Best Denise Coates Podcasts (2024)

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"I wrote 100 letters to my friend with cancer. It transformed our lives." 31:17

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Send us a text When Brian was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2010, his friend Alison offered to write letters to cheer him up. Over the next two years, as Brian’s cancer moved from stage III to IV, Alison’s letters kept on coming. The letters became part of Brian’s recovery process, while Alison discovered a passion for writing she never knew exist…

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What happened after the Nazis left? New York Times bestselling author Jenny Le Coat on why liberation didn't equal freedom for Jersey islanders after WW2. 50:24

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Send us a text What happens when ordinary people are faced with extraordinary choices? In her second blistering novel set on the Channel Island of Jersey, Beyond Summerland, author Jenny Le Coat turns her attentions to the often overlooked issue of what happened after Liberation Day... Jean Parris was a child when her adored father was taken away b…

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Let's Stop Talking about Getting TONED. 37:00

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Send us a Text Message. This one is a spicy, ranty one ALL about the language we use around food and our bodies. We moralise the food we eat. We talk about feeling 'guilty' if we eat something 'bad'. Weight Watchers count certain foods as 'sins' and we identify ourselves as good if we've eaten in a certain way and 'bad' if we have dared to indulge …

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You Don't Know What Your Body Can Do, UNTIL You Do It. With Kanoa Greene 51:37

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Send us a Text Message. This episode went places neither of us was expecting! Tune in to find out why. This week we are chatting with Kanoa Greene, celebrated by Good Morning America and CNN! Kanoa is proof that athleticism and adventure come in ALL shapes and sizes. She is an internationally renowned fitness trainer and outdoor adventurer, and is …

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Can we talk about fat loss and NOT promote diet culture? 33:50

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Send us a Text Message. This episode was inspired by an instagram post, which spoke about the messy middle between diet culture and aesthetic goals and whether you could pursue fat loss specifically, and NOT promote diet culture at the same time. This is certainly a nuanced issue. We live in a dieting culture which worships thinness above all else …

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Meet the formidable, feisty, factory sisterhood who went on strike and made history. 1:15:02

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Send us a text This July marks the 136th anniversary of the matchwomens strike at Bryant & May match factory in London's East End in 1888. Exposing the truth of the ‘poor waif matchgirl’ historian Louise Raw fills us in on the true story of the vibrant working class women who downed tools, went on strike and changed the course of history. Her work …

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My Sugar Coated Life. Liana's Body Story. 55:11

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to episode #2 of our 'YOUR Bodies' series, where we invite members of our community. Today we have Liana Stevens, or @mysugarcoatedlife Liana is a 45 year old mum of 2 from Nottingham, who started her journey towards neutrality and recovery from Binge Eating Disorder during the pandemic in 2020. She realised that the…

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How to Manage the Fear of Weight Gain over 40. 26:21

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Send us a Text Message. Wow this one was juicy. I have to say, Ela and I were both ON it for this episode😘 Ela had been finding in sessions that many of her clients were scared, not just of weight gain but of what digging deeper into their dieting history would involve. Leaving the perceived 'safety' and 'control' around dieting or 'watching our we…

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“‘Forget that number and you don’t exist,’ the Kapo at Auschwitz told me.” 92-year-old Ivor Perl on surviving the horrors of the Holocaust. 52:56

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Send us a text Ivor was just 12 years old when he was taken to Auschwitz. He survived with the help of his older brother, but the rest of his family were murdered in the Holocaust. He was brought to England in November 1945 as one of a group of orphans, and started forging a new life. Ivor built a successful clothes manufacturing company; married a…

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YOUR Body Stories. Sofie Hagen and Fat Liberation with Abi Smith 42:59

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Send us a Text Message. This series is about YOU. YOUR body stories. YOUR relationship to food and movement, YOUR dieting and un-dieting history and how you feel in the body you're in. Ela and I wanted to understand more about the issues you are dealing with when it comes to body acceptance, intuitive eating and listening to your body. How can we n…

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Meet the fur coat gangsters: Notorious Victorian girl gang who hid stolen jewellery in knickerbockers, carried razors wrapped in lace handkerchiefs and used a hatpin to blind anyone who crossed them 31:51

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Send us a text Swathed in luxurious fur coats, wearing diamond rings as a knuckledusters and hats to hide their stolen wares, Britain's most notorious all-female gang ruled the tenements of Waterloo and Elephant and Castle and earned the respect of Soho's most feared underworld bosses. In this fascinating conversation, bestselling author Beezy Mars…

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Surfing, Satisfaction and Feeling the Difference. The One with Evelyn Tribole. 44:20

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Send us a Text Message. Ela and I are beyond excited to bring you this week's guest, the OG of Intuitive Eating herself, Evelyn. If you are new here or have never heard of Intuitive Eating and don't know what the fuss is all about, this is the episode for you. I had the joy of interviewing Elyse Resch, the co-creator of Intuitive Eating a few month…

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On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, veteran Mervyn Kersh shares his extraordinary experience of the Normandy landings and his role in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. 53:38

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Send us a text Mervyn Kersh recently celebrated his 99th birthday. Nearly a century of life on earth and what a life he has had. The hair may have turned silver, but he still has the same twinkle in his eye that he had as a young man. I went to visit Mervyn at his immaculate home in Cockfosters, which he shares with his two cats, and over a cup of …

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507: Unlocking Business Succession: The Power of ESOPs with Keith Butcher 24:48

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In an interview with Jason Hartman, Keith Butcher, founder of Butcher Joseph, discusses business succession and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). With many business owners approaching retirement, ESOPs offer a tax-efficient way to transition ownership to employees. This model enhances employee retention and loyalty, providing long-term retire…

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The Problem with Hot Girl Summer Walks. 29:01

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Send us a Text Message. Have you heard the term 'Hot Girl Summer'? Yes, thank you diet culture for once again making a season all about women's bodies, and making us feel that we are somehow wrong and need to change!* In response to the surge in popularity of "weight loss" drugs such as Ozempic, some influencers have taken it upon themselves to let…

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Thin Privilege, Oprah and Wearing The Damn Shorts 42:16

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Send us a Text Message. This week I am bringing you a podcast that I was a guest on, as it's topical, hard hitting and I think you'll get a lot out of it, especially if you're struggling with body acceptance as the weather gets warmer and diet culture gets noisier. I'll let Kim take it away: "In the first episode of the "Not a Before Body" podcast,…

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The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe: Reader, Bibliophile and Library Lover 58:16

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Send us a text 98 years ago today, Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in California. She went onto become the legend that was Marilyn Monroe. No one knows more about Marilyn than writer Michelle Morgan who has dedicated her life to peeling back the layers of this fascinating woman. In this conversation Michelle shares the lesser known sides of Marilyn …

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The Women Who Ruled the East End: Remarkable Tales of Wartime London 1:20:20

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Send us a text The BBC’s period drama “Call the Midwife” made an eccentric, lovable community of nuns and nurses famous the world over. But what of the formidable East End mothers whose babies they delivered? Join me, Kate Thompson and Smithsonian historian Alan Capps as we delve deep into the social history of some truly remarkable women. During t…

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85 years on from the end of the Spanish Civil War, author Maggie Brookes uncovers its hidden heroes. Plus the extraordinary war story she found in a lift! 55:26

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Send us a text Maggie Brookes is an ex-journalist, BBC TV producer and creative writing lecturer, now full-time novelist and poet. She was born in London and has been writing stories and poems since she was six. Maggie says: "The principal theme which recurs in my work is the strength and courage of women in adversity. I am drawn to stories which t…

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99-year-old Holocaust survivor and US Army veteran George Leitmann on the emotional search for his father, the day he discovered a concentration camp and how he kept his cool interrogating Nazi war criminals ... 49:14

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Send us a text 99-year-old Professor George Leitmann is a unique man. He is both a holocaust survivor and a WW2 US Army veteran who helped to liberate Nazi occupied France and Germany. Nazi persecution of Jewish people forced George and his family to flee their home in Austria and emigrate to the USA. Tragically, his father Josef was unable to get …

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Sent away by sea: the forgotten history of WWII’s ‘seaevacuees'. Meet the heroine at the heart of an astonishing survival story. 54:23

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Send us a text In this episode, award-winning historical fiction author, Hazel Gaynor remembers the World War Two ‘seaevacuees’, the children sent away from Britain by sea to escape the bombings at home. This is an often-forgotten part of the history of the war, overshadowed by more familiar events, and it inspired Hazel to write her new novel, The…

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Meet the Sugar Girls of Love Lane. New social history book set in Tate & Lyle's Liverpool factory in the sixties offers a glimpse of a long vanished era. 1:14:35

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Send us a text In The Sugar Girls of Love Lane, out today, Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi, the authors of the Sunday Times bestseller The Sugar Girls, tell the remarkable stories of those who worked at the famous Tate & Lyle factory in Liverpool. For over a hundred years until it closed in 1981, Henry Tate’s flagship sugar refinery at Love Lane dom…

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How to Feel Comfortable in Your Body if You Have Gained Weight. 33:34

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Send us a Text Message. This episode is our first one as a duo and I'm SO excited to have Ela on board. Ela (@elalawnutrition) has been on the podcast several times and she and I have worked together on numerous projects in the past. As a non-diet nutritionist, and fellow IE counsellor, she brings a unique perspective to the podcast and one that is…

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Meet the wartime librarians of Occupied Paris. Bestselling author of The Paris Library, Janet Skeslien Charles, on how reading gives us a privacy of the mind 52:09

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Send us a text ‘Reading gives us a privacy of the mind. Librarians are heroes.’ Librarian turned bestselling author Janet Skeslien Charles told me. In this episode we discuss the remarkable true story behind the brave Parisian librarians in WW2 who inspired The Paris Library. Her new book, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade, out April 30 2024, based on a t…

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112 years ago today, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg. Historian Claes-Göran Wetterholm reveals some heartbreaking, untold personal stories… 52:46

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Send us a text This year marks 112 years since the Titanic hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912, and in that time the doomed vessel has spawned countless myths, thousands of books and, of course, James Cameron’s Oscar-winning film Titanic . But In our quest to get to get closer to the so-called ‘Ship of Dreams’ have we overlooked the human tragedy at th…

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Meet the French librarian who trained as a Board Game Librarian and revolutionised her library in lockdown! 31:58

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Send us a text Libraries are about so much more than books. Just ask librarian for Kingston Upon Thames, Marion Tessier, who trained as a boardgame librarian. On National Boardgame Day, she gives us a fasincating glimpse into her job. Thank you to our media partner: Family History Zone – a website covering archives, history and genealogy. Please ch…

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Meet the librarians who rescued the books the Nazis burnt and plundered 1:16:35

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Send us a text Brianna Labuskes is more than just a gifted writer, she is a story hunter, who delves deep into the past and finds histories forgotten heroines. In this fascinating conversation, Brianna shares the true story of the Council of Books in Wartime--the WWII organisation founded by booksellers, publishers, librarians, and authors to use b…

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Your Fat Friend. Let's Talk About It. 42:00

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Send us a Text Message. This week I grabbed my good friend Ela Law from @elalawnutrition to chat about the Your Fat Friend documentary, by Jeanie Finlay which followed Aubrey Gordon across 6 years, since she released an anonymous blog from an account called @yrfatfriend . Aubrey has since written 2 New York Times Bestselling books (You Just Need to…

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Rounding up randy runaway sheep and delivering twin lambs whilst making gravy. Welcome to the multitasking world of the Devon Shepherdess. 54:32

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Send us a text It's March, the month of daffodils, pussy willow and lambs - what better time to pay a visit to Twig Farm! Paula Steer is one of a new breed of shepherdesses blazing a trail across social media. Paula’s been farming sheep farm at Twig Farm in Devon for the past twenty years, following in the footsteps of her great-great grandmother L…

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Travel back to Victorian Brighton and discover a shadowy world of erotic tableaux, gangsters and music-hall artistes in Jacquie Bloese's atmospheric new novel 51:23

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Send us a text Historical fiction author, Jacquie Bloese draws her inspiration from atmospheric locations with intriguing histories, and people – both real and imaginary – whose stories are calling out to be told. Her latest release, The Golden Hour, set in Victorian Brighton is a compelling and deeply atmospheric read. In this fascinating episode,…

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Let's Talk about Fitness, the BMI and White Supremacy with Simone Samuels. 53:48

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Send us a Text Message. Simone Samuels, B.A. (Hons.), J.D., B.C.L. is a consultant in equity, diversity and inclusion and a weight-neutral personal trainer/group fitness instructor. A lawyer by training and a fitness professional, she has consulted for fitness organizations in Canada, US and the UK and has delivered courses on weight stigma, fatpho…

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Men Have Body Image Issues Too. A Conversation with Jonny Landels 38:37

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Send us a Text Message. Today I am chatting with Jonny Landels, a former diet culture-obsessed fat loss coach turned Intuitive Eating coach and Health at Every Size Advocate. He spent YEARS fighting his own body but a couple of years ago, managed to turn things around and now adopts a non-diet approach. I was really interested to get a male perspec…

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Channel Islands under Occupation. From the library to the post office, Jersey is an island simmering with stories and secrets 1:12:37

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Send us a text To celebrate the launch of my thirteenth book, The Wartime Book Club, historical fiction author Iona Grey has turned the tables and is asking me the questions. In this discussion we talk about the Occupation of the Channel Islands, how I discovered and researched the story, how and why we write and SO much more. I hope you enjoy. Kat…

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Famine. Revolution. Rebellion. A history of Paris, seen through the windows of a tiny Montmartre bakery 1:01:50

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Send us a text From the author of The School for German Brides, this captivating historical novel by Aimie K.Runyan is set in nineteenth-century and post-World War II Paris follows two fierce women of the same family, generations apart, who find that their futures lie in the four walls of a simple bakery in a tiny corner of Montmartre. In this epis…

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School librarian by day, novelist by night. Meet the author who threw herself from an aeroplane in the name of research. 53:53

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Send us a text Louise Moorish is a multifaceted woman. School librarian by day, novelist by night. Here Louise tells how she ‘broke through the wall’ and got that publishing deal for Operation Moonlight – after 50 rejection letters from literary agents. Louise also shares her top tips on how to get a reluctant child to read, the haunted library whi…

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Breaking the 'Earn and Burn' Cycle, with Non-Diet RD Amanda Bullat 46:17

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Send us a Text Message. I invited Amanda Bullat onto the podcast this week to tell HER story. Amanda became interested in nutrition while training as a competitive distance runner in her early 20s but her passion for running and food became a double-edged sword, as she developed her own disordered relationship with food and exercise. After many yea…

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Fuelling Your Fitness with Non-Diet Dieitian Krista Beck Muench 45:39

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Send us a Text Message. This week's guest is non-diet dietitian Krista Beck Muench.* Krista came from a dieting background where she exercised to burn calories and shrink her body and where she was caught in an unrelenting cycle of exercise, tracking macros and restriction. It was only when a friend introduced her to Intuitive Eating that Krista re…

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The French resistance heroine who stole my heart. An exclusive glimpse into the research and writing of best-selling historical fiction author Natasha Lester. 48:48

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Send us a text Congratulations to international bestselling author, Natasha Lester, on the publication of her latest book, The Disappearance of Astrid Briccard out in North America today. Natasha is known to her army of fans around the world for her evocative and escapist storytelling, focusing on the women the history books forgot. In this episode…

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'I married the soldier who helped liberate me from Bergen-Belsen' On Holocaust Memorial Day, survivor Renee Salt shares her astonishing story. 1:16:17

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Send us a text Holocaust survivor Renee Salt has seen things no human should ever witness, much less an innocent 15-year-old girl. Her experiences of Łódź Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and then Bergen-Belsen bear witness to some of the foulest atrocities of the past. And yet, this remarkable 94-year-old woman tells her story of surviving unspeakable e…

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Elyse Resch on Intuitive Eating for Teens and our 'Inner Teen' 41:28

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Send us a Text Message. Elyse Resch, co-founder of Intuitive Eating and author of the Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens (amongst many other books and publications*) joins the podcast this week and I couldn't be more excited to bring you this episode. Elyse is nationally known for her work in helping patients break free from diet culture through t…

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Spies, espionage and secrets in an antiquarian bookshop. Author Louise Fein shares the true story behind her propulsive new novel, The London Bookshop Affair, 46:22

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Send us a text Louise Fein is a bestselling historical fiction writer of books set mainly in the early half of the twentieth century. Her novels explore turbulent times, social change, ideas and themes still relevant today. Her latest release, out this week, The London Bookshop Affair is a is a gripping story of secrets and love set against the bac…

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What happened to the children stolen by the Nazis? USA Today bestselling author Andie Newton shares a heartbreaking wartime story. 50:16

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Send us a text Andie Newton is the USA Today bestselling author of THE GIRLS FROM THE BEACH, THE GIRL FROM VICHY and THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND. She has a Bachelor’s degree in History from Washington State University and a Master in Teaching. In this conversation we talk about, A Child for the Reich. inspired by the Nazi kidnapping programme, the chall…

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Your Body is Not the Problem, with Kim Stacey 41:36

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Send us a Text Message. A great episode with the incredible Kim Stacey today. Kim has been an inspiration to me since I started changing the way I taught fitness to a body-neutral approach and is making waves in the industry. We start by chatting a little bit about what brought Kim to fitness and why she feels she is right where she wants to be. We…

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Britain's best-loved saga writer Nancy Revell on how Gone with the Wind changed her life and the secrets to writing books that readers take to their hearts. 56:10

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Send us a text Congratulations Nancy Revell on the publication of her new book, A Widow’s Choice, out today! Sometimes a book comes along which readers take to their hearts. When Nancy Revell wrote The Shipyard Girls it was an instant success. By the time she had finished Book 12 in the series it continuously made the Sunday Times bestseller list a…

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Come inside one of London’s dreamiest churches, the famous St Bride's on Fleet Street and hear how a Blitz raid revealed a secret charnel house and the ruins of Roman pavement, plus it’s surprising link ... 1:04:18

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Send us a text St Bride's Church on London’s Fleet Street is one of the most famous and fascinating historic churches in central London. It is known worldwide as the journalists church, offering a spiritual home to all who work in the media. What other churches have risen from the ashes of The Great Fire of London and the Blitz, acted as a source o…

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Could you be living over a plague pit? Meet the cemetery and death historian who uncovered a plague pit under Argos. Sam Perrin hunts out London's forgotten graves and shares what the dead can teach us ... 57:16

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Send us a text For many years now I have tramped the streets of east London in search of history. Unbeknown to me another woman has also been doing the same, but her gaze is fixed on the history you cannot see, the history beneath our feet. Sam Perrin has been a cemetery and death historian for over twenty years, conducting tours of east London pla…

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506: Navigating the Storm: A CEO's Tale of Business Triumph in Turbulent Times 20:45

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Jason interviews Johnny Serpilla, former President of Camping World, about his book, "Life is Hard, but I'll be Okay", and his experiences in leadership and business. Johnny emphasizes the importance of approaching life with one heart and mind, the role of gratitude in leadership, and the impact of personal problems on work. Johnny also discusses t…

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Awakening Your Playful Side, with Jamie Carbaugh aka @fitragamuffin 43:08

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Send us a Text Message. This conversation was different for me. It challenged me and was confronting. Maybe I take movement too seriously and need to find that playful element once more..... Jamie Carbaugh (aka fitragamuffin) is a non-diet Virtual Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor. She guides folks to learn to enjoy regular movement by …

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On National Letter Writing Day, meet the woman who collects forgotten letters. " In attics, drawers and shoe boxes under beds there are hundreds of stories waiting to be told." 47:04

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Send us a text Letter writing is a dying art, but fortunately, there are some wonderfully creative souls around resurrecting old love letters and breathing life into them. One of them is Liz Maguire, the love letter collector and originator of https://www.fleamarketloveletters.com , originally from Washington D.C. and now living in Dublin. From her…

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Exercise is Not Therapy. A Bonus Episode. 10:25

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Send us a Text Message. I'm flying solo this week and am talking about a subject VERY close to my heart. I have struggled with anxiety and depression for as long as I can remember and I am not one to pretend 'everything is ok', rather I am sharing my own story in the hope that it will resonate with some of you and help you realise you are not alone…

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