Refreshing Podcast

Refreshing Pod - Nick Stapleton (How To Beat Scammers) The annual cost of fraud in the UK is roughly £190 billion, a staggering sum. Young people are the most confident they could spot a scam, but could you? Nick Stapleton (investigative journalist and broadcaster) who you'll know from television shows such as the BAFTA winning Scam Interceptors, and BBC Morning Live speaks to Johnny and helps bea...

Refreshing Pod - James Fleming (Co-founder and CEO of The Power Within Training) As January comes to a close, how’s it been for motivation? … do you need to unleash some potential? Have you heard of 'Motivational Intelligence’? Or ‘ Life changing leadership, Lifelong results’ ? Johnny had the pleasure of chatting with James Fleming, who set up ’The Power Within Training’ in 2017 after years headin...

Refreshing Pod - Alex Mitchell The last guest of 2024 ! And what a joy it was to welcome Alex Mitchell (Britain's Got Talent finalist) who looks ahead to his 2025 tour, and back on life since June. 'Tics Towards Puffection' is the debut tour, and tackles Alex's obsession for perfection and trying to always be the best version of himself. He chats to Johnny openly (about his darker times) plus the...

Refreshing Pod - Hogmanay Preview 2024 It's 3 Years in a row ... Johnny & Al catch up ... Al's quite the deal, he's the big boss of all things Hogmanay! New Year celebrations will soon kick in, 2025 is just over the shoulder. Al Thompson has been kind enough to spare some time to chat with Johnny (for the 3rd year in a row) about how Edinburgh will celebrate this year. Revellers from around th...

Refreshing Pod - Lazo This is a PODCAST EXCLUSIVE ... Johnny is thrilled to share with you a interview with Lazo, a loyalty test service, that really does slide into your DM's! Have you ever thought you could be being cheated on, but need evidence either way? Lazo could be the website that helps you 'find the truth' Recently, Johnny caught up with Ashlyn, and Trinity from Lazo - and got the lowdow...

Refreshing Pod - Johnny Grabs 5 Minutes With Santa Christmas is coming .... here in just 17 days. The world’s busiest man managed to spare 5 minutes to chat to Johnny. That's right Santa (AKA ... Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas) gave Johnny the lowdown on how you can see him, in Edinburgh at St Andrew Square this year. He's back for 2024, with daily sessions (roughly 14 per day) rig...

Refreshing Pod - 2024 Edinburgh’s Christmas Preview (A new podcast season launches with a huge exclusive). Christmas is coming .... here in just 41 days. Be it the Christmas Markets, Ice Rink, Big Wheel, Santa's Stories ... and a whole lot more. Dani (chief elf in charge of all things Christmas in Edinburgh) speaks to Johnny and gives him the 2024 preview. 2024 has a few new additions, and the sta...

Refreshing Pod - Paul Alland, Unusual Things (Celebrity Grave Hunter) As it's Halloween 2024, Johnny speaks to Paul Alland, who's making a name for himself visiting well known grave stones, crime scenes, and the world of paranormal. If it's a little Unusual, Paul probably has it covered, and you can watch it all on his You-Tube channel. Paul gives a background to his channel, that's grown from 2,0...

Refreshing Pod - Kiri Pritchard-Mclean  Starting off September with a bang , it’s Johnny’s 2nd interview with the lovely Kiri Pritchard-McLean. Kiri is on a HUGE UK & Ireland tour, ending in December, at some point she’ll be on stage close to you! Be warned, some venues have sold out, and others are close to selling out, so be quick & get tickets ASAP (full list of dates and venues, v...

Refreshing Pod - Jodie Grinham Team GB, Paralympic Games 2024 The Paralympic Games are here for 2024, and Johnny chatted to one amazing athlete competing this year, representing Team GB in the field of Archery, Jodie Grinham. In a recent article for 'The Athletic' Jodie said “My team have joked a few times that my waters could just break on the podium” Jodie will be seven months pregnant when she...

Refreshing Pod - Laura Rose Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe From Australia to Edinburgh, Johnny welcomes Laura Rose to the podcast, to chat about her debut Fringe show 'Bushpig' Be quick, Laura's run ends on the 24th Aug 2024. Bushpig has many meanings (google it, it's worth it) . .. and Laura chatted with Johnny fresh off the plane from Queensland. An autobiographic comedic look at sto...

Refreshing Pod - Dani Johns Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Dani Johns is in Edinburgh, sharing stories about all things cringe! Hoots, at the Apex (Hoot 5) 7.40pm (ends bank holiday Monday 26/08). It's the 1st time Johnny has ever spoken to anyone from the Bristol Live, Bristol Cool List. Dani made it onto that list (amongst others such as Stephen Merchant, Maya Jama, Lee Evans & J...

Refreshing Pod - Grace Mulvey Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Now living in London, but originally from Ireland, Edinburgh has the pleasure of witnessing the debut hour for Grace Mulvey with her Fringe show 'Tall Baby' on until the 25th Aug, at Assembly Roxy, daily at 7.05pm. It's a show about wanting to be a human adult, and have fun, in her 30's. The only thing that’s holding her back...

Refreshing Pod - Sian Davies Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Sian takes Johnny back to his Merseyside roots, she's from Liverpool, but on tour in Edinburgh with her 3rd solo show 'Band Of Gold' & she's super proud of it. It's a show about regret and owning up to your mistakes. Everything that has happened in your life so far has led to this point. The good, the bad and the 90's trib...

Refreshing Pod - Dan Wye Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Johnny had the pleasure of chatting with Dan Wye, already a legend due to the award winning Séayoncé. Dan is now half way through the debut Fringe run with a production named 'Dan .. Wye Am I Sam Smith?' (Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker One 9.55pm) Amazing reviews are coming in quick and fast for Dan's show, don't miss it! Dan kicks o...

Refreshing Pod - Rachel Fairburn Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Fringe 2024 is mid-flow, and Johnny's been out and about catching up with some of the best talent in Edinburgh. Rachel Fairburn is a busy bee this Fringe, doing two shows in Scotland ... Showgirl: Underbelly, Bristo Square : 5.20pm Side Eye: Monkey Barrel 2 (Hive 2) : 12.30pm Johnny & Rachel got on like a house on...

Refreshing Pod - Sarah Roberts Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Fringe 2024 is mid-flow, and Johnny's been out and about catching up with some of the best talent in Edinburgh. Sarah Roberts is small, but it making it big this summer. Sarah's debut show 'Silkwork' is on daily at 10.35pm (Assembly George Sq, The Box). Sarah was a joy to chat with, find out why she thinks she is Henry 8...

Refreshing Pod - Amy Matthews Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Fringe 2024 is mid-flow, and Johnny's been out and about catching up with some of the best talent in Edinburgh. Amy Matthews (who now lives in Edinburgh) is a must see, with her show 'Commute with the Foxes' daily at 3pm (Monkey Barrel, The Tron). Amy chats with Johnny, about her show taking place on a train (ish) it's a...

Refreshing Pod - 2024 Fringe Festival Preview Johnny gives you his 16 minute 2024 festival preview! The Fringe 2024 kicks in over the next few days, and Edinburgh is ready once again. There is SO MUCH to see and do at the Festival, including the Free Festival giving you access to artists for free, or via 'Pay What You Can' with tickets from only £2.50. Hear from ... The Thinking Drinkers Adam Floo...

Refreshing Pod - Refreshing Rewind : Beth Tweddle Looks back at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Let The Games Begin!! This Friday, the Olympic Games begin in Paris, the biggest and best sporting talent will compete in France during the Olympic and Paralympic games. 19 days of competition · 329 events · 32 sports, in one city. Former Olympic athlete Beth Tweddle spoke to the Refreshing Pod with her...

Refreshing Pod - FC Fandan Campervan On The Road, At UEFA Euro 2024 UEFA Euro 2024 kicks off tomorrow, when Germany play Scotland in the opening game. From media reports over the past few weeks, around 200,000 fans are heading over to Germany from Scotland. The tartan army is out in force! Johnny speaks to his colleague from his office, after a water-cooler moment and wild idea that's turned into...

Refreshing Pod - David Holmes Is 'The Boy Who Lived' David's story is incredible, with the overriding message to stay positive, despite what life gives you! Plus, he gives Johnny an exclusive ... connected with Potter, Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire directer, and all round Hollywood royalty Chris Columbus. Last year, David released a coming-of-age documentary (via HBO & Sky) co-produced by one of...

Refreshing Pod - Kaycee Anderson In memory of her Dad, Astronaut Michael P.Anderson & the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia’s final flight. Daughter of astronaut Michael P.Anderson, Kaycee chats with Johnny about her father, who fly 2 missions in space , logging well over 211 hours outside the earth’s atmosphere. The Columbia STS-107 mission lifted off on January 16, 2003, for a 17-day science mi...

Refreshing Pod - Katie Downey In her 1st ever podcast interview, Katie speaks about the Post Office/Horizon Fallout. Daughter of former SPM Tony Downey, Katie is by default a victim of the Post Office/horizon scandal, and subsequent fallout. Tony was wrongly accused of stealing £35,800 from the Post Office and had to file for bankruptcy. The whole incident had a terrible impact on his family (in m...

Refreshing Pod - Jessica Fostekew Ending 'Merry March' on a high! Grab a quick 10 minutes with Jessica Fostekew - recorded live from her car (as her son was taking part in Olympic weight lifting training). Jess is on tour right now (ending in June) with her latest stand up show 'Mettle' discussing all things passion, pace and purpose from the award-winning star of BBC's QI, Live At The Apollo and...