Taking The Pee Podcast

Welcome to Taking the Pee Episode 8 conversations about life, health and overcoming the challenges we face on our individual journeys. This time I speak to Phil Harverson about his journey with religion and we discuss our individual situations. Phil studied Geography at Manchester University then trained as a primary school teacher. He taught for 3 years, before spending a year teaching in Chongqi...

Welcome to Taking the Pee Episode 7 conversations about life, health and overcoming the challenges we face on our individual journeys. This time I speak to Gareth Marsh about education and ambition. Gareth Marsh is a freelance music educator in Thurrock, South Essex where he has more than 2 decades of experience using music as a tool to help people develop and grow. He has worked with all ages and...

Welcome to Taking the Pee Episode 6 conversations about life, health and overcoming the challenges we face on our individual journeys. This time I speak to Patti Bevilacqua about multiple sclerosis. In September 1989, Patti started her dream job; teaching high school physical education. However, five months later, before the end of her first year of teaching, she was diagnosed with multiple sclero...

Welcome to Taking the Pee Episode 5 conversations about life, health and overcoming the challenges we face on our individual journeys. This time I speak to David Beddow about surviving covid. David grew up in Stamford, Lincolnshire, then moved to Buckfastleigh in Devon. He met his wife in 2001 while she was working in the UK and they got engaged in 2002. Her contract ended and she returned to Sout...

Welcome to Taking the Pee Episode 4 a conversation about life, health and overcoming the challenges we face on our individual journeys. This time I speak to Ade Atterbury about long covid. Ade is a Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist in the Department of Microbiology & Infectious Disease at The Royal Sussex County Hospital, he worked in both the pharmaceutical and food industries before joi...

Welcome to TTP Episode 3 a conversation about life, health and overcoming the challenges we face on our individual journeys. This time I speak to Mark Farrin about diabetes. Mark is a self employed guitar teacher working in and around Torquay. He teaches in schools as well as privately. Mark is also involved with music workshops for young carers. We've been close friends since childhood and shared...

Welcome to TTP episode number 2 a conversation about life, health and overcoming the challenges we face on our individual journeys. This time I speak to Nick McGrath about mental health. Nick is a freelance journalist and over the past 15 years he has interviewed hundreds of well known celebrities, it's pretty likely you will have read one of his interviews in a well known newspaper. You can read...

In this episode of TTP I speak to Andre Vincent about his experience of cancer and the impact it had on his life as a comedian. We dive straight in to the topic, so this is a warning if you're sensitive to the C word. Andre has many credits to his name and has performed in theatre, circus, busking on TV in Films and pantomime. He has a massive passion for comedy history and has a website dedicated...

Welcome to the Taking the Pee (TTP) Podcast, I'll be exploring midlife with medical conditions and finding some humour in there too. If you'd like to contribute please contact me, I'm looking forward to meeting some interesting people some well known and some less well known, like you or me. We all share a common bond of having to deal with a medical condition and make the most of our day to day l...