Interviews With Inspirational People: Recent Episodes
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Joss Rivers is a young Singer Songwriter who was first interviewed on Teenbuzz Radio 10 years ago aged 12 and was known as Joslyn Plant. She has just released her first official single Long Time Coming. In this interview she tells us all about her new single and record deal and about her experiences at The Brit School for music. Joss also gives us some great advice of how to get into the music business
Duane Harden is a Singer Songwriter who has just released a new single with Nova Life called Your Lies In this interview he talks about his career spanning 30 years
Nicole is a talented 14 year old Singer Songwriter in this interview Nicole speaks about her very busy life, her ambitions and gives advice on how to get into the music business
Sarah Parry is Spogomi World Champion! Spogomi is a sport where you collect as much litter as you can in an allotted time period. Sarah talks about Spogomi and the competition that took place in Japan. Sarah will also talks about Spogomi helps climate change and how it helps to save our planet.
Ever wondered what it’s like to judge a world record attempt? Mark McKinley is one of the driving forces behind Guinness World Records and has judged more record attempts than you could ever believe! Join us for a special interview where we speak to Mark about his experience with world record holders, his greatest stories, and his advice to people who want to break a record!
Tali Represented Luxembourg in Eorovision 2024, In this interview Ella and Richard ask her all about the Eurovision experience and all about her life as a singer songwriter.
Do you know what a Naturopathic Herbalist & Holistic Life Coach does? Mayim Vega tells us all about her fascinating career and how teens can better deal with their emotions, giving us important tips on how to live a healthier life and feel better!
John Tibbits is an up-and-coming musician in his twenties, and in his teen years, suffered from body dysmorphia and Anorexia. Richard spoke to him about how he dealt with these conditions and how they influenced his music career.
AMAZING NEWS! Have you ever thought about space travel with your mum? A mother-daughter duo made history as the first such pair when they were launched into suborbital space on Virgin Galactic's flight. Anna, who is studying in Scotland and her mother Keisha, who are from Antigua, won two tickets to go on a trip into space, and Richard interviewed the astronauts about their experience of looking down on the Earth and how it has changed their perspective on life!
Have you ever dreamt about a career in the music business? Richard interviews Peter Spicer from The Condriacs and Nick Van Eede from The Cutting Crew. These guys teamed up together and released a song called London Town, which is a cheeky, uplifting song about life in London They talk about their collaboration and how to get into the music business. Nick will explain how he wrote the mega-hit (I Just) Died In Your Arms which was recently used in the Netflix series Stranger Things!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the world without flying at all? Famous traveller Thor Pederson spent 10 years visiting all 203 countries in the world without setting foot on an airplane! He is the first person ever to do this! Thor was stuck in Hong Kong for 2 years during the COVID epidemic, but he continued on his land and sea journey and never looked back! Richard and Neely Interviewed Thor on TeenBuzz Radio, We found out how and why he decided to follow his dreams and visit the world in such a unique way.
Rock legend Suzi Quatro has teamed up with Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and produced an incredible album called “Face to Face”. Suzi is a singer, bass guitarist and songwriter from the US with a string of hit singles that influenced millions. TeenBuzz Radio’s Richard Freedman interviewed Suzi about the unique collaboration and about how Suzi forged the way for women in rock!
Helen Doron English student, Daniel Sánchez from Spain, was recently named World Champion in Windsurfing in the Raceboard category! This is very exciting news for everyone in the Helen Doron network, as we are committed to sports and healthy living. Even more than English, we empower our students to follow their dreams!
Alexander McCall Smith Your favourite author is FINALLY interviewed by Ella and Richard in an hour-long special For those of you who are new to his books, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series has sold over twenty million copies in the English language alone, and his various series of books have been translated into forty-six languages, becoming bestsellers throughout the world!
Richard e interviews Livia, an incredibly talented 11-year-old singer and songwriter based in Johannesburg, South Africa, who recently recorded her first song, “MY MOTHER NATURE”. The song, which she wrote when she was only 9 years old, is a powerful reminder of the beauty and importance of protecting nature, a very important value in ALL Helen Doron programmes.
This is an amazing interview with Guitarist Paul Crook who was with Meat Loaf in his final hours!
The rock legend Meat Loaf, acknowledged as “The Godfather of Rock” is now entertaining angels in heaven, but his incredible guitarist for 2 decades, Paul Crook, is making sure his unique music never dies! Meat Loaf's Band, Neverland Express, recently released a tribute album “Paradise Found: Bat Out Of Hell Reignited”. Paul will be telling our own Richard Freedman about the fabulous singer Meat Loaf, how he heard the news of his death and giving some great advice to all of the aspiring musicians out there!
Glen Matlock is a singer/songwriter/guitarist with a very impressive background. The original bassist and songwriter for the punk rock band, the Sex Pistols, Matlock is responsible for co-writing some of history’s most iconic songs, and has played bass for Blondie.
English weightlifter Jessica Gordon Brown talks about being in a male dominated sport and how Girls and women can get into sport
Interview with the rock band The Footlight District, They are a band made up of 4 sisters and 1 Brother.
Ronald Prent is a sound Engineer and has worked with Elton John, Celine Dion and many others.In this interview he explains the world of making an album sound great!
Grave Jones is a musician from Lebanon, Here he talks about his music and the situation in Lebanon
Listen to Danny interview Darius Oon from the Singapore-based Indie band "The New Modern Lights"!
Sara Gibbs is a UK-based comedy writer, graduate of the National Film and Television School’s Writing & Producing Comedy course and prolific tweeter, with over 45,000 followers. She is the co-founder of satirical online women’s magazine, Succubus and the founder of The First Laugh Comedy Writing Competition for new writers. She has also written extensively for satirical websites, including CollegeHumor and The Daily Mash. Having received a late autism diagnosis at the age of 30, Sara uses humour to advocate for a better understanding of autism and neurodivergence.
Grady Hendrix is an American author, journalist, public speaker and screenwriter known for his best-selling 2014 novel Horrorstör, as well as other great titles like "The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires", "My Best Friend's Exorcism", Bram Stoker award-winning novel “Paperbacks from Hell”, and his newest book “The Final Girl Support Group”. Join Danny in conversation with Grady to hear about his work, his inspirations and more!
Total Insight Theatre Helps young people with Mental Health Issues through Arts and Crafts
Sarah Class Talks to Richard about her new album Natural High and how music can go side by side with nature
Cormac posted a song on social media for his Grandma in Lockdown and was signed by a big Record Company to record an album!
Richard and Mannie Interview Joslyn Plant from The Voice UK Kids about her releasing her first single Summer Daydream
Interviewing Joslyn Plant, a very inspiring 12-year old who got into the semi-finals of The Voice UK Kids.