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Are we educating young people as consumers? Have educational institutions become service providers in the consumer economy of educational products?  Or are we educating young people as citizens - of their local communities, nations and the planet? If so what does that mean for how we engage them in the  processes of living and working together, making meaningful contributions and learning important things as they go.  I'm not sure that that looks much like what we're currently doing in most schools around the world. Jon Alexander is on a mission to help a new story to emerge about how people all over the world are getting involved in 'citizening' - that is, thinking of citizen as a verb and a local participatory responsibility, rather than citizen as a noun that you claim rights to.Jon began his career with success in advertising, winning the prestigious Big Creative Idea of the Year before making a dramatic change. Driven by a deep need to understand the impact on society of 3,000 commercial messages a day, he gathered three Masters degrees, exploring consumerism and its alternatives from every angle. In 2014, he co-founded the New Citizenship Project, a strategy and innovation consultancy that aims to shift the dominant story of the individual in society from Consumer to Citizen. NCP's client list includes The Guardian, the European Central Bank, and the European Journalism Centre. They have partnered with the BBC, Amnesty International, National Trust, the British Film Institute, Tate galleries, the National Union of Students, YouGov, the Centre for Public Impact, the Food Standards Agency and the Food Ethics Council. Jon is author of Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us - a book that seeks to reframe the moment in time we're living in as one of huge civic opportunity, not just crisis and collapse, and in doing so opens up a world of possibility for organisations and leaders across sectors and across the world.Links to Jon's work:Citizens (Book): https://www.jonalexander.net/How to Citizen, with Baratunde Thurston: https://stories.howtocitizen.com/formNew Citizenship Project: https://www.newcitizenproject.com/Jon's Four Thought lecture, BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04md5b0Jon's NCP article on Three Post Covid Futures: https://medium.com/new-citizenship-project/subject-consumer-or-citizen-three-post-covid-futures-8c3cc469a984Jon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-alexander-11b66345/Baratunde on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baratunde/

DESCRIPTION  In this episode, Katie invites the "Queen of Breakups" Rosie Wilby to share her wisdom on surviving and even thriving after a breakup. Covering everything from the seven key reasons relationships end to handling the aftermath with friends and family, Rosie provides comfort, science-backed advice, and plenty of wry wit. You'll learn why the sadness comes in waves, the mental tricks to stop feeling so terrible, and how to set boundaries with your inner circle so they can actually help (not hinder!) your healing.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  Phone a trusted friend straight after the breakup conversation happens Write out a pros and cons list to gain clarity without the rose-tinted glasses Seek professional help if you're still struggling with closure years later Reinvent yourself by trying new hobbies, careers or travels after some time Don't rush into dating before you've had time to process the emotions Decline friends "helping" you too quickly if it doesn't feel right yet Understanding the science behind heartbreak makes you feel less alone Reframing the breakup as an exciting catalyst for positive change BEST MOMENTS "I actually went straight over to a friend's house. I rang her. It was really late at night and she was like, we are getting on a flight at 4am, but just come." "I found the writing out the cons really helpful... it's called a negative reappraisal strategy. When you look at the negatives...that clear-sightedness about the reasons why it was not the right person for you." "Be selfish. It's a great time to look after yourself and it's a great time to do that because you are thinking very inward about what do I want to do, how do I now fill my time." VALUABLE RESOURCES Read The Breakup Monologues book Rosie Wilby website   ABOUT THE GUEST Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author, speaker and the creator of global hit podcast and book The Breakup Monologues. She has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour, Loose Ends, Saturday Live and Four Thought, on TV programmes including Good Morning Britain and at major festivals including Latitude and Glastonbury. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was shortlisted for the Diva Literary Awards 2017, longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2018 and followed her TEDx talk of the same name. Her acclaimed trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love began with The Science of Sex and ended with The Conscious Uncoupling, which toured to venues including London's Southbank Centre and was shortlisted for Funny Women Best Show. Nicknamed 'the lesbian Louis Theroux', Rosie loves to use humour to unpack difficult questions about modern life and spread awareness of more conscious ways of beginning, maintaining and ending human relationships. She presents radio shows for the BBC, Virgin Radio and Resonance FM, writes for publications including The Guardian, Sunday Times , Cosmo, Stylist and New Statesman and speaks about relationships, resilience and reinvention at conferences and corporate events.  ABOUT THE HOST Katie McNamara - London. I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety with how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium. As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app. CONTACT METHOD - Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/  singlesoundspodcast@gmail.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author, speaker and the creator of the hit podcast and book The Breakup Monologues. She has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 including on Woman's Hour, Loose Ends, Saturday Live and Four Thought. Her first book ‘Is Monogamy Dead?' was shortlisted for the Diva Literary Awards, longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed her TEDx talk of the same name. Her acclaimed trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love, began with The Science of Sex and ended with The Conscious Uncoupling, which was shortlisted for Funny Women Best Show. She presents radio shows for the BBC, Virgin Radio and Resonance FM, writes for publications including The Guardian, Sunday Times, Cosmo, Stylist and New Statesman.Rosie Wilby is guest number 315 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she'd like to preserve and one she'd like to bury and never have to think about again .For Rosie's latest book, see: linktr.ee/breakupmonologues .For Rosie's podcast, see: podfollow.com/breakupmonologues .Follow Rosie Wilby on Twitter: @rosiewilby & Instagram: @breakupmonologues .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people . Get this podcast ad-free by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of Four Thought, Sheila Cook reflects on what she has learned from producing it for eleven years. Sheila, who left the BBC in 2022, produced around 150 episodes on Four Thought, and in this reflection on the power of hope she looks back at some of the talks which have reminded her that - amidst bad news - we are often surrounded by remarkable people, doing remarkable things. Producer: Giles Edwards

Today I am joined by award-winning U.K. comedian, author, and podcaster Rosie Wilby. Rosie delivers an empowering view of the unexpected joy of heartbreak. She offers the perspective of opportunities one can gain post-breakup and how society can begin to normalize that breakups can be positive and amicable. Rosie shares with us the idea behind her book, The Breakup Monologues, where she shares about several of the relationships she's had that have come to an end. Tune in today to uncover the positives that can be gained through heartbreak. In this episode: Rosie provides some background on her book, The Breakup Monologues. What made Rosie want to share her past relationships in a book? What are Rosie's major lessons from her breakups? How can you see a breakup as a gift when you're in the thick of it? How many breakups does Rosie talk about in her book? We can start normalizing the idea that divorce can be positive and amicable. How to work through a situation if you feel trapped when desiring a divorce. Key Takeaways: Being single can allow us to step back and look at the trajectory of our life and how we want to live as individuals without the pull of what your partner might want. Relationships and marriage get really busy, and being able to step back after a breakup provides excellent opportunities. Breakups provide self-knowledge about what you want in a future relationship, what's important to you, identifying your needs, and what you want to do differently in your next relationship. When you are in the thick of a breakup, reach out and get support. Hire a therapist or talk to a friend who can be supportive. It should be someone who will empower you and lift you up vs. pull you down and speak negatively. Quotes: “I do feel that breakups, although they are incredibly painful and really difficult and really challenging times, they do provide an opportunity for reflection and growth, and they can be a catalyst for real positive change.” - Rosie Wilby “Sometimes growing apart is really healthy growth. Sometimes we just grow individually and in good ways, but we happen to have gone in slightly different directions, and that's not a failing on our parts. We have this really toxic language, these binaries of success and failure, and somehow if we don't stay together, we've failed, whereas surely, if we've separated in a really healthy way, that might be really positive and really mature.” - Rosie Wilby Guest Bio: Rosie Wilby is an award-winning U.K. comedian, author, and podcaster who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour, Saturday Live, and Four Thought. Her first book, Is Monogamy Dead?, was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Her new book, The Breakup Monologues, is based on her acclaimed podcast of the same name and is published globally by Bloomsbury. Resources Rosie Wilby Website Rosie Wilby's Twitter Rosie Wilby on TikTok The Breakup Monologues Instagram Rosie Wilby's LinkedIn The Breakup Monologues Book Lesa Koski Website Lesa's Online Courses

Three years on from her first appearance on Four Thought, Dr. Dina Rezk returns to Four Thought. Her first talk was about the shocking and unexpected death of her mother; this time, as she describes another bereavement, the tone is unexpectedly positively, even exultant, as Dina reflects on the difference between the two experiences. Producer: Giles Edwards

Olly Mann is a broadcaster, writer, journalist and a forerunner in the world of podcasting. He co-hosted the Sony Award winning podcast Answer Me This! with Helen Zaltzman which had over 30 million downloads and ran from 2007 to 2021. Olly has presented hundreds of hours of radio, most recently as host of Radio 4's The Male Room and Four Thought. His documentary, ‘Podcasting: The First Ten Years' aired on Radio 4, and for many years he was a weekly contributor to BBC 5 Live's 'Saturday Edition'. Following regular columns in Telegraph Men and The Observer, he now writes 'It's A Mann's World', the lead personality column for Reader's Digest. Olly's latest podcast is Today In History With The Retrospectors, a daily, ten minute ‘on this day in history' podcast. Only Mann is guest number 248 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he'd like to preserve and one he'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Today In History With The Retrospectors podfollow.com/RetrospectorsFollow Olly Mann on Twitter @OllyMann .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Woman, life, freedom”Iran has been under a brutal religious dictatorship since 1979 with the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the establishment of the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. There has long been a desire in Iran to return to the days before sharia law. Now, this might be their best chance yet.With the tragic murder of Mahsa Jina Amini. On September 13th, ‘22, Mahsa, a 22 year old Iranian woman, was arrested by the Iranian morality police for the crime of “bad hijab”. Her hair shown in public. For this she was arrested, taken to prison, viciously beaten. She succumbed to her injuries within a few days. Since then, there has been a massive upswell of protesting, rioting and fighting back against the government and its inhumane treatment of the Iranian People. Women refusing to wear their hijabs in public and dancing in the streets in defiance of the brutal regime. Today's guest Kamin Mohammadi helps us understand the context of all of these events and shares with us her lifelong struggles of living in exile, what these protests could mean for the future of Iran and why the worldwide media is not paying attention to such an important movement.Kamin Mohammadi is an author, journalist, broadcaster, editor and public speaker. Born in Iran, she and her family moved to the UK during the 1979 revolution. She has written for the British and international press including The Times, the Financial Times, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Condé Nast Traveller (UK and Italy), Psychologies, Donna Moderna (Italy), Men's Health, The Sunday Times (UK), The Sunday Times of India, The Mail on Sunday, Virginia Quarterly Review and the Guardian as well as co-authoring The Lonely Planet Guide to Iran and numerous other travel guide books. Her journalism has been nominated for an Amnesty Human Rights in Journalism award in the UK, and for a National Magazine Award by the American Society of Magazine Editors in the US.An avid commentator, she has appeared on BBC Radio Four's WOMAN'S HOUR, MIDWEEK, FOUR THOUGHT and THE WORLD TONIGHT, BBC World Service's OUTLOOK and THE WORLD TODAY WEEKEND, Channel Four Radio's THE MORNING REPORT, Monocle Radio's MONOCLE 24 and India's NDTV. She has appeared in the BBC TV documentary Iranian Enough? and written and co-presented the BBC World Service's three-part radio documentary Children of The Revolution. She was a major contributor to the BBC Radio Four series Escape from Tehran. She is now a regular presenter of BBC R4's FOUR THOUGHT. YOu can find more about Kamin and her work on her website kamin.co.uk and on twitter @kaminmohammadi.Like and subscribe to us on Youtube for more fun and exclusive content!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuM080VqVCe0gAns9V9WK9wSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/00gCjGhq8qrAEkraZnMwGR?go=1&sp_cid=ce203d55369588581151ec13011b84ac&utm_source=embed_player_pGoogle Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/u/1/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmlrc21pbmQuY29tL2xpc3Rlbj9mb3JtYXQ9cnNz?Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/riks-mind-podcast/id1460215365Show Notes:Kamin Mohammadi | Official Website@kaminmohammadi | TwitterWhy Iran's female-led revolt fills me with hope by Kamin Mohammadi | The Guardian'Woman, life, freedom': The origins of Iran's rallying cry | Le MondeRevolution and me | The GuardianKurdish People | Encyclopedia BritannicaWhat's in a name: Kurdish martyr Jîna Amini and the struggle for culture and history | SalonHistoric Ethnicities of Kurdistan | The Kurdish Project‘They tried to wipe us out': Kurds shelled as Iran seeks scapegoats for unrest | The GuardianIran Executes Wrestler Accused of Murder After He Took Part in 2018 Protests | The New York TimesIran Suddenly Executes Wrestler Navid Afkari, Authorities Fail to Notify Lawyer, Family | Human Rights WatchOil in Iran between the Two World Wars | Iran Chamber SocietyBarred From U.S. Under Trump, Muslims Exult in Biden's Open Door | The New York TimesThe Famine the World Forgot - WW2 Special | YoutubeAll the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer | AmazonHow The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days | NPRKey Events in the 1953 Coup | The New York TimesThe Iran Job (2012) | IMDbIran footballers show solidarity with protests over Mahsa Amini's death | The GuardianFemale athlete represents Iran without hijab at overseas climbing competition | ABC NewsIran prison fire death toll grows as some EU states call for sanctions | ReutersThe Cypress Tree | Amazon

Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author and podcaster who has appeared a number of times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour, Saturday Live and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Her new book The Breakup Monologues is based on her acclaimed podcast of the same name and it explores the science of heartbreak and the unexpected joy that can come from breakups.In this conversation Rosie talks about growing up and coming out as gay in the 1980s and how she found her crowd in the queer community after moving to London. She tells me about her experience of being in a 'secret' relationship for five years with a woman who hadn't come out to her parents and we talk about the internalized homophobia experienced by many and Rosie shares how she's learned to empower and enable others to 'own' and feel more at ease with their sexuality.Rosie includes a chapter in her book on friendship breakups and we talk about how they are rarely acknowledged in the same way as romantic relationships, and there's no 'script' for them, despite the pain they can cause.We talk about post-traumatic growth after a painful breakup and how they can eventually lead to healing personal growth, leaving us better equipped to make informed choices in future. Rosie shares her greatest learnings from her breakups and we discuss the merits of singledom.Rosie's first book, Is Monogamy Dead? explores the need to reinvestigate monogamy for modern times and she shares some inspired insights into how we can reimagine monogamy and make relationships work for us, without piling the pressure and expectation onto one person to provide everything we need.Rosie is on Twitter @rosiewilby and Instagram @breakupmonologues and you can check her book out here.Find Sophie on Instagram here.

Daring to be different - I am delighted to be joined today by Rosie Wilby, an award-winning comedian, author and podcaster who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour, Saturday Live and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Her new book The Breakup Monologues is based on her acclaimed podcast of the same name and is published globally by Bloomsbury. We discuss women who love women relationships, break ups, female desire & getting married. Welcome to the Sam Grierson interview series, chatting to change makers who have Dared to Be Different and stand up and speak out. We discuss social change that has occurred over the last 30 years, how language has evolved and is evolving and how we still have more work to do. I am interested to look at the role that the Arts play, to both inspire, provoke, educate and support social change. Actors, Singers, Members of Parliament, Artists, Authors, Activists, and Entrepreneurs who all dare… Sam Grierson interviews… Daring to be different… Graphics by Poke Marketing, Podcast Sound Engineering & Editing by Rose Hill, Photography by Claire Brown Trigger Warning: This podcast episode may, at times, cover sensitive topics including but not limited to LGBT+ Coming out, LGBT+ themes, mental health issues, Hate Crime, Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia, Feminism, LGBTQ Conversion Therapy. You are advised to refrain from listening if you are likely to be offended or adversely impacted by any of these topics.

In this conversation, I speak with the brilliant Rob Hopkins - cofounder of the Transition Network and Transition Town Totnes, and author of several wonderful books: From What Is to What If? (one of my personal favourites), The Power of Just Doing Stuff, The Transition Handbook, and The Transition Companion. Voted one of the Independent's top 100 environmentalists in 2012, and named among Nesta and the Observer's list of Britain's 50 New Radicals, Rob has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Four Thought and A Good Read, and was featured in the French film phenomenon Demain and its sequel Après Demain. An Ashoka Fellow, Rob has spoken at TEDGlobal and three TEDx events, and holds a doctorate degree from the University of Plymouth and two honorary doctorates from the University of the West of England and the University of Namur. A keen gardener, Rob is a founder of New Lion Brewery in Totnes, and a director of Totnes Community Development Society, the group behind Atmos Totnes, an ambitious, community-led development project. He's also an artist whose beautiful lino prints you can check out at robhopkins.net, and his podcast, From What If to What Next is really worth a listen if you're looking for inspiration as to how we can unleash our collective imaginations to create a more resilient world. Recorded on 28th January 2022.

This week Charlie chatted to author and comedian Rosie Wilby about her latest book, The Breakup Monologues. Rosie is an award-winning comedian, author and podcaster who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour, Saturday Live and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Her new book The Breakup Monologues is based on her acclaimed podcast of the same name and is published globally by Bloomsbury.

Read this episode as a blog post: https://livingliferecovery.com/2022/03/15/2022-day-seventy-four-thought-for-today/

In this bonus episode, Emma interviews Dr Kath Brown, a GP and sustainability lead for primary care in Cornwall and the Chair of Greener Practice Cornwall. Emma discusses some of the work Kath is involved in through greener practice and the sustainability group, and how healthcare is a significant contributor to the global carbon footprint. The episode explores how sustainable healthcare can not only contribute to  patients' wellbeing, but can also have a positive impact on the climate and the planet's health. Kath and Emma think about ways this approach can be used within primary care.We hope you enjoy this episode, more information can be found via the links below and you can also contact us by sending us an email to kernowhealthcic.workforce@nhs.netGreener Practice Climate Central | Land projected to be below annual flood level in 2050 Home Page - CarbonCalculator (gpcarbon.org)Environmental impact of inhalersGreen Impact for Health | Green Impact | Students Organising for Sustainability (nus.org.uk) Centre for Sustainable Healthcare | BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Asthma inhalers and Covid antivirals BBC Radio 4 - Four Thought, Climate Consultations [121] CLIMATE AND HEALTH – A WIN-WIN SITUATION – Sustainable(ish) (asustainablelife.co.uk)

A lot of my time (the first two years) in recovery I spent writing and taking notes on things I learned through the process of recovery. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://livingliferecovery.com/2022/03/05/2022-day-sixty-four-thought-for-today/

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://livingliferecovery.com/2022/02/13/people-like-me/

Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author, Ted X speaker and podcaster who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour and Four Thought.  Her first book 'Is Monogamy Dead?' was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships.  And this episode was raw.  We were fortunate to speak with Rosie as she has recently just launched her brand new book, 'The Breakup Monologues', which is based on her acclaimed podcast of the same name.  In 2011, Rosie was broken up with via email and has been obsessing about break ups ever since. She embarked on a quest to investigate, understand and conquer the psychology of heartbreak...but in a humorous way.  We talked all things break ups and Rosie shared some really insightful answers that could help anyone who might be going through a break up or is struggling to get over the heart ache of one.  We spoke about the topic of Monogamy. And if it is dead. Rosie's Ted x talk, 'Is Monogamy Dead?' has now been viewed over 56K times on YouTube. So we knew we'd get a fascinating answer.  It was really interesting picking her brain on the topic of sex and finding out how important sex really is in a relationship. Rosie shared some results she collected from a survey about what is and isn't classified as cheating. The answers may be surprising to some people.  You won't want to miss a minute, so crank up the volume and tune into this incredible conversation with Rosie Wilby.    Purchase Rosie's book here - @breakupmonologues | Linktree Follow Rosie on Twitter @rosiewilby Follow Rosie on Instagram @breakupmonologues   Follow us on instagram - @dosandd_  Email us your questions as we would love to answer them on the show - thedosanddshow@gmail.com  It would mean the world to both of us if you could please leave a 5 star review to help us grow this community and empower more lives.

Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author and podcaster who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Her new book The Breakup Monologues is based on her acclaimed podcast of the same name. She spoke to Giles and Jim about relationships, monogamy, comedy, and, of course, sex labs.  Buy tickets to Jim's London gig on January 26th here: http://www.jimdalycomedy.com/gigs PLUS we have an advert free version for our Patreons at patreon.com/blankpodcast Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Liam Deacy. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @rosiewilby blankpodcast2018@gmail.com

Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author, journalist, broadcaster, TEDx speaker and award nominated podcaster.  Rosie has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was long-listed for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a TEDx talk and a trilogy of internationally acclaimed solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Rosie has also appeared as a commentator on sexuality, dating and love on TV programmes including Good Morning Britain, radio shows including LBC's Lucy Beresford on Sex and Relationships and podcasts including The Guilty Feminist. She also presents The Breakup Monologues podcast, which provides the inspiration for her brand-new book and was nominated for a British Podcast Award in 2020. Her latest book, The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy Of Heartbreak, is out now! Check the link in the episodes notes. As you can imagine we cover a lot in this chat such as being on a lesbian dating show where all the contestants are chained together, transitioning from electronic engineering to the arts, house fires, the breakup queen label, monogamy & polyamory and relationships, performing at a sex party & changing publishers. Check Rosie out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosiewilby Podcast: The Breakup Monologues http://www.podfollow.com/breakupmonologues The Breakup Monologues book:  https://linktr.ee/breakupmonologues ---------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan

Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author and podcaster who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Her new book The Breakup Monologues is based on her acclaimed podcast of the same name.P.s. We're sorry that the sound quality of this episode is not up to our usual standards, we're still recording remotely!

Clare Pooley joins Club Soda's Dru Jaeger to talk all things journalling. Clare decided to change her drinking when she noticed how much her wine habit was affecting her life. She worked in advertising, and her job required a lot of socialising and wining and dining with clients. Drinking was affecting her as a parent, she was gaining weight, and she was struggling with insomnia. She knew that moderation wasn't going to work for her, and so decided to stop drinking. Writing about her experiences was an intrinsic part of her changing her habits. This was done via an anonymous blog for some time. Who is Clare Pooley?Clare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years working in advertising before becoming a full-time mum. Realising that her ‘wine o'clock' habit was out of hand, Clare started writing a blog, Mummy was a Secret Drinker, which has had nearly three million hits. Her memoir, The Sober Diaries was published in 2017 to critical acclaim. Clare's debut novel - The Authenticity Project, was inspired by her own experience of exposing the rather grubby truth about her own seemingly perfect life. Clare's talks include a TEDx talk - ‘Making Sober Less Shameful', a talk for Radio 4's Four Thought, and numerous podcast interviews. Try our How To Journal course If you are interested in exploring more about journaling and how we can support each change, we're drinking Club Soda is short course How To Journal is available at join Club soda.com. If you sign up before the 11th of July 2021, if you can use the discount code journal50 to get the course for half price, or the discount code journalfree to get the course free of charge. How to Journal has been developed thanks to the generous support of Clare Pooley.Support the show (https://joinclubsoda.com/product/tip-jar-support-club-soda/)

For episode 4 of our Community series, we present to you the very man who changed our own perspective on community living years and years ago. The co-founder of the Transition Network and Transition Town Totnes, Mr Rob Hopkins!To give you a bit of background on Rob, he is the author of numerous books including, The Transition Handbook, 21 Stories of Transition and most recently, From What Is to What If: unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want. He presents the podcast series ‘From What If to What Next‘. In 2012, he was voted one of the Independent's top 100 environmentalists and was on Nesta and the Observer's list of Britain's 50 New Radicals. Hopkins has also appeared on BBC Radio 4's Four Thought and A Good Read, in the French film phenomenon Demain and its sequel Apres Demain, and has spoken at TEDGlobal and three TEDx events.This was by far one of our favourite episodes. The expression ‘you should never meet your heroes' does not apply here. Rob was our hero 15 years when we first came across him, and now all these years later when we finally get to meet him, he is still our hero!"At the moment we measure the success of an economy by how much bigger it is than last year. Imagine with your kids; there is a while in the evolution of your children where the fact that they are bigger than they were last year is a good thing. They are growing in the right direction. If that was the only measure, and they just kept on growing and growing and growing, till they were about 50 metres tall… after a little while you would think something is going really really wrong here. Actually what you want is for your kids to grow, ideally to slightly shorter than you are! And then to start growing in different ways; become kinder, wiser, more skilled, more connected, and more resourceful. We don't have that assumption for our economy, we just say - ‘is it bigger than last year? Grand!' The fact that cancer rates are rising, anxiety is rising, and people are less and less able to walk home alone after dark, all the things that we don't want to happen in a society, we don't measure, we don't factor them in.”This quote says it all, he is a creative thinker who lets no walls or structures limit his imagination and willingness to strive for a better future. The ultimate doer and who leads by example. We delve into everything from how Totnes became a self-sufficient transition town to how you as an individual can start thinking outside the box and become the change you want to see happen to your own community.Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian Rosie Wilby discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian who has appeared on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman's Hour and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2018 and followed a trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships. Rosie's new book The Breakup Monologues (Bloomsbury) is based on her podcast of the same name, which was nominated for a British Podcast Award 2020. You can order The Breakup Monologues book at https://linktr.ee/breakupmonologues and listen to the podcast at www.podfollow.com/breakupmonologues The Czars https://www.westword.com/music/its-not-too-late-to-discover-the-czars-one-of-denvers-greatest-bands-6045038 The films of Alex Ross Perry https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/alex-ross-perry A Girl Called Eddy https://www.popmatters.com/girl-called-eddy-been-around-2644860594.html Home Time https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/home_time/ Relationship anarchy https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/what-does-relationship-anarchy-mean.html Katie Carr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_Carr This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Rosie Wilby is a comedian, writer and podcaster. Her new book, 'The Breakup Monologues', is based on the podcast of the same name. It's non-fiction and looks at sexuality, stories, dating....breaking up.We talk about why the idea for the story changed as she worked on it, why she used ideas from fiction to plot and plan it, and how it's now affected her podcasting.You can hear why pets keep her going, how exercise helped her ideas, and as a comic, why lockdown was actually sweet relief to get work done.Rosie has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman’s Hour, Loose Ends, The Human Zoo and Four Thought, and at major festivals including Latitude and Glastonbury and in the finals of several major comedy competitions.Her first book 'Is Monogamy Dead?' was shortlisted for the Diva Literary Awards 2017, long-listed for the Polari First Book Prize 2018 and followed her TEDx talk of the same name. Her trilogy of solo shows investigating love and relationships began with The Science of Sex, which has been performed all over the UK, in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney and Berlin, and ended with The Conscious Uncoupling, which toured to venues including London's Southbank Centre and was shortlisted for Funny Women Best Show.You can get a copy of the book here - https://amzn.to/2SyscPCListen (when you've finished this one) to Rosie's podcast here - https://podfollow.com/breakupmonologuesSupport us at Patreon.com/writersroutine@writerspodwritersroutine.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In AMT396, questioneers are concerned about crabs eating their babies, The Addams Family, and whether their voodoo doll of their office nemesis worked out a little too well.  Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us your questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us  Facebook Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's music at  his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at , and the music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at . This episode is sponsored by: • The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from piano to mystery-writing to formal logic to Italian. AMT listeners get a free fortnight at . • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

Sam Gallivan is a consultant-level hand surgeon who is fascinated by ideas of narrative and cross-disciplinary exploration. In August 2020 she was featured on BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought, exploring the craft of surgery. In this conversation we discuss our experiences in the world of medicine and beyond.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ls8m 

Put your arm out, palms up, now touch your biceps, cradle the back of your head, hand on hip, other hand on other hip, pat each buttock and JUMP because in AMT395 we're learning about the Macarena dance! As well as Rita Ora's hats, wearing sports merch for a team you don't support, and winning a car at the airport. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us your questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us  Facebook Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's music at  his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at , and the music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at . This episode is sponsored by: • The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from piano to mystery-writing to formal logic to Italian. AMT listeners get a free fortnight at . • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

In AMT394, listeners are struggling with questions about genies' feet, treadmills in shoe shops, and their own children's mediocrity. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us your questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us  Facebook Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's music at  his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at , and the music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at . This episode is sponsored by: • The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from piano to mystery-writing to formal logic to Italian. AMT listeners get a free fortnight at . • Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

We're back baby!Mockbusters returns with a brand new season, new guests and a whole new world of potential trailers.Jack & Matt are back to kick off the new season with the timeless genre of Period Drama, and they're joined by an incredibly exciting guest. He holds the title of 'Host of the First Ever Podcast Jack Listened To' - it's the incredible Mr Olly Mann!Host of such groundbreaking podcasts as Answer Me This!, The Modern Mann, The Week Unwrapped, The Media Podcast, Four Thought & The Guardian's Tech Weekly, Olly is an expert of the medium as well as being a columnist, radio presenter and self confessed lover of musical theatre.We talk to Olly about what's been scratching the theatre itch for him over lockdown and how the world of podcasts has changed since Answer Me This! hit the scene back in 2007.Afterwards, it all descends into a bit of a bloody mess as we delve into the world of Period Drama, and the boys producer requests complicate things slightly.From Historical inaccuracies, to androids, to the origins of a modern sanitary product, who will be awarded the title of first Mockbuster of Season 2?Many thanks to Olly Mann for joining us this episode. You can find all of Olly's work on his website www.ollymann.com and on social media at @ollymann - we highly recommend you do so! You can find Answer Me This! on all major podcast providers and can keep up with them on social media @helenandolly and you can do the same with The Modern Mann @TheModernMannIf you want to keep up to date with all our latest antics, you can follow us on @mockbusterspod on all social media (yes, even TikTok) and if you have any genre suggestions or title suggestions then please get them over to us on mockbusterspodcast@gmail.comThanks for listening, and please leave us a review and share us with your friends.After all, if you love movie trailers, funny podcasts and fantastic guests. Then this is the best podcast for you.

New year, new questions, about naming ravens at the Tower of London, how glow sticks work, did pirates really walk the plank, and how come prawn cocktail-flavour Pringles bring out one listener in the sweats. Find out more about this episode at . For more AMT stuff, head over to , where you can get our six special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us questions for 2021 episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us  Facebook Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's music at  his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at , and the music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at . This episode is sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from chess to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at . Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

Jingle those bells, it's festive AMT392, with questions about Elf on the Shelf, fancy advent calendars, CONTENT WARNING: the episode may not be suitable for children, as it contains contains information about parental deceit w.r.t. Christmas logistics, plus a thoroughly researched passage about Adult Material depicting Jesus. Find out more about this episode at . Tis the season for the AMT Christmas album, which you can get at , along with our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Send us questions for 2021 episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us  Facebook Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's music at  his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at , and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at . This episode is sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from chess to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at . Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

Latest from Spoken Label features the wonderful Rosie Wilby. Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian who has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman’s Hour, Loose Ends and Four Thought, TV programmes including Good Morning Britain and at major festivals around the world. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2018 and followed her TEDx talk of the same name and a trilogy of internationally-acclaimed solo shows investigating love and relationships. Rosie also presents The Breakup Monologues podcast, which will be published by Bloomsbury as a book in May 2021. Follow her on twitter @rosiewilby Her website is www.rosiewilby.com The extract that follows the interview is from her debut book "Is Monogamy Dead?"

In this weeks episode I am speaking to Reggie Nelson. I first heard of Reggie Nelson when a friend started harassing my phone to get me to stop whatever I was doing and turn on Radio 4. It was broadcasting an interview with Reggie where he’d been asked to appear on Four Thought to speak about his extraordinary life transformation, which led him to gain one of the most senior members of investment management company, BlackRock, as a mentor, become Whatsapp pals with Theresa May, and host his own podcast for the BBC. It didn’t take me long to completely stop all I was doing, and just listen, transfixed. Not only was I hearing a beautiful piece of spoken word - which is how Reggie chose to deliver his story - but I also was in complete awe of this man’s story of survival, strength, resilience, determination and faith. He'd grown up with an absent father due to both alcoholism and separation, with his father’s death eventually acting as the catalyst that pushed him to make the changes that he did, and become who he is today. I needed to get him on Daddy Issues. I found him on Twitter, emailed him, and waited. Weeks later an email popped into my inbox with the green light, and weeks after that, we recorded this wonderful episode. I am SO in awe of this man, and can’t wait to watch him continue to flourish and change, in his own words, ‘as many other lives as possible’ whilst doing so. Happy listening!

Content warning: animal cruelty. In AMT391, we hear about eviscerated rabbits, I'm A Celebrity food-kills, and a zoo in a deadly stunt. But there's some mysterious dog magic to compensate. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us  Facebook Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at , where you can also obtain our other special albums including the AMT Christmas; AMT episodes 1-200; and our Best Of compilations. Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's music at  his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at , and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at . This episode is sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from chess to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at . Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

Pop in your prosthetic fangs, spritz yourself with fake blood and turn off all the lights except for that annoying one that flickers - it's the Answer Me This Halloween Special! Featuring SCARY plays, GIANT gourds, MONSTER Mash, and SEXY Martin the Sound Man costumes if such things are possible, you have this month to prove it. Find out more about this episode at . CW: suicide, child murder, death. Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us  Facebook Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at , where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's music at  his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at , and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at . This episode is sponsored by: Manscaped, precision-engineered grooming for your danglers. Get 20% off plus free shipping with the code ANSWER at Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

In AMT389, questioneers need help with being heard through a mask, watermelon rind raining down from upon high, and understanding the financing of bin collection in Monaco. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us  Facebook Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at , where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's music at  his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at , and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at . This episode is sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from chess to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at . Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

Are you interested in hearing TWO brothers get FOUR endings in TWO reads in ONE week? If so, you are a very niche audience (hearts hearts hearts), and this episode will please you exceedingly.

In AMT388, questioneers wonder about pizza cutters, lolly stick jokes, cubed poo, lawns, and the house in the middle of the M62 motorway. Find out more about this episode at . Send us questions for future episodes: email written words or voice recordings to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com. Tweet us  Facebook Our new album Home Entertainment is available now for £paywhatyouwant for a limited period at , where you can also obtain our other special albums, AMT episodes 1-200, and our Best Of compilations. Hear our other work: Helen Zaltzman's podcasts The Allusionist at and Veronica Mars Investigations at ; Olly Mann's five podcasts including , The Week Unwrapped, and Four Thought at ; and Martin Austwick's music at  his Tom Waits podcast Song By Song at , and his new music'n'science podcast Maddie's Sound Explorers, hosted by Maddie Moate, at . This episode is sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus, the streaming library of courses on topics from wine to mystery fiction to yoga to formal logic to dog training. AMT listeners get a free month at . Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to , and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'ANSWER'.

Do you find it difficult to keep emotions out of business - especially when you feel let down? Many of us do it, but is it the best way to make decisions? This week we discuss the issue of disappointment and how we deal with it (or don’t!). Our conversation leads into the idea that disappointment is always closely related to expectations - when we expect something specific of a person or situation, we can feel hurt, angry or extremely disappointed when those expectations are not met. We have recently experienced a number of situations where we have either witnessed disappointment, caused disappointment, or felt disappointment and we examine this issue from each of these 3 perspectives. In this episode, we also discuss egotistical gurus, inspiring leaders, and the power of starting the week in creative flow. Mentioned Kyle Cease https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nDqMhZoEq8 Mahamed Hashi on Four Thought https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ktq6 Find us and sign up for our newsletters at: www.alicesheridan.com www.louisefletcherart.com Submit a question at bit.ly/artjuicepodcast Buy us a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/artjuice Follow us on Instagram: Alice @alicesheridanstudio Louise @louisefletcher_art Credits "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Rob Hopkins is a cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network. The Transition Town movement is an international network of grassroots projects that aim to foster local ecological resilience and self-sufficiency. A movement that has been growing since 2005 in 50 countries, it is about communities stepping up to address the big challenges they face by starting local. By supporting individuals to transition both in and out and then come together, the movement seeks to crowd-source solutions to nurture a caring culture, one focused on supporting each other as groups or as wider communities. In practice, Transition Towns are reclaiming the economy, sparking entrepreneurship, re-imagining work, re-skilling themselves and weaving webs of connection and support. Neighbors come together to plant community gardens, transform local schools, install their own renewable energy plants, create their own local currencies, and more. The first Transition Town started in Totnes, England, in 2006, by Rob and friends. They kickstarted 'open space' meetings for the community to convene around the themes of peak oil, climate change, and the local solutions to these issues. The message of combining our head, hand and heart, of transforming both the inner and outer landscapes, of daring to imagine and embracing the uncertainty of never-ending stories, soon went viral across the world. In 2012, Rob was voted one of the Independent’s top 100 environmentalists and was on Nesta and the Observer’s list of Britain’s 50 New Radicals. Hopkins has also appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought and A Good Read, in the French film phenomenon Demain and its sequel Apres Demain, and has spoken at TEDGlobal and three TEDx events (TEDxExeter, TEDxTotnes, and TEDxMadrid). An Ashoka Fellow, Hopkins also holds a doctorate degree from the University of Plymouth and has received two honorary doctorates from the University of the West of England and the University of Namur. He is a keen gardener, a founder of New Lion Brewery in Totnes, and a director of Totnes Community Development Society, the group behind Atmos Totnes, an ambitious, community-led development project.  He is the author of The Transition Handbook (2008), The Transition Companion (2011), and The Power of Just Doing Stuff (2013).  In his most recent book, From What Is to What If (2019), Rob Hopkins asks why true creative, positive thinking is in decline, asserts that it’s more important now than ever, and suggests ways our communities can revive and reclaim it. He blogs at transtionnetwork.org and robhopkins.net, and tweets at @robintransition. Rob has long been someone who can sense what is possible is the air, and put himself out on a limb to do it. When he was 12, Rob and a few other friends started a sit-in protest against the divisive policies at his school. Three hundred students joined and the school policies were later revised. At 14, Rob became a vegetarian. At 20, he moved to Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Tuscany, Italy. Rob served there for two and a half years as the House Manager. He recounted being “deeply moved by the practice of daily meditation, and the community’s focus on compassion, letting go of greed and egotism, ... and embracing the value of both inner and outer transformation through skillful means”. After Tuscany, Rob spent a year traveling in India, Pakistan, China, Tibet and Hong Kong. In India, he met Emma, who later became his partner and mother of their four children. In Pakistan, he found “a garden of bliss” in Hunza village, where people led self-sufficient, contented, healthy lives. An Australian friend who was traveling with him mentioned the word “permaculture”, and one fortuitous event after another, Rob became a student, a practitioner and later a teacher of this art of designing for sustainable living.   In 1996, weary with the disconnection between theory and practice among Western practitioners of Buddhism, Rob and his young family moved to southwest Ireland, to West Cor, seeking to find “positive, practical and loving ways to help foster ‘an extraordinary renaissance— ‘economic, cultural, and spiritual’ throughout the industrialized world”. While setting up the first 2 year full-time permaculture course in the world, at Kinsale Further Education College, his and others’ families set up Baile Dulra Teoranta, a charity, with the intention of creating an ecovillage project called The Hollies on a farm near Castletown, Enniskeane. After close to 3 years, they were granted the first planning permission for an ecovillage development in Ireland. Being a vocal community organizer, Rob faced oppositions and setbacks throughout his life. In October 2004, Rob and Emma’s house was destroyed in an intentional fire. Rob continued to teach, helping his students to finalize the Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan, which was later supported by the Kinsale Town Council. Rob was encouraged by this experiment to further step up in his ambition of “a massive-scale social transformation”, based on permaculture’s principles. In 2005, Rob and his family returned to England and began a new adventure with Transition Town Totnes.   Rob now serves with Transition Network, grows food and reads stories for his family, makes lino prints in his spare time, all coupled with a deep sense of urgency and in service to others and our planet. Join us for a conversation with this thoughtful and enthusiastic community builder and trailblazer!

Today I’m chatting with autism mom and diet expert, Crystal Jordan. Crystal shares her journey with her son, who is on the autism spectrum. Crystal explains how her sons sleep, skin and gastrointestinal issues became a real challenge in their lives. While they eventually did get an autism diagnosis, Crystal decided to also look into diet as a possible treatment for these issues. Using what she describes as a ‘modified paleo’ diet they were able to see significant improvement for her son in all these areas and more. Because of their success, Crystal decided to start ‘Foods Four Thought’, which is a great resource for all things diet, to help other families as well. I really appreciated Crystal’s honest take on diets and her advice on how to get started. I had a great time chatting with Crystal and I hope you enjoy listening! Sponsors: Audible audibletrial.com/adventuresinautism Making Authentic Friendships makingauthenticfriendships.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/megan-carranza/message

Delving into our complicated relationships with drink and drugs. Sophie Duker, Heidi Regan and Ned Sedgwick are joined by comedian Jacob Hawley to talk honestly about their experiences in the murky world of drugs and the lost nights spent in pubs. Sophie investigates why some people choose weed over alcohol, Heidi has been tracking her drinking habits, Ned gets drunk and records it (and this somehow constitutes entertainment) and Steve Ali examines the drinking habits of Brits. Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4. Produced by Al Riddell. Music by Mark Hodge and Omahrose, produced by Nick Sheldon. Clips: File on 4 (29/01/2019) Woman's Hour (27/03/2019) Four Thought (22/08/2018) Just a Minute (1/10/2019)

In an age of certainty, of assertions without facts, and sometimes assertions with facts, Mark O’Connell makes the case for a different virtue – ambivalence. Six years on from his thought-provoking, witty and charming Four Thought, he returns to make the case for ambivalence. In those six years almost every trend in public life has been away from ambivalence rather than towards it. Populist movements from the left and the right are about certainty, and even the idea of balance often ends up sharing single, entrenched views, just neatly arrayed on either side. Yet in real life few decisions are truly clear-cut, there is often a case on both sides, and a reasonable person could easily reach a different conclusion with the same evidence. Most of us, much of the time, have complex and mutually contradictory views on issues small and large. And that's also true in public life: the arts and business, politics and the military are all properly in the realm of ambivalence, with complicated, messy and marginal decisions. Mark begins this programme in Dublin, speaking to a philosopher, a psychologist, an essayist and an art critic about what ambivalence is, how central it is to the human experience, and how we might embrace it. Then he travels to London, to examine areas of public life, and issues, where ambivalence feels less comfortable, more challenging. But as someone who is profoundly ambivalent about most things, much of the time, can he sustain the courage of his own ambivalence? Producer: Giles Edwards

Hannah Jane Walker argues that sensitivity is overlooked, dismissed and under-utilised, and argues that our society would be much better off if we embraced it instead. Two years ago, Hannah gave a Four Thought talk about sensitivity, and received hundreds of emails from strangers, reaching out to tell her the same things: that sensitivity in our society isn’t considered useful, and that, well, ‘that’s just the system that we live in, isn’t it?’ Since then, Hannah has felt slightly ashamed at having started such a powerful conversation without offering a solution. And so in this programme she sets out to do just that. She’ll be talking to several of her correspondents, as well as a psychologist, a neuroscientist, an economist and even a newly-minted activist for the highly sensitive. The programme focuses on highly sensitive people, but sensitivity is a spectrum and as Hannah hears more about it, she also finds out more about the benefits all of us can take from being in closer touch with our sensitive sides. Producer: Giles Edwards

With pressure from all angles of society to exercise frequently and obtain the perfect body, it's just impossible to live up to those expectations. Mae, Ned and guest host Daniella Isaacs are joined by comedian Kae Kurd to figure out how exercise can make us healthier without a huge cost to our self esteem or bank balance. Ned takes on Mark Wahlberg, Daniella unpicks the myths of exercise consumerism, Bisha K Ali lifts 100kgs of rock solid truth and Steve Ali gives his flirting advice. Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4. Produced by Al Riddell Music by Mark Hodge and Omahrose, produced by Nick Sheldon. Featured in this programme: Four Thought (07/08/2015) You & Yours (16/01/2017)

Whether we define ourselves by nationality, religion, sexuality or circumstance, we all like to feel unique. Mae, Ned and guest host Athena Kugblenu are joined by transfeminist neuroscientist Reubs Walsh, to try to get to the heart of what identity means. Ned discovers his heritage, Athena shares her experience of having parents from countries separated by an ocean, Bisha K Ali reports from LA and the one and only Steve Ali reveals which famous 'Steve' he is named after. Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4. Produced by Al Riddell Music by Mark Hodge and Omahrose, produced by Nick Sheldon. Featured in this programme: FutureProofing (22/08/2015) Four Thought (17/10/2012)

Kevin Allen recognized as one of the world's most accomplished growth professionals. He now consults for companies around the world like Google, Burberry and Verizon and lectures at Columbia University, Harvard, and Regents College London.He is author of bestseller The Hidden Agenda: A Proven Way to Business and Create a Following, and the recently released, The Case of the Missing Cutlery: A Leadership Course for the Rising Star, which has been featured on BBC Radio's Four Thought series. He is the creator of Planet Jockey, an award-winning online Emotional Intelligence Leadership Game Michael F. Roizen, MD,four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author and co-founder and originator of the popular RealAge.com website. He is Chief Wellness Officer and chair of the Wellness Institute of the Cleveland Clinic and Chief Medical Consultant to The Dr. Oz Show Dan Clark CEO of an International High Performance Consulting Firm; University Professor; an Award Winning Athlete who fought his way back from a paralyzing injury that cut short his football career; a New York Times Best Selling Author; Adventurer; Journalist; a Gold Record Songwriter/Recording Artist; and one of the most sought after speakers on the platform today  Lynn Brewer recognized by the Nobel Peace Centre for her leadership as part of a documentary, she spent nearly three years inside Enron and left the company to blow the whistle. Convinced that “big data” was the answer to predicting the next “Enron” Brewer began a 12-year journey in building a mathematical model using only the financial statements filed by publicly-traded companies – those companies we invest our retirement savings in to discover the pattern of behaviors that existed at Enron to isolate the companies that were at high risk of failing 

Tom Gill, a professor of social anthropology, recalls some memorable and unsettling incidents he witnessed during his fieldwork with homeless people in Japan and explores the implications of the experience.Recorded live at the RSA in London, Four Thought is unscripted, thought-provoking and entertaining, with a personal dimension. Producer: Giles Edwards.

Psychotherapist and journalist Naomi Shragai discusses what she learned from marrying out, and what we all could.She describes how her mother's stories about returning from the concentration camps became embedded in her mind, and how years living in a Jewish neighbourhood in Los Angeles left her beliefs unchallenged. It was only after years of mixing in and marrying out that they were. Eventually, Naomi says, she had to admit she may be wrong.Recorded live at the RSA in London, Four Thought is unscripted, thought-provoking and entertaining, with a personal dimension. Producer: Giles Edwards.

Historian Peter Hennessy discusses joining what he has spent a lifetime writing about: the British constitution.At a time of constitutional upheaval, what does the second house still provide? He argues that expertise, in rare supply elsewhere in the political system, is abundant in the Lords, and offers a great deal to a system currently held in low esteem.Four Thought combines big ideas and evocative storytelling in a series of personal viewpoints - speakers take to the stage ready to air their latest thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect our culture and society.Producer: Giles Edwards.