Where Did It All Go Right?

Ali Jones
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Ali Jones speaks to our best-loved creatives about how they bagged those dream jobs.

  1. 23/02/2023

    S6E3 - Bill Laurance - Composer & Snarky Puppy Pianist

    Ali Jones is talking to our best-loved creatives about how they caught their breaks. This week Ali chats to composer, collaborator and Grammy award-winning pianist Bill Laurance.  Bill is a classically-trained multi-instrumental (whoa) musician, a member of the renowned jazz fusion and funk band Snarky Puppy, and CEO of London-based record label Flint Music. Bill tells Ali why his mates got banned from his first ever gig in an Italian, how much he loves reggae, and why no one took his photo at the Grammy's.

    36 min

  2. 16/02/2023

    S6E2 - Kiran Millwood Hargrave - Author, Playwright, Poet

    Ali Jones is talking to our best-loved creatives about how they caught their breaks. This week Ali chats to author, playwright and poet, Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Kiran is best known for her award-winning children's fiction which includes her debut novel The Girl of Ink & Stars, Leila and the Blue Fox and The Island At The End of Everything. Her debut book for adults, The Mercies, was subject to a 13-way auction and called ‘unquestionably the book of the 2018 London Book Fair’ by The Bookseller. Kiran tells Ali how she's received the best and worst news on trains, how she knows when an idea is a winner, and why burnout is a real thing.

    34 min

  3. 09/02/2023

    S6E1 - Jason Bell - Former NFL Player & Broadcaster

    Ali Jones is talking to our best-loved creatives about how they caught their breaks. This week Ali chats to broadcaster and former NFL player, Jason Bell. Jason was a cornerback in the NFL league for the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and New York Giants. He’s also a wealth management professional who has been hailed as one of the top footballers on Wall Street by Business Insider. These days, Jason also presents the NFL Show and the Jason and Osi Podcast. Casual. Jason tells Ali why good people are at the heart of whatever he does, and why Strictly Come Dancing was one of the scariest things he’s ever done.

    34 min

  4. 06/07/2022

    S5E6 - Helen Glover - Rower

    Ali Jones is talking to our best-loved creatives about how they caught their breaks. This week Ali chats to British rower, Helen Glover MBE. Ranked the world's top female rower in 2015-2016, Helen is a double Olympic champion, three-times world champion, and easily one of the most decorated athletes in the GB Rowing Team. She's also a mum and co-author of a new book with her husband Steve Backshall - Wildlings. Helen tells Ali how she made the GB Team despite missing a couple of inches in height, why she nearly said no to her biggest break, and how she got to Tokyo from her living room in lockdown. This WDIAGR episode is sponsored by YunoJuno Freelance Marketplace.

    33 min

  5. 29/06/2022

    S5E5 - Dr Waheed Arian - Doctor & WHO Expert

    Ali Jones is talking to our best-loved creatives about how they caught their breaks. This week Ali chats to a British doctor and radiologist, Dr Waheed Arian. Waheed was born in Afghanistan, lived as a refugee in Pakistan, and is the founder of telemedicine charity Arian Teleheal which links up local doctors in warzones with medical experts around the world. Waheed tells Ali how his own tuberculosis diagnosis as a kid led him to becoming a doctor, why we should ignore the odds, and why he once couldn't believe people talk about washing their dogs. This WDIAGR episode is sponsored by YunoJuno Freelance Marketplace.

    32 min

  6. 22/06/2022

    S5E4 - Tim Dunn - Railway Historian & TV Presenter

    Ali Jones is talking to our best-loved creatives about how they caught their breaks. This week Ali chats to British railway historian, travel editor & TV presenter Tim Dunn.  Tim tells Ali about the teacher who he'll never forget, how he found his niche and why he wants Britain to fall back in love with our railways. This WDIAGR episode is sponsored by YunoJuno Freelance Marketplace.

    33 min

  7. 15/06/2022

    S5E3 - Kit de Waal - Novelist

    Ali Jones is talking to our best-loved creatives about how they caught their breaks. This week Ali chats to writer Kit de Waal, whose bestselling novel My Name Is Leon is behind the recent BBC feature film of the same name.  Kit tells Ali how she always hated reading as a kid, never entertained being a writer until she was in her mid-forties (after a career as a magistrate), and why she thinks it's important for everyone to find that thing that makes us feel alive - whether it's singing or flower arranging. This WDIAGR episode is sponsored by YunoJuno Freelance Marketplace.

    37 min

  8. 08/06/2022

    S5E2 -Dina Litovsky - Photographer

    Ali Jones is talking to our best-loved creatives about how they caught their breaks. This week Ali chats to documentary photographer Dina Litovsky. Born in Ukraine, Dina is based in the States and describes her photography as visual sociology. Her work has been featured in the likes of the New York Times, National Geographic, Time Magazine and The Atlantic. Dina explains how she can be cool as a cucumber photographing Jake Gyllenhaal, why she religiously listens to two hours of music a day and how she confronts her own prejudices through photography. This WDIAGR episode is sponsored by YunoJuno Freelance Marketplace.

    26 min
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Ali Jones speaks to our best-loved creatives about how they bagged those dream jobs.

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  • Creator
    Ali Jones
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2023
  • Episodes
    58
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2018 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Where Did It All Go Right?