Best The Goldster Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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112: Professor Peter Abrahams and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 1:01:54

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Peter Abrahams is fascinated in the human body. As a young man he worked with the Peace Corp in the jungles of Sarawak, went on to train as a doctor, planned to become a surgeon but got side-tracked into writing a ground-breaking book, praised by his medical peers: Clinical Anatomy of Practical Procedures. He has taught and researched around the wo…

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111: Professor Lord Richard Layard and Humphrey Hawksely - The Goldster magazine Show Podcast 52:31

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How do we place a value on happiness? Can we measure our sense of well-being and fulfilment through science? Richard Layard is founder and former director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. He has been editor of the annual World Happiness Report which examines the state of happiness at various stages of life. …

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110: Dr Jennifer Cox and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 40:35

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Psychotherapist Jennifer Cox believes that women are never allowed to truly express their anger, and this is making them ill. After a lifetime of being told to repress it, to hide away and fear it, anger has begun to manifest in female bodies in myriad ways that cannot be controlled. Do you agree? Jennifer has drawn her conclusions from talking to …

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109: Professor Alf Collins and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 1:00:32

1M ago1:00:32

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Until last year, Professor Alf Collins was NHS England’s Clinical Director for personalised care. His mission in health and well-being is to build around an individual’s needs bringing in shared decision-making, care planning, self-management support, social prescribing and that Goldster concept of ‘rethinking medicine.” Alf worked for a decade wit…

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108: Iain McGilchrist and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 56:22

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Iain McGilchrist is a leading psychiatrist with a vast body of work and connections around the world. In his latest book The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World, Iain asks blunt questions that rattle around in many of our minds. Who are we? What is the world? How can we understand consciousness, matter, spac…

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107: Liz Jensen and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 44:22

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“My son’s death will never make sense to me. But it has taught me that it’s possible to find meaning, collectively and individually, in the loss of what we love.” Liz Jensen On 3 September, Lucinda Hawksley was joined by Liz Jensen, the best-selling author of eight novels including The Ninth Life of Louis Drax, which was adapted by Hollywood into a…

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106: Betsy Gall and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 59:42

2M ago59:42

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We rely on our doctors as a first port of call if we feel sick or down and, very often, the last port of call toward life’s end for ourselves or our loved ones. But what is really going through our doctors’ minds? How do they cope with the stress and trauma in their everyday working lives? Betsy Gall is a widow who was once living the American drea…

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105: Sarah Stacey and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 59:44

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Sarah Stacey is one of the most knowledgeable and connected journalists in the field of health and well-being. Back in the 1990s, she detected a paradigm shift in healthcare toward lifestyle, nutrition and generally healthier living that prevented sickness rather than tackle it once it took grip. First at the Telegraph, as long-time health editor o…

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104: Tim Eggerbraaten and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 45:26

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Tim Eggebraaten is a retired police chief whose advice to all around is to identify the rhythm unique to each of us and use the gifts we have for the good of people around us. It’s a tactic that wins every time, he says – looking for our beat. The course of our lives can be made better with the thinking: “I am. I can. I will.” Tim sees himself as a…

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103: John R. Miles and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 59:10

3M ago59:10

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Are you living intentionally, with purpose and passion? Are you embracing the flame that ignites within you, or are you evading it? Will your future self be proud of your story, or do you yearn for something more? John R. Miles is the creator of Passion Struck: Twelve Powerful Principles to Unlock Your Purpose and Ignite Your Most Intentional Life,…

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102: Robert L Kilpatrick and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 45:42

4M ago45:42

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Health and well-being specialist, Professor Robert L Kilpatrick, has spent a career working on the science around preventative healthcare and well-being. He is a founding partner at Technology Vision Group LLC which advises clients on strategic development issues. His two current projects are a book The Future of Human Care: Health Innovation and S…

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101: Sir Anthony Seldon and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 45:08

4M ago45:08

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As Britain's best-known headmaster, Sir Anthony Seldon famously introduced happiness, or well-being, lessons at his school, Wellington College. In 2011, he co-founded Action for Happiness, a body to raise awareness of the discovery of happiness and reduction of depression, whose influence is growing rapidly in Britain and across the world. He is th…

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100: Glenda Benevides and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 46:49

4M ago46:49

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If you are alive and breathing, you are growing no matter what you believe or what is happening. Embracing yourself as who you are is a key factor in being able to move anything forward, an empowered manifestation of the honest YOU. Such is the Goldster Conversation we will be having with the great Glenda Benevides, the Grammy-nominated singer-song…

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99: Jane Corry and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 45:43

4M ago45:43

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Jane Corry is a writer and journalist who has spent time working as the writer in residence of a high security prison for men - an experience that helped inspire her Sunday Times bestselling novels. Before taking up the post, Jane had never been inside a prison and says that the experience “really opened up my eyes. Initially I was terrified about …

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98: Peter Hacker and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 45:28

5M ago45:28

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What does it mean to be human? Here is a question many of us ask ourselves and from it comes thoughts about morality, freedom, good and evil, ambition, passion, religion and more. Peter Hacker is a leading philosopher, unafraid at slaying myths. He has written four books about human nature, looking deeply into the neuroscience of how we all think a…

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97: Rebecca Tinsley and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 46:11

5M ago46:11

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All of us, at some stage, find ourselves faced with impossible choices or in some form of conflict from which there seems no way out. The choices we make affect our families, the people we love and our lives. Rebecca Tinsley understands these challenges first-hand from her life helping others in the developing world. Her passion for fairness and he…

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96: Sir Julian Brazier and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 41:36

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We all see news headlines and wonder about our future -- war in Europe and the Middle East and the rise of China. Many worry or don’t watch it. But what can each of us do to help keep us as safe as can be. Sir Julian Brazier is a former government minister and a scholar in Maths and Philosophy from Oxford. He served for thirteen years as an officer…

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95: DrJames Ray and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 44:46

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Dr James Ray is Emergency Medicine Consultant at Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Governance Lead for NHS 111 in Oxfordshire. His main current interest is to improve the urgent care pathway by making it as accessible as possible without compromising safety and effectiveness to improve the patient experience. His aim is t…

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94: Kendra Q. Dodd and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 48:14

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Being understood is a basic human need. We all have a right to express our voice. But conscious efforts are often needed to put over our viewpoint. Kendra Dodd specialises in removing barriers that divide us. In these current troubling times, we need to understand better our own inner core and perspective, as well as that of others who may think ve…

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93: Lord Nigel Crisp and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Magazine Show Podcast 46:08

5M ago46:08

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Exposing the Hospital Myth: NHS Boss on True Health. Insights from Lord Nigel Crisp, Former Head of the NHS Are you feeling trapped in a cycle of hospital visits? Join us for a candid discussion with Lord Nigel Crisp, the former head of the NHS, as he sheds light on what it truly means to achieve optimal health. In this episode, we uncover the limi…

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92: Humphrey Hawksley and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:03:50

8M ago1:03:50

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A very special Inside Story brings together Goldster Conversations’ two founding hosts Lucinda and Humphrey Hawksley in both a Zoom and in-person audience event at Kingfisher Wharf, Riverstone, Fulham. Three years ago, at the height of the pandemic, with millions isolated and alone, Goldster founder Mike Reid had a vision: What if he could deliver …

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91: Doug Stewart with Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:00:26

8M ago1:00:26

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High-stakes casinos, black market gambling, Formula One racing, drug trade espionage, shipping piracy, sports fixing and a cast of intriguing characters created by Doug Stewart . One of the most compelling is Insp. Todd “Ratso” Holtom, whose latest adventure Deadly Hush is published at the end of February; a serial killer on the loose leaving a pla…

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90: Karim Alrawi and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:01:06

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Join Lucinda Hawksley for the final Inside Story, with special guest Karim Alrawi, who will be joining us very early in the morning his time, from Canada. Karim grew up in both of his parents’ countries: England and Egypt. His experiences of both countries’ literary heritages have made him a superb writer, able to master several genres. Karim’s fir…

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89: Juliet Campbell and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:02:32

9M ago1:02:32

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Juliet Campbell was the first of Britain’s pioneering female ambassadors -- ‘An inspiration for those with ambition to make a difference in the world’, says diplomat, Karen Pierce, Britain’s current ambassador to the United States. In Playing Britannia Juliet tells her story through letters and diaries she kept at the time. Besieged in a chateau wi…

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88: Rachel Trethewey and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 58:24

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Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, and Sylvia Plath are three of our most famous authors. In her new book, Rachel Trethewey tells the story of the remarkable mothers who shaped these amazing women, through first-hand testimony and rigorous research. Julia Stephen, Clara Miller, and Aurelia Plath were fascinating women in their own rights, and their r…

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87: Michael Muthukrishna and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:01:50

9M ago1:01:50

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Michael Muthukrishna is a psychological and behavioural science specialist at the London School of Economics. Drawing on the most recent research across the sciences, humanities, and the emerging field of cultural evolution, Michael paints a panoramic picture of who we are and exactly what makes human beings different from all other forms of life o…

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86: Amanda Craig and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 58:52

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Amanda Craig is the author of nine novels, including her latest book, The Three Graces – which is about three friends in their 80s, who have retired to Tuscany, where they must stop one grandchild from a disaster wedding, redeem another and save a life… A State-of-the-Nation novelist whose work has been compared to that of Dickens, Trollope, E.M. F…

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85: Kalee Boisvert and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:02:31

10M ago1:02:31

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Many people feel like they’re in the dark when it comes to their finances. Insecurity about money often stems from past experiences and how you grew up. Unfortunately, this can also lead us into some bad habits and feeling like the ability to save money is out of our reach. Sometimes the idea of investing can be overwhelming and in our busy lives, …

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84: Ruth Leigh and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 57:17

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Calling all fans of Jane Austen. On 13 October, Lucinda will be interviewing Ruth Leigh, author of A Great Deal of Ingenuity: A Collection of Pride and Prejudice Stories. The pages of Pride and Prejudice sparkle with household names: proud Darcy and prejudiced Elizabeth, book-loving Mr Bennet, the snobbish Bingley sisters, predatory Mr Wickham and …

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83: Roger Leslie and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:02:17

10M ago1:02:17

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“Quite early, I came to terms with the fact that I was gay,” explains Goldster Purpose, Passion and Grit guest, Roger Leslie. “But as a spiritual person, I assumed that my sexual orientation meant that I was fundamentally flawed and would have to live without love. That terrifying revelation directed me toward an unprecedented journey that opened m…

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82: Phillipa Ashley and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:02:26

11M ago1:02:26

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Phillipa Ashley was one of the first authors to come onto the Goldster Book Club, and she is making a welcome return to talk about the art of seasonal writing. Phillipa is a Sunday Times, Amazon and Audible best-selling author of uplifting romantic fiction, and on 15 December, she’ll be talking to Lucinda about her Christmas-themed novels. After st…

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81: Lord Richard Dannatt and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:02:26

11M ago1:02:26

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Lord Richard Dannatt was a soldier for forty years concluding his military career as Chief of the General Staff – the professional head of the British Army. Since retiring from active duty in 2009, he was Constable of the Tower of London until July 2016. In 2011 he became an independent member of the House of Lords. His military career began in 197…

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80: Alison Hill and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 49:32

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Alison Hill’s brand new biography, Pauline Gower, Pioneering Leader of the Spitfire Women, tells the story of the amazing woman who led the 164 Spitfire women during WW2 and left a huge legacy for women in aviation. On 21 October, Alison will be joining Lucinda to talk about Pauline’s life – from convent school ‘glittering figure’ to pioneering pil…

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79: K.T Anglehart and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:01:28

11M ago1:01:28

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Goldster Conversation delves into the fascinating world and minds of teenagers and young adults with author K. T. Anglehart. She weaves a captivating blend of witchy fantasy, ancient Irish tales, and real-world intrigue in her debut novel The Wise One and her November 2023 sequel The Twin Flame. Drawing on the imagination of C. S. Lewis’ Narnia ser…

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78: Charlie Morley and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:01:04

11M ago1:01:04

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On 23 November, Lucinda will be talking to lucid dreaming and sleep expert Charlie Morley, about his new book Wake Up to Sleep. Charlie is a best-selling author who, for the past 6 years, has been developing a trauma-sensitive, breath- & body-based approach to stress or trauma-affected sleep. Originally developed for British military veterans, his …

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77: Billy Kenber and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 59:39

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Billy Kenber is an award-winning investigative journalist at The Times who has taken the lid of a section of the health care industry. In his explosive book Sick Money, The Truth About the Global Pharmaceutical Industry, Billy maintains that medicines have become nothing more than financial assets and that how drugs are priced and who has access to…

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76: Bonnie Greer and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 59:38

12M ago59:38

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Join us, either in person or online, for what promises to be one of our most exciting Goldster Conversations so far. On 16 November, the legendary Bonnie Greer OBE FRSL will be joining Lucinda Hawksley for a Goldster Live event at Riverstone Kensington, London! Bonnie is an author, playwright, journalist, critic and former Deputy Chair of the Briti…

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75: J. R. Seeger and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:00:16

12M ago1:00:16

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John R. Seeger is a retired Senior Intelligence Service officer who was with the CIA for more than twenty years, leading small teams on many dangerous operations. In 2001, he went in Afghanistan after the Nine Eleven attacks on the United States in an operation captured in the Netflix documentary Spy Ops. On his final 3-year assignment at CIA headq…

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75: Francesca Wade and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 54:52

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Join the Goldster conversation with Lucinda Hawksley as she chats to the author Francesca Wade about her fascinating debut book, Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London between the Wars. It looks at the lives of five extraordinary women, including Virginia Woolf and Dorothy L Sayers, all of whom lived in the same square in London. Square Ha…

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74: Dr Lynda Shaw and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:02:05

1y ago1:02:05

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Would you like to know how to take greater control of your brain, to become more efficient, effective and successful? The brain often overcomplicates matters, leading us to feel overwhelmed and lacking in confidence. Yet we can take control. Are you interested? Then, come meet neuroscientist Dr Lynda Shaw who knows which bits of our brains do what …

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73: Greg Jenner and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:00:26

1y ago1:00:26

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Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? Which people from history would best pull off a casino heist? Who was the richest person of all time? When was the first Monday? What were history's weirdest medical procedures that actually worked? How much horse manure was splattered on the streets of Tudor London? How fast was the medieval Chinese pos…

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72: Kenneth Dekleva and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:00:58

1y ago1:00:58

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Thriller writer Kenneth Dekleva is a psychiatrist in Dallas, Texas and, for many years, worked for the American State Department as a physician-diplomat. His postings included Russia, India, Mexico and the United Kingdom. He went on to become director of the State Department’s worldwide diplomatic mental health program and is currently a senior fel…

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70: Adrian Magson and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:01:12

1y ago1:01:12

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Adrian Magson is the author of hundreds of short stories and 29 books and an acclaimed expert in creating fictional characters. In his crime-thriller series we meet private detectives partners Ruth Gonzales and Andy Vaslik; deep cover specialist, Marc Portman; spy Harry Tate; French 1960s crime fighter Lucas Rocco, and others. He is so prolific tha…

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69: Austin S. Camacho and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:02:42

1y ago1:02:42

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Hannibal Jones is a trouble shooter, fighter of evil and a dogged investigator who finds himself up against organised crime and city corruption helping victims who are mostly the sick and most vulnerable. Hannibal’s creator is Austin S Camacho who returns to Goldster Inside Story on the publication week of his latest in the series, Subtle Felonies,…

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68: J D Kirk and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 57:48

1y ago57:48

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On 22 September, join Lucinda Hawksley as she speaks to a man who isn’t there….. JD Kirk is the author of the multi-million bestselling DCI Jack Logan crime fiction series, set in the Highlands of Scotland. He also does not exist. Instead, JD is the pen name of former children’s author and screenwriter, Barry Hutchison, who was born and raised in F…

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67: A.J Chambers and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:01:38

1y ago1:01:38

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The Vicar is a debut thriller written under the pseudonym of A. J Chambers, a British army veteran deployed to Northern Ireland for much of his military career. Chambers introduces Terry Nolan, a British intelligence officer, who discovers that his cover is blown, and millions of lives are at stake. Officially, Terry Nolan has been dead for the pas…

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66: Rory Cellan-Jones and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:01:52

1y ago1:01:52

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Rory Cellan-Jones became a much-loved household name as the BBC Technology Correspondent. Since being diagnosed with Parkinson in 2019, he has pioneered a greater understanding of the disease among all of us with his articles and the illuminating and moving podcast Movers and Shakers. Fellow Parkinson colleagues such as Jeremy Paxman, Mark Mardell …

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65: Paul De Savary and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:03:34

1y ago1:03:34

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Paul de Savary has a mission to transform social care. He is not a politician. Nor is he a social worker. Nor did he ever envisage himself being a pioneer for an issue which is constantly described as being in crisis. Paul’s story is very personal and uplifting. When his daughter, Laura, was six months old, doctors told the family, ‘Your daughter i…

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64: Sarah Bax Horton and Lucinda Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 59:48

1y ago59:48

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In early 2017, Sarah Bax Horton made the chance discovery through family history research that her great-great grandfather was a Metropolitan Police sergeant who worked on the Jack the Ripper case. This discovery inspired her to write a book in his honour, based on a theory dating from the time of the murders. In the early 20th century, CID Chief R…

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63: Michael Arditti and Humphrey Hawksley - The Goldster Conversations Podcast 1:01:38

1y ago1:01:38

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Playwright, critic and literary novelist, Michael Arditti, tackles deep moral issues in his latest book The Choice which revolves around the rector of an ancient country church in Chesire. She chances upon the chief bell-ringer and husband of her closest friend, fondling a fifteen-year-old boy. Will she choose friendship or conscience, sympathy or …

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