Down on the Farm Podcast with Henry Carpenter

Henry Carpenter our podcast host reflects on the series. Taking advice and life lessons learnt from each episode. Perfect for anyone who wants some short positive advice! Henry Carpenter- Host| freelance presenter| media producer SM: @henrycarpenter2 Email: henrycarpenter2@icloud.com Down on the Farm media- sponsor Marketing/events/social media enquire/book email: henrycarpenter2@icloud.com call:...

Dan Chrzastek if a fountain of knowledge when it comes to the IT world. From new tech to AI, media software and much more he certainly knows. In the episode he shares his experience of the ever changing and dynamic IT market, including how AI will affect things in the future. Dan also moved over to the UK 13 years ago originally being from Poland. So he also talks about his experience with that bu...

Jak Mason, already covering a fair few miles he is now going a step further. Jak in the past has done big challenges/events for charity after sadly losing his mum to cancer. Now a couple years down the line his best mate Liam was sadly attacked on a night out. Leaving Liam with life changing injuries. Jak being Jak didn't want to sit by his friends side offering no help, so he has decided to take...

Alex Pieri shares so many different aspects of being a young entrepreneur in a market. Alex has always been involved in property from a young age with his parents in the market. In his final year of uni he started and set up his own property development company. With very little cash flow and little/no experience he has worked hard to learn and adapt his business to grow it through the changing ma...

Sam Meese is a big inspiration in terms of outlook and discipline. Starting in the fitness industry with achieving black belt level 5 in Taekwondo at a very young age and getting trained as a PT/instructor. He has since thrown himself into a completely new market of Property with no experience while at the same time setting up his own Property deal sourcing business. So at his late 20's already ha...

Restart Africa is a charity based in the beautiful Nakuru county in Kenya, The charity rescues some of the worst children's cases, rehome and look after them at there centre. Show the children love, support and care as well as putting them through high education. From the ages of nursery to university level. The charity was started in 2007 by Mary Coulson MBE who couldn't bare to see the effects o...

One of the most tricky things growing up is sticking with and following your life ambition. Elliott is a great example of not giving up and wanting to achieve the goals he has set out for himself in work. Since a very young age growing up on the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands he has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Applying for flight school while studying for his A levels in the UK h...

MP for South Shropshire Stuart Anderson. Starting at a young age in the Army facing a life changing injury after being shot in the foot at 17, he has gone onto have a great Army/political career. From being shadow of ministry of defence to lord commissioner and now an MP he has had experience in many different roles within politics. Stuart does his best to make awareness about supporting British a...

Midlands Air ambulance is one of the 21 air ambulance charities in the UK. Funded solely on donations in many different forms. It brings hospital standard critical care paramedics and doctors to the scene of an accident/injury within minuets. Also giving the option to airlift the patient to hospital and get there in record time. Henry visits Strensham airbase one of the three the charity has and i...

Upcoming and multi talented band Molly Gone Mad join Henry for the last episode of the series Live in the Barn. From Worcestershire Molly Gone Mad have released multiple EP'S/Albums and singles. But are still a fairly new band using music to express everyday emotions and feelings. The lads really are growing everyday as artists and they also discuss the hardships of the music industry, but also th...

Duncan Fallowell is a well respected author and novelist. With the start of his career at Oxford experimenting with psychedelic drugs leading onto him having his own newspaper column at just the age of 21. Interviewing some of the biggest stars in the game such as Sir Paul McCartney. To him being a well established author writing many different travels series and books even writing lyrics for the...

As only one of the a few guests we've had who are actually farmers on DOTFP. Bertie is a great example of the Young Farmers community. After growing up on his family farm and having different challenges to overcome in his own youth, Bertie has now gone on to set up his own contracting business in the Midlands. Both himself and Henry connect through there passion of Farming and how the industry may...

Nigel Bradford is a great example of passions. Joining the Navy at a young age and getting stuck into all aspects it had to offer Nigel gives us a great incite of what and why he has pursued the passions and careers he has. Not only serving in the Navy and having many stories to tell from it (including a story about a now ex royal) he then later went on to re train as a comercial Pilot. Flying tho...

Macy O is the first guest for a brand new series!. Macy is a super talented singer and songwriter from the midlands. Already at the age of her late teens has achieved so much such as releasing her debut album of Journeys and her new EP Repertoire, a BBC featured artist and working with some of the biggest artists in the Game! James Allen and Bastille just to name a few. Did we mention the fact she...

Harry is an inspiring musician. Harry has had a huge passion for music which has grown over the last couple of years. He is now wanting to pursue a career in music and performing in front of audiences all around the world. Known for his country sound with his guitar and piano along with his amazing vocal skills he really stands out. Hence why he is the perfect guest for our first ever live in the...

This weeks guest and last in the series is Luke. Luke Barrow was living the high life out in Australia a couple of years ago. But one day a sudden phone call from his dad tipped his life upside down. Luke was told that his mum's cancer had spread and he needed to come home urgently. Within a week Luke's mum sadly passed away. Leaving Luke of course very down mentally, he decided to bottle it up bu...

Sally has been a massive inspiration to so many, Known for her public speaking, TV presenting and being a well established author. Starting off in the cookery world appearing on morning TV as a regular and now turning her experiences of life into a powerful message for the audience she presents to. Those experiences being things she has had to endure. Sally has had immense ups and downs concerning...

Archie is one of my closest mates. You may ask why he has been chosen as a guest for this episode. Firstly he's a great laugh and full of surprises and secondly I wanted to take the chat about the support network alot further. Someone going through an accident or illness/injury usually will rely on one thing. That one thing being the support network. Archie was a big part of my support network dur...

This weeks guest is now a person I can call a good friend, Dave castle. Dave is a person I met on my ward during my stay in hospital earlier this year after more intense hip surgery. I was very low at the time as this surgery was sprung across me very quickly. Dave, myself and our other mate also on our ward Sonny made life inside the hospital a lot more uplifting. Everyone in a hospital is going...

This weeks guest you may have guest is Henry's mum. The amount of challenges she has taken on is absolutely insane. From completing things such as 2 iron mans to her most latest adventure the marathon de sabe (5 marathons in 5 days across the sahara) I think its fair to say Emma's done more than most. Emma is a qualified PT and Pilates instructor. with decades of experience teaching people of all...

Martin has had quite the career starting of in the fire service for many years achieving a high rank, while being a mountain rescue volunteer on the side. Since leaving the fire service martin has gone onto study medicine/trauma at a high level so much so that he has trained thousands of young medics in that sector through different ventures. Martin hasn't stopped there though he is now taking his...

At the age of 19 Olly's cricketing career has already taken of. After playing for his old school Malvern college and managing to become first team captain he has progressed to play his county Worcestershire 2nds and 1sts, He has also played around the world in various leagues such as the Junior Pakistan league and training camps in Aus. He has also won awards such as the Wisden junior cricketer of...

Interviewing the ex jockey and assistant trainer Ed Barret who tragically at the age of 25 broke his neck while riding. Now 8 years later of intense rehab and being told he may never walk again Ed is setting himself the challenge of climbing Mount Snowdon with the aid of his crutches for Midlands Air ambulance and The injured jockeys fund. I sit down with Ed chat about his accident and his massive...