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RJ Barker recorded on 05/09/2023 RJ Barker is a critically acclaimed and award-winning author of fantasy fiction. He won the 2020 British Fantasy Society (BFS) Robert Holdstock award for Best Novel for his fourth novel, The Bone Ships. His debut trilogy The Wounded Kingdom (Age of Assassins, Blood of Assassins and King of Assassins) was nominated for the David Gemmel Award, the Kitschie Golden Ten...

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of Suicide George Richardson recorded on 05/07/2023 George Richardson is an ‘Outreach and Engagement Practitioner’ for the charity GamCare. George’s role is to reach out to different support services and talk to members of the public to raise the profile of gambling related harms and the support GamCare can offer. George also works with the Criminal Justice System mainl...

Paul Rutherford recorded on 12/06/2023 Paul Rutherford lives in Garforth and grew up in Headingly. Studying design at York St John and then staying on in York for a few years until meeting his now wife, who lived in Leeds. At the same time as that Paul was also starting his business in Leeds. It just made sense to move back. Paul is now the director of Three Create, a 50/50 partnership with busine...

Richard Henry recorded on 13/07/2023 Richard Henry is a devoted father of two and husband of one. He’s of Yorkshire heritage but has ventured further afield (working in the London area for over 10 years) and travelling abroad for both business and pleasure. Richard is a keen footballer in the day; now focussing more on running (100km in 18 hours in Jul-22) interspersed with a bit of cycling, yoga...

Craig Smith recorded on 25/09/2023 Craig Smith from CRS Editorial is a double award-winning editor, proof-reader and copywriter with 27 years' experience. Craig is also a Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. Would you like peace of mind your non-fiction or fiction book has been edited or proofread by an active professional? Do you want to advertise your busin...

Daxa Patel recorded on 14/08/2023 Mindset and Leadership Coach, author, solicitor, law firm Partner, marathon runner, Columnist at Yorkshire Post, and German Shepherd dog lover! I help people move from thinking to results and hope. Just so you know as it is not official yet, I step back from law at the end of this month after 30 years in the legal profession, and 28 years as a Solicitor so that I...

Thomas Nadin recorded on 07/06/2023 Thomas Nadin is co-founder of Few and Far, a creative studio that helps charities make our world a better place. Having struggled with their own mental health in the past, the co-founders now work exclusively with charities to create brands, websites and interactive fundraising campaigns to increase their impact, tell their inspiring stories and give back digita...

Clive Brightbart recorded on 23/02/23 Brightbart’s Tailors of Leeds are now officially on a podcast! Clive Brightbart and his twin brother Mervyn are bespoke quality tailors and they offer an alteration service, made to measure suits, appointments at home & office and can take wedding orders. Established for over 50 Years, if you want a proper Leeds tailored suit then give them a call on 01133...

Becky Holderness recorded on 14/03/23 Becky Holderness is a content writer, copywriter and trainee script editor who's trying to break into her first job in TV. She's worked in a variety of roles over the past few years, including as a sales assistant at the LEGO store, a Brand Voice Copywriter, and a scripted development assistant. She's currently working as a freelance content writer, writing ar...

Dr Rory Padfield and Dr Alexandra Dales recorded on 30/03/23 Dr Rory Padfield is an interdisciplinary social scientist and a lecturer in Sustainability and Business. In his research he engages with the broad themes of supply chains and natural resource governance, sustainable consumption and production, and corporate sustainability across and between different scales of business and organisations....

Dr Amanda Bretman recorded on 28/02/23 Dr Amanda Bretman is Associate Professor in Behavioural Ecology in the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Leeds. Dr Bretman’s expresses only her own views in this interview and not those of the University. After completing her PhD in Leeds in 2004, she undertook post-doctoral research at the Cornwall campus of the University of Exeter and at...

Farida Ali recorded on 18/09/2023 BONUS EPISODE: 2 million people in the UK are living with sight loss that is severe enough to have a significant impact on their daily lives. Half of this sight loss is avoidable. This year's National Eye Health Week Is taking place from 18 to 24 September 2023, promoting the importance of good eye health and the need for regular eye tests for all. To promote Nati...

Amy Bennett recorded on 07/02/23 Amy Bennett runs Chunk Cookies. Chunk firmly believe two things. One is that vegan food can taste better than its animal product alternatives, and two, there is a way to make the sustaina...

Sarah Jayne Young recorded on 24/03/23 Sarah Jayne Young was always driven to a career in the arts, she went from working in a record store to a record company and then becoming self-employed, producing art shows, managing bands and artists and touring cabaret shows. It was an industry where she worked 24/7 and as much as she loved it, thrived at it, it was also burning her out. Sarah Jayne felt l...

Louise Atkinson recorded on 08/02/23 Louise Atkinson is a visual artist, researcher and educator, specialising in the relationship between art and ethnography. She works in a range of media and techniques, including artist books, postcards, drawing, textiles, sculpture, and digital art, tailoring her approach to meet the requirements of the project or artwork. Her recent projects embody ideas of r...

Dan Akers recorded on 23/03/23 Dan Akers is a Business Analyst with 23 years’ experience, as well as the owner of a couple of agencies. He avoids all that by running events - music, business, food and other random things - by DJing, and by spending as much time with his family as he can. You can follow and connect with Dan via: https://www.instagram.com/danzarak/ https://www.instagram.com/notathin...

Deby Jackson recorded on 06/04/2023 Deby Jackson has only been in Leeds for 5 years and loves it here, mostly because of the people. She says, ‘The people of Leeds make the city a brilliant place to live and I am planning on staying indefinitely. Warning: once you visit, you might never leave.’ Her magazine That Leeds Mag shares local stories in print and online. Creating trust and loyalty between...

Hazel Millichamp recorded on 03/02/23 Hazel Millichamp is part of the Student Education Service in the University of Leeds Medical School. Having previously worked as a School Business Manager in a local primary school Hazel started at the University offering maternity cover to the Finance department and then moving to a student-facing role. She began as a Year Coordinator for Year 1 and an ICU Co...

Dr Angela Puca recorded on 03/03/23 Dr Angela Puca joined Leeds Trinity University in 2016 and has lectured there and at other universities on Philosophy and Religious Studies. Angela’s degrees are in Philosophy, focusing on Asian Philosophies. During her academic formation, she studied Latin, ancient Greek, Sanskrit, and Tibetan (classical and modern) to translate primary sources of interest from...

Samrien Hussain recorded on 18/01/2023 Samrien (or Sam) Hussain is founder and director of Tick Tock unlock an immersive entertainment company that designs, builds and operates escape game venues. Tick Tock Unlock was the first escape game in The North opening in 2014 here in Leeds and quickly growing to sites in Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow. In April 2017 Sam launched the first ever Hyper Re...

Catherine Warr recorded on 08/02/2023 Catherine Warr is a filmmaker and historian born and raised in Leeds. Catherine’s work is mostly centred on Yorkshire history, but also anything else she finds interesting. Catherine is also the Digital Content Co-ordinator for the British Association for Local History, helping to engage with local historians through digital media. Catherine is passionate abou...

Benji Morton recorded on 19/01/2023 Benji Morton is a software developer by day and an aspiring events organiser by night. Benji is 23, was born in Leeds and is yet to live anywhere else. Benji joined NHS Digital as an Apprentice Developer at age 18 and worked and studied through the pandemic. In 2022 Benji started both Leeds Dates and Sunday Sessions Events and has found a love for the events sce...

Simon Robertson recorded on 06/01/2023 Simon Robertson is a professional, commercial photographer based in Leeds who specialises in the hospitality industry. He primarily photographs interiors, events, and food across the North of England. Simon’s love of photography began at age ten when his mum gave him his first camera for Christmas. Simon studied Photography and Visual Arts in his hometown on...

Sophia Lambert recorded on 08/02/2023 Sophia Lambert is a team assistant at the University of Leeds Special Collections and Galleries, invigilating the research centre and galleries as well as helping with preparing and running events. She is also an Anglo-Jewish social historian and a recent History graduate of Leeds Beckett University and the University of Leeds. Follow Sophia on https://www.ins...

Antony Butcher recorded on 07/02/2023 Antony Butcher works at the University of Leeds in Student Support. He's passionate about positive mental health and supporting students to get the most out of their studies - not just academically, but also personally. Anthony believes that it's important to create a society where it is normal to talk about mental health and the challenges we face each day. I...