World What's Up!

Adam Jogee became one of the youngest ever Haringey counsellors at the tender age of 22. He has just started his second term as mayor at the age of 29. He is a  North London boy who grew up in Hornsey and knows the area well. We talks about his life and being a young black man in politics today.

Akie Kotabe   is an American actor and voice artist. His credits include playing Ben Nakamura in The Man in the High Castle , Dead Man in Everly with Selma Hayek , [1] [2] Meyers in The November Man , [3] Eric in The Assets , [4] Akira Takahashi in Mad Men , and Shingo in The Achievers . [5] [6] Kotabe also provides the voice of Kyan in the CBeebies animated series Go Jetters , as well as the titl...

This week I ask myself the questions that people often ask me about myself. (If that makes any sense. I talk about my childhood, What I wanted to be when I grew up. The pain of losing my mum and business in the same years and my hope for the future.

Nigeal Andall is the owner of the community run Caribbean restaurant Allotmentz in Friern Barnet. The food is excellent but that is only a part of it. Nigeal employs 30+ young people to come and work in the restaurant. He has also  feed 20,000 people in need in the area during lockdown. He tells us about his amazing life which has had so many ups and downs from losing everything he had work so har...

Chris Reilly was the only actor on Game of Thrones to play two different characters. He has just finished working on Wrath of Man with Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham and is now working on a new series with Gary Oldman. We chat about his early life, Nearly losing his family jewels to the sword of Gwendoline Christie and learning to fly solo.

A  fascinating interview with the very charismatic producer, actor, choreographer and writer Anthony W Johnson. We talk about his traumatic childhood and youth and how he has been able to not let it hold him back but instead use it to motivate himself to create wonderful work in so many different fields. We also chat about his feature film directorial debut ‘Alexis Colette’ which will be an amazin...

I really enjoyed this conversation with this engaging, talented and very funny young proud Irishman. We talked about his wonderful sounding folk music and how he has a massive fan base without having released anything until now. We also chat about life and his staring role in the up and coming feature film Love Without Walls. You can also hear his new song Step by Step at the end of the interview....

In this week’s World What’s Up! I’ll be chatting with the actor Ronny Jhutti. At the tender age of 14 Ronny got his big break in EastEnders and has never look back. He his starred in many TV, theatre and film roles including Redcap, Cutting edge, Doctor Who, Shameless, Ripper Street and Holby and many many more. He Recently starred in this years ITV blockbuster Unforgotten. Ronny talks to me about...

Lovely conversation with Father Ben Kerridge the priest at Holy Innocents Parish Church, Hornsey, London. We talk about his time as a teacher in Italy and when he first got the idea that he might want to become a priest in the church of England. This chat gives us a little insight into what it's like to be a parish priest in London and about how priest are just like us with the same worries,...

Siri Sadhana Kaur is a leading Kundalini yoga Teacher trainer, a touring UK mantra recording artist and dancer who loves embodying the sacred through movement, melody and rythym. As a musician she has recorded an ecclectic mix of 8 music mantra albums. Siri shares her time between her music and the timeless teachings of Kundalini yoga + indigenous technology. Her wish is to encourage others to dan...

This week we are in luck! We get two great interviews in one episode. I chat to writer and director Mark A C Brown about how he has gone from making short films to having his feature film Guardians playing on sky. Along with Laura Rees his producer they tell us about their exciting new project the feature film Dead on the vine and where they both got their love for films. They also tell us about t...

Really wonderful, informative and fascinating conversation with Jo Morton-Brown, Emotional Health Practitioner. Jo also tells us about what differences she has noticed in our children's emotional health pre and post lockdown and what teachers and parents can do to help support them. She explains  how much she has learnt herself from working with young people and using the Flourish Project. Sh...

Great conversation with Marlon Palmer of Kush Films and productions. Marlon is known as the UK's leading exhibitor and distributor of urban films. He has over 23 years experience.  He tells us how he got started and the pitfalls he has encountered  over the years. He explains how his positive attitude has helped  open many doors and kept him going though the hard times. We also talk about the...

Really  lovely chat with director Jane Gull. She tell us how she started her career as a dancer and actor. Then found a love for directing and writing.  Jane has the amazing talent of making actors feel relaxed and comfortable on site. Jane’s award winning film My Feral Heart is a beautiful film about  Luke, a young man with Down syndrome who loses him mum and is forced to move into a care home. A...

This week my guest is Teju Chosen successful business women and coach, Amazon best selling author, Poem and comedy performer and much more! We talk about her shrewd business brain and her book "How to get paid more then your boss" I will also be chatting about the wonderful film "The United States vs Billie Holiday." and a bit about Billie's life as her birthday falls on 7...

This week I talk to Donna Taylor. Writer, Film Producer and Actor. She tells us about  how she use to make up her own shows for the family from the time she was little. How she didn't enjoy drama school and how she got to live out her passion of making films with a strong message.

Jez Bond Interview Jez Bond is the Artistic Director of the wonderful Park Theatre London. The Park is well know for amazing new work. Jez will talk about where he got his love for theatre, How they have managed in these Covid times and where  does he think theatre is heading in the future.

This is episode 0.0, the trailer for World What's Up! My weekly podcast where I chat to people I think are really interesting and hope you do too. My first guest is Jez Bond the artistic director of the wonderful  Park Theatre London.