On Air With Lupton

Against all odds Paul Zanon, who couldn't read or write properly until the age of 19, has written 11 books including number one best sellers tells us his journey from leaving school with no qualifications to being a highly sought after author and now teaching and rehabilitating prisoners.

Ben Davis is the voice of Misfits Boxing as he joins us to speak about his upbringing, wanting to become an actor throughout his childhood, falling in love with MMA aged 17, how he became a commentator to now working with Conor McGregor and KSI.

Kartel is an up and coming singer from Liverpool, he can sing and rap and he is a huge advocate for mental health. Growing up in Liverpool Kartel talks about being released from Liverpool football academy to just a few years later being mixed up in the wrong crowd finding himself holding a double barrelled shotgun. Now aged 34 Kartel has found his purpose in life, music and fatherhood, after suffe...

Former England Amputee manager, Scott Rogers, talks about his dreams being shattered as a player to being the coach to deliver the bad news to other kids, coaching some of Englands finest youth academies, winning an international tournament with England and being a father to budding footballers.

Ian McCranor reveals all about his life story from school bully to becoming a karate champion to becoming a bully working the doors of nightclubs to relocating to America to work for Chuck Norris to being the star of video games.

Marc Menchaca joins James Lupton to discuss the highs and lows of acting, the harsh reality in the life of an actor, starring in Ozark and much more.

Matt Le Tissier joins us to discuss his football journey including Ali Dia, staying loyal to Southampton, why he wasn't capped more for England and more.

Darren Campbell, Jason Gardener, Mark Lewis-Francis & Marlon Devonish join James Lupton to discuss the unbelievable Gold Medal winning race at the Olympics defying the odds when nobody thought they could do it. A huge thank you to Paul Zanon for your help in arranging this interview.

Andy Liddell is Wigan Athletic's all time top goalscorer and we delve deep into his story from watching his first game of football to having a successful playing career and moving into the coaching staff after retirement.

In this episode Emmerson talks about his footballing journey from his apprenticeship at Luton Town to making his premier league debut, winning player of the year accolades at almost every club he played for to winning the fa cup for Wigan athletic in one of footballs greatest underdog stories to now his journey in coaching. 

Vinny Shoreman discusses his career journey from combat sports to commentating to mindset coaching and hypnotherapy. Vinny shares stories of working with fighters to astronauts and recalls hypnotising Joe Rogan.

Sam Venables joins James Lupton for this episode, Sam tells stories about his grandad, Terry Venables. The highs and lows of having a famous grandad, hilarious Paul Gascoigne stories and of course Euro '96. Sam also reveals publicly for the first time the cause of death and what it was like during Terry's last few months before his passing one year ago.

Jodie has featured alongside the likes of Tom Hiddleston, Michael Gambon, Stephen Graham, Rene Zellweger and more across film, tv and theatre work.  In this podcast we talk about performing comedy sketches on stage around Liverpool from the age of 8 to Shakespeare. Going from Broadway to Hollywood. Receiving harsh critics who'd made her feel like she didn't belong in the industry to reac...

In this episode ESPN commentator Ian Darke talks about his passion for sports and Portsmouth FC. Ian reveals the first game he ever commentated on had zero listeners and that his big break came after interviewing Muhammad Ali.

Paul Hardcastle is quite simply music royalty. Paul shot to fame when he reached number one in the UK with '19' which was a daring song to release at the time. After having knocked Madonna off of number one in the charts in America and to then hold Duran Duran off of the top spot in the UK the world was Paul's oyster and it was as he went on to work with the likes of Phil Lynott and...

X-Factor finalist, Anthony Russell discusses his journey as an independent artist whilst working a full time job in construction. The Liverpudlian also talks about his past addictions, being clean and sober for almost five years and why it's made him a better person.

Shem Rock is an MMA fighter from Liverpool who trains alongside the likes of Paddy 'The Baddy' Pimblett and 'Meatball' Molly McCann. The journey to MMA was like no other for Rock as he found himself on the run for a crime he didn't commit spending over 10 years running from country to country when in Asia he stumbled across a gym where he decided to learn Brazilian Jujitsu...

Jamie Jewitt opens up revealing publicly for the first time the cause of his depression, battling addictions and how Love Island was a turning point in his life.