Press Record

Phil Griffin

Award winning podcast host Phil Griffin talks life & the moments that change us with iconic cultural figures whose own lives have shifted culture. Phil encourages and empowers each guest to explore their journey; even when it feels like it's against the tide. The conversations with our collaborators are deep and insightful, with empathy and celebration at the core. We focus on the true unfiltered experiences of our guests; the epiphanies & the pitfalls, told in their own words, on their own terms. "Always be a little bit out of your depth. And when you don't feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you're just about in the right place to do something exciting." - David Bowie A NEW KIND OF PORTRAIT Each episode is a portrait, created through the art of open conversation, where trust is always the signature. Through long- form interview we discover in each interviewee, who they are now, the journey to making that happen, and what all that means for the person, the artist and the future. We share stories that provide real artist insight and new moments of revelation for our guests. Each episode adds a little piece to the jigsaw of the bigger story; how to become self-aware, self-actualised and self-accepted.

Episodes

  1. Nov 2

    William Goodge - In The Beginning

    If you want to understand the remarkable man William Goodge has become — not simply what he has achieved, but what drives him, what built him — watch this episode of PRESS RECORD. This is a story about how loss can change us, not only for the better, but forever. Join Phil and Will as they sit down as friends and look back at the chaos of that first John O’Groats to Land’s End run they filmed together — the unlikely journey that became the seed for everything William has achieved since. That original film, An Act of Will, is now available on YouTube for the first time, here on PRESS RECORD. ▶ WATCH AN ACT OF WILL HERE: [INSERT YOUTUBE LINK] In The Beginning there was Loss. Before the records, before the extraordinary distances, before Will Goodge became one of the world’s most recognisable endurance runners, there was a young man trying to understand the death of his mother. And he ran. IN THE BEGINNING brings the original film into a new conversation, allowing Will today to encounter the younger man he once was — his words, his pain, his determination and the questions he was only beginning to ask. Together we explore what happened next. Why does someone continue to seek suffering when suffering is no longer necessary? What happens when the thing that saved you becomes the thing that defines you? Can loneliness become a source of strength? And after unimaginable loss, is it possible that what remains is not pain at all — but love? But this isn't really a film about endurance. It's about a son and his mother. It's about friendship, masculinity, loneliness, self-destruction, joy, purpose and the strange things human beings discover about themselves when they keep putting one foot in front of the other. What makes this episode of PRESS RECORD different is that neither Will nor I is looking at his story from the outside. We were there at the beginning. The archive becomes a third voice in the conversation — sometimes contradicting memory, sometimes illuminating it, and sometimes allowing the man Will has become to look directly at the boy who began running all those years ago. WILL GOODGE: IN THE BEGINNINGIn The Beginning The Beginning eginnnig

  2. Mar 30

    Using Pain as an Advantage - Loreen | Press Record

    Today we welcome 2 x Eurovision winner and force of nature Loreen. In this intimate & heartwarming episode we explore how Loreen uses pain as an advantage, taking pain & making purpose, making sadness sanctuary for growth. From humble beginnings with a talent she resisted for sharing, in the end - and through it all, living & breathing her art, Loreen is somehow triggered to triumph. This is what happens when we Press Record 0:00 Opening Montage 1:04 Introducing Loreen 5:22 Growing Up & Family 7:27 Swedish Idol 11:33 The Duty of the Artist 14:00 Fear as an Illusion 17:51 Euphoria & Refusing to Compromise 20:50 The Journey - Euphoria to Tattoo 23:51 Finding Peace 27:25 Love, Identity & Sexuality 29:23 Rapid Fire & Closing Guest: Loreen Host: Phil Griffin Press Record is all a bot the art of conversation. A co-production between Pete Townshend's Extended Play & Phi Griffin, this series of intimate conversations set in the safe space of our Soho Studio, explores the journey that brings our guest to us today . Every step has led them here. The moments where a left or right turn felt right.\ The moments when standing still was the only option. Every choice, every changes, every struggle & every triumphs paints a picture where me meet each other and celebrate how it happened.

About

Award winning podcast host Phil Griffin talks life & the moments that change us with iconic cultural figures whose own lives have shifted culture. Phil encourages and empowers each guest to explore their journey; even when it feels like it's against the tide. The conversations with our collaborators are deep and insightful, with empathy and celebration at the core. We focus on the true unfiltered experiences of our guests; the epiphanies & the pitfalls, told in their own words, on their own terms. "Always be a little bit out of your depth. And when you don't feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you're just about in the right place to do something exciting." - David Bowie A NEW KIND OF PORTRAIT Each episode is a portrait, created through the art of open conversation, where trust is always the signature. Through long- form interview we discover in each interviewee, who they are now, the journey to making that happen, and what all that means for the person, the artist and the future. We share stories that provide real artist insight and new moments of revelation for our guests. Each episode adds a little piece to the jigsaw of the bigger story; how to become self-aware, self-actualised and self-accepted.