The Andy Rowe Show

Steve Cowen was one of the most infamous and violent football hooligans in England, during the 80s and 90s. Cowen and his mates from Sheffield United built-up the firm, Blades Business Crew, to a point where sometimes they were heading to games with a 400 strong army, looking for a fight with a rival firm. We’re going to try and get an understanding of the mentality of a hooligan, and get some sto...

We got a tweet recently from a guy on twitter with the handle @NorfolkNNChance. It read, “you really need to get this guy on your podcast. He's a Green Beret and served in Vietnam. What he did is absolutely jaw-dropping and makes Rambo look like a girl guide.” A great suggestion. John Stryker Meyer was part of a Special Forces outfit called SOG, they operated behind enemy lines and were so secret,...

Mat Faser was crowned the fittest man on the planet, 5 years in a row. You’re going to get a behind-the-scenes look at how he did it, from breaking his back, spewing in rubbish bins... this is a raw insight into the compelling story of a sport’s most successful and greatest ever competitor.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Nate Zinsser is the guy that America’s elite sportspeople turn to when they’re looking for that extra edge. Zinsser has advised everyone from Olympic champions, Super Bowl winners like Eli Manning and even the All Blacks mental skills coach on how to stay in the moment and perform at your best. He’s going to give you some practical tips and share the science, so when it’s your turn to perform o...

At the height of his power, drug trafficker Pablo Escobar was making the equivalent of $55 billion dollars a year, in today’s money. His cartel spent over $1000 dollars a week on rubber bands just to wrap around the cash they were making. You’re going to hear the true story from the real-life stars of the hit Netflix series, Narcos... DEA agents Javier Pena and Steve Murphy are goin...

Professor Damien Hughes is one of the UK’s leading experts on how to create a high-performance culture. Hughes has consulted and interviewed some of the world’s greatest ever sports teams and individuals. You’re going to hear what these people all have in common and how it relates to you. We hope you enjoy the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The HMS Resolution was a nuclear submarine that with the press of a button could unleash a nuclear arsenal more destructive than all the bombs dropped in World War 2 combined, including the two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan. Richard Humphreys is going to tell you what it was like living aboard the nuclear deterrent, spending months at a time underwater during the Cold War, ready to fire upon Mosc...

Clint Emerson is the only Navy Seal ever inducted into the international spy museum. You're going to hear stories about tracking Bin Laden's boats to undercover lone wolf operations. Often described as a real-life Jason Bourne, Emerson's mission parameters were find, fix, finish and of course, leave no trace. We hope you enjoy the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

David Crow grew up as a Cherokee Indian on a Navajo Indian Reservation in America. His father was abusive and operated under his own set of laws, always somehow roping David in as an accomplice for his criminal activity, which included theft, violence and even murder. With lives at stake, including his own, you’re going to hear how David had only 24 hours to outsmart his father and stay alive.&nbs...

Major General Paul Nanson served in the British Army in Northern Ireland, The Gulf War, The Bosnian War, The Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan. He was also the commander of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. From the home of the Royal Fusiliers in The Tower of London, The Major General is going tell us about being bombed, how he put together and completed a prisoner extraction and how they...

As a prison Governor, Vanessa Frake has seen it all. She spent 16 years as a governor in high-security female prisons, dealing with the likes of infamous murderers Rosemary West and Myra Hindley. Then she moved on to the notorious London men’s prison – HMP Wormwood Scrubs. You’re going to hear stories of brutal violence, crafty drug smuggling, escape and ambushes. I hope you enjoy the episode.&nbs...

In 2001 Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg launched the epic mini-series Band of Brothers, then in 2010 they teamed up again to release The Pacific. They’re back together again in 2022 with Masters of Air, Donald L Miller’s true story about the American bomber boys that flew in the flying fortresses over Germany in WW2. Miller has worked closely with Hanks and Spielberg on their previous projects and...

When someone talks about the 90s rave scene in the UK, they’re probably talking about one Terry Stone’s parties. Turbo Terry started One Nation, the promotion company responsible for giving over 10 million clubbers the time of their lives. You’re going to hear how he started it, and everything that went along with it, including the clubs, drugs and the thugs. Terry then went into acting and produc...

Lucy Lewis was the UK’s first female bomb disposal expert. She's going to tell you some intense stories about when it’s gone well and when it’s gone wrong. She’s going to let you in on some little known secrets, like how to diffuse a bomb, how to booby trap a house and even where loads of live German WW2 bombs still lie, unexploded, just below the surface in London. I hope you enjoy the episode.&n...

Russell Jones is a multi-sensory marketing expert that works with well-known brands like Heineken and Aston Martin to improve their products using the science of the senses. Remember when Cadbury changed the shape of their chocolate bar and everyone said it tasted different. The ingredients were exactly the same, but the shape altered the way our senses interacted and behaved. When you go into a s...

Matthew Griffin’s job is to predict the future and he’s hired by the United Nations, Governments around the world and major tech companies to tell them what the future will look like. He joined us last season and it was one of our most listened to episodes yet. He’s back to tell us more about what the future has in store like flying taxis, underground skyscrapers, floating cities, space travel, va...

In 1995 the movie ID was released, one of the original movies on English football hooliganism. James Bannon is about to give you the full true story behind the movie. James was an undercover cop who infiltrated the notorious Millwall firm and made his way all the way to the top of the organisation. James led a double life, getting in...

Welcome to The Andy Rowe Show. Professor Emily Nagoski is an expert on sex. In this episode Emily is going to give her advice on everything from orgasms, unwanted arousal, sex toys and even what porn you should or shouldn’t watch. I hope you enjoy the episode.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former US Navy Seal Mike Ritland was involved the mission that kick-started the war in Iraq. You’re going to hear the full play by play details of the assault, including other missions he was involved in during the 2003 invasion. You’re also going to get his thoughts on SAS and SBS.  After leaving the Seals, Mike specialised in training Working Military...

Bexy Cameron was born into the Children of God sex cult deep in the British countryside. Bexy is going to tell you how when she was only nine years old she suffered her first exorcism and when she was ten, how she was placed on silence restriction for an entire year. You're going to hear what and who inspired her to escape, how she confronted her parents and how these events have shaped her i...

Former UK Government advisor and founding Chairman of Drug Science, Professor David Nutt is going to break the myths and misconceptions around what we call recreational drugs. You're going to hear about the harm but also the many potential benefits from drugs such as LSD, Mushrooms, MDMA and Cocaine. He's also going to give a fascinating insight into the history of these drugs. Hope you enjoy the...

Why boys will be boys and girls will be girls.... Doctor Carole Hooven is a lecturer in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard. In recent years the gender movement has frustrated experts like Doctor Hooven, as it dismisses the science behind the differences between men and women. You’re going to hear how testosterone shapes not only our bodies, but our minds... from the womb to ad...

Mirsad Solakovic survived a war in which 100,000 people died in the heart of Europe in the 1990s. Mirsad was just 13 years old when the Bosnian war devastated his life. Like the entire country, Mirsad's life was torn apart with his village, neighbours, family and friends divided and forced to fight. Put into concentration camps, beaten, tortured and starved, this is an incredible story of survival...

James Smith is one of the world’s leading online fitness instructors. He’s known for his no-nonsense and often polarising opinions. You’re going to hear how what happened when he used steroids, what’s behind his ongoing beef with Joe Wicks, his thoughts are on transgender athletes and his method for building a social media following. I hope you enjoy the episode...  Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Dean Stott was a UK Special Forces soldier until an unfortunate parachuting disaster cut his career short. He’s going to tell us exactly what went wrong and how he left the special forces and went onto the private security circuit where he single-handily evacuated the Canadian embassy from Libya and had some other hairy situations, before setting the world record for cycling the Pan American highw...