Podcast Episodes

Challenge Ian

Season 14 Episode 2

Ian Mudge was a teenage punk, whose exploits included chucking chairs out of a train window. 

He became a teacher, whose unconventional methods and co…

3 years, 5 months ago

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Adventures In Microdosing

Season 14 Episode 1

Ketamine and magic mushrooms are notorious for their damaging side-effects, including paranoia, depression and other ‘bad trips’.

But the process of c…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Christmas Spectacular 2022

Season 13 Episode 12

Olly, Alix and Ollie gather round the podcasting chimney for a festive knees-up, with musical guest Ashley Singh and entrepreneur Jules Parker. There…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Inside Strangeways

Season 13 Episode 11

Neil 'Sam' Samworth spent 11 years as a prison officer at HMP Manchester - better known as Strangeways, one of Britain’s most notorious jails.

Buildin…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Contrast, Colour, Texture, Tone

Season 13 Episode 10

Vanessa Potter lost her sight in just 72 hours - the result of a rare condition that doctors struggled to diagnose. 

In this interview with Olly, she …

3 years, 9 months ago

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The Countdown

Season 13 Episode 9

Medically assisted dying is legal in Canada, where over 10,000 people end their lives through euthanasia each year, and over 80% of applications are …

3 years, 9 months ago

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How To Be A Dad, Part 8

Season 13 Episode 8

Videogames, testosterone and triage - it’s all in day’s work when you’ve got a six year old boy, as Olly explores with fellow Dads Tom Price and Stua…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Out of the Fog

Season 13 Episode 7

When adults adopted as children feel lost or incomplete - even if they had a happy childhood - they often describe themselves as ‘being in the fog’.

F…

4 years ago

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The Blueprint

Season 13 Episode 6

Reggie Nelson grew up on an East London council estate to alcoholic parents. With drugs and violence all around him, he underperformed academically, …

4 years, 1 month ago

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How To Run A Food Truck

Season 13 Episode 5

Pippa Till gave up her job as a TV edit assistant to follow her dream of selling food at festivals, in her very own food truck.

But she had no food, n…

4 years, 2 months ago

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