REAL LIVES

We have midwives and birth doula's to help bring us into this world, but there are a growing number of people who are helping people leave this world too. In this episode, Dr Emma Clare tells us about her role an end of life doula, how she helps people die on their terms and why this job changed her view on life. This is REAL LIVES. if you'd like to support the show, you can join my Patreon here,...

In the 1980s, a British mother of 2 became the UK's first commercial surrogate. But what started out as an act of kindness, made headlines around the world. In her first podcast interview, Kim Cotton talks about her life as a once controversial figure, who has helped 1147 couples have babies via surrogacy. This is REAL LIVES. To support the show, you can join my Patreon here, thank you: https://ww...

Yve Gibney thought she had it all, a successful career, thriving children and a husband she adored. But almost two decades into her marriage, her husband said something that made her question everything. So she started to investigate him and what she discovered would turn her world upside down. This is REAL LIVES. If you'd like to support the show, you can do so here, thank you: https://www.patreo...

In March 1996, a man entered the Dunblane primary school in Scotland and murdered 16 primary school children and their teacher who was trying to protect them. This tragedy is mourned and remembered by millions across the UK and beyond, no more so than those from the local community. Amy Rose was a pupil at the school the day the unthinkable happened, and she is here to share how this tragedy impac...

Starting weekly from the 6th of October 2025.... From Naomi Channell, TV producer, journalist, and host of the hit true crime podcast REAL , comes a brand-new series that proves the most extraordinary stories aren’t always about crime… they’re about life. In REAL LIVES , Naomi sits down with people whose experiences are stranger, wilder, and more moving than fiction. From a victim of a bigamist to...