Leading 4 Life "Stories‪"‬ Bob Judson

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageAs the UK celebrates Pride month, my guest this week is Matt Lindley. Matt is a former RAF pilot who spent the majority of his military time on 32 (The Royal) Squadron at RAF Northolt near London, where he was an instructor pilot and captain on the HS125 VIP transport aircraft. In that role, he routinely flew the UK's most senior VIPs including HM The Late Queen Elizabeth II, the Prime Minister and many others from the ...

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageIn this episode, I return to my personal RAF journey and share my experience of living in the Saudi Arabian desert whilst commanding the RAF detachment on Operation Southern Watch (to mission to police the southern Iraqi no-fly zone) in 1998. Life in a tented encampment during the Saudi Arabian summer was extreme to say the least and I had a huge amount of very valuable experiences, some funny, some challenging, that really m...

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageMy guest this week is Reuben Keith Green, a former US Navy surface warfare officer and the published author of "Black Officer, White Navy". As the book title suggests, Keith's life in the US Navy was a challenging one and, since leaving the Navy in 1997, he has devoted the majority of his time to trying to improve the situation that black members of the US Navy face on a routine basis. This interview discusses Keith's persona...

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageBack in Episode 33 I started giving a full description of some of the aspects of military flying that dominated the flying part of my RAF career. As I got into the episode I realised that I had rather more to say about this than I originally thought and so I didn't get through all the things that I originally planned to cover. This episode is consequently the next chapter of very flying specific personal stories, and I ...

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageTrigger Warning! Whilst it doesn't go into detail, this episodes touches on the death of work colleagues and family members including children.With this, my first thematic episode in a while, I address the difficult topic of "Dealing with Adversity!" Whether personal or professional, really challenging situations, especially those involving the injury or death of family members or work colleagues, can be extremely hard ...

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageMy guest this week is Mary Walter, a TV and radio broadcast personality, and a podcast host, based in New Jersey, USA. Mary and I have known each other for many years and I was really keen to tap into her Talk Radio experience to get some new perspectives not only on her own career and journey, but also on the US more generally. As I anticipated, this is an episode with plenty of laughs but also a wide range of serious ...