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The Nuffield Alumni Podcast 
Today is the start of something new!  You have met a lot of the Nuffield scholars on the podcast lately.  David Rose, a Nuffield scholar realised there was a lot of excellent stories out there not being told on the basis people had drifted form the Nuffield community and maybe don’t use social media for instance! This is our way of showcasing these people!
With support from Howden Rural I bring you the first episode to introduce both the president on Nuffield UK Rupert Alers-Hankey and Marketing Manager at Howden Rural, Fraser Searle!
A chat to show what’s to come!
Enjoy!

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Falling 20 metres into a coma world records and climbing the Burj Khalifa without ropes! 
From one world record chaser in the last episode to someone who holds many! 
Today’s guest, Alain Robert from France who now lives in Bali has spent FIFTY years free solo climbing…for those that don’t know what that is it’s climbing rocks and buildings with nothing but yourself, no support and no ropes! 
His legacy as he says is on rocks but he has some phenomenal building climbs as well including the tallest building on the planet.  He once fell 20m bust everything he has, displacing his wrist to this day and lost 45% of his blood, was in a coma and more. He’s even been declared 65% disabled.  
This is a man who breaks boundaries and does it in style…oh and he’s been arrested about 125 times!
Bloody great guy!
Enjoy! 

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Shearing, shearing and a world record attempt in shearing! 
Sometimes you meet people that do a lot of things and sometimes you meet people that have dedicated their whole life to one thing.
Today’s guests has broken barriers her whole way through life! To this day she is the only woman to have made the coveted Top 30 at the Golden Shears in New Zealand, she spent 8 years on trailers at the start of her career before ever shearing with a woman and is now going for a big one!!
Una Cameron, under the tutelage of Matt Smith is aiming to break the female 9 hour strong wool world record of 458 held by Sacha Bond however Una is after 1000!
She speaks about nutrition, training and all else that has to go into this! 
Oh…and did I mention she’s doing this at 51! 
Great chat with an amazing woman!
Enjoy! 

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Veterinary, Nuffield and…Farming in Qatar?!
Todays guest, Miranda Timmerman is someone I’ve followed for a while as miranda_vet however never actually realised she was a Nuffield scholar until I sat and listened to to her topic on gastrointestinal parasite management at last years conference! 
Not only was the topic very interesting but also a stand out from a presentation perspective (my favourite part)! Miranda has travelled a lot both with work and recreationally! 
Nothing quite like where she finds herself now, working alongside her husband at Baladna Farm which produces all of the dairy product in Qatar after a dispute with Saudi Arabia in 2017 that saw dairy products no longer sold to Qatar!
A very interesting chat with someone who just always says yes!
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4-H, dancing, Tanzania and…Banana bread?
Ever meet someone and just get on straight away? That was myself and today’s guest and I’m quite certain she’ll have that impact on most! 
Maddy Bretey-Smith from Iowa in the states was one of the American team in Tanzania that we spent a week with last year! 
She has been in 4H her entire life and now as a staff member leads a team that she once saw as the peak to be involved in, she joined as a member and now is overseeing global integration and much more!
A great person advocating a phenomenal youth development group! She also loves cats so what more could you ask for?
Enjoy!

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Getting into farming, calf rearing and millions of views!
Our guest today, Josie Eccles studied at SRUC Barony and studied during the online Covid environment!
Josie doesn’t come from farming and after studying animal care noticed agriculture was where her heart was! So the door knocking began and phoning people just asking for a chance now here she is choosing the clients she reads calves for all the while sharing the trials and tribulations in the most entertaining way on TikTok as weejosie2.0!
Great advocate for the sector that brings in people from outside the sector!
Enjoy! 

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