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Home of the Veteran State Of Mind and War Story podcasts, hosted by best-selling writer and former infantry soldier Geraint Jones.
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In this five-part series from The Telegraph, some of the biggest names in Ashes history recall memorable Tests in which they played. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ever wondered what life is like as a professional cyclist? Australian ex-professional cyclist Mitch Docker takes you inside the world of Professional Cycling. Bringing you the stories behind the individuals in the sport - from the pros in the peloton to staff behind the teams - to commentators & legends, plus training insights & debriefs on major races throughout the year. It’s all here! Newly retired from the professional peloton, Mitch is exploring his new pelotons - all the pelotons that ...
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St Lawrence College is an independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged between 3 and 18, based on the South East coast of England. Through open discussions with a wide range of individuals from the Head through to Parents we hope that listeners will gain a flavour of what we offer as a School in the private sector as well as an insight into St Lawrence College. Throughout each episode we hope you will enjoy the openness of our community and how deeply we value and take pride i ...
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP This year’s Tour de France will tell many great stories; Biniam Girmay becoming the first black African stage winner, Mark Cavendish’s 35th record breaking stage win, and it’s looking likely that Tadej Pogacar will complete an epic back to back Giro-Tour double. But, behind all those headlines i…
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Life in the Peloton Chronicles: Grand Tours
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This is a short excerpt from the longer episode. To listen to the whole thing and future episodes become a member of The Pelo. It’s finally here! The Big Show! The Tour de France. The biggest bike race in the world is about to kick off, and to celebrate the spectacle Svein and I are talking all about Grand Tours on this week’s Chronicles. 21 stages…
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Talking Luft Top 6's! Tour de France's Most Influential with Dan Jones
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP It’s time for another Top Six! This week, I’m joined by my old mate - the creator of Greenedge’s infamous ‘Backstage Pass’ series - Dan Jones, and we’re talking about the biggest race of them all; the Tour de France. It doesn’t get bigger than the Tour. I’ve been watching it since the 1990s, but…
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Jeff Bodell is a United States Marine Corps veteran who served in Afghanistan. He is the author of The Warfighter's Lounge: A Marine's Experience of Combat in Marjah, Afghanistan Follow Jeff on Instagram: @https://www.instagram.com/the_warfighters_lounge/ Order Jeff's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warfighters-Lounge-Marines-Experience-Afghani…
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP In this week’s episode of Life in the Peloton, I’m learning more about one of the most important parts of life; sleep. When I retired from the professional peloton a few years ago, we were already wearing sleep tracking devices and starting to tap into how we can improve our sleep and, therefore…
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP This episode is supported by our friends at The Escape Collective. The Tour de France is here, and this week’s Race Communique podcast is our Tour preview with a difference! I’m joined, as always, by Luke Durbridge and Tom Southam, who’d literally just got their fresh TDF haircuts, to discuss ou…
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP This week on Life in the Peloton we have a dead set legend of a guest, Geraint Thomas might be a Tour de France winner, but the Welshman is also, so, so much more. These days you could think of him as a Grand Tour guy, but ‘G’ has not only had an incredible career, but an amazingly varied one. H…
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP I’ve been loving doing the Top Sixes on this show lately, but this week I thought it would be fun to go back to the old-school style of Talking Luft! So this week it’s back to the rapid-fire questions, having some fun and putting our guest under a bit of pressure while we work out what their cyc…
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Veteran State Of Mind Episode 219: with Kelsi Sheren
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A conversation with Kelsi Sheren. 'Kelsi has solidified herself as a prominent Keynote Speaker, delivering inspirating talks at venues like Harvard, TEDx and several others. Her powerful speeches resonate with audiences, offering a unique perspective on her journey and dedication to supporting others. Kelsi’s commitment to the well-being of veteran…
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP Jack Haig is one of only a handful of Australian riders to have stood on a Grand Tour podium. An almost accidental pro who fell into a career on the road whilst surfing and mountain biking back in his home in Australia as a teenager, he has been a constant presence in the biggest stage races in …
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP After a short pause, this week we’re back with another episode of The Race Communiqué! We’ve had an absolutely bumper month of racing with the first Grand Tour of the year, the Giro d’Italia, wrapping up in Rome just a few days ago. Racing is what this pod is all about and we are going to be dri…
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Steve Brown is a 27 year veteran of the British Army, serving in the Parachute Regiment from 1993-2020. During his career he completed six tours of duty with 3 PARA and the Pathfinders, worked in arctic, desert and jungle environments, and spent 9 years teaching combat survival to servicemen and women around the world. Follow Steve on social media:…
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Life in the Peloton Chronicles: The story of GreenEDGE
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This is a short excerpt from the longer episode. To listen to the whole thing and future episodes become a member of The Pelo. In this month’s Chronicles Sveino and I have gone for probably our deepest dive yet - back to where we first got to know each other, taking a look at the formation of Australia’s first ever World Tour cycling team, GreenEDG…
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP This episode is supported by our friends at HVNM. The team at HVMN have an offer for all Life in the Peloton listeners with a whopping 30% offer for orders when you visit hvmn.com/lifeinthepeloton. This episode is also supported by our friends at Pillar Performance. Head to pillarperformance.sho…
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Talking Luft Top 6's! Giro d'Italia's Most Influential with Harry Dowdney
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP What else could we be talking about on Talking Luft Top 6 this week other than the Giro d’Italia! My guest on this episode of the pod is one of the many people who keep the sport looking and sounding so cool from the other side of the lens, film producer and director, Harry Dowdney. Harry has be…
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Veteran State Of Mind 218: with John Dixon
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A conversation with John Dixon, who served in Australia's elite 2nd Commando Regiment. You can connect with John on instagram: @johns_op Signed copies of Geraint's new book, D-Day: The Unheard Tapes: www.geraintjonesmedia.com Audiobook/ ebook/ unsigned copies of Geraint's new book, D-Day: The Unheard Tapes: https://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Day-Powerful-E…
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP After dipping my toes into MTB Enduro on the pod a few weeks back, in this episode of Life in the Peloton I dive right in, at one of the best Enduro events in the world, the NZ MTB Rally. The NZ MTB Rally is a six-day Enduro event that takes place around Nelson on the South Island of New Zealand…
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Well, we are coming towards the end of an absolutely action-packed month of pro racing, which can mean only one thing; it’s time for another Race Communiqué! As you all know by now, this is my chance to dive back into the pro peloton with current Jayco-Alula rider, and former teammate, Luke Durbridge and my former DS (and even teammate - way, way b…
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What is Enduro? With Paul Van Der Ploeg and Matt Fairbrother
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP Since retiring from the pro pelo, I’ve been itching to dip my toes into as many different cycling disciplines as possible. I raced on drop handlebars and skinny tyres for over a decade, now I want a heap of new challenges to tackle on the bike. I love getting out and exploring on my gravel bike,…
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Talking Luft Top 6's! Paris Roubaix Most Influential with Matt Goss
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP We’re back this week with another Talking Luft Top Six. This week it’s the turn of special guest - and Monument winner, Matt Goss, who shares his Top Six Most Influential from Paris Roubaix! As those of you who caught the last edition will know, we’ve mixed things up with Talking Luft this year,…
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Jared Prewitt served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the United States Marine Corps. You can connect with Jared here: https://jaredprewittwritesstuff.com/ and find his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Itll-Buff-Out-Nothing-Hopeless-Surviving/dp/B0CJ4KDWMY You can connect with the podcast on instagram @veteranstateofmind You can become a supporter o…
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP In this week’s Life in the Peloton pod, I’m taking a dive into the topic of ketones. Ketones arrived in the peloton just a few years ago, and to many people they are seen as a sort of wonder fuel, but to others they are still a grey area supplement. To get stuck into the subject I was lucky enou…
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It’s full gas racing season in Europe, so I’ve been really looking forward to catching up with Luke & Tom for what I knew would be a pretty action-packed Race Communiqué! The boys have been on very different schedules; Luke has been with Jayco-Alula at Paris-Nice and then on to the cobbled classics, which he dialled in from this week. Meanwhile, To…
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP It’s Classics season! It’s my favourite time of the cycling year and I am so stoked to be able to bring you an absolute legend of the Classics, a Flandrien legend, and a true king of the cobbles, Tom Boonen. When it comes to the Cobbled Classics, Tom’s palmarès are mind blowing: he is the joint …
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Talking Luft Top 6's! Milan San-Remo's Most Influential
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP Ok guys, here we go, Classic season is almost here and to get things going we’ve torn up the old Talking Luft script, and come up with something new! So then, let me introduce Talking Luft’s Top Six… In this new format, we are going to focus on a single race with our guests and discuss the six m…
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Life in the Peloton Chronicles: Sauna life
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This is a short excerpt from the longer episode. To listen to the whole thing and future episodes become a member of The Pelo. For our second subscriber special, in this episode of Life in the Peloton’s Chronicles, Sveino and I take a deep dive into the hot topic of sauna life. Saunas were something that both of us got into at a young age and also …
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Life in the Peloton is proudly brought to you by MAAP In this episode of Life in the Peloton I get to have a chat with one of the most interesting (and interested) people I’ve met in the world of cycling, co-founder of Skratch Labs, Allen Lim. Dr Lim… Allen… or Al (as you can call him) may not be the first person who springs to mind when we think o…
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War Story 002: with Ben, Royal Marines Commandos
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Ben served in the Royal Marines. In this episode, we discuss his multiple tours in Afghanistan. You can connect with the podcast on instagram @veteranstateofmind You can become a supporter of the podcast for as little as £1 a month. https://www.patreon.com/vsompodcast Thank you to our sponsors! The show doesn't happen without them! Combat Fuel - ww…
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