Sound of Silence: Recent Episodes
Steve Chapman
Sound of silence is a downloadable pause. An experimental podcast that records the silence that arises between people.Each episode is around 2 minutes and 45 seconds in length and features a very special guest.Only 100 episodes will be recorded and the collected silence will then be turned into an interactive gallery exhibit.
Sound of Silence is the world's first silent podcast featuring special guests. Each episode is recorded face to face with a special guest and captures the silence that arises between the guest and podcast host Steve Chapman. The podcast began in the summer of 2018 and will feature a total of 100 episodes.
This episode features the collected silence from episodes 91-100 recorded in a variety of locations.
Guests on this compilation.
00:09 Charlie Dark
02:05 Kathryn Chapman
04:02 Carl Richards
05:56 Rebecca Humphries
07:53 Stephen Wright
09:50 Olia Hercules
11:46 Jayde Adams
15:37 Eddie Izzard
17:33 Episode 100
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This is the final episode of Sound of Silence. For the last two and a half years I've had many ideas about how to mark the end of this project. Maybe I'd get a really famous guest on for the final episode. Or invite that random bloke on Twitter who said that this was a stupid idea on the day that I started the project. Or gather 100 people together at the House of St Barnabus for a mass recording of silence. However, in the end, various changes of mind or unfortunate circumstances meant that none of those ideas came to fruition. But as I stand here at dawn, on this beach, on the south coast of the UK, it is obvious to me how Sound of Silence should come to an end. Recorded in Charmouth, Dorset, UK.
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This episode's guest is Eddie Izzard. Eddie is an award winning comedian, film, TV and stage actor, political activist and marathon runner. Since his 1993 West End debut he has performed a number of critically acclaimed shows including Unrepeatable, Glorious, Dressed to Kill and Force Majeure which became the most extensive comedy tour ever performed. His dramatic stage appearances have included Edward II and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg and on the big screen he has appeared in films such as Mystery Men, Oceans 12 and 13 and Victoria and Abdul. Eddie is also a serial marathon runner and in 2009 ran 43 marathons in 51 days raising £1.8 million for Sports Relief. Recorded at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-sea, Kent.
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This episode's guest is Jayde Adams. Jayde is an award-winning comedian and proud Bristolian described by Dawn French as "the 3rd funniest woman in the world." Her debut Edinburgh Fringe show Jayde 31 was nominated for Best Newcomer in 2016 whilst her critically acclaimed The Ballad of Kylie Jenner's Old Face" was filmed and released worldwide on Amazon Prime as "Serious Black Jumper." Jayde is a TV regular hosting Channel 4's Crazy Delicious and has appeared as a guest on many shows including 8/10 Cats, Strictly It Takes Two and she is the host of the BAFTA nominated Channel 4 show Snackmasters with Fred Sirieix. Recorded in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK.
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This episode's guest is Robert Twigger. Robert is a polymath who is entranced by the idea of polymathy. He is the author of 12 books including Angry White Pyjamas, The Extinction Club, Voyageur and Micromastery. He is also an adventurer who headed an expedition to northern Borneo, made the first exploration of the Western Desert using a hand-hauled wheeled trolly and attempted to capture a record breaking snake in Indonesia that was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary called Big Snake. He is also an artist, a poet, a photographer, a martial artist and he enjoys driving down steep hills with the engine switched off. Recorded on the Jurassic Coast path, Dorset, UK.
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Sound of Silence is the world's first silent podcast featuring special guests. Each episode is recorded face to face with a special guest and captures the silence that arises between the guest and podcast host Steve Chapman. The podcast began in the summer of 2018 and will feature a total of 100 episodes.
This episode features the collected silence from episodes 81-90 recorded in a variety of locations.
Guests on this compilation.
00:09 Sabú Caps
02:09 Nicky Hirst
04:08 Ian Bonar
06:05 Enni-Kukka Tuomala
07:58 Inua Ellams
09:56 Joan Iyiola
11:51 Matt Ballentine
13:48 Patrician Niven
13:44 Theo (aka Super Theo)
17:41 Liela Moss
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This episode's guest is Olia Hercules. Olia is a London-based Ukranian chef and food writer known for her cookbooks, columns and tv work. She trained at the renowned Leiths school of food and wine and went on to work as a Chef de Partie in a variety of restaurants including Ottolenhi. She is a regular food writer for the Guardian and has appeared on TV shows including weekend today and Saturday kitchen. Her cookbooks are a celebration of Eastern European cooking and include Mamushka: recipes from the Ukraine and beyond, Kaukasis: A culinary journey through Georgia, Azebejan and beyond and her new book Summer Kitchens that came out in June 2020. Recorded in Forest Gate, London.
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Sound of Silence is the world's first silent podcast featuring special guests. Each episode is recorded face to face with a special guest and captures the silence that arises between the guest and podcast host Steve Chapman. The podcast began in the summer of 2018 and will feature a total of 100 episodes.
This episode features the collected silence from episodes 71-80 recorded in a variety of locations.
Guests on this compilation.
00:09 Charlie Gladstone
02:06 Marella Campagna
04:05 Laurence Shorter
05:59 Caroline Casey
07:58 Kristian Brodie & Adam Shakinovsky
09:53 Maria Oshodi
11:05 Remi Rough
13:46 Lesley Graney
15:43 Mark Radcliffe
13:46 Vinca Petersen
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This episode's guest is Stephen Wright. Stephen is an artist known for his distinctive paintings, sculptures, memory boards and the extraordinary House of Dreams. The house is an immersive, breathtaking and moving piece of installation art that has transformed an ordinary house on an ordinary London street into a bizarre, colourful and utterly fascinating walk-in adventure. Every surface of the house has been decorated with bright and colourful objects including bottle caps, false teeth, doll's heads, ceramic fragments and Stephen's beautifully written memory boards that document his life's journey. Recorded at the House of Dreams, Dulwich, London.
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Sound of Silence is the world's first silent podcast featuring special guests. Each episode is recorded face to face with a special guest and captures the silence that arises between the guest and podcast host Steve Chapman. The podcast began in the summer of 2018 and will feature a total of 100 episodes.
This episode features the collected silence from episodes 61-70 recorded in a variety of locations.
Guests on this compilation.
00:09 Dan Kiran
02:04 Miranda West
04:01 David Shrigley
05:53 Charlotte Edmonds
07:45 Brian Beaton
09:38 Hayley Welsh
11:31 Neil Baker
13:25 Chloë Clarke
13:18 Nigel "Zebrahead" Smith
17:12 Katie Elliot
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This episode's guest is Rebecca Humphries. Rebecca is a writer and actress known for appearing on the BBC's Trigonometry and The Agency, Comedy Central's Big Bad World and Channel 4's Cardinal Burns. As a writer, her hit musical Prom Kween won 3 awards and was the highest rated comedy show of the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe. As a journalist she has written for Vogue, Elle, The Guardian and The Telegraph and she recently became the latest edition to the cast of Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner.
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Sound of Silence is the world's first silent podcast featuring special guests. Each episode is recorded face to face with a special guest and captures the silence that arises between the guest and podcast host Steve Chapman. The podcast began in the summer of 2018 and will feature a total of 100 episodes.
This video features the collected silence from episodes 51-60 recorded in a variety of locations.
Guests on this compilation.
00:09 Darryl Edwards
02:07 Sophia Thakur
04:03 Pete Spurrier
05:55 Pippa Evans
07:50 Ben Bidwell
09:48 Lucie Sheridan
11:47 Ahir Shah
13:43 Vicki Amedume
15:38 Adam Wilder
17:33 Jo Hunter
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This episode's guest is Carl Richards. Carl is a Financial Planner, an author, a speaker and an artist. He is best known as the creator of the popular Sketch Guy column that has appeared weekly in the New York Times since 2010. He is the author of two books, is a much in demand public speaker and his distinctive napkin sketches have been exhibited in New York, Park City Utah, San Fransisco and London. Recorded at Hampstead Heath, London.
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Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week.
This week features all of the silences from episodes 41-50
Guests on this compilation:
00:09 Chris F Clark
02:06 Richard Vranch
04:04 Nonnie Peifer
06:00 Mr Gee
07:51 Nic Shayler
09:50 The Do Pause Collective
11:39 Hazel Gale
13:37 Ben Wilson (aka Chewinggumman)
15:30 Satya Robin
17:23 Poppy Chapman
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This episode's guest is Kathryn Chapman. Kathryn is a photographer, speaker and mental health advocate who specialises in using photography as a therapeutic method of self discovery.
She is known for her fantastical creative photoshoots, has snapped celebrities such as Graham Norton, Stephen Fry and Bear Grylls and has been featured in publications such as Hello and Tatler magazine.
Her current focus is Face to Face, an immersive, therapeutic photographic experience that helps women nurture a better relationship with their mental health and witness themselves in a more compassionate light.
Recorded in Esher, Surrey.
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Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week.
This week features all of the silences from episodes 31-40 featuring :
00:09 Wendy O'Mahoney
02:04 JP Flintoff
04:03 Timandra Harkness
05:55 Brian Kaplan
07:51 Anoushé Hussain
09:46 Blaine Harrison
11:41 Adah Parris
13:32 Julian McKerrow
15:25 Andrea Hadley-Johnston
17:24 Terry Waite
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This episode's guest is Charlie Dark. Charlie is a musician, DJ, poet, yogi, speaker, writer and community builder, amongst many other things. He was a founding member of the trip-hop sensations Attica Blues and his work connects communities, encourages togetherness and provides people with the skills to navigate and survive the daily challenges of life. In 2007 Charlie founded Run Dem Crew, a running community for people who don't consider themselves runners, committed to positive social change with fingers in many creative pies. Recorded at House of St Barnabus, London.
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Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week.
This week features all of the silences from episodes 21-30
00:08 Nick Parker
02:03 Keith Johnstone
04:02 Ola Odumosu
05:53 Dave Birss
07:45 Lena Peters
09:39 Lee Simpson
11:31 Pip Stewart
13:22 Khurshed Denhugara
15:14 Stella Duffy
17:10 Hilary Gallo.
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Liela is a singer, known for her work as a solo artist and with the British Indie/Alternative band The Duke Spirit. Since forming in 2003 The Duke Spirit have released 5 studio albums as well as a live album recorded in Dresden and have appeared on many seminal TV shows including Later with Jools Holland, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Late Show with David Letterman. As a solo artist she has worked with the likes of Nick Cave, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gary Numan and Jame's Lavelle's UNKLE and her new album will be released in summer 2020 on Bella Union. Recorded at House of St Barnabus, London.
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Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week.
This week features all of the silences from episodes 11-20 featuring Victor Adebowale, Maria Koripas, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves), Heather Urquart & Joe Samuel, Mark Shayler, Kay Scorah, Ade Adeniji, Simone Lia, Mr Bingo, Claire Genkai.
You can watch a video of this silence, featuring photos of each guest, on Youtube via: https://youtu.be/s-37e3aGUP0
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This episode's guest is Theo (aka Super Theo). Theo is 3.5 years old and is interested in everything. He particularly likes bicycles and planes because they can go to the front of the traffic. Theo doesn't like radiators because they get too hot and his ambition is to light matches. Recorded on Ernie's Beach, River Thames, London.
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Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week.
This week features all of the silences from episodes 1-10 featuring Sam Conniff, Charlotte Sills, Fred Deakin, Rosie & Faris Yakob, Rob Poynton, Michelle Morgan, Simon Cavicchia, Elizabeth Pick, Neil Mullarkey and Lucy Bellwood.
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This episode's guest is Patricia Niven. Patricia is an award winning food and portrait photographer. Her beautiful images convey her philosophy of the interconnectedness of food with the hope that it inspires others to have a greater awareness and appreciation of the relationship between the land, the producer and the preparer. Her work has been exhibited around the world in London, Liverpool, Paris, Sydney and New Zealand and featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Independent and the FT Weekend. In 2019 she shot large format film portraits at The Good Life Experience festival in Wales which will be published in a new book in 2020. Recorded at the Garden Museum, Lambeth, London.
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This episode's guest is Matt Ballantine. Matt is a sociologist, blogger, podcaster, musician and technology aficionado. He is co-host of the popular WB-40 podcast which features conversations on how technology is changing how we work and his blog mmitII is an eclectic mix of pieces about technology, music, politics and his diary. He is a guest columnist for Forbes and CIO magazines, has an intriguing music project called 8-bars and was the one time creator of a virally successful comedy flow chart. Recorded in Launch Pod, Teddington, London.
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This episode's guest is Joan Iyiola. Joan is an actress, producer and entrepreneur best known for playing the lead role in The Dutchess of Malfi at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon. She has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including the Young Vic, The Almedia and Shakespeare's Globe in plays such as A Season in the Congo, Boudica and Eclipsed. Her screen career has seen her appear in New Blood, Black Earth Rising and Enterprice and she recently set up her own production company Apetan Productions. She is the co-founder of Mono-box which provides nourishing training for actors and theatre makers. Recorded in Homerton, London.
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This episode's guest is Inua Ellams. Inua is a poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist and designer. He is an ambassador for the Ministry of Stories and has published 4 books of poetry including "Thirteen Fairy Negro Tales", "The Wire-Headed Heathen" and "#Afterhours". His first play "The 14th Tale" was awarded a Fringe First at Edinburgh and "Barber Shop Chronicles" sold out its run at England's National Theatre. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, founder of Midnight Run, a nocturnal urban excursion and is currently working on the little Prince in Stratford. Recorded backstage at Stratford Circus Theatre, London.
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This episode's guest is Enni-Kukka Tuomala. Enni is an empathy designer and artist whose work focusses on tackling some of the key challenges of our time such as racism, sexism, the refugee crisis and the polarisation of politics. Her work has taken her around the world with projects such as "Empathy Exchange" - a social experiment on the streets of Tokyo to initiate positive interactions between people of difference and "Empatia Ele" - a ground breaking project with members of the Finnish Parliament to imbue empathy into the heart of politics. Her Campaign for Empathy recently saw her take up residency in the London borough of Newham where she helped the community use empathy as a tool for bridging divides. She is currently working on establishing permanent empathy HQs in cities around the world. Recorded in the chapel of House of St Barnabus, London.
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This episode’s guest is Ian Bonar. Ian is an actor and playwright who has played a wide variety of stage, TV and big screen roles. He is conwn for appearing in TV shows such as New Blood, Southcliffe and Black Mirror and has just finished recording January 22nd. On the big screen he can be seen in films such as atonement, Kon-Tiki and the Bond classics Spectre and Skyfall. He is also a seasoned stage actor who is currently appearing in Death of a Salesman in London’s West End and is the creator and star of the solo show Be Prepared, a darkly comic story exploring memory, grief and the consequences of a phone number being one digit off. Recorded backstage at the Piccadilly Theatre, London.
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This episode's' guest is Nicky Hirst. Nicky is an artist interested in moments of serendipity. In addition to her gallery work, many of her striking public art commissions can be seen around the UK from libraries to collected to residential buildings to hospitals. She takes photographs as a daily discipline, has a love of language when the words run out and in 2019 she was appointed as Parliament's official artist for the 2019 General Election. Recorded in Peckham, London.
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This episode’s guest is Sabú Caps. Sabú is interested in expression and finding different ways to express ourselves as human beings. He works with music, art, movement, poetry and drumming to help others find meaning in this existence we call life. Recorded in Norbury, London.
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This episode's guest is Vinca Petersen. Vinca is a photographer, installation, multimedia and performance artist whose work emerges from her deep social and political engagement with under represented communities to give them voice and recognition. Her photobooks documenting subcultures have been exhibited in the likes of the Tate Modern and in 2010 she created the Future Youth Project that takes diverse groups of volunteers to the Ukraine to help creatively enrich a group of disabled men. Her alter-ego Dr Joy is a healer who engages the public in serious conversations about over-seriousness. Recorded at House of St Barnabus, Soho, London.
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This episode's guest is Mark Radcliffe. Mark is a Sony Award winning broadcaster, musician and writer. His extensive radio career has seen him present shows on BBC Radio 5, Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6Music including the Radio 2 Folk Show and the legendary Radio 1 "Mark and Lard" show which he co-presented with Mark Riley. He has also presented a number of music related TV shows including the White Room, Top of the Pops 2 and Glastonbury Festival coverage. Mark has been in a number of bands including the Shirehorses who supported Blur and appeared at the 1997 Glastonbury Festival and he currently performs as part of the avant-garde electronic duo UNE. As a writer he has published a number of books including "Showbusiness: The diary of a rock and roll nobody", the novel "Northern Sky" and his latest book "Crossroads" is about pivotal moments in musical history inspired by a challenging and moving moment in his own life when he was diagnosed with head and neck cancer, from which he is now in remission. Recorded in Knutsford. Cheshire, UK.
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This episode’s guest is Lesley Graney. Leslie is a mother, wife, social entrepreneur and founder of Random Acts of Nonsense. Lesley started Random Acts of Nonsense as a Whatsapp group in response to her devastating diagnosis of secondary breast cancer but it soon developed into a website and a series of live events before blossoming into an interactive family show as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. Lesley has a rich background in performing arts and, over the last 20 years, has channelled this passion to use drama to transform the lives of young people. Recorded on Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-sea, UK.
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This episode's guest is Remi Rough. Remi is a street and gallery artist who is known for his abstract geometric shapes, colours and edges. His art began on walls and trains in South London in the mid 1980s and he went on to become a key exponent and important figure in the abstract graffiti movement. His work has since been exhibited in cities such as Miami, New York and Berlin both in galleries and as large street-art murals that transform cities through Remi's unique visual symphonies. Recorded in Peckham, London.
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This episode's guest is Maria Oshodi. Maria is a blind writer, theatre director and disability arts consultant whose experimental work pushes the artistic and aesthetic boundaries between experience, identity and place. She has written plays such as "The S Bend", "Blood Sweat and Fears", the screenplay "Mug" for Channel 4 and was recognised as one of the 50 women to watch in cultural leadership. She's the founder of Extant - a leading performance art company of visually impaired artists and her current project "A Trail of Two Cities" is a symphonic performance exploration of the lives of two blind artists of colour. Recorded in Brixton, London.
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This episodes guests are Adam Shakinovsky & Kristian Brodie. Adam is a writer and storyteller who has made short films with the likes of John Malkovic and Anjelica Huston. Kristian is an award winning film producer whose films include the BAFTA winning Beast and the BIFA award winning next goal wins. Together they curate and co-host the live storytelling show One Track Minds which invites special guests to tell the story of a song that changed their lives. Recorded in the garden of House of St Barnabus, Soho.
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This episode's guest is Caroline Casey. Caroline is a rebel, a trouble-maker, a dangerous dreamer and an adventurer. She is also a disability activist who founded The Valuable 500 - a catalyst for an inclusion revolution that exists to position disability on the global business leadership agenda. Recorded at the House of St Barnabus, Soho, London.
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This episode's guest is Laurence Shorter. Laurence is an author, comedian, coach and creator of "Lazy Guru" - the world's first cartoon guide to mindfulness and flow. He is author of "A Hedonist's Guide to Talin" and the best seller "The Optimist: One Man's Search for the Brighter Side of Life" in which he met people such as Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson. As a comedian he and his work have appeared on the BBC, the Independent and at the Edinburgh Festival and his latest project "Laurence Shorter's Spiritual Experience" is a live chat show that invites special guests to explore profound and often taboo subjects such as death, God and anxiety. Recorded in The Betsy Trotwood, Shoreditch.
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This episode's guest is Marella Campagna. Marella is a fashion designer, storyteller, writer and activist. She studied fashion at Central St Martin's school in London and went on to design for a number of renowned Italian brands. However, an unexpected meeting with a famous anthropologist on a train reignited her passion for literature and led to her publishing her first book about fashion and the creative process. Her current research explores more deeply her obsession with psychology and the process of creativity. Recorded in the chapel at the House of St Barnabus, London.
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This episode's guest is Charlie Gladstone. Charlie is a man who does many things. He is the co-founder of lifestyle and vintage brand Pedlars that has both a virtual and vintage marketplace on the web and an actual store and cafe in London's Notting Hill. He is host of the Mavericks podcast in which he talks to people who have swum against the tide and done something truly unusual and inspiring. And, as well as projects comprising award winning farm shops, remote Scottish holiday retreats and a village pub he is the co-founder of the legendary Good Life Experience Festival of music, food, craft and the great outdoors - a festival that aims to make life richer, more rewarding and more fun. Recorded in Pedlars, Notting Hill, London.
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This episode's guest is Katie Elliott. Katie started out as an author and illustrator of children's music books, helping thousands of children learn how to read and write music using cartoon slugs. She later became a jazz flautist and pianist, recorded an album, made a charity pop single and toured theatres playing keyboards in a range of unlikely outfits. She is the host of the adventures in behaviour change podcast, creator of Amiko cards and is the founder of little challenges - a place to find inspiration and practical tools to help make the messy business of being human just a little bit easier. Recorded in Green Park, London.
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This episode's guest is Nigel "Zebrahead" Smith. Nigel is a connector of randomicity who makes stuff. He is the co-founder of Hope and Mania, a project that raises money for Papyrus by selling t-shirts emblazoned with doodles created in order to keep anxiety at bay. Recorded in the chapel of the House of Saint Barnabus, London.
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This episode's guest is Chloë Clarke. Chloë is a performer and theatre director with a specialist knowledge of audio description and its creative integration into theatre, arts and film. Chloë is visually impaired and throughout her career has been committed to creating work that is inherently accessible, challenging work that isn't and helping others find creative solutions to address the many barriers put up by a rigid society. She is co-founder of Elbow Room Theatre in Cardiff, a disabled led company that produces new writing with accessibility considered from the outset and has collaborated with the likes of the National Theatre Wales, the Royal Exchange and Warner Brothers. Recored at the Graeae Theatre, Hoxton, London.
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This episode's guest is Neil Baker. Neil is an award winning writer who has written for the likes of The Economist, Which? and the World Economic Forum. He is a board member of 26.org.uk, a not for profit that works to inspire a greater love of words in business and in life and partner at Dark Angels, an organisation that helps people around the world to use more creative language. He was the only person aged 9 in his class to fail his cycling proficiency for being too observant. Recorded at Century, Shaftsbury Avenue, London.
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This episode's guest is Hayley Welsh. Hayley is an artist and illustrator who is quoted by Jetstar magazine as "one of the top 10 street artists you should know by now." She has painted her surreal, whimsical street art across the globe in the UK, Australia, the US and Europe and founded the Blackburn "Open Walls" street art initiative, a programme designed to bring communities together through street art. He secondary school art teacher told her she'll never be an artist and should do something else. Recorded at Chelsea Sorting Office, London.
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This episode's guest is Brian Beaton. Brian is a coach and a mentor who has worked with thousands of people who have lost their confidence through lack of support, isolation and direction. He is programme manager of the House of Saint Barnabus Employment Academy, a charitable organisation that specialises in helping those who are socially excluded or have been effected by homelessness. He is also the writer of the acclaimed play "Lunch Breaks" a dark comedy about bad habits, good habits and supporting each other. Recorded at the House of St Barnabus Employment Academy, London.
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This episode's guest is Charlotte Edmonds. Charlotte is a choreographer and dancer who trained at the Royal Ballet and Rambert School. She was the inaugural Royal Ballet Young Choreographer between 2015-2018 and has since worked with a plethora of film makers, composers and artists to create works using dance to portray the complexities of society. She is currently working on a new commission for the Dutch National Ballet and a ground-breaking dance based exhibit and documentary exploring the super-powers of Dyslexia. Recorded at the Royal Opera House, London.
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This episode's guest is David Shrigley. David is a visual artist whose work has been exhibited around the world in places such as the Anton Kern Gallery in New York, Museum Ludwig in Germany and the Hayward Gallery in London. He is the author of 40 books including "Fully Coherant Plan" and "Weak Messages Create Bad Situations", was nominated for the 2013 Turner Prize and his huge sculpture of a thumbs up, entitled "Really Good" adorned Trafalgar Square's legendary 4th plinth. David is 197cm tall. Recorded in Brighton, England.
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This episode's guest is Miranda West. Miranda is the founder of The Do Book Company, a publisher of over 20 books written by speakers who have appeared at the legendary Do Lectures in Wales. She has worked in the book industry for over 20 years from indie publishers to the likes of Penguin and Random House and in 2014 she was named one of the top 10 creative entrepreneurs in the UK by the British Council. Recorded at the Harwarden Estate, Wales.
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This episode's guest is Dan Kieran. Dan is an author, a travel writer and co-founder of Unbound, an organisation with the mission to disrupt publishing and liberate ideas that wouldn't traditionally make it to print. As an author he has published 13 books including The Surfboard, The Idle Traveller and I Fought The Law and he is fond of contemplating mortality. Recorded in Islington, London.
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This episode's guest is Jo Hunter. Jo is a change maker who is passionate about supporting people to make change in their lives through connecting with their creativity. She is co-founder and CEO of 64 Million Artists a social enterprise that is a catalyst for the creativity of everyone in the UK. She has worked in the circus, co-lead a programme to get every child in school singing every day and started life as a presenter of the legendary BBC TV series Why Don't You? and still aims to get people to turn off their TV set and do something less boring instead. Recorded in Old Street, London.
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This episode's guest is Adam Wilder. Adam is the founder of the Togetherness movement and a champion of intimacy and human connection. He has been a stand-up comedian and trained as a professional fool. In 2012 he started Shhhhhh dating a non-verbal speed dating company where dates take place in silence. He is also the co-founder of Clowning in Nature, an organisation dedicated to immersive poetical idiocy. Recorded at the House of Togetherness, London.
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This episode's guest is Vicki Amedume. Vicki initially trained as a research scientist but entered the circus world in 1997. She worked as an aerialist across many circus contexts from large scale outdoor spaces to traditional tented touring circuses, to intimate indoor venues. She is a circus and aerial director who has worked with the likes of the RSC and National Theatre of Scotland and in 2006 founded Upswing, a charitable contemporary circus company that brings together people from different backgrounds to creative diverse and powerful temporary communities. Recorded in the chapel at House of St Barnabus, London.
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This episode's guest is Ahir Shah. Ahir is a stand-up comedian whose brand of philosophical inquiry, political vigour and sweet gags has seen him described as one of his generation's most eloquent voices. He has twice been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award and has appeared on Live at the Apollo, Have I got News for You and Radio 4's the Now Show. He is currently writing his new stand-up show "Dots" that will debut at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival. Recorded in the chapel at House of St Barnabus, London.
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This episode's guest is Lucie Sheridan. Lucie is an illustrator and screen-printer who is interested in making bold, direct and immediate marks. She graduated from UWE with a first-class honours degree in illustration and her latest project "Rubbish Portraits" is a unique portable live art booth in which human beings can have their portrait painted in 4 minutes. Recorded at Centrespace Studio, Bristol, UK.
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This episode's guest is Ben Bidwell (aka the Naked Professor). Ben is a writer, speaker, coach and mental wellness advocate who is interested in stripping back the mask of masculinity. He is co-host of the popular podcast "The Naked Professors" that invites well-known guests into a deep and vulnerable conversation about what's most important in life and how we actually feel. Recorded in Clapham, London.
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This episode's guest is Pippa Evans. Pippa is an Olivier award winning improviser, comedian and creative director of Perspectiva. She has made numerous guest appearances on Radio 4 shows such as Just a Minute, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and The Now Show and performed silly songs on ITV's Tonight at the London Palladium. Pippa has taught improvisation techniques to anyone from lawyers to footballers, co-founded a church for people who don't believe in God and is currently the voice of the crab on the Zoopla TV adverts. Recorded at the House of St Barnabus, London.
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This episode's guest is Pete Spurrier. Pete is an author, a publisher and an adventurer, best known for his hiking books of Hong Kong. His own adventure began in 1991 when, equipped with a backpack and a tent, he boarded a ferry at Folkestone and 2.5 years later arrived at the South China Sea. He followed the Silk Road from West to East during the collapse of the Soviet Union, supported himself by braiding hair, picking oranges and becoming a film extra and once spent a night in an abandoned village populated only by hand-sized Nephila spiders. Recorded in Green Park, London.
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This episode's guest is Sophia Thakur. Sophia is an internationally acclaimed poet and speaker who has performed around the world at prestigious places such as Glastonbury, TED and on MTV. Her work is an intimate expression of the experience of growing up in London as a mixed heritage girl and explores themes of heartbreak, joy, fear and ambition. Her first book "Somebody give this heart a pen" comes out in autumn 2019 and encourages young people to look outside themselves and explore their own heart's journey through poetry. Recorded in the garden of House of St Barnabus, London.
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This episode's guest is Darryl Edwards. Darryl loves to play and as the founder of Primal Play he has played in many countries and taught many people about the mental and physical benefits of play. He is a popular speaker who has been featured in a number of documentaries about health and wellbeing and is the author of several books including the best seller "Animal Moves." Recorded in Ravenscourt Park, London.
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This episode's guest is Poppy Chapman. Poppy is a 3 year old Cockapoo who's mum was a rescue dog from Cyprus. In her youth she won over 30 awards including Prettiest Dog, Cutest Puppy and Best in Show but she quit competitions when she realised that she dislikes being in close company with other dogs. Poppy is irrationally scared of trains but loves nothing more than chasing squirrels and being with other human beings. Recorded on Esher Common, Surrey.
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This episode's guest is Satyavani Robyn. Satya is a writer, psychotherapist and Buddhist Priest who runs the Amida Mandala temple in Malvern. She is the author of 11 books including "The Most Beautiful Thing", "What Helps" and "Coming Home" and her biggest wish is that others can find what she has received. Recorded at the Amida Mandala temple, Malvern, UK.
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This episode's guest is Ben Wilson (aka Chewinggumman.) Ben is an artist who turned his distaste for waste and rubbish into an artform. He is best known for his work transforming discarded chewing gum into miniature art masterpieces. He is also a wood carver and a painter who has exhibited at the Finish Contemporary Folk Museum, the American Visionary Art Museum and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Recorded at the Millennium Bridge, London.
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This episode's guest is Hazel Gale. Hazel is a former world kickboxing champion, an author and a practicing cognitive hypnotherapist. As a kickboxer she won multiple World and European titles as well as national and European titles in ABA boxing. After experiencing psychological and physical burnout she trained as a cognitive hypnotherapist. She recently published "The Mind Monster Solution", a book that helps human beings understand self sabotage. Recorded in Hoxton, London.
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This episode's guests are Ella, Alan, Adam, Will, Majken, Liv, Antony, Catherine, Miranda, Kay, Iain, Nick, Phyllida, Robert, Rob, Gavin, Tracey, Leonora, Marshall, Phillipa, Neil, Richard, Gill, Bea, Bruno, Lizzie, Amy, Amanda, Claes, Andy, Tattiana, Theresa, Sam, Toby, Helen, Vanella, Luke, Taylor and Romy. Recorded in Bermondsey Street, London.
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This episode's guest is Nic Shayler. Nic is a creator who is fascinated by stories that shine a light on what it means to be human. Recorded in Donisthorpe, UK.
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This episode's guest is Mr Gee. Gee is a poet, comedian, musician and presenter who most recently presented the Radio 4 series "Poetic Justice" in which he encouraged inmates to write poems that gave an intimate insight into prison life. He has a dream to ignite the creative spirit of young Britain and regularly runs poetry workshops with schools and other youth groups. He is at the cutting edge of the underground poetry scene, has supported Russell Brand on tour and took the world of theatre by storm with the west end musical "Into the Hoods". Recorded at Rich Mix, Shoreditch, London.
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This episode's guest is Nonnie Peifer. Nonnie was born in 1930 in Sydney Australia where as a teenager she was plucked off the street to become an actress and a model. In the late 1940s and early 1950s she starred in the films "Bitter Springs" and "Into the Straight" with Charles Tingwell, George Randall and Muriel Steinbeck. She moved to England with her husband and children in 1963 and describes herself as a "pleasure girl." Recorded in Esher, Surrey.
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This episode's guest is Richard Vranch. Richard improvises comedy with the Comedy Store Players and Paul Merton's Impro Chums. He does voiceovers, stand up comedy and bits of acting and writing. He has a PhD in Radiation Physics and is half of the science/hula-hoop act Dr Hula. His Erdos-Bacon-Sabbath number is 9. Recorded in the garden of House of St Barnabus, London.
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This episode's guest is Chris F Clark. Chris is a multi-disciplined artist whose work explores human existence, strength, fragility and the unspoken day to day challenges of being human. She has exhibited at the Truman Brewery, the Grierson Gallery and the legendary DON'T WALK WALK gallery in Deal and her stripe-out-paste-up street art work is becoming increasingly chased down in various locations across the south-east of England. Recorded at the DON'T WALK WALK gallery, Deal, Kent.
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This episode's guest is Terry Waite. Terry is a humanitarian, an author and a speaker. In the 1980s he was appointed as special envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury during which time he became an experienced hostage negotiator. However, on a 1987 trip to Beiruit, he himself was taken hostage and held captive from almost five years, most of them in solitary confinement. He is the author of six book including Taken on Trust, Solitude and Travels with a Primate, is the co-founder and president of Y-care international, president of Emmaus for the homeless and founder of Hostage UK, an organisation designed to support the families of hostages. Recorded in Suffolk, UK.
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This episode's guest is Andrea Hadley-Johnson. Andrea is a creative producer who is interested in fragments of everything and how they fit together. Her work has included "Objects of Love, Hope and Fear" and "Notice Nature, Feel Joy" both exhibited at Derby Museum. She's currently experimenting with creative spaces to explore what justice means and how it is relevant to human beings. Recorded in a dark isolation cell, National Museum of Justice, Nottingham.
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This episode's guest is Julian McKerrow. Julian is the 2017 and 2018 AWPC World Powerlifting Champion and a multiple world, British and European powerlifting record holder. He is also a model, a Formula One enthusiast and a dedicated vegetarian. Recorded on a rooftop in Covent Garden, London.
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This episode's guest is Adah Parris. Adah is a futurist, feminist and activist who is passionate about human potential and the impact that technology can have on our identity and what it means to be human. She was recently nominated by Google's #IAMREMARKABLE initiative which recognised her as a global top 5 emerging innovator. She performed and co-produced "Medusa - the transformation", an immersive multi-sensory show at Union Chapel. Recorded in the chapel of House of St. Barnabus, London.
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This episode's guest is Blaine Harrison. Blaine is the lead singer of Mystery Jets, a band formed in 2003 on the River Thame's legendary Eel Pie Island. They have since released five critically acclaimed studio albums, toured the world playing Europe, Japan and the US as well as the big festivals such as Glastonbury, Reading and the Isle of Wight. They've just completed work on their sixth studio album. Recorded at Victoria Tower Gardens, London.
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This episode's guest is Anoushé Husain. Anoushé is a paraclimber, speaker and charity ambassador who is a role model for overcoming adversity. She is a cancer survivor, living with five diagnosed syndromes and was born missing her right arm below the elbow. She was named Sports Personality of the Year at the 2017 Asian Achievement Awards and was the winner of the Helen Rollanson Award for inspiration at the Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year awards. She’s now aiming for a place on Team GB. Recorded by the duck pond in St James’s Park, London
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This episode's guest is Brian Kaplan. Brian is a medical doctor who has a life-long fascination with comedy. He is passionate about the use of humour and reverse psychology in psychotherapy and is the host of the hit podcast "Are you feeling funny?" in which top comedians discuss health and wellness with a Harley Street doctor. Recorded in Harley Street, London.
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This episode's guest is Timandra Harkness. Timandra is a presenter, a writer, a comedian and author of "Big Data: Does Size Matter?" a book that ask some important questions about surveillance, privacy and the grandiose claims made by big data evangelists. She is presenter of "Future Proofing" and "How to Disagree" both radio series on Radio 4 and she was resident reporter on the social psychology series "The Human Zoo." Her recent comedy shows have included "Your Days are Numbered - The Maths of Death", a disturbing cabaret show called "Science Burlesque" and her four star Edinburgh Fringe solo show "Brainsex". Recorded in Woolwich, London.
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This episode's guest is John Paul Flintoff. JP is a writer, mostly, who has written for lots of newspapers, magazines and five books, which he doesn't want me to describe. He's been quite unwell this year but is feeling much better. Recorded on a Thames beach near Blackfriars, London.
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This episode's guest is Wendy O'Mahony. Wendy is an artist, illustrator, storyteller and teacher. She is founder of Boogie and Me theatre company and is the artistic director and co-performer of Storyskirts, an improvised storytelling performance that explores gender expectations through the medium of two huge wooden skirts with hidden compartments. Recorded in Tandridge, Surrey.
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This episode's guest is Hilary Gallo. Hilary is a serial ex-man, a speaker and an author who is interested in natural growth. His first book "The Power of Soft" explores how to get what you want in life without being a ... and his latest project "Fear Hack" is all about making fear our friend. He is an avid sailor who once sank a 30 foot yacht. Recorded at Faber Creative, Bloomsbury, London.
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This episode's guest is Stella Duffy. Stella is a writer, director and performer who has written 16 novels including Room of Lost Things, State of Happiness and London Lies Beneath. She's written and devised 14 plays and over 70 short stories including several for Radio 4 and her solo show Breaststrokes was both Time Out and the Guardian's Critic's Choice. She is co-founder and co-director of Fun Palaces, an ongoing campaign for cultural democracy that promotes culture at the heart of community and community at the heart of culture. Recorded in Deptford, London.
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This episode features special guest Khurshed Denhugara. Khurshed is a friend and supports Brentford Football Club. Recorded at the Royal Academy, London.
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This episode's guest is Pip Stewart. Pip is an adventurer, journalist and presenter who has cycled from Malaysia to London, paddled the entire length of the Essequibo River in Guyana and travelled from the mouth of the Amazon to the Pacific coast of Lima to document the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. As a journalist and presenter she has worked with the likes of the BBC, CNN, Al Jazera and the South China Morning Post and in 2018 she found herself in a relationship with a flesh-eating parasite and is now campaigning to raise awareness of leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease that effects around 1 billion people. Recorded at Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex.
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This episode's guest is Lee Simpson. Lee is an improviser, a Comedy Store Player, one of Paul Merton's Impro Chums and a founder of Improbable. He's also been a croupier, a cinema projectionist, a breakfast show DJ and has written many plays and appeared in many sitcoms and panel shows. He once did a very poor poodle act at the London Palladium and his real name is Len. Recorded backstage at The Comedy Store, London.
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This episode's guest is Lena Peters. Lena is a ceramic artist and storyteller whose interest in folklore, history and mythology inspire her work. Her acclaimed collection "Secrets of the Hidden North" combine ceramics and stories that imagine the results of an archaelogical dig near Hadrian's Wall. She recently exhibited at David Gill in London with "Saints and Spirits", a strange menagerie of shrine statues. Recorded at the British Museum, London.
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This episode's guest is Dave Birss. Dave is an influential speaker and writer who tours the world to talk about creativity and innovation. He is the author of six books, very few of which are still available in the shops and in the past he's had various roles as a farm hand, a vet assistant, a university lecturer, a musician and was once paid to be a nude model. Recorded in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern, London.
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This episode's guest is Ola Odumosu. Ola is a storyteller and an activist who is interested in community and the power of stories in helping people be seen, heard and understood in society. She is particularly passionate about enabling invisible kids to be seen and to shine. Ola used to be a scientist but is now more interested in tackling tough subjects with a lightness, depth and sense of play and mischief. Recorded in the chapel of House of Saint Barnabus, London.
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This episode's guest is Keith Johnstone. Keith is a director, playwright and teacher who is internationally regarded as a pioneer of improvisational theatre. He is co-founder of the legendary Loose Moose Theatre Company which he formed in 1977 and his books "Impro" and "Impro for Storytellers" have become much cherished essential texts for those who are interested in spontaneity and creativity. Recorded in Raynes Park, London.
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This episode's guest is Nick Parker. Nick is the founder of creative agency "That Explains Things", a former radio joke writer and Viz cartoonist and the author of the acclaimed cult classic "The Exploding Boy." Recorded in Bermondsey Street, London.
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This episode's guest is Claire Genkai.
Recorded in Bromley, London.
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This episode's guest is Mr Bingo. Mr Bingo is an illustrator, artist and speaker who achieved legendary status on the back of his 2011 "Hate Mail" project in which he sent hand-illustrated offensive postcards to strangers. His kickstarter campaign to fund the subsequent book offered rewards to donors including being trolled by Mr Bingo, Mr Bingo doing your washing up and getting shit-faced on a train with Mr Bingo. His hobbies include Scrabble, collecting postcards with one person on them and taking photos of children who look like things they're standing next to. Recorded in the Tea Building, Shoreditch, London.
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This episode's guest is Simone Lia. Simone is an artist, writer and creator of a weekly comic strip in the Observer newspaper. Her work is an ongoing investigation into what it means to be human and has been exhibited around the world in such places as Tate Britain and the Home from Home gallery in Munich. She has written and illustrated a number of children's books as well as graphic novels such as "Please god find me a husband" and "Fluffy". Recorded in Brockley, London.
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This episode's guest is Ade Adeniji. Ade is the founder of Walk With Me, an organisation the specialises in exploring what it means to be a whole-hearted, undivided human being. He is an ordained inter-faith minister and spiritual counsellor and is a co-found of The Quest, a social enterprise that offers workshops, retreats and coaching for gay men to help them explore a way of living that is free of constraint.
Recorded in The Great Room, Royal Society of Arts, London.
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This episode's guest is Kay Scorah. Kay is an aggressively polite community activist who specialises in the power of neighbourhood banter as a potent force for change. She is a dancer, an improviser and stand-up comedian performing shows such as "Never Look in the Mirror When You're Dancing" which she took to Dublin and New York and in 2017 her project "Essex Road Recipes" brought improvised recipes from local independent food shops to the wider world.
Recorded in Green Park, London
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This episode's guest is Mark Shayler. Mark is a founding partner of the Do Lectures, one half of the award winning eco-innovation agency Ape and just wasn't quite good enough to play rugby for Leicester Tigers. Recorded in the chapel at House of St Barnabas, London.
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This episode's guests are Heather Urquhart and Joe Samuel. Heather is a member of the Oliver award winning improvised musical showstoppers and Joe is an internationally renowned musical improv director who has worked with the likes of Colin Mochrie and Mike McShane. Together they are authors of the book "Sing it!" and are directors of the improv troupe The Maydays. Recorded in the Nursery Training Centre, London Bridge.
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This episode's guest is Jim Moir, also known as Vic Reeves. Jim is a comedian, actor, artist and TV presenter who is best known for his partnership with Bob Mortimer in classic TV shows such as Big Night Out, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer and Shooting Stars. Jim's unique brand of art has been exhibited at the Whitechapel Gallery, the Strand Gallery and the Saatchi Gallery. He has published a number of books, including him memoirs, had a number one single and had three bands that had several hundred names. Recorded in Ashford, Kent.
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This episodes guest is Maria Koripas. Maria is an international movement director and choreographer who has worked with many opera groups and companies around the world. She is herself an opera singer and a dancer who has performed at the Royal Opera Covent Garden and the English National Opera at the London Colleseum. Her latest work for the new opera "Women at Point Zero" has received critical acclaim. Recorded at Woburn Walk, London.
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This episode's guest is Lord Victor Adebowale CBE. Victor is a social entrepreneur and Chief Executive of Turning Point, a social enterprise providing social care for 77,000 people. He is the founding chair of collaborate, a "do tank" working on the future of public services and in 2001 he became a cross-bench peer as part of the so called People's Peer initiative. And in 2011 he was a guest on Desert Island Discs. Recorded at Turning Point, Aldgate, London.
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This episode's guest is Lucy Bellwood. Lucy is a professional Adventure Cartoonist and teacher. She has drawn a plethora of comics about her adventures including crossing the Pacific on an Oceanographic research vessel, rafting twice down the Grand Canyon and living and working on board an 18th Century sailing ship. Her cartoons also explore deeply human subjects such as relationship breakup and femininity and her latest book "100 Demon Dialogues" is all about habitant with a petulant yet oddly lovable inner critic. Recorded in Gillespie Park, London.
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This episode's guest is Neil Mullarkey. Neil is an actor, writer and comedian and a founding member of the legendary improvisation troupe, the Comedy Store Players. He's appeared on numerous TV shows such as Whose line is it anyway?, Have I Got News for You and QI and films such as Austin Powers, Leon the Pig Farmer and Spice World. He is a much sought after speaker and trainer of improvisation techniques and recently released his new book "7 steps to improve your people skills." Recorded in Regent's Park, London.
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This episode's guest is Elizabeth Pick. Elizabeth is a movement artist, singer and film maker who explores subjects such as identity, authenticity and societal labels. She is found of Visceral Creative and uses her dyslexic superpowers to shine a light on the advantages of this often misunderstood label. Recorded in the basement of Royal Festival Hall.
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This episode's guest is Simon Cavicchia. Simon is a gestalt psychotherapist who is known for his work on shame and how it impacts corporate life and life in general. He is also the co-author of the ground breaking book "Theory and Practice in Relational Coaching". Recorded at LPQ, South Bank, London.
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This episode's guest is Michelle Morgan. Michelle is the co-founder of Livity, the award winning youth-led creative network, a much sought after public speaker and a pioneer in mental health advocacy who is on a mission to make mental health an every day conversation through her wonderful new startup PJoys. (www.pjoys.co.uk). Recorded in the chapel at House of Saint Barnabas, London.
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This episode's guests is Robert Poynton. Rob is an associate fellow at Said Business School at Oxford University, the author of the acclaimed books "Everything's an Offer" and "Do Improvise" and lives in an off-grid house in central Spain. Recorded in Bermondsey Street, London.
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This episode's guests are Rosie and Faris Yakob. Rosie and Faris are world renowned writers, speakers and workshop facilitators and together co-founded the nomadic strategy and innovation consultancy Genius Steals. They have been living on the road, out of office, since March 2013. Recorded in Shoreditch, London
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This episode's guest is Fred Deakin. Fred is Professor of Digital Arts at London's UAL, founder of the acclaimed digital design studio Fred & co., and is one half of the best selling, Brit and Mercury Award nominated band Lemon Jelly. Recorded in Finsbury Square, London.
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This episode's guest is the influential and world renowned psychotherapist, author and professor of coaching Charlotte Sills. Recorded at the Metanoia Institute, London.
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This episode's guest is award winning serial social entrepreneur and author Sam Conniff Allende. Recorded in the courtyard of the British museum
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