Echoes Across Time

Sarah Barnes-Humphrey was told she was selfish as a child. She spent 45 years proving she wasn't — through obligation, resilience, and relentless people-pleasing. But this episode is where she discovers the truth: the wound wasn't that she was selfish. The wound was that the love she grew up with was conditional. Hosted by Tim Levy, this is an intimate conversation with a fellow podcaster and auth...

What if the person who intimidated you was the one who was actually intimidated? In this episode of Echoes Across Time, Tim Levy speaks with Sean Stone about growing up in the shadow of a famous father—and discovering something unexpected about who that man really was. Sean has spent his life choosing to see the work, not the celebrity. But beneath that choice lies an unresolved relationship: a fa...

Neil Laughton has built a life of extraordinary external accomplishment — summiting mountains, flying across deserts, inventing penny farthing polo — yet finds himself in his sixties confronting a quiet internal failure: his relationship with his son Oscar. In this intimate conversation with Tim Levy, Neil traces the arc from boarding school separation through military heritage to the formative he...

At 20, Roy Hay had everything — Culture Club's meteoric rise, Madonna-level fame, the cover of every magazine, a country house, stretch limos. For six years, 1981 to 1987, it was the best time. Then he discovered what it cost to ride that wave forever. This episode is Roy's reckoning — how he spent the next 25 years discovering that success doesn't carry you, that the meritocracy he believed in wa...

Hollywood producer Hilary Shor has built a career on an unusual foundation: moral fiber in an industry that rewards the opposite. In this raw, unflinching conversation with Tim Levy, she reveals how staying true to her values cost her success but saved her soul. From her East Coast intellectual upbringing to surviving decades of rejection in Hollywood, Hilary's story is one of integrity over ambit...

There's a moment when a teenage law student in England, armed with nothing but a demo and the whispered endorsement of Johnny Rotten, walks into record company offices and lies with such confidence that they hand him money. He doesn't have a band yet. He barely has a story. But he has the audacity to become one anyway—and the world shifts. This is not a story about getting lucky. It's a story abou...

A woman sits across from her interviewer and admits something she's never said aloud before. The eating disorder. The crying in her bed while the world watched her shine on stage. The moment she stopped performing the version everyone expected and started asking for help instead. This is not the story of a flawless rise. This is what happens when someone with everything still feels empty, when tou...

In this conversation, Tim Levy sits with Peter Drewett , international rugby coach and high-performance leadership expert, to explore resilience, identity, and the experiences that shape how people perform under pressure. Across more than three decades in elite sport, Peter has helped prepare teams for over 350 internationals and 18 Rugby World Cups. From leading England U21s to their first ever S...

In this episode of Echoes Across Time , Tim Levy sits with Rupert Elderkin , a former senior trial attorney with the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. For nearly two decades, Rupert worked on the prosecution of some of the gravest crimes of the modern era — from war crimes cases at The Hague to the long aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. But this conversation...

In this conversation, Tim Levy sits with Dr. Kameel Khan , former UK Tax Court judge, lawyer, academic, and lifelong advocate for rehabilitation and second chances, to explore identity, belonging, and the quiet forces that shape who we become. Born in Trinidad and Tobago and educated across the UK, Canada, and the United States, Kameel’s life has moved between worlds — law and compassion, structur...

In this conversation, Tim Levy sits with Daniel Gestetner , an entrepreneur who has spent more than three decades at the crossroads of technology, retail, and consumer brands — long before “digital disruption” was a buzzword. From the early days of Web 1.0 to building modern direct-to-consumer businesses, Daniel has consistently seen where consumer behavior is heading and built there early. In 201...

In this conversation, Tim Levy sits with Dave Pearce , former Royal Marine Commando, world-class mountaineer, and expedition leader, to explore what a life lived at the edge of experience teaches us about leadership, judgment, and trust. After 26 years serving in some of the most complex and hostile environments in the world — from Northern Ireland and the former Yugoslavia to Afghanistan, Everest...

In this conversation, Tim Levy sits with coach and performance strategist Alessandro Sciaraffa to explore a question that lives beneath achievement, ambition, and success: Who are we when the story we’ve been living no longer defines us? After more than a decade working with elite athletes, leaders, and creators, Alessandro has come to see that our greatest limits are rarely physical or strategic....

In the first episode of Echoes Across Time, host Tim Levy asks a simple but profound question: When everything material fades, what truly remains of us? Tim reflects on his own journey — from his Jamaican roots to founding 22 companies — and introduces the idea of the non-material estate: the stories, values, and moments that outlive achievement. He shares powerful lessons from early Twyn recordin...

This preview offers a glimpse into the heart of Echoes Across Time, a podcast exploring the legacies we build beyond titles, wealth, and achievement. Host Tim Levy draws from his experience founding more than twenty companies and investing in over eighty startups to reflect on a powerful truth: what matters most in life can’t be measured — it’s remembered. With curiosity, depth, and a focus on the...