Tea Time with Ali Monjack

Introducing my next guest, Simon Crisp, the visionary behind Green Machine Computers, where landfill clearance meets innovation. In this upcoming episode, Simon joins me to share his journey of founding the company and pioneering a sustainable business model. we delve into how he's revolutionizing the tech landscape by recycling PCs, repurposing them for charitable and nonprofit causes, all while nurturing the growth of interns. From his personal connection to a Blue Peter badge to his ambitious plans for widespread sustainable impact, we explore it all. And yes, Star Wars fans, may the force be with you as we embark on an inspiring conversation with Simon!

My first guest on my new series of Tea Time with Ali Monjack is Tymofii Lysenko who is 15 years old and from Cherhiniv Ukraine. He left his war-torn home country a year ago with his father. lost his brother on the front line and his mother is still there fighting for their country. His story is one of courage and determination for a Ukrainian future. Tymo talks about his mental health, how war has aged him. He shares his thoughts on Zelensky and Putin as the fight goes on to save Ukraine.

It's been a while....! My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Trent Burton Director/ filmmaker and part of the Cosmic Shambles Network. His latest documentary film was released this week Rapid motion through space. An incomplete history of speed. Why are we fascinated by speed? Trent gives an overview of what was investigated. Let's find out more.

Leading from the heart is what my next guest Hema Vyas teaches as an Omnipreneurial Psychologist. She is a thought leader who guides the path for commercial success, leadership, wellbeing and positive impact. Hema is a renowned speaker on heart wisdom, human consciousness, spirituality, health, energy medicine and the science of Ayurveda. Let's find out more…

Do more, be the impact is what my next guest talks about in her own podcast Impactful Billionaires. Nyasha Gwatidzo has returned to chat with me on the Tea Time sofa about the two Great British Business and Community Awards that she won at the Hilton Hotel Reading on Thursday 7th April. I have worked with Nyasha who is a pioneer and know how dedicated she is as a social entrepreneur to transform the lives of others.

My next guests are actors Jake Ferretti and Serena Manteghi who have been on tour with The award-winning Original Theatre Company production of The Hound of the Baskervilles. The whole production has been a great challenge for both of them as they play several characters in the performance and the main characters Sherlock Holmes played by Jake and Sir Henry Baskerville by Serena. They talk about the experience of adjusting to different roles, their comic timing, and the up-and-coming live stream which is another art form in itself…… So what next for the dynamic duo?!

The Social Housing Round Table is the creation of my next guest Matt Baird. He has ten years experience of recruiting in this sector and understands first-hand the issues that surround tenants, providers and the homeless. His aim is to collaborate with as many organisations involved in affordable housing across the UK so that a change can be made to help everyone in need of a home. Let's find out more.

Tax if for good or evil that is what my next guest is talking about! John Richardson is an expat lawyer and advocates for US Citizens who have to pay taxes abroad. He co-founded the group S.E.A.T to stop extraterritorial American taxation and has lobbied the Senate and is one of the leading voices on Expat Law. Some people want to try and help deprived children or people with mental health issues but John is on a mission to stop US citizens from being taxed abroad which also has a catastrophic impact on their lives. Let's find out what set him on the journey to help people navigate citizenship solutions. #podcast #chatshow #humanrights Citizenship Solutions

My next guest Tony Redondo is not just stargazing into the cosmos he started his own business after years as a broker. He set up The Cosmos Currency Exchange at the start of the pandemic with a whole heap of uncertainty that lay ahead and carved out a successful business based on his extraordinary way of providing the human touch when making transactions across the globe. He has a great sense of humour which has certainly helped and Instead of the computer saying no, Tony says yes! He prides himself on helping people and interpreting the financial markets so that anyone can understand. Let's find out more…

FFS Forgiven Forgotten Sooo Is what my next guest says in the face of domestic and mental abuse. Gi Dhanoa who is an ambassador for Aanchal Women's Aid talks about her new book drawing from her own experience of abuse and what she can do to help children understand. We chat about social media playing a huge part in young people's lives and what is often perceived as acceptable is actually not. Let's find out more.

Sexual innuendos were part of one of the roles that my next guest on the Tea Time sofa Julie Kirk Thomas played in The Benny Hill Show. Known as the Benny Defender on Twitter after her appearance on Good Morning Britain we chat about sexual content on TV because Benny is back on That's TV Christmas. We also chat about Julie's career, her parts in Beadle's About and Indiana Jones. so Let's find out more

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Morgan Lloyd Matthew. She is well-known for Emilia her play that was commissioned by The Globe and has now been optioned as a film. Her latest play ‘The Long Trick's Over' has been created in collaboration with the New Woseley theatre and is scheduled to tour the East of England in Spring 2022. The play looks at the various stages of grief, against the backdrop of a 53 mile swim from Dover to Calais. Produced by High Tide Theatre the production promises to be thought provoking and a testament to the fortitude of the human spirit. The play is at the New Wolseley from the 11th-15th February and thereafter is touring across 10 venues. Let's find out more.

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is guernsey based thrive coach Korrine Le Page. She is the co-founder of Social Enterprise success running conferences every year to help social entrepreneurs connect. Korinne became a coach after she overcame the fear of public speaking and over the years has worked with people to find their why and empower them to be the best version of themselves. Through her own harrowing life experiences, she is a master at her craft of helping people thrive so let's find out more

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Frazer Flintham playwright and screenwriter. His latest play is based on the book Penlee: The Loss of a Lifeboat by Michael Sagar-Fenton which is being performed on the 18th of December. It is an Original Theatre Company production and promises to capture the bravery of the RNLI volunteers on Solomon Browne who went out to rescue Union Star on that fateful night 40 years ago in southeast Cornwall. Frazer has written several entertaining plays and received a screenwriter's award in 2015 but never one quite as humbling as Into The Night the adaptation of Penlee. Let's find out more... #podcast #chatshow #playwright #screenwriter #Penlee #rnlife

Are you on the right path? UK's Leading holistic health advisor Janice Naiken is my next guest on the Tea Time sofa and talks about what led her to a career in Naturopathy. A global speaker on health Janice shares how she was set on her path of intelligent health and how we should all be listening to our bodies. Let's find out more….

Sophie Harker is part of This is Engineering Day on 3 November 2021, a day created by the Royal Academy of Engineering to celebrate the role of engineers and engineering in improving sustainability. The Day is delivered in partnership withEngineeringUK who lead on Tomorrow's Engineers Week (8-12 November), which will highlight to young people that engineering is an exciting career that improves the world and is contributing to net zero. For further information visit www.thisisengineering.org.uk.

Being interested might not make you a scientist but it certainly leads you to discover more about the universe! My next guest is Robin Ince who has released his latest book this month ‘The Importance of Being Interested'. The foreword is written by Professor Brian Cox his partner on BBC Radio 4 show 'The Infinite Monkey Cage'.

Cat on a hot tin roof' is the work of my next guests on the tea time sofa BAFTA-nominated actress Siena Kelly and Oliver Johnstone who play Maggie and Brick Pollit and are currently touring the country! The production is a collaboration between The Curve Leicester the Liverpool everyman and playhouse and the English Touring Theatre. Siena is well known for her part in Adult Material and Oliver has a CV full of roles from James Bond to Shakespeare. Award-winning Anthony Almeida is the Director and the chemistry between Siena and Oliver promises an electric performance.

A barrel of laughs describes my next guest Kev Orkian, comedian, entrepreneur and owner of Jongleurs the best place to watch all the latest comedy! This week The comedy club is back live across several venues in London and the master of comedy Kev is flying in top form. Having acquired Jongleurs just before the pandemic he is raring to put the laugh back in everyone's belly and has developed a kids club as well as establishing a full lineup of comedians. Kev started out his theatrical life in musicals and as they say like a good bottle of wine he has matured over time! #podcast #chatshow #Jongleurs #TheWaterRatsPub, #TheEstablishment #HomeGrownClub #PinkZebra.

My next guest actress Nicole Evans is Going The Distance in the world premiere of a digital production of a new comedy by Henry Filloux-Bennett and Yasmeen Khan from 4th - 17th October. Nicole has a starring role in a star-studded cast along with Stephen Fry as narrator and other household names such as Matthew Kelly, Shobna Gulati and Sarah Hadland. Nicole has had roles in Captain America, Teddy and lots of other TV and theatre productions. But her part in 'Going The Distance' with Director Felicity Montagu who is best known for her role as Lynn in Alan Partridge, has been one that has resonated with her as an actress and as someone who loves theatre.

If you hear the steel pans in Reading you always know that my next guest Mary Genis is behind them. Founder and Artistic Director of CultureMix Arts Mary is well known for her musical entertainment & education in the African Caribbean arts! She knows how to get the carnival started! Mary founded CultureMix Arts in the late 80's which is a steel pan specialist organisation with award winning band Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra. Let's find out more about exciting times ahead….. #podcast #chatshow #CultureMixArts

The Interrogation is a clever audio production about being misunderstood and is the creation of my next guest artist Charlene Salter and Director Patrick Collier. Both are from Access All Areas a company that makes disruptive theatre and performance by learning disabled and autistic artists. The Interrogation is in response to the treatment that Charlene herself has received as someone with a learning disability and how other people have been criminalised for their differences.

The System is a new Psychological thriller play written and performed by my next guests Emily Head and Directed by Guy Unsworth. The production is being live-streamed next week 27th August and is an Original Theatre Company production who are pioneers in the new hybrid artform of film and theatre. Emily and Guy met whilst working on a theatre production in 2019 and the chemistry between them promises a brilliant performance.

Exciting news, the first returning guest on the Tea Time sofa is none other than award-winning director Dwight Steven-Boniecki who has won 15 awards for Searching for Skylab! Because of the success of Searching for Skylab the award-winning documentary on NASA's first International Space Station Dwight and team are holding a watch party on the 28th August so people from all across the world can see it and chat with the astronauts and scientists who were part of it Let's find out more..

Do you have a positive mindset?! Well, my next guest Marcus Thomlinson started the process to give up his negative mindset at 30 and now his Mindset Revolution has helped people across the globe reset to positivity! We talk about mindsets and why we behave we do from fear to joy from doing something positive to being involved in gang crime! Marcus is also a speaker on mindset and before the pandemic was at a peace conference in Pakistan. So let's find out more

Extreme sports and learning to endure is what put my next guest on the path of musical stardom. Sofia Evangelina is nearly 18 and has already competed in Canada's extreme skiing team and is now pursuing a music career with an amazing R&B voice. She is not just a singer but also an inspirational songwriter who has already penned some great hits such as Endure. Let's find out more...

Try and turn a lemon into a melon is my next guest's motto. On the Tea Time sofa this week Annabel Simons founded an award winning lifestyle magazine for the over 50's 11 years ago with her dear friend Grace. They recently changed the brand name to Annabel & Grace and have been running the online magazine to help older women to feel included, find their unique style and way forward as life changes.. The 50's is a time for menopause and that can be an unnerving change in itself. Let's find out more about beginning to put yourself first.

Pink Pants are my next guest's favourite thing at the moment. Sarah Jordan is a Social Entrepreneur who started Y.O.U to make sustainable, vegan and organic underwear that now donates pants to women across Africa and the UK. She also supports Breast Cancer charity Future Dreams. Period poverty is still a big issue and that is what inspired Sarah to start Y.O.U and make a social impact with underwear globally. Lets find out more!

Musicals are my next guest's favourite thing and Charlie Kristensen has certainly been cheered up by West end stars after enduring 18 months of bullying. #CheerUpCharlie has completely grown in awareness over the last 2 years and now Charlie has received the highest accolade for a young person The Diana Award for his outstanding work as anti-bullying mentor and campaigner. He now has his own youtube chat show Musical Chairs with #CheerUpCharlie and let's find out more... #podcast #chat show #CheerUPCharlie #Antibullying #TheDianaAward

My next guest certainly has the Xfactor, Danyl Johnson was in the semi-finals of series 6. Over the last few years, he has been helping support charities and is widely known as ambassador for the People's Postcode Lottery. We chat about his latest podcasts, Best Thing, and the little help project. Danyl shares his enthusiasm about lifting people's spirits and his candid view on life. Think the TV Sofa is forever calling! Let's find out more.

Opera Singers are the passion of my next guest Fiona Hamilton who co- founded the charity Opera Prelude over 10 years ago with opera singer Adriana Festeu. Since then the prelude story has grown considerably helping many exceptional opera singers. This Saturday after months without any performance they are holding a showcase concert for young artists at St Mary's in Henley and have now opened an online Emporium to support opera singers through the pandemic. Let's find out more... #podcast #chatshow #operaprelude

Valuing celebrities. my next guest Jimmy Nash was inspired by an interview with Kanye West and has now created the Celebrity Stock Exchange. The whole idea behind it is to generate more income to be able to fund humanitarian projects such as Find Your Feet in Africa. The Celebrity Stock Exchange will launch this year and let's find out more about buying celebrity ...

The world of Musical theatre is where my next guest Jamie Read started out his career. But starting a family soon encouraged him to make the transition with his wife Helen to founding Read College, the creative arts school that now has an outreach programme across the UK. Jamie also started a company called The Voice Teacher and last year became a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Let's find out more…. #podcast #chatshow #CreativeArts

Mind your Mind, is the name of my next guest's new book! Amanda Peet is the founder of Mind Your Mind Techniques and has been a holistic practitioner for many years but her first love is working with words. She practices EFT and founded the Emotional Dowsing Technique and was co-founder of Hoarding Disorders UK. Through her own life experiences, Amanda has learned the techniques to declutter anyone's mind lets find out more…... #podcast #chatshow #MindYourMind #CoreBeliefs

Hip Hop Saves Lives! My next on the tea time sofa Chad Harper is the founder of this organisation that has helped school children across the globe to come together and find common ground through the education of hip hop. His latest project is a documentary called 'I am a Black American' which uncovers African American history from the days of the slave trade. He is an incredibly talented artist in his own right so let's find out more.. #podcast #chatshow #hiphopsaveslives

And all that Jazz!! My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Dollie Henry is a well-known Jazz artist, choreographer, and author. She co-founded the Bop Jazz Theatre Company in 1996 with her husband Paul Jenkins, Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Music Produce and is an acclaimed educator on all things Jazz in the UK and internationally Together they wrote the Essential guide to Jazz. Dollie has just finished a performance at a dance festival lets find out more! #podcast #chatshow #Jazz

Spoken-word, Poetry, and rap are an art form And My next guest Simon Mole has been learning his craft for many years and is now a children's educator. He is a National Poetry Day Ambassador, and an acclaimed children's poet! He has performed on the same stage as John Cooper-Clarke, Kae Tempest and Simon Armitage. And his next gig is a poetry picnic at Alexandra Palace so lets find out more #podcast #chatshow #poetry

Looking after children's mental health through music and dance & making a difference in the dance world to promote diversity and Inclusion is what my next guest is all about . Stacey Green co-founded the Freedom Factory in 2017, and this year through lockdown started the Tired Movement to bring about change in the world of dance. Let's find out more

I do' are the words my next guest hears every time she officiates at a wedding ceremony in Vegas! Joelle Righetti-Jenson has an entertainment career spanning over four decades and has played a huge part in the world-renowned Las Vegas shows from the Rat Pack to top magician shows with Siegfried and Roy as well-known act Lance Burton. She has been a Gypsy Mobile Minister and has lots of love stories to tell! Joelle has fabulous spiritual energy and is destined to come to London next year to perform! #podcast #chatshow #vegas #entertainment #Weddings

Celebrate Life and Talk about Death! For my next guest, Sybil Ah-mane Co-founder of Flexible Films chatting about life and exploring the highs and lows is about making films to have a positive impact. Sybil has worked with the NHS, Mind, local authorities, and organizations such as the death cafe. We chat about death, mental health, and the value of conversations that Sybil brings to life in her filmmaking. Let's find out more... #podcast #chatshow #teatime #CelebrateLife #TalkDeath #FlexibleFilms

Overloaded! How many of us are feeling that during this pandemic? My next guest Ginny Smith science writer and presenter explains what is going on in our brains with some useful tips in her latest book! Ginny whose passions are neuroscience and psychology loves to tell stories. She blogs and presents podcasts with well-known scientists to explain science her latest is Braintastic for kids! Let's find out more #podcast #chatshow #overloaded

My next guest is not afraid to bring up any subject as long as it involves people! Lis is a great facilitator of conversations getting to the heart of the matter and not holding back on language! She is well known for the Vagina Dialogues and Talking Bollocks. This week she is holding an event the Pregnant Pause to open a discussion about how women can walk alone without fear and reclaim the streets after the death of Sarah Everard. Lis lost her aunt who was murdered when she was 18 and she will be sharing some insights from this life-changing event. #podcast #chatshow #ThePregnantPause

Starting the day with a cuppa is certainly my next guest Karina Rickard's idea of magic! She is an amazing mum of 5 who salvaged a national heritage brand Cornishware. Karina shares her passion for getting people chatting in the pottery as well as her support for mental health charity Cornwall Mind. Karina is her unique brand with a joy for life and a style that is homegrown from her own traditional family values lets find out more.. #podcast #chatshow #HeritageBrand #GoodToTalk #MentalHealth

Holding Raw Talks is certainly what my next guest Tamsin Napier Munn is all about. Tamsin who has a background in championing women through the business awards for The Business Magazine has founded her new academy during the lockdown and her complete drive is to inspire women to show up as their real authentic selves however hard that may be. In this podcast, we chat over tea and in true Tamsin style have a raw conversation about our pasts, what makes us tick as women, why we tend to hold back, and how we can all move forward! Happy International Women's Day! #podcast #chatshow #InspirationalWomen

My next guest on the Tea Time Sofa is Neville Wray founder of The South East Martial Arts Club. He is a World champion Kickboxer and coach to Team GB and during this lockdown, he held the first Virtual CIMAC Kickboxing championships and the first virtual kickboxing competition in the UK which supported the Young Minds charity to help young people struggling during this pandemic. He shares his journey of being the first British fighter to win The US Open Championships #podcast #chatshow

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Nyasha Gwatidzo, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Banya Fostering Services, and global philanthropist. She shares her latest passion to help Women Entrepreneurs with the World Impact Fund she created as well as Celebrating International Women's Day! Nyasha who is from Zimbabwe has helped thousands of children and is committed to helping children and women grow. She is the salt of the earth and one of the most genuinely inspiring female entrepreneurs. Let's find out more….

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Dwight Steven-Boniecki Award-winning author of Live TV from the Moon, Live TV from Orbit, and editor of Skylab 1 & 2. Yes incase you hadn't guessed it he has been absolutely fascinated by space travel to the moon and investigating our universe for a long time! and with a career based in TV production Dwight who's from New South Wales, Australia shares the last few years of directing the award winning documentary 'Searching for Skylab' that features never-before-seen footage of the incredible science and technology achieved by the space station and the NASA astronauts. He recalls the blood sweat tears and laughter that went into finally releasing the documentary this February! #podcast #chatshow #SearchingForSkylab

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Su Bhuhi MBE, Founder of Aanchal Women's Aid. Su shares how she works with women to empower them after suffering domestic abuse! Aanchal Women's aid was founded by Su in 1984 after her own abusive situation and after a woman needed support to stop her children from being taken to South Asia against her will. Since then the organization has worked with thousands of women from many different cultures across the UK.

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Georgi Mottram a professional Opera Singer, West End performer, and founder member of Ida Girls. Georgi shares how she became a Breathwork practitioner helping others in the industry to combat their anxiety and stage fright!

My next guest is Dr Dean Burnett a well-known neuroscientist, blogger, author and definitely a man with a great sense of humour! This week he has released his latest book Pscyho Logical which answers questions about what is actually going on in our brains when we are suffering from Mental health issues such as anxiety and depression! He is an Ambassador for Rethink mental Illness and has his own podcast chat show Brian Yapping with journalist Rachel England which is an entertaining take on looking at your mental wellbeing. Their new series is out on Monday 8th February on Spotify! On the Tea Time sofa Dean shares how he got into studying brains and his work to help people suffering from mental health. #podcast #chatshow #PschoLogical #BrainYapping