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Stories are powerful and primal. They can change the world, and they can change you... Lost in Sonder fuses storytelling and the concept of Sonder - the realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. Populated with their own emotions, connections, values, and unique experiences. All my guests have lived the extraordinary in some way. By nature of their unique experiences, the stories and themes you'll hear will vary. Uncovering people, possibilities ...
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Andy's taken some amazing trips over the years. They're usually snowsports related, but a day at Twickenham 7s proved to be pretty impactful... Andy fell 70ft, more than six stories, onto concrete steps and lived to tell the tale. This story is one of resilience, humour, the value of connections and a mental health 'toolkit' forged at rock bottom.…
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In the SAS and as a mercenary in Africa, Peter's been there and done that. From arresting war criminals and leading a mission to kill Pablo Escobar, to parachute mishaps and lucky grenade escapes. This amazing chat offers insights into the man behind the mayhem. Where it all began and what he learnt along the way - How does someone raised to fight,…
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We were all taught things in our youth that don't serve us in later life. The deeper these lessons go, the harder they are to unlearn. For Dani, shaking the shackles of the cultlike Mormon Church is an ongoing saga. A saga that involves reassessing everything held as a 'true', taught by a group that preached love and family, but dealt in guilt, fea…
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Most people have one or two chapters that define their life. David has more than I care to count. Some of these chapters could be - documentary filmmaker, mental health advocate, addict, artist, experimental pharmacologist, poster-boy and journalist. David’s fascination with the human condition and the macabre is perhaps ironic, as he himself has d…
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Every decision you make changes your life. Some more than others. For Sandra Gregory, the decision to smuggle drugs out of Thailand - a country that executes drug traffickers - changed her life more than most. Facing the firing squad, festering conditions at the infamous Lard Yao prison in Bangkok and a frenzied media, Sandra has been to places whe…
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