerina, cookery author, creator of Ballet Blast and all round over-achiever, Sassy Gregson-Williams, AKA Naturally Sassy. This pint-sized wonder has trained at some of the best and most competitive ballet schools in world, so I wanted to find out whether the stereotypical restrictive ballerina diet is fact or fiction. Sassy also explains how she got into food blogging before it was basic and how she developed a line of healthy snacks, which she managed to get into Whole Foods, Planet Organic and Ocado - aged just 16. Oh, and she’s also found the time to write a cook book and launch her new dance inspired class concept: Ballet Blast. It's no surprise that this beauty is in hot demand!
If you’ve been affected by anything in this podcast: please head to beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Keep up with Sassy on Instagram @naturally.sassy and with me @venetiafalconer
Thank you so much for downloading this episode. This week, I'm chatting to the incredible Jody Shield. She's a transformative life coach, meditation teacher, inspirational speaker and author of Life Tonic - a book which really helped ease my own anxiety. In this episode, we talk about Jody's journey - from making the life altering decision to leave her high powered advertising job, to travelling in South America where she took Iowaska which totally transformed her life and helped heal her eating disorder. We also chat about how to get into meditation if you've never done it before and using it to help with mindful eating. I really hope you enjoy this episode, here are some useful links if you were affected by anything we spoke about:
Mind Charity: https://www.mind.org.uk
Beat Charity: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Jody Shield: http://jodyshield.co.uk
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This week, I have the beamingly beautiful Clara Amfo on the show. You've probably heard her on Radio 1 where she takes to the studio every morning between 10am and 1pm. She's a brilliant talker with an infectious passion for everything music. She's also Beyonce's number one fan - hence this week's artwork.
Clara's an avid runner and self-confessed 'struggle vegan' - trying to commit to a plant based diet as much as she can - making an exception for red velvet cake. In this episode, we chat about Ghanaian food, using food as fuel for running and a little run in with some crazy vegans... Keep up to date with her on all social media platforms @ClaraAmfo.
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Thank you so much for downloading this episode. I am so thrilled to have my ultimate #fitspo on the podcast this week. Shona Vertue is a London based personal trainer, yoga teacher with a background in gymnastics and dance. I met Shona a few years ago when she had moved from Sydney to London and was working as a PT at my local gym. Her career has since gone from strength to strength. She is now an ambassador for New Balance and has also published her first book The Vertue Method, a 28 day reboot plan to lift your soul and your butt. There's even a quote from David Beckham on the front cover, who she counts as one of her clients - the dream! In this episode, we chat about the backlash against clean eating, being a woman in the fitness industry and ethical food choices. Keep up to date with her on all social media platforms @ShonaVertue.
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Welcome to the first ever episode of Talking Tastebuds. A brand new series in which Venetia Falconer chats to a different guest about their relationship with all things food. First up, is stand up comedian Joel Dommett. Joel kick-started his career in showbiz as an unwitting actor, with appearances in the highly successful Skins and alongside Keira Knightly and Sienna Miller in The Edge Of Love. Joel is best known as a Stand Up Comedian, with regular TV appearances including Impractical Jokers on BBC3, Joel and Nish vs The world on Comedy Central and of course, 2016’s I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! where he was a finalist.
In this episode, I learn all about how Joel’s post-break-up ‘revenge body’ lead to an obsession with Cross Fit and how the militant diet he went on for a magazine shoot, lead to a rather unfortunate mis-hap in a carpark in Crawley…
Keep up to date with Joel on twitter and Instagram @JoelDommett and visit joeldommett.com for his live dates.