Loose Lips Ben Randm

Our guest is Sapphire McIntosh: @sapphire_mcintosh
Sapphire is a Leeds born lass who is described as a dynamic triple threat: Social Activist, Presenter and Comedian! An exciting ball of energy who isn’t shy in doing things her own way along her creative journey
In this chat we cover:
+ How to pronounce her name
+ Managing sleeping patterns
+ Yesteryear underage drinking in the parks with friends
+ Her creative process and what stands her out
+ Who she admires within the industry
+ How she gets on approaching strangers in the street for interviews
+ Gaging the responses given are authentic answers
+ Tackling strong social issues
+ Remaining unbiased as a broadcaster
+ Her time as an activist
+ How a day filming can be to what ends up on the final video
+ Managing London and Leeds life
+ Looking back starting out as a runner on Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
+ Her involvement with the production of Gogglebox
+ The media bubble expanding from London to further up North
+ Looking to develop her sketches and developing her accents
+ Her favourite word


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Our guest is P: @goldenteamp
P is a humble hearted genuine lad who has from nothing created a high-level successfully achieving Thai Boxing and Boxing gym which is now nurturing elite high-level competitors
In this chat we cover:
+ Adapting to closing the gym due to the current climate
+ Keeping his fighter motivated and sharp in this down time
+ How the postponed bouts will present themselves after the lockdown
+ The discipline and difficulty of fighters cutting weight
+ Building a plan for fighters for their upcoming bouts
+ The importance of a trainer and a solid corner and the relationship with the fighters
+ How he deals with such varied personalities
+ Getting the fighter to be mentally prepared the moments before a bout
+ Balancing gym life, fighters and family life
+ Reasons for him stepping back from competing himself and sticking as a trainer
+ His history and accomplishments as a competitor
+ The tell-tale signs when he feels a fighter should consider stepping down from fighting
+ His gyms ethos and mentality
+ People's motivations for getting involved with the world of combat sport
+ How it can help people from less advantaged backgrounds improve their lives and offer an opportunity and out from their current circumstances
+ Changing the perspective of combat sport from those who find it barbaric
+ Ways to make Thai-Boxing more popular on a global scale
+ Which areas around the planet he fighting styles he admires and the best styles he considers to be
+ The importance of fighters having a great team and management around them to help them gain more exposure
+ Any rowdy press conferences he's experienced
+ How he's learned life long lessons to build his experience that has moulded him into the trainer that he is
+ Training people from other sports and how they crossover into the world of combat sports and what he can learn from their work ethic and experiences
+ Who he classes as the greats


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Our guest is Claire Scott: @clairesscott
Claire is such a beautiful inspiring upbeat Soul! Her glowing spirit is infectious and her life story is something that will stir your Soul with what a pure Heart and unshakable belief WILL help you achieve in Life
In this chat we cover:
+ Her Love for the iconic TV Show 'Friends'
+ Cooking to Fleewtood Mac
+ Her obsession and step into the world of veg growing
+ Talking and singing to her plants and the science behind why doing so works
+ Dealing with internet and real life trolls
+ Her appearing on BBC Radio 4 to stand up to being bullies
+ The prospect of IVF and good parenting
+ Finding out she had breast cancer and how her internal mental resilience was the blueprint for her to defeat it
+ RECLAIMING HER POWER
+ Her reflection of that time and what helped overcoming that situation
+ Her faith in the Universe and what she can change to make things better
+ Career before and after the illness
+ How having a good sense of humour helped
+ Embracing the vulnerability and facing the past to take power over it
+ Her support network around her
+ Dealing with loosing her hair
+ Being a support for other women going through what she did


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Our guest is Lladel Bryant: @lladel_bryant
Lladel is truly a special talent! An actor who commands your attention and is a pure presence when on stage or infront of the camera
In this chat we cover:
+ Balancing family responsibilities and creative output during this current predicament and finding the right energy to be in the creative space
+ The joys of Home Schooling and mixing up the subject matters that are being teached
+ Reflecting in the fulfilment of achieving the most out of the full day
+ Managing the social media game
+ Reigniting 'Chicken Shop Shakespeare' (https://www.youtube.com/user/CSshakespeare)
+ How it can be a powerful and inspiring project within the community and making it connect and tacking current day social issues for the next generation to digest and relate
+ Expressing stories that represent the whole wide ranging races in society and bringing them to light
+ Examples of lesser known different stories of interest
+ The power, strength and lessons gained from being raised by strong Black Women
+ Influence of music in and around his Life
+ Raindance Festival and the valuable lesson gained from there
+ Being self sustainable while working his way up within the industry and managing the admin side
+ Receiving the Love from his his city for doing what he's doing and how the support spurs him on
+ Being an enabler for the next generation
+ How acting is a great release and tool for varying emotions and having an outlet to release submerged pent up energy out in a positive way
+ Relationships with agents and learning what works for you and who will work well with you
+ If he would consider embarking into Stand Up Comedy and his Love for the artform




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Our guest is Chris Fountain: @fountain1987
Chris is a friendly familiar face who’s career has included long stints in popular soaps Hollyoaks and Coronation Street. A real wanderluster he’s currently stuck out in Bali so lets check in and see how he is
In this chat we cover:


+ Been stuck out in Bali due to the lockdown
+ Rediscovering memories when helping his Mum move from their family home
+ Not formally been trained and how he got his break
+ The audition process and the mental toughness required to persevere
+ The wildlife that creeps around where he's lodging
+ Managing to stay afloat between different roles
+ Finding success from a young age and how to remain grounded
+ Charity football matches
+ How he treats first encounters with meeting people
+ His favourite Hollyoaks storyline
+ The relationship between the actors and writers when in a longterm character role
+ Having a wide range as an actor and wanting to push himself
+ The amount of people who have a say on a script being amended before it reaches the actors
+ His interesting trip heading to his screen-test for the role of Tommy Duckworth in Coronation Street
+ Maintaining friendships when leaving shows
+ How soaps are shot to deadline and its mix sequence
+ The focus and mental toughness it takes for soap actors to produce the best performance
+ His deep respect for soaps and all who are involved in that world
+ Featuring on a Kay Mellor production titled 'Girlfriends'
+ His DJin and producing, passion and music taste and style
+ Current music producers he rates
+ The positive fallout of the music creatives after lockdown is lifted
+ His love of Marc Rebillet and wanting to emulate by doing his own challenge of performing live just him making music on the spot
+ Being grateful for the Blessing Life offers
+ His World view and personal outlook which has helped him overcoming depression, anxiety and losing people close to him
+ Seeing the Supermoon
+ The Love he holds dear for Burning Man


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Our guest is Tristan Da Cunha: @tristagram_da_cunha
Tristan is a well revered and respected DJ and Producer who amongst many other accomplishments is an OG resident of the longest running club night on the planet ‘Back2Basics’
A man with a wealth of knowledge and great chat this one will be a rampant natter not to be missed


In this chat we cover:


+ Facing the current predicament and as a touring DJ adapting to the current lockdown
+ Enjoying family time
+ The art and music that will be made out of oppression and as an expression of facing this time
+ What his first tune he'll play at his first set after this will be
+ Coming up with 'Dungeon Meat' tune titles and information on future releases
+ Hanging around with Dave Taylor and Jesse Rose back in the day and been around their earlier productions
+ His creative process with titling his body of work
+ How he sets a tone to create for certain aliases
+ Breaking down his studio workflow and systems
+ The benefit of multiple projects on the go at once
+ Procrastination vs Progression and understanding the Art of Patience
+ Taking a 10 week evening Production course at Leeds College of Music and the benefits of constantly learning in that environment
+ If he could see himself as a tutor one day and how he mentors people he takes a shine too
+ Aspirations of doing a podcast
+ Burning ambition to create a Childrens Book
+ His view on the importance of the Resident DJ and what a great one encapsulates
+ The discussions between Residents and the Event Promoter to recruit and scout new Residents
+ Reminiscing on the early days of Back to Basics
+ The future of Back to Basics


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