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What does it mean to be different? Is it how we think? Or how we act? In this BBC podcast, Nicky Campbell explores just that with guests who are extraordinarily different.

Different with Nicky Campbell BBC Radio 5 Live

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 34 Ratings

What does it mean to be different? Is it how we think? Or how we act? In this BBC podcast, Nicky Campbell explores just that with guests who are extraordinarily different.

    Born into a Cult

    Born into a Cult

    Katy Morgan-Davies was born in a nondescript house in Lambeth in London, but thirty years later the world would discover she, and the other occupants in the house, were anything but ordinary. Katy was born into a strict communist-Maoist cult, didn’t know who her parents were, wasn’t allowed to get any education, leave the house or even look out the window. She escaped in 2013 when one of the other women held there memorised the number of a charity, who arranged their release.
    Katy tells Nicky how she learnt her worldview from a copy of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, how she never wanted her father to go to prison and forgiveness.
    Produced by Audio Always
    Producer: Ailsa Rochester
    Editor: Jo Meek
    Sound Design: Ailsa Rochester

    • 56 min
    "Edgar": An Investigation

    "Edgar": An Investigation

    Nicky first spoke about the abuse he witnessed and suffered at Edinburgh Academy on this podcast, now more than a year later Panorama has released an investigation into Iain Wares - at one point known only as the pseudonym “Edgar” - the teacher accused by multiple victims of abuse over several decades.
    Nicky learns more about the investigation with journalists Eleanor Plowden and Tom Stone, finding out about the work Panorama has done and how you investigate a story as sensitive and complex as this one. Joining them are Neil Douglas and Stuart - not his real name - who survived abuse and now are working to bring Wares to justice.
    Produced by Audio Always
    Producer: Ailsa Rochester
    Editor: Jo Meek
    Sound Design: Ailsa Rochester

    • 50 min
    Laundering for the Cartel

    Laundering for the Cartel

    Robert Mazur was once the go-to money launderer for Pablo Escobar’s Medellin cartel - but it was all a ruse, Robert was undercover and it led to one of the largest money laundering prosecutions in history. He joins Nicky to talk about making friends with ruthless criminals, fear and how more money than ever before is being laundered.
    Produced by Audio Always
    Producer: Ailsa Rochester
    Editor: Jo Meek
    Sound Design: Ailsa Rochester

    • 59 min
    Big Questions

    Big Questions

    Pastor Clement Okusi, biblical scholar Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou and geneticist Dr Adam Rutherford join Nicky for a far reaching conversation. Asking questions like…where does the bible stand on evolution? Did Jesus exist? Does it matter if he did? Who gets into heaven? And what’s the meaning of life?
    Produced by Audio Always
    Producer: Ailsa Rochester
    Editor: Jo Meek
    Sound: Ailsa Rochester

    • 52 min
    The Criminal Surgeon

    The Criminal Surgeon

    Sarah Jane Downing was a victim of the now imprisoned surgeon Ian Paterson.
    Ian Paterson specialised in breast cancer operations, and between 1997 and 2011, he subjected more than 1000 patients to unnecessary and damaging surgeries, many of them mastectomies.
    He's currently serving a 20 year sentence after being found guilty on 17 counts of wounding with intent, and three counts of unlawful wounding. When Sarah Jane Downing discovered the lumpectomy he’d performed on her was unnecessary she founded a group to bring together his victims.
    WARNING: this episode contains descriptions of surgery and distressing conversations about receiving a cancer diagnosis .
    Produced by Audio Always
    Producer: Ailsa Rochester
    Editor: Jo Meek
    Sound: Ailsa Rochester

    • 39 min
    The Iceman Cometh

    The Iceman Cometh

    Wim Hof is an extreme athlete who held the record for swimming under ice, prolonged full body contact with ice and completing a half marathon barefoot on ice and snow. Now an author, tv star and motivational speaker he encourages everyone to embrace the cold - whether it’s wild swimming, cold showers or ice baths.
    He talks to Nicky’s wife Tina who’s a devoted wild swimmer, hears Nicky’s experience with a cold shower and we find out the unlikely mantra that helped him survive his barefoot marathon.
    WARNING: This episode contains strong language and a conversation about losing a loved one to suicide.
    Produced by Audio Always
    Producer: Ailsa Rochester
    Editor: Jo Meek
    Sound: Ailsa Rochester

    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
34 Ratings

34 Ratings

BOB - RAVENSCROFT ,

Amazing true life … tears and laughter

Nicky is the whole package , funny interesting and always brings the best out of every situation. And most importantly very honest.. 5 stars !!!

July 2023
A Record Player !
What an amazing pod cast fantastic work Nicky so interesting and emotional. What a fantastic guest now brought his book.
You make my week so much better love the pod casts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟

Bradfordiansteph ,

Brilliant

Fascinating people, wonderful interviews which are a joy to listen to, excellent production.

podjojo ,

Brilliant interviewing

Always loved Nicky on 5 Live and great to hear him interviewing out and about. Fascinating listen.

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