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Desert Island Discs

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Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4
Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland

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Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland

GoLoud
Great Company with Jamie Laing

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Great Company with Jamie Laing

Jampot Productions
Liveline

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Liveline

RTÉ Radio 1
Insights with Sean O'Rourke

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Insights with Sean O'Rourke

RTÉ
Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett

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Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett

BBC Sounds
Lives Less Ordinary

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Lives Less Ordinary

BBC World Service

3 DAYS AGO

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Richard Young, photographer

Richard Young is a photographer who was once known as the “king of the paparazzi”. His portfolio is a who’s who of some of the biggest stars in film, music, stage and popular culture from the past fifty years. From gatecrashing Elizabeth Taylor’s party for Richard Burton’s 50th at the Dorchester to later being invited to photograph her Damehood celebrations. He can count the first photographs of Paul Getty Jr. after his kidnapping as just one of his many scoops. He was born in Hackney to a Jewish family and his father ran a hosiery stall in Berwick Street market for more than sixty years. Richard has dyslexia and after being expelled from school at fourteen, he went to Soho and landed a job in fashionable clothes shop frequented by Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, David Hockney and Francis Bacon. A two-year stint in New York followed, working as a studio assistant at Electric Lady Studios, before he returned to London and found himself in a bookshop handed a camera and told to get on with photographing authors. For the past fifty years, he has lived a nocturnal, high octane life of private jets, parties and exclusive events, eventually becoming as much a fixture in the world of celebrity as the people he photographed. Richard lives in London with his wife Susan. His photography gallery is in London and has visitors from around the world. DISC ONE: Rehab - Amy Winehouse DISC TWO: Just Walkin’ in the Rain - Johnny Ray DISC THREE: Cosmic Dancer - T. Rex DISC FOUR: Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan DISC FIVE: Point Blank - Bruce Springsteen DISC SIX: Isn’t It a Pity - George Harrison DISC SEVEN: A Beautiful Day - Queen DISC EIGHT: The Gypsy’s Wife - Leonard Cohen BOOK CHOICE: Siddhartha by Herman Hesse LUXURY ITEM: Caviar CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Point Blank - Bruce Springsteen Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Sarah Taylor Desert Island Discs has cast other photographers away to the island over the years including David Bailey, Sally Mann and Vanley Burke. You can hear their programmes if you search through BBC Sounds or our own Desert Island Discs website.

3 days ago

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50 min
3 DAYS AGO

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Family Flowers Only with Joanna McNulty

This week I sit down with Joanna McNulty who shares the devastating and very recent loss of her father Joachim McNulty. Joachim was a seasoned fisherman who knew the sea well but tragically lost his life when his car slid down the slipway at Belderrig Pier in Mayo and entered the water. The pier surface had become dangerously slippery due to moss and algae and he was unable to escape the vehicle. Joanna joins me in the very acute early stages of grief to speak about what happened, the shock and devastation of losing her dad in such preventable circumstances, and the reality of navigating grief so soon after a tragedy. Alongside sharing her father’s story Joanna is determined that no other family should experience the same loss. She is now advocating for proper maintenance and safety standards across Ireland’s piers so that something like this cannot happen again. This is an incredibly raw and powerful conversation about grief and also about the need for safety measures to be implimented immediately You can support Joanna’s campaign by signing her petition here:https://c.org/ZNbyTcyjdg For those who may need support in their own grief journey: • Tickets for my Parent Loss Grief Workshop in Athlone – April 19th can be found here:https://www.griefireland.com/grief-retreat/p/grief-workshop-for-partner-loss-athlone • You can also learn more about my community membership After the Flowers, where members can access full video episodes, support resources and a private community space:https://after-the-flowers.circle.so/checkout/after-the-flowers-membership

3 days ago

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1h 10m
11 MAR

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MILLIE COURT: “Lucinda Was Totally Misunderstood in the Love Island Villa”

Millie Court first captured the nation’s heart when she won Love Island Series 7 back in 2021. Since then, she’s built a successful career while navigating a relationship and a break-up, all in the public eye. She won us over all over again when she returned to our screens for this year’s Love Island All Stars. I was obsessed with the series, so you can imagine how excited I was to sit down with her for her first podcast interview since leaving the villa. In this episode, Millie shares: Her take on all the drama in the Love Island All Stars villaWhat really happened between Chloe and Lucinda after Series 7Navigating a public break-up and how she came out the other sideDealing with online trolls and comments about her appearanceWhy things feel different with Zac and their plans for the future Millie is a ray of sunshine and this conversation shows exactly why so many people fell in love with her in the first place. Millie Court is Great Company. If you love Millie's episode, you'll love Chloe Burrows' episode too. Listen HERE! If you enjoyed the show, you can also follow us: Instagram- @greatcompanypodcast TikTok - @greatcompanypodcast Jamie - @jamielaing And if you've got thoughts, questions and comments, you can email us at: greatcompany@jampotproductions.co.uk THE CREDITS Executive Producer: Ewan Newbigging-Lister Producer: Helen Burke Assistant Producer: Issy Weeks-Hankins Video: Jake Ji & Josh Bennett Social Media: Anthony Barter & Amber Hourigan Audio: Rafi Amsili Geovannetti Great Company is an original podcast from JamPot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11 Mar

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1h 16m
2 DAYS AGO

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"We couldn't find her body because it was a mass grave"

Julieanne and Karen speak to Kieran about the unmarked graves of relatives who died while resident in St Loman's Hospital.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 days ago

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45 min
2 DAYS AGO

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"(She has) one Oscar, one BAFTA and one Golden Globe, that's all this year!"

Jimmy Fury tells Kieran about his niece, newly crowned Oscar-winner Cliona Fury!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 days ago

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5 min
2 DAYS AGO

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Music was my salvation: the homeless man and the piano

While Francois Pierron was homeless in London he taught himself to play a public piano at St Pancras train station – from scratch. His mastery of music helped change his future. Francois had a difficult start in life. He was abandoned as a newborn on the streets of Dakar, Senegal, shortly after his birth in 1994, but was found by police and taken to an orphanage. He was soon adopted by a French couple and grew up in a rural area near Calais in northern France. It was a happy childhood, but Francois says he struggled with issues of identity in the largely white community, and always felt he was looking for something beyond himself. He was still a teenager when he started travelling around Europe, eventually arriving in London where he was almost immediately targeted by thieves who took his passport and all his money. This triggered a spiral into homelessness that spanned five long years. Francois spent a lot of this time in the crowds at train stations, one of the few places he felt safe, and one day came across a public piano in St Pancras station – the kind that is put in the concourse for anyone to play. He'd never touched a piano before, but says that something drew him to it with an almost magnetic force. He started teaching himself to play, spending hours every day experimenting with sounds and chords. He was obsessed. The piano provided solace, and even distracted him from his perpetual hunger. Despite not having any lessons he developed an extraordinary skill, creating his own compositions that wowed the crowds at the station. His playing drew the attention of local media, and in 2024 he was invited to take part in the popular UK TV show The Piano, a competition in which amateur musicians perform publicly on street pianos in the concourses of major UK railway stations, all the while being secretly judged by famous musicians including Mika and Jon Batiste. Francois says that his experience with the piano has helped him heal. He has been able to move on from homelessness, is in training for a career in system architecture, and has even started a family of his own – he hopes to share his love of the piano with his baby twins one day. He has also been back to visit Senegal, to begin the search for his birth parents. Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producers: Rebecca Vincent and Rachel Oakes Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the BBC World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. Each episode a guest shares their most dramatic, moving, personal story. Listen for unbelievable twists, mysteries uncovered, and inspiring journeys - spanning the entire human experience. Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected. Got a story to tell? Send an email to liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or message us via WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784 You can read our privacy notice here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5YD3hBqmw26B8WMHt6GkQxG/lives-less-ordinary-privacy-notice

2 days ago

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39 min
2 DAYS AGO · BONUS

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Dr Aliza Pressman: Parenting Advice You NEED To Hear | GREAT MOMENTS

50% of new parents experience a rise in stress, anxiety or depression according to recent research. With so much noise online about the “right” way to parent, it’s easy to feel like you’re doing it all wrong. Dr. Aliza Pressman is a renowned childhood expert and developmental psychologist. She believes that the only “right” way to parent is the way that works for you. In this Great Moment, she breaks down the intrinsic link between a parent’s mental health and their child’s wellbeing proving why taking care of yourself isn’t selfish... it’s essential. Listen to the full episode HERE! If you enjoyed the show, you can also follow us: Instagram- @greatcompanypodcast TikTok - @greatcompanypodcast And if you've got thoughts, questions and comments, you can email us at: greatcompany@jampotproductions.co.uk THE CREDITS Exec Producer: Ewan Newbigging-Lister & Jemima Rathbone Producer: Helen Burke Assistant Producer: Issy Weeks-Hankins Video: Jake Ji Social Media: Laura Coughlan Great Company is an original podcast from JamPot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 days ago · Bonus

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15 min
8 MAR

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Family Flowers Only with Rachel Gotto

This week I sit down with Rachel Gotto, a trauma and crisis coach and clinical hypnotherapist, who shares both her personal story of loss and the work she now does supporting others through trauma and grief. Rachel speaks about the devastating loss of her husband Nick, who died in a tragic accident when she was six months pregnant with their first child. She also reflects on the earlier loss of her brother Dominic at a young age, a grief that had a profound impact on her life and the path she would eventually take. Drawing from both lived experience and her professional work, Rachel offers powerful insight into trauma, grief, and the ways people can become stuck in their pain as well as how they can begin to gently move through it. It’s a thoughtful and deeply insightful conversation, full of wisdom for anyone navigating loss or supporting someone who is. You can learn more about Rachel and her work at www.rachelgotto.com, and find her on Instagram at @rachelvgotto. This episode of Family Flowers Only is kindly supported by Flowers.ie. Flowers.ie is an Irish business helping people send thoughtful, beautiful flowers across Ireland, whether it’s to celebrate, say thank you, or simply let someone know you’re thinking of them during difficult times. You can find them online at www.flowers.ie and follow along on social media:Instagram: @flowers.ieFacebook: flowers.ieTikTok: @flowers.ie_ A big thank you to Flowers.ie for supporting the podcast and helping these important conversations reach more people.

8 Mar

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1h 36m
2 DAYS AGO

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"You can't ignore the evidence of your own eyes and your own palate...what's going on?"

Does Kerrygold butter look and taste different? Mick thinks that it's not quite the same as before.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 days ago

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18 min
18 JAN

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Kate Winslet, actor

Kate Winslet is an actor who achieved global fame playing Rose DeWitt Bukater, opposite Leonard DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, in the 1997 James Cameron epic Titanic. During her career she has won five BAFTAs, two Emmys, five Golden Globes and an Academy Award for her role in the Reader. Kate was born in Reading in 1975 and attended Redroofs School for the Performing Arts in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Her film debut came in 1994 when she played a teenage killer in Peter Jackson’s film Heavenly Creatures. The following year she played Marianne Dashwood opposite Emma Thompson’s Elinor in Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee. Kate’s performance earned her a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She went on to consolidate her reputation as one of the most versatile actors of her generation by starring in a list of popular and critically acclaimed films including Hideous Kinky, Iris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Holiday. Last year Kate directed her first film, Goodbye June, starring Helen Mirren, Timothy Spall and Andrea Riseborough. Kate has three children and lives in West Sussex with her husband Ned and her family. DISC ONE: Georgia on my Mind - Roger Winslet and Sophie Breakenridge DISC TWO: Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs - Brian and Michael DISC THREE: Kiss from a Rose - Seal DISC FOUR: Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald DISC FIVE: Nuvole Bianche - Ludovico Einaudi DISC SIX: Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi - Radiohead DISC SEVEN: Blue Ridge Mountains - Fleet Foxes DISC EIGHT: Pump up the Jam - Technotronic BOOK CHOICE: Outside: Recipes for a Wilder Way of Eating by Gill Meller LUXURY ITEM: Freshly ground coffee CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Georgia on my Mind – Roger Winslet and Sophie Breakenridge Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Paula McGinley Desert Island Discs has cast many actors away over the years including Dame Emma Thompson, Cate Blanchett and Dame Helen Mirren. You can hear their programmes if you search through BBC Sounds or our own Desert Island Discs website.

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