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You're BookedRachel Parris - You're BookedIt's Jane Austen's 250th birthday! And we can't think of a better way to celebrate than a conversation with the fabulous stand-up, actor, improviser and author Rachel Parris! Rachel's Austen credentials are acute. As well as being a founding member of the amazing Austen-inspired improv group Austentatious, alongside former YB guests Cariad Lloyd and Andrew Hunter Murray, her first novel, Introducing Mrs Collins, is a sequel, of sorts, to Pride and Prejudice. We talked to Rachel about Jane Austen (a lot), regency sex scenes, bookish palate cleansers and an adult version of the Jolly Postman. Discover more about the...
2025-11-0350 min
Beyond PotentialS1 Ep25: Season finale - toasting an incredible 2024 and an even better 2025This week it's a Toms Talk episode as we round up a fantastic 2024 and look to an exciting 2025.
We reflect on how Beyond Potential has grown and evolved over its first 25 episodes and celebrate many of the incredible guests we've had the opportunity to talk to.
We look at how we've grown as hosts, from feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable when recording our initial episode, to feeling confident and (a little) more capable as we end the year.
We also project forward to 2025 and talk about how we're going to evolve the podcast so t...
2024-12-1228 min
The Baller LifestyleEP. 447: Eco Bio BallsEP. 447: Eco Bio BallsEXCLUSIVEHide Details2hr 12minBrian and Ed discus mechanical pencils, night guards, rotisserie chickens, classroom dosed with LSD (https://worldstar.com/videos/wshh10p3K982swmJn570/zombieland-hs-classroom-goes-crazy-after-someone-put-lsd-in-the-water-fountain) and:Former Uconn and NBA player Ben Gordon was arrested for attacking 2 McDonald's security guards. Last month he was arrested for punching his 10 year old son in an airport.https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34953714/ben-gordon-arrested-second-month-mcdonald-guard-hitA Croatian soccer player was dumped by his team after having sex on the center circle field with his P...
2022-11-091h 40
The Brit Lit Podcast65: Eudora Honeysett Is Quite Well, Thank You, with Annie LyonsOur guest on episode 65 is Annie Lyons, who, among other books, is the author of the lovely, heart-warming novel Eudora Honeysett Is Quite Well, Thank You, known in the US as The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett. It’s about an older woman who grew up in the Second World War and is now at the end of her life, and kind of over the whole thing, and ready to be done. But then a new family moves in next door, and she makes a new friend. I read it this spring, when reading had been a struggle for we...
2020-09-2431 min
Bolus: education delivered statS02E07 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia With Adele FieldingIn this episode we explore the slightly less common acute leukaemia sub-type, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL). Prof Adele Fielding takes us through many technical questions, why is ALL a disease seen predominantly in the young, why does it require years of maintenance therapy unlike AML, how is it diagnosed and graded, can ALL be considered a lymphoma in some patients, the role of the Philadelphia chromosome in an era of TKIs, and many more.
This discussion is kept very grounded in the experience of the patient and their family throughout, and we delve into the communication challenges that must be...
2019-10-0731 min
Bpositive BloodstreamDiagnosis – Both sides of the coinIn this episode we discuss both sides of the coin with a diagnosis. How does a consultant deal with having to tell someone they have leukaemia? Adele Fielding speaks to our founder Jonjo about her experiences in telling people they have blood cancer and how, despite their responsibility to look after patients medically, it is often the emotional needs that need to be considered.
2019-09-0900 min