Ciara's Pink Sparkle Podcast is about helping to raise positive awareness of people with a learning disability by challenging attitudes & perceptions. I'm joined by a fab interview guest for every episode!
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Charity Gracewomen - Gynae Cancer Awarness Month Episode
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This episode is about this month of September which is Gynaelogical Cancer Awarness Month. I teamed up with Sara from the gynae cancer awarness charity Gracewomen who I am a voluntary ambassador for and with NHS Dr Jay Chaterjee for a joint interview to help spread awareness of the 5 gynae cancers and the importance of checking yourself, booking yo…
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Episode - Chat with Graphic Designer Stephen Averill
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I chatted with the Graphic Designer Stephen Averill about his career as a graphic designer, but also about his work career involvement with the rock band u2. he told me about how he helped come up with the name u2 for the band and about some of the u2 album covers that he designed for the band too!https://x.com/hashtag/CiarasPinkSparklePodcast?src=…
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Kate Nash OBE - disability and Employment & Careers
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I chatted to Kate Nash OBE the founder of PurpleSpace about her career, we chatted about an event on employment and recruitment we were both part of last year and we talked about how employers can hire people with a disability and the benefits of employing people with a disability like using reasonable adjustments!…
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I had a fantastic chat with fab Comedian Ria Lina for my podcast recently about her career and she talked about having autism herself. We also talked about comedy and why jokes that are made by comedians could be offensive and hurtful towards people with a learning disability like me.
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I had a chat interview with Jon Lee from pop band S Club. We talked about their recent reunion & their Good Times Tour, their recent Brighton Pride gig, about LGBT awareness & about how the band paid tribute to their band mate Paul Cattermole who sadly died from an underlying heart condition.Jon is an Ambassador for the British Heart Foundation to …
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John Byrne - Careers Advisor at The Stage
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I chatted with John Byrne who is the Careers Advisor for The Stage which is a famous theatre performers newspaper which started the career of singers like the Spice Girls. We talked about our work careers, about representation of people with a learning disability within theatre and the media and chatted about our own Irish Connections!…
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For this episode, I chatted with Gina Patel. She recently won the Rising Star for Diversity Award and she is also the host of the Podcast Ordinary People, Honest Lives! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ordinary-people-honest-lives/id1720058087
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Chat with Jack Welch who is a fantastic disability advocate for people with a learning disability. we chatted about our careers and about our work jobs and we chatted about disability issues like employment!
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Ian Taverner is known as Mr Cookfulness. He is a disabled cook, food writer. He is also a presenter. In this episode we chatted about his experience of cooking on TV show Sunday Brunch, his enjoyment of getting into cooking & helping to make cooking become more accessible for lots of people!
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Chat with Wayne Tunks from my 88 fm in australia. we talked about music and learning disability and our careers and fun places to visit in Australia
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Chat with professional dancer Vincent Simone about his career, being on Strictly & about his new theatre tour dance show Legends of the Ballroom with other Strictly pro dancers Pasha, James Jordan and Ian Waite! Web: https://vincentsimone.com/
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Chat with Cris, General Manager of Epsom Picture House Cinema. We chatted about disability access in the cinema & about our favourite films too! https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/epsom-picturehouse
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My friend Katie Fraser chats to me about being a disability advocate and about her love of theatre!
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Chat with my husband Mark. We talked about learning disability & difficulties & how we met, our relationship & our wedding day & our hobbies like my podcast!
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I chat to TV GP & Dr Philippa Kaye. We chatted health & disability & smear Tests & Screening & charity Eve Appeal which raises awareness of 5 Gynae cancers. I'm a Get Lippy Ambassador!
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I chat with Coronation Street Actress Cherylee Houston about people with a disability & Media Representation & her character on Corrie & we chatted about this week which is Learning Disability Week 2024!
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I chat with Actress Fiona O'Carroll who plays Maria Brown in TV comedy Mrs Browns Boys. We chat about her career, disability,& autism, family & work, Mrs Browns Boys & tea making!
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I chat with Shaun Wallace aka Dark Destroyer from ITV quiz show The Chase. He chatted with me about his legal career & being on ITV show The Chase & we had a short fun pink theme quiz!
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Chat with John Verge CEO of Golden Lane Housing. This episode is about people with a learning disability & housing & the right we have to have a home like anyone else!
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Chat with Actress Juliet Aubrey about her career. She has recently been in Radio 4 The Archers & ITV drama ProfessorT in which she plays DCI Christina Brand. We also chatted musicals & family & singing!
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Chat with Broadcaster & co-presenter of TV Programme Long Lost Family Nicky Campbell about his career & learning disability media representation. Nicky also hosts a Podcast called Different!
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Chat with Musician & singer Chesney Hawkes about his career, his hit song The One & Only & working with Roger Daltrey!
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I chat with u2's Adam Clayton about being in U2, the band's recent Sphere Vegas shows & he talked openly and honestly about his past addictions & his fab support for Irish Mental Health Charity Walk in My Shoes! #U2 #WalkInMyShoes
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Interview with Radio Broadcaster and book author Simon Mayo. Simon is currently a radio presenter at Greatest Hits Radio!
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I chat with TV Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire about her life, her career & her personal experience of having breast cancer & chat about the big importance of going for screening like cervical screening & breast screening!
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I chat with Award Winning TV Queen & legend Lorraine Kelly about her career, her life growing up in Scotland, her daily ITV show Lorraine & about media representation & her favourite ever interview guests!
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I chat with Writer & Presenter Adil Ray OBE about his career. We talked about Diversity & Inclusion & Disability & Media Representation!
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Chat with Radio and TV presenter Jeremy Vine about his fab career and bikes and learning disability & media representation!
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I Chat with the fab TV & Radio Presenter Gaby Roslin about her career & we chat media representation of people with a learning disability!
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Chat with actor Stephen McGann from BBC drama Call The Midwife. We chatted about Call The Midwife & &:chatted about disability media representation on TV shows!
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I chat with comedian Rob Brydon about learning disability, his career & of course Gavin & Stacey character Uncle Bryn!
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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson talks to me about her amazing life and career in the Paralympics and her career in Parliament and how she has become such an amazing role model to me in my own career in the disability community world!
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Chat with Channel 4 News Presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy. We chatted about his career & learning disability & diversity & media representation of people with a disability
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U2's The Edge joins me for A Podcast chat to talk about u2 & family & charity & his music
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