Best Dr Euan Lawson Podcasts (2024)

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Update for September 2019 1:21

5y ago1:21

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Episode Notes It's just a very quick hello to let you know that I'm taking the rest of the year off! Will be back in 2020 and look forward to getting back into more healthy skepticism then. Podcast Promotion I've moved away from most social media but I realise it is still an important part of many people's lives. If you want to share an episode or …

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Episode 060: Dr Alice Howarth on cancer and skepticism 53:52

5y ago53:52

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Episode Notes Dr Alice Howarth is a clinical and molecular pharmacologist who is heavily involved with Merseyside Skeptics Society and is co-host of their excellent Skeptics with a K podcast. She takes us through some of the science around cancer treatments and how the disease actually affects us. It's an emotive time when people are affected by ca…

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Episode 059: Three books | Dr John Richmond on being human 17:21

5y ago17:21

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Episode Notes Next up for Blokeology Three Books is Dr John Richmond. He takes us through three books that can best be themed as 'being human'. What it is to be human, where we came from, where we are going, and, perhaps most importantly, how the hell we get on with each other a bit better. These books cover evolution, anthropology, the future and …

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Episode 058: Three books | A skeptic's toolkit 18:33

5y ago18:33

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Episode Notes I've put together a Blokeology Three Books - A skeptic's toolkit feature for this episode. These are the books I would recommend if you want to develop your understanding of how to tackle evidence. It can be a forbidding subject but these three books will take you from rank beginner to hardcore skepticism in little time. They are: Bad…

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Episode 057: Psychology of conspiracy theories with Dr Dan Jolley 42:27

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Episode Notes Dr Dan Jolley comes on the show to talk about conspiracy theories and the psychology that underlies many of these beliefs. They can include just about any political and social event. Conspiracy theories around the death of Princess Diana and 9/11 seem incredible but there are sound psychological reasons why people believe them. And, o…

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Episode 056: A very modern anatomist - Professor Adam Taylor 48:40

5y ago48:40

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Episode Notes Professor Adam Taylor is a very modern anatomist who is on hand to correct our misconceptions around this important discipline. It's wrong to think anatomy is an old science and there is no more to learn. There are seven billion people on the planet and no two people are the same. We talk cadavers, dissection and how we teach anatomy …

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Episode 055: Dr Charlotte Hardman on the psychology of food and appetite 46:12

5y ago46:12

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Episode Notes We don't just eat because we are hungry. It's a bit more complicated than that. Dr Charlotte Hardman is a researcher who knows all about the psychological determinants of appetite and eating behaviour. We talk about how we should approach food. She highlights how strictly controlling what you eat can then result in the disinhibition e…

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Episode 054: Professor David Cranston on prostate cancer and PSA testing 36:25

5y ago36:25

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Episode Notes Professor David Cranston FRCS is a consultant urological surgeon and comes on the podcast this week to talk about prostate cancer and PSA testing. Should you get PSA screening? The evidence doesn't support national screening programmes but individuals can still choose to be tested. Some urologists do, some don't. It's an opportunity t…

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Episode 053: Talking colour blind awareness with Kathryn Albany-Ward 54:06

5+ y ago54:06

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Episode Notes Colour blindness is not a fringe concern. The numbers are big: 1 in 12 boys; 1 in 200 women, and 1 in every classroom. Overall, it means about 300 million people across the planet and it's mostly men. Kathryn Albany-Ward has been raising awareness of the challenges of colour blindness since 2010. Colour blindness can affect your schoo…

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Episode 052: Pixie Turner - the wellness rebel fighting for science-based nutrition 46:16

5+ y ago46:16

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Episode Notes Pixie Turner is a passionate advocate for a science-based approach to food and she doesn't forget the importance of it fitting with the rest of our lives: being active, sleep, and our mental health. She has gone from self-declared "wellness w****r" to registered nutritionist with a Masters degree to back it up. We talk about clean eat…

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Episode 051: Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones on problem gambling and health 46:02

5+ y ago46:02

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Episode Notes The occasional flutter is something the majority of the population does but severe problem gambling affects nearly 1% with terrible health consequences including increased risk of death and suicide. And, as well as those 400,000 affected in the UK two million are thought to be at risk of worsening problems. Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones k…

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Episode 050: Dr Adam Staten on burnout and lifestyle 42:59

5+ y ago42:59

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Episode Notes How do you manage daily stresses and could you be suffering from burnout? Dr Adam Staten has edited a couple of books on burnout and we dig into how it affects us in daily life and how we can promote resilience to keep it at bay. We talk about the importance of decision latitude in burnout, physical activity, and mindfulness and digit…

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Episode 049: Jeff McCarthy on running with Lyme disease and chronic illness 51:13

5+ y ago51:13

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Episode Notes How do you continue to exercise and be physically active in life when you have a chronic disease? Award-winning blogger Jeff McCarthy has had Lyme disease and the effects continue to cause him problems. We discuss how he still manages to run and race regularly while managing a chronic disease and serious challenges with fatigue. If yo…

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Episode 048: Gender socialisation, development and masculinity with Dr Judy Chu 50:13

5+ y ago50:13

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Episode Notes Dr Judy Chu is a researcher who teaches a course on Boys' Psychosocial Development at Stanford University in California. She has done some fascinating research into adolescents and younger boys examining gender socialisation, their development and relationships. She has fantastic insight into this field and we delve into masculinity i…

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Episode 047: John Adams and Dad Blog UK 42:34

5+ y ago42:34

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Episode Notes I'm joined by John Adams who runs the Dad Blog UK blog to talk about fatherhood, parenting, and lifestyle. John is a stay-at-home father and the main carer for this kids while his wife goes out as the main wage earner. We talk about health and fitness as well as some of the attitudes and the has issues that have affected him in that r…

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Episode 046: Skepticism with Professor Chris French 55:06

5+ y ago55:06

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Episode Notes In this episode I chat to Professor Chris French who is an active skeptic and Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London. Chris is Special Advisor and former Editor-in-Chief of The Skeptic Magazine, the UK's foremost and longest-running skeptical magazine. It's a chance for us to talk about sk…

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Episode 045: Mudfest: Post Race Debrief 24:52

5+ y ago24:52

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Episode Notes After a brief hiatus it's time for another informal and chatty episode this week with Dr John Richmond. We were all psyched up for the Lakeland Trails 18K Cartmel Challenge Race but the weather chipped in to rain on the plans. We still had a great day, despite the efforts of Storm Gareth (a name which seems more sinister for its compl…

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Blokeology Update 2:32

5+ y ago2:32

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Episode Notes This is just a few minutes with a very quick update on the latest Blokeology news. Hope all good with yourselves and normal service will be resumed next week (all being well). Podcast Promotion I've moved away from most social media but I realise it is still an important part of many people's lives. If you want to share an episode or …

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Episode 044: Preparing for Races and Events 41:06

5+ y ago41:06

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Episode Notes It's an informal and chatty episode this week as John Richmond and I talk through how we go about preparing for events and races. Back in the very first few episodes of Blokeology John and I talked through some of the basics of running. We're both running a local 18k trail race in a few weeks and we discuss how we've trained for it, h…

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Episode 043: Vybarr Cregan-Reid on Primate Change and Modern Life 51:21

5+ y ago51:21

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Episode Notes Vybarr Cregan-Reid has written a fascinating book on how our bodies are affected by the modern world and our current environment. He's written extensively about running, movement, and the body. In many ways, as Blur, said "modern life is rubbish". It's all covered in his most recent book Primate Change. We talk about modern diseases t…

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Episode 042: Addictions and Peak Performance with Nick Elvery 42:40

5+ y ago42:40

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Episode Notes Nick Elvery has a fascinating background. He’s now a 'Peak Performance' coach for CEOs and spends his time helping people make positive changes in their life. Nick has had his share of problems. His father was very unwell with MS and Nick used drugs as a coping mechanism. He had many years of addiction to drugs and alcohol. We talk ab…

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Episode 041: Strength Training for Runners with Jason Fitzgerald 49:13

5+ y ago49:13

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Episode Notes Jason Fitzgerald is a runner who has seen huge changes with strength training and helped many achieve results through his coaching and training. He's been running the strengthrunning.com website since 2010 where there are tons of resources. He found strength training helped him recover from a serious ITB injury and he's studied it in …

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Episode 040: Alan Flanagan, The Nutritional Advocate 58:59

5+ y ago58:59

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Episode Notes Alan Flanagan is a passionate advocate for science-based nutrition and communicating nutritional science. He has very clear views in a host of areas that could completely change how you think about nutrition: he lingers on the middle class fetish around carbs and fat; the need to change energy availability in the environment and food …

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Episode 039: Lifestyle Medicine with Dr John Sykes 44:18

5+ y ago44:18

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Episode Notes Dr John Sykes is a GP and a Trustee and Director with the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine. We talk about the lifestyle medicine movement, nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and how we can try to ensure that lifestyle change is not simply a middle class aspiration that worsens health inequalities. We range across a lot of different …

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Episode 038: Vegetarianism and Healthy Eating with Anita Bean 56:22

5+ y ago56:22

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Episode Notes Anita Bean is an award-winning nutritionist and author. She specialises in sports nutrition and was a British champion bodybuilder in her 20s. She is an expert at taking the science of nutrition and presenting it in easily digestible chunks. In this episode we talk about healthy lifestyles and cover Vegetarianism 101. In the process, …

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Episode 037: Orthorexia and Healthy Eating with Renee McGregor 59:23

5+ y ago59:23

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Episode Notes Registered dietician Renee McGregor is a best-selling author and leading performance and eating disorder specialist with over 15 years experience working with elite athletes, coaches and sport science teams. She understands how to offer nutritional support to athletes and does a lot of work working with people who have developed a dys…

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Mid-Winter Break 2:13

6y ago2:13

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Episode Notes I'm having a winter break! I should have mentioned in last week but completely forgot. It's just a chance to take a breather and I'm still busy interviewing some great people for future episodes. We will be back on 11 Jan 2019 with those new episodes. Enjoy the holiday season and I hope you get a chance to relax, reflect on the year g…

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Episode 036: High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) with Dr Michelle Swainson 48:54

6y ago48:54

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Episode Notes What is the evidence for high intensity interval training (HIIT)? Is it worth doing and is it safe? I used to be a bit of a sceptic about HIIT but strong evidence is emerging and I talk through the topic with sports and exercise scientist Dr Michelle Swainson. It's a good lesson for me in recognising when bias is creeping in rather th…

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Episode 035: Colour Blindness and Pink Elephants 29:14

6y ago29:14

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Episode Notes I am colour blind. I don't have the necessary red cones and in this episode I talk about my experience of being colour blind and how to affects me. From my early days of colouring in the sky purple and painting elephants in pink to my general feebleness as a cricketer there are several ways colour blindness has had an impact. And my c…

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Episode 034: Autumn Update and Reflection 18:37

6y ago18:37

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Episode Notes I have an update this week on my own activities and it's a bit of a chance to reflect on some interesting episodes over the past few weeks. Episodes looking at the benefits of physical activity on mental health, suicide, Parkrun and the concept of 'Zettelkasten' have had a real impact for me. I also talk about the research paper on ki…

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Episode 033: The Transformative Power of Parkrun with Dr Simon Tobin 50:15

6y ago50:15

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Episode Notes Dr Simon Tobin is a GP in Southport and a Parkrun Ambassador for Health and Wellbeing. He has lots of stories of the amazing power of Parkrun to transform lives and it's about a lot more than running a 5K. It's really all about community; Parkrun gets people moving and it can also stop them being social isolated and it can help tackle…

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Episode 032: Physical Activity and Mental Health with Dr Brendon Stubbs 38:30

6y ago38:30

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Episode Notes Just how good is physical activity for your mental health? Dr Brendon Stubbs is a research physiotherapist with a specific interest in mental health and over 400 published papers. He knows this area inside out and talks on the podcast about the evidence around physical activity and its impact on our psychological health. From the most…

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Episode 031: Suicide Prevention with Professor Rory O'Connor 50:35

6y ago50:35

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Episode Notes Professor Rory O'Connor is the Director of the Suicide Behaviour Research Laboratory in Glasgow and one of the world's leading experts on tackling suicide. Suicide is a complex topic with no easy answers but it affects everyone and the research shows that men are three times as likely to kill themselves as women. We talk about his mod…

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Episode 030: How to Take Smart Notes with Sönke Ahrens 49:28

6y ago49:28

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Episode Notes Sönke Ahrens has written a book How to Take Smart Notes that could completely revolutionise how you go about this deceptively simple task. This episode digs into a slightly different area of lifestyle - reading, writing, and thinking. It doesn't matter if you are an academic, a student, a non-fiction writer or just someone who wants t…

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Episode 029: Coping with Conferences and Other Reflections 24:32

6y ago24:32

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Episode Notes I was at the RCGP Conference last week so I talk about my experience of conferences and trying to look after my health and wellbeing while I was away. I had some success and came home feeling less exhausted than I usually do. I also reflect on my own biases and on the past three episodes with André Tomlin on mental health and evidence…

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Episode 028: André Tomlin, Mental Elf, on Postnatal Depression 51:55

6y ago51:55

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Episode Notes André Tomlin started the website The Mental Elf back in 2011 and he has built it into a remarkable and detailed resource with 100s of contributors and a constant stream of freely available advice on research relevant to mental health. He's also had personal experience of postnatal depression and he talks about that and the evidence on…

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Episode 027: Interview with Peter Francis, Sports Scientist 55:47

6y ago55:47

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Episode Notes Peter Francis PhD is a sports scientist, runner, and Musculoskeletal Science Lead at Leeds Beckett University. We talk about running, managing pain, achieving consistency, and barefoot running amongst many other things. If you've ever had an achilles problem then you need to listen to his advice on managing that injury. How about bare…

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Episode 026: Talking Alcohol with Phil Cain 49:07

6y ago49:07

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Episode Notes In this episode, I interview the journalist Phil Cain about alcohol. Phil is an experienced journalist with expertise in the SE region of Europe but, in recent times, has turned his hand to detailing some of the evidence around alcohol and telling its story. His book, Alcohol Companion, is fundamentally a science-based approach but Pa…

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Episode 025: Personal Update 16:04

6y ago16:04

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Episode Notes In this episode, I have a bit of a personal update. There has been quite a lot going on for the past six months and this is the first time I've talked about it on the podcast. I also talk about my new discovery this week: Zettelkasten. If you’ve not heard of this and you work in academia or write non-fiction at all then you should lis…

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Episode 024: Burnout and Me 23:24

6y ago23:24

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Episode Notes In this episode, I talk about burnout. It's a big problem in the medical profession but it's not one that is exclusive to doctors. I have definitely had my own experience of burnout and it has taken a long time for me to structure my life and career to keep it at bay. I go through some of the circumstances when burnout can become a pr…

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Episode 023: Regression to the Mean and Strength Training 18:17

6y ago18:17

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Episode Notes In this episode, I tackle regression to the mean and it's a chance to fine tune your BS detectors and understand this common phenomenon that doesn't get enough attention. Don't get conned into thinking medications or other interventions are working. And perhaps you might think twice before calling for your football team's manager to b…

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Episode 022: [Summer Short] The Descent of Man, Man Up, and Everyday Sexism 8:39

6y ago8:39

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Episode Notes In this episode, we continue with the fourth instalment of Summer Shorts for the month of August. The episodes have all been around ten minutes long as it's time to get outside, enjoy the open air, take our holidays, and most importantly, catch up on some reading. So, as before, this Summer Short will cover a couple of books that are …

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Episode 021: [Summer Short] Why We Sleep, How Not To Die, and Mindfulness for the Frazzled 9:32

6y ago9:32

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Episode Notes In this episode, we continue with the Summer Shorts for the month of August. The episodes are around ten minutes long as it's time to get outside, enjoy the open air, take our holidays, and most importantly, catch up on some reading. So, each Summer Short covers a couple of books that are recommended and one book that I'm going to be …

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Episode 020: [Summer Short] Deep Work, Mini Habits, And Not Giving A Flying One 11:20

6y ago11:20

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Episode Notes In this episode, we launch into the Summer Shorts for the month of August. The episodes will be around ten minutes long as it's time to get outside, enjoy the open air, take our holidays, and most importantly, catch up on some reading. So, each Summer Short will cover a couple of books that are recommended and one book that I'm going …

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Episode 019: [Summer Short] 80/20 Running, Factfulness, and The Confidence Game 10:12

6y ago10:12

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Episode Notes In this episode, we launch into the Summer Shorts for the month of August. The episodes will be around ten minutes long as it's time to get outside, enjoy the open air, take our holidays, and most importantly, catch up on some reading. So, each Summer Short will cover a couple of books that are recommended and one book that I'm going …

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Episode 018: Acclimatisation, Hydration, and Keeping Cool Exercising in the Heat 25:02

6y ago25:02

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Episode Notes In this episode, I cover some evidence around exercising and coping in the heat. Based on the 2015 consensus guidelines published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine I cover acclimatisation, dehydration, and cooling. There's time for a brief mention around the thorny and somewhat controversial issue of exercise-associated hypona…

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Episode 017: Run Daddy Run with Keith and Gary Moseley 31:33

6y ago31:33

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In this episode I have an interview with Keith and Gary Moseley from Run Daddy Run. They are both relatively new to runners and we talk about they got into it. We've plenty of useful tips for newbies as well as more experienced runners. Keith, Gary's father, has taken up running later in life and Gary wanted to do something to help his health and m…

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Episode 016: Running and Type 1 Diabetes with Rob Brown 1:02:46

6y ago1:02:46

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Episode Notes In this episode I have an interview with Rob Brown from Diabetic Dad Runs. Rob is a journalist, a runner, and has been a type 1 diabetic for 27 years. Rob has been out running ultras in preparation for the Marathon des Sables in 2019. He's raising money for T1International. We talk about his initial diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and th…

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Episode 015: Fitness Behaviours with Bevan James Eyles 55:00

6y ago55:00

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Episode Notes In this episode I have an interview with Bevan James Eyles. I’m a big fan of Bevan. If you looked at Bevan’s achievements over nearly two decades you might just assume he is one of those lucky blokes who were just sorted. Not the case. Listen to hear Bevan tell of where he started from. But, the first thing I do want to highlight is a…

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Episode 014: Life Hacks for Health, Fitness and Lifestyle 1:01:47

6y ago1:01:47

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Episode Notes In this episode, John Richmond and I are talking about life hacks. We've crammed in lots of thoughts, ideas, hints, tips, and advice on how to get a little healthier, fitter, and just live a little better. Not all of them will work for you but there is sure to be something here you can take away and use. We've structured the discussio…

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