The Andy Rowe Show

James Wilks is the producer and lead star in the most-watched documentary in Netflix history. The Game Changers explores the optimal diet for human performance and health and showcases success stories of athletes that have adopted plant-based diets. In this episode, he's going to talk us through the making of the film as well as the feedback, controversies and attempts to debunk the film, inc...

With the pandemic hopefully hitting a turning point, we thought it would be fitting to finish season one with someone who was at the epicentre of the crisis. Kelly Critcher volunteered to work in the high dependency unit in one of the worst-hit hospitals in the UK at the height of the crisis. Her first-hand experience is at times distressing, but also uplifting and an incredible story of strength...

Captain Paul Watson has been fighting to protect the Oceans and marine life for over 50 years. He is the founder Sea Shepherd, an anti-poaching group that focuses on direct action against whalers and hunters. His work has brought him into direct conflict with Japanese Whalers, Seal hunters, authorities and even the Russian Navy. In this episode, you're going to hear what's at stake for the planet...

Rolling Stone magazine once said if Sam Millar's life was fiction, it would be a thriller. After 8 years in prison, Sam travels to New York to start a new life away from the troubles of Northern Ireland. After initially working in a casino, Sam goes on to mastermind and pull off one of the biggest bank robberies in US history, involving the FBI, a dodgy priest, and even the President of the United...

In a two-part episode, we speak with Belfast author Sam Millar who was imprisoned at the age of 17 in Northern Ireland and went on to spend 8 years enduring some of the toughest conditions imaginable. In this episode, Sam talks about Bloody Sunday, how he ended up in prison, the protests that took place and the physical and mental torture he endured during his time in the infamous Long Kesh detent...

Nicholas Schmiddle is an award-winning journalist, author and is famous for investigating and covering some of the biggest stories on the planet for The New Yorker. He recently spent five years embedded with the Virgin Galactic Space Tourism program, which is the topic of his book Test Gods. In this episode, you're also going to hear about his experiences in Pakistan investigating the Taliban, wri...

Ella Al-Shamani is one of the world's leading paleoanthropologists and evolutionary biologists. She is also explorer and stand-up comic. In this episode, you will hear the fascinating history of the handshake, how the popular greeting has evolved over time and some alternatives that have and are still used around the world. Ella also shares some of her experience working in hostile environments an...

Don’t let the word economics put you off, this is an episode of practical advice and insider stories that you don’t want to miss. Will Page was the first Chief Economist for Spotify, playing a key role in navigating the music industry through the major disruption of online piracy. You're going to get the inside scoop on how Spotify changed the music landscape both in terms of how music is consumed...

Mandy Hickson began flying at just 14 years and went on to become only the second female ever to fly the Tornado GR4 operationally. Mandy fought hard to achieve her ambition to be a Royal Air Force pilot, entering a world that was almost exclusively built for and run by men. She went on to complete three tours of duty and 45 missions over Iraq. In this episode, she talks us through her journey and...

Cade Metz is an expert on Artificial Intelligence, writer for the New York Times and author of a new book on the rise of Artificial Intelligence called Genius Makers. In this episode, you're going to hear how AI impacts you both wittingly and unwittingly, where we currently are in the AI journey and what the future holds for big tech, data and the impacts of AI on our daily lives. Hosted on Acast....

We’ve all been going through lockdown and that takes a toll on our mental health, so we thought it would be a good idea to release our episode with Psychotherapist and best-selling author Sarah Crosby. Sarah exploded on Instagram under the handle,The Mind Geek, after she started creating and posting mental health content, with the aim&nbs...

Tim Clissold is a British expert on China, Senior Research Associate at the Cambridge University China Centre, and author of the international bestseller Mr. China. In this episode, Tim tells the incredible story of how he ended up working with a Wall Street trader to invest, lose and try to recover over $400 million in mainland China as the country first opened up to foreign direct investment in...

Mark Ormrod was in the Royal Marines and served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, where he suffered life-changing injuries. His story is absolutely incredible and the way he talks about the events that unfolded in Afghanistan and how he went on to deal with the aftermath and what he’s achieved, will leave you in absolute awe of the guy. The story is due to be made into a movie and once you’ve listened...

One of the UK's leading neuroscientists, Dr. Tara Swart, joins us on the show this week to discuss the power of the brain. Dr. Tara Swart is a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan, and author of the best-seller ‘The Source’. In this episode, she explains how we can keep our brains healthy and explores some fascinating studies and pieces of research which show how we can trick our brains into being younger...

Having grown up in an abusive family environment, Martin Herbert was resorting to crime from the age of 13 and went on to spend more than 15 years in the UK's toughest prisons for over 76 offences. His violent past saw him get stabbed 23 times and shot 5 times, even losing an eye. He’s now reformed and has turned his attention to making sure that people don’t follow a similar path to him. He’s a m...

John Braddock is a former CIA officer and spy and was responsible for recruiting and handling sources on weapons proliferation, counter-terrorism and political-military issues. In this interview, he gives us an insider's guide into what it takes to be a spy, what it took to track down Osama Bin Laden, whether he thinks Trump was compromised by Russia and what really happened to Jeffery Epstein. Ev...

Ben Collins was a key character on the most-watched non-fiction T.V show on the planet, but nobody knew who he was. Playing the role of The Stig on BBC's Top Gear, he had to keep his identity a secret from everyone, including his family and friends. During his time on Top Gear, he test drove some of the fastest and most coveted cars in the world and took celebrities out on the race track to compet...

Nick Pope worked for the UK Ministry of Defence for 20 years and was responsible for investigating UFO phenomena. We chat to him about some of the highest-profile and unexplained sightings in the UK by military personnel and police, as well as the subsequent investigations, including the Rendlesham Forrest and Cosfords incidents. He also offers his insight on the recent sightings and video footage...

This chat will blow your mind. We speak with the UK's most respected futurist Matthew Griffin about what we can expect to see between now and the year 2070 and whether we're likely to experience some of the predictions being made in films and shows like Black Mirror, Altered Carbon or The Matrix. Matt is an advisor to the UK Government as well as major Tech companies like Samsung and Huawei on wha...

Billy Billingham joins Andy Rowe this week to chat about life as bodyguard to the celebrities. Billy worked closely with Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, Bradd Pitt & Angelina Jolie and even spent time protecting Hulk Hogan. Before becoming a celebrity bodyguard, Billy served as an SAS soldier, serving time in Iraq, Belize and Mogadishu. He's the most decorated member of the 'W'ho Dares Wins' cast...

Ivan Carter is the leading wildlife conservationist in Africa and famous for his documentary series “Carter’s War”, where he gets up close and personal with some of the planets most dangerous animals. In this episode, he talks about dodging a charging elephant and black rhino, how to deal with a hungry pack of Lions, why giraffes are at risk of becoming extinct in some parts of Africa, and hunting...

We're joined this week by the UK's number 1 fitness vlogger, Matt Morsia. Matt is a former athlete, PT and author of The 24/7 body. His honest and entertaining approach to getting fit has seen him build a huge following with over 240 million views on YouTube. He cuts through all the noise and fads to give tangible and straight forward advice whatever your goals are. In this episode, Matt covers ev...

In this episode, Andy chats to former SAS soldier Jay Morton about his book Soldier and the mindset of a special forces soldier. Jay explains how you can apply that mindset to everyday life and gives some examples where he put these into practice both in Afghanistan and on Mount Everest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Historian, professor, author, Carl Chinn joins us this week to delve into the history of the infamous Peaky Blinders gangs. Carl was born and bread in Birmingham, is a former bookmaker and the great grandson of a Peaky. He splits fact and fiction from the famous T.V series and explains how the gangs evolved in London and Birmingham during the various turf violent wars of the early 1900's. He is th...

Mollie Hughes joins Andy this week to talk about her incredible journey and record of being for the youngest person to climb both sides of Mount Everest and the youngest woman to ski solo to the South Pole. She relives both experiences and gives us an insight into what it took to achieve both goals, including running out of oxygen on Mount Everest, having to go to the bathroom -45 degree...