Best Clare Edwards Podcasts (2024)

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Bristol Unpacked Election Special - Emma Edwards // Green Party 1:14:28

4M ago1:14:28

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Emma Edwards is the leader of Bristol Green Party who could well be in charge of the council for the first time after May's local elections. She chats to Neil about the Green's vision for doing politics in a more transparent and collaborative way, how they'd sort out our public transport, and whether they're ready to make the tricky transition from…

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Bristol Unpacked Election Special - Mark Weston // Conservative 1:08:54

4M ago1:08:54

1:08:54

Neil Maggs sits down with Mark Weston, who was first elected as a councillor nearly 20 years ago, and has led the local Tory party for a decade. On the eve of the local elections, they discuss the Tories miserable national polling, the so-called 'war on motorists' being waged by Bristol City Council, and the cultural divides between Bristol's inner…

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Bristol Unpacked Election Special - Jos Clark // Liberal Democrats 1:09:03

4M ago1:09:03

1:09:03

Jos Clark is an experienced local councillor now leading the Lib Dems into Bristol's local elections. A party that used to have strong support in the city has seen its seats dwindle over the last decade. The critic of Marvin Rees and the mayoral system, who helped manoeuvre the referendum on introducing the new committee system, talks to Neil Maggs…

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Bristol Unpacked Election Special - Tom Renhard // Labour 1:05:32

4M ago1:05:32

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Just three years after being first elected as a councillor, Labour's Tom Renhard is now leading the party into May's local elections. Neil Maggs asks him about his record as the city's housing chief, why he thinks the Greens aren't up to the task of being in power and Labour's plans for building new homes, campaigning for rent controls and bringing…

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The Social Factor - The Science Behind the Future of Effective People Leadership 1:15:26

5M ago1:15:26

1:15:26

Today’s first episode for 2024 is a little different. I recently launched my White Paper – The Social Factor – The Science Behind the Future of Effective People Leadership and today I present it to you in audio format, as some people prefer to listen than to read. The White paper introduces you, the listener, to the concept of Social Leadership. It…

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Salma Najjar on experiencing the Gaza war as a Palestinian in the UK 1:01:35

6M ago1:01:35

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Salma, a lawyer who spent her childhood in Gaza, shares the 'dystopian' experience of life under occupation and knowing your family are in a war zone, as well as discussing happier memories and pro-Palestinian activism in the UK. Content warning: contains graphic descriptions of war and violence Salma Hajjar is a young trainee solicitor who spent h…

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Ruth Pitter on the role of the charity sector, pioneering Black theatre and her recent MBE 1:00:35

7M ago1:00:35

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Neil chats to Ruth, a daughter of the Windrush generation, on her decades of work with Bristol's voluntary and community groups, how that's changed as public services have been cut – and whether she feels conflicted about receiving an honour associated with empire Ruth Pitter has been a stalwart of Bristol’s voluntary sector for decades – and in Ja…

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BBC journalist Lucy Proctor on mad cows, Covid and conspiracy theories 1:01:40

8M ago1:01:40

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Bristol Unpacked with BBC journalist Lucy Proctor on mad cows, Covid and conspiracy theories Thirty years ago, BSE was spreading across the UK while the government insisted beef was safe. Neil asks Lucy, producer of The Cows are Mad podcast, about the scandal – and how conspiracy theories have thrived as trust in the establishment has nosedived. Ov…

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Watershed CEO Clare Reddington on cinema, class and council cuts 55:04

9M ago55:04

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Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Watershed CEO Clare Reddington on cinema, class and council cuts As Bristol City Council slashes spending on venues including arthouse cinema Watershed, Neil asks its boss Clare why funding the arts matters, and whether the sector's reputation as catering mainly to the well-heeled is justified. Over the past year Clare…

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ACORN's Wesley Bear on the Barton House evacuation and housing activism in the city 51:46

9M ago51:46

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In the last few months, Wesley Bear has been at the forefront of actions by ACORN. That's the community union known nationally for taking direct action to stand up for tenants' rights, which originated in Bristol almost a decade ago. On 17 November Wesley, ACORN's communications officer, was involved in an altercation with security guards at the Ho…

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The Essence of Coaching in Leadership - a Conversation with Danielle Ballantine 53:26

9M ago53:26

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Episode 40 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is a conversation jam packed with wisdom from lived experience and deep reflections. My guest in conversation is Danielle Ballantine, CEO of Your Side Australia, a not-for-profit organisation specialising in providing total care for vulnerable Australians, in particular the elderly and disabled. Our c…

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Filmmaker Aodh Breathnach on surviving being stabbed – and documenting the aftermath 59:27

9M ago59:27

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Content warning: audio contains graphic discussions of violence Eight years ago, filmmaker Aodh Breathnach was stabbed multiple times during a night out on Stokes Croft, and rushed in a taxi to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. Aodh was lucky. He recovered from injuries to his head and body within a few weeks and tried to put the attack out of his mind,…

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Orla Martin-Somewhat Vortex 5:13

10M ago5:13

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Somewhat Vortex, the debut poetry collection by Orla Martin, is a response to the ebb and flow of life. Landmarked by loss, by love, by hope, the work is underscored by a warm and witty thread. A singular and somewhat staccato style brings into focus a unique take on the banal, the absurd and occasionally a robin. Angled over life, the poet seeks t…

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Celeste Augé: I Imagine Myself 6:04

10M ago6:04

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I Imagine Myself is for anyone who has ever imagined they were someone (or something) else. A powerful collection that asserts the freedom to have a visible midlife as a woman, to have difficulties in a relationship and work through them, and to weather the storms of ageing. In ambitious and dynamic poems, I Imagine Myself gives voice to the experi…

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Emer Fallon Thin Lines 6:36

10M ago6:36

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What lies in those in-between spaces between ocean and land, earth and air? And what happens when we cross a line and enter that suspended space? The poems in this collection explore the places we encounter between sanity and madness, sickness and health, the past and the present, and life and death, travelling from a Wicklow childhood to life in t…

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The Essence of Inclusion in Leadership - a Conversation with Toby Mildon 47:06

10M ago47:06

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Episode 39 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is an insightful exploration into the world of Diversity and Inclusion in leadership, with a focus on Inclusion. My guest is D&I consultant Toby Mildon, who I worked with when he was working at the BBC. Our conversation has many levels of depth and covers a broad area, which makes it the perfect resou…

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Ep 10. The Interview 28:47

11M ago28:47

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Shayla’s visa will soon expire. She has to choose what matters to her most… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Ep 9. Friend Zone 24:42

11M ago24:42

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Shayla has some very difficult choices to make in her love life. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Ep 8. Hajima 24:07

11M ago24:07

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While Shayla eagerly waits to hear from Youngjae, her mother makes a surprise visit Korea and is determined to get her to come home. Shayla tells a few half-truths to convince her mum that she’s doing fine… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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Ep 7. The Bias 20:38

11M ago20:38

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Shayla helps put on Dal’s first live show in 10 years. Someone unexpected shows up... Youngjae. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Ep 6. The Essay 24:24

11M ago24:24

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Desperate to get her writing career off the ground, Shayla explores Seoul to create an essay-worthy scenario for herself. It doesn’t go well. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Ep 5. Field Trip 23:42

11M ago23:42

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Dal shows Shayla around Seoul and the two grow closer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Ep 4. Deliveries 28:23

11M ago28:23

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Desperate for money, Shayla begs Dal to let her do deliveries around town. She also makes a new friend. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Ep 3. Fanchant 27:44

11M ago27:44

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Shayla hatches a plan to meet Youngjae without being creepy. However, her inability to speak much Korean is a problem… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Ep 2. Welcome to Korea 29:04

11M ago29:04

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Shayla arrives in South Korea only to find out that the job she arranged for herself is not quite what it seemed. Dal, the son of her landlord, is very sceptical about Shayla’s motivations for visiting Korea, wondering if she is yet another Koreaboo. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/…

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Ep 1. Who? 24:41

11M ago24:41

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Shayla’s life takes an unexpected turn when both her writing career and her love life fall apart. She takes an odd job behind the scenes of a K-pop show and has a chance encounter with an idol who inspires a huge decision. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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Eamonn Wall : My Aunts at Twilight Poker 5:37

11M ago5:37

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The rich narrative poems in My Aunts at Twilight Poker provide nuanced and many-sided explorations of Irish and Diasporic life— with particular focus on Eamonn Wall’s hometown of Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, and on St. Louis, Missouri, where he had lived for the past two decades—as both have unfolded through the past century. Eamonn Wall is a native o…

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The Essence of Meaningfulness in Leadership - a Conversation with Debbie Haski-Leventhal 58:56

12M ago58:56

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Episode 38 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is a must for anyone who is looking to find or further develop meaning and purpose in their lives, be it personal or professional. My guest, Professor Debbie Haski-Leventhal, MBA Director at Macquarie University shares her extraordinary story of family tragedy and what it meant to become members of a …

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The Essence of Hope in Leadership Part 2 - Australia - the Land of Hope with Yaser Naseri 53:50

1y ago53:50

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Today I bring you part 2 of my conversation with Yaser Naseri, an Iranian refugee with a story to tell. Please, if you happen to have stumbled on this episode and have not listened to part 1 – head now to listen to Episode 36 then come back here and all will make sense. What an honour it was to listen to part 2 of Yaser Naseri’s story as a refugee …

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Babbasa CEO Poku Osei on working from the inside to change the system 56:19

1y ago56:19

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Poku Osei transitioned from hustling to sell sugar and DVDs in Ghana to running one of Bristol’s most celebrated social enterprises. Babbasa focuses on helping young people access and thrive with new opportunities, including through alliances with corporates and big institutions. But does this ‘social mobility’ approach undermine more wide scale ch…

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The Essence of Hope in Leadership Part 1 - a Story of Survival with Yaser Naseri 1:26:37

1y ago1:26:37

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In this episode, Yaseri Naser shares part one of his extraordinary journey of arriving in Australia from Iran. There are no shownotes today, the story unfolds itself and all the wisdom is held in Yaser’s words Once you have listened to the story you may find this article of value https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-19/hopes-fade-for-asylum-seekers/…

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Kill the Bill riots ex-prisoner, Jasmine York 57:23

1y ago57:23

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"F*** the police!", "Sluts Against Cops" and “We will burn your fucking cars.” These are some of the things Jasmine York said or graffitied during the ‘Kill the Bill’ riots in March 2021. The biggest incidence of unrest in mainland Britain in a decade. Jasmine was jailed in the aftermath for arson. As an activist and now ex-prisoner, what’s Jasmine…

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Inside the city’s Labour party machine with local fixer Kelvin Blake 55:09

1y ago55:09

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Behind every politician is a fixer. For many years Kelvin Blake has been behind the scenes as a key figure in the city’s Labour party, working on key campaigns that have seen Labour secure the lion's share of political power. But what exactly goes on behind the scenes and where next for Labour as the Greens challenge the party’s establishment statu…

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The Essence of Service in Leadership - a Conversation with Cr Sue Baker 50:42

1y ago50:42

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Episode 35 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is a conversation of both depth and with wisdom on the topic of service in leadership and with local government Councillor Sue Baker. Sue shares how she transitioned from a career in learning and development to representing the City of Frankston in local Government and how she drew on her years of exp…

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Councillor Christine Townsend, on taking on the Merchant Venturers over educational inequality 1:01:11

1y ago1:01:11

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It's been three years since the Colston statue was toppled, thrusting the Merchant Venturers - the elite club with a history of the worst kind - into the limelight. But for many years prior, Christine Townsend had been on a mission to fight what she sees as discriminatory practises of pupil selection, starting off with Merchant Venturer run schools…

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Leftwing rabble rouser and co-founder of Bristol Transformed Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins 56:08

1+ y ago56:08

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Bristol has long had a reputation as a hotbed of leftie radicals. Most recently, the movement that was built and surged during Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party. Isaac has been a prominent activist with socialist campaign Momentum and as a co-founder of Bristol Transformed, a festival of radical ideas that will return to Bristol on the…

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The Essence of Networking in Leadership - a Conversation with Charlie Lawson 57:02

1+ y ago57:02

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Episode 34 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is a must for anyone who either wants to improve their networking capability, doesn't like to network but realises that it can be good for business, or simply wants to listen to someone who is passionate about their purpose in life. Today I bring you an exceptionally practical and often funny conversa…

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Bristol Cathedral's city chaplain Phil Nott, a reverend on a mission for social justice 56:13

1+ y ago56:13

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How can a stuffy institution with deep links to British Establishment power play a role in bringing about social justice on Earth, in Bristol and beyond? Neil gets deep into a challenging conversation on the spiritual and political with Phil Nott, an experienced Church of England priest who is on that mission – and has just started a six-month role…

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Edward O’Dwyer: Exquisite Prisons 11:18

1+ y ago11:18

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“Edward O’Dwyer’s poems in Exquisite Prisons pack the quotidian with a creeping terror; motorists nervously migrate to investigate the car stalled at the lights, a father is filmed throwing his child higher and higher, a husband wonders if his wife also fantasises about killing him. These poems are savagely ironic, authoritative and delivered in an…

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Cahal Dallat: Beautiful Lofty Things 6:38

1+ y ago6:38

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Neither object lessons nor exhibits in an esoteric cabinet of curiosities, Cahal Dallat’s poems, in Beautiful Lofty Things, spring from quotidian items and artefacts that connect poet and reader with an eclectic mix of people and places, from present-day Rajasthan, Slovakia, Kansas City and North Carolina via London, Montmartre and Morocco, to grow…

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Paul Perry: Jamais Vu 7:20

1+ y ago7:20

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“Jamais Vu is a hall of mirrors. In these marvellous and haunted new poems Perry observes a life that may be his or may be ours. Nothing and everything matters. Yet all is exactly as it should be, glimpsed and unanswerable. A startling, disorentating, and tender book of poems.” Annemarie Ní Churreáin PAUL PERRY is the author of five full length col…

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The Essence of Humility in Leadership - a Conversation with Matt Cameron of the Penrith Panthers Rugby League Club 51:25

1+ y ago51:25

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Note to self, when in conversation with someone who epitomises humility in leadership, don’t expect them to talk about themselves in a hurry! Meet Matt Cameron, Rugby League CEO of the Penrith Panthers, and my latest guest in conversation for the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast. The Penrith Panthers are a professional rugby league team based in Weste…

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Headteacher of Redcliffe Nursery School Sam Williams 51:19

1+ y ago51:19

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A large part of raising the early years of the next generation is entrusted to nurseries. But the sector is in a protracted crisis of funding and stability. Childcare costs in the UK are among the most expensive in the world, and direct government support for nurseries has not kept up with increasing needs. Especially in the context of an austerity…

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Labour’s Nicola Beech on who’s getting the best deal out of the city: developers or the public? 53:33

1+ y ago53:33

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Nicola Beech has got a big portfolio at City Hall - Strategic Planning, Resilience & Floods, plus representing St George Central. So how does she juggle the complexity with the pressures and controversies of political life? In this episode, Neil and Nicola dig into what it means to try to lead a city, and why it sometimes seems like developers are …

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Bristol City FC meets community and politics with James Edwards 44:52

1+ y ago44:52

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While the Robins set their sights on promotion, James Edwards is working off the field to promote opportunities for the community in and around Bristol City FC, with the club’s community arm the Robins Foundation. But with the furore over Gary Lineker’s comments, what is the role of football in community and political life? Listen in with Neil and …

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The Essence of Leading with Head & Heart - a Conversation with Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM 53:45

1+ y ago53:45

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Meet Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM, leader, board member, journalist and bestselling author of ‘Head & Heart : The Art of Modern Leadership’ and my most recent guest for the Rawthentic Leadership podcast. Kirstin’s diverse career, attitude to risk and passion for diversity and inclusion makes for an enriching and lively conversation about what modern day …

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The city’s new Green Party leader, Emma Edwards, on being the biggest political force in these parts 49:11

1+ y ago49:11

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Has Bristol’s local politics caught up with how many outsiders see the city: Full of cycling vegetarian activists? The Green Party are now the biggest group on the city council, and Emma Edwards the councillor for Bishopston and Ashley Down is charged with leading them through a tumultuous period as the city gears up to ditch the mayor and move to …

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The Essence of Mindfulness in Leadership - a Conversation with Jenny Steadman of Potential Project 59:06

1+ y ago59:06

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Meet Jenny Steadman, Acting Director of Potential Project and my first guest in conversation for Season 3 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast. The topic of our conversation was, in my opinion, the perfect choice for the start of a new business year, ‘The Essence of Mindfulness in leadership’. Here are some of the many topics we covered. You can li…

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The armed robber turned TikTok addiction mentor, Paul Simmons 51:24

1+ y ago51:24

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Paul Simmons’ mugshot appeared on the front page of the Bristol Evening Post in 2004. Fast forward through many years in jail, crimes and devastating addiction Paul appeared on the front page in November 2022 for very different reasons. Having served 22 years in 20 prisons over various sentences since 17, the care leaver is now making a name for hi…

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The doctor prescribing ketamine to assist therapy, Dr Ben Sessa 52:24

1+ y ago52:24

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Depending on who you ask, Ketamine conjures up different images and associations. For Dr Ben Sessa, a leading authority and practitioner of psychedelic assisted therapy, it is a powerful aid to helping people suffering from trauma and addiction. Sessa is the co-founder of Awakn, a company leading the burgeoning movement to use powerful drugs for he…

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