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John Geraint Roberts
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Veteran State Of Mind Network
Veteran State Of Mind Episode 221: John Nichol
Send us a textJOHN NICHOL served in the Royal Air Force for fifteen years. On active duty during the first Gulf War in 1991, his Tornado bomber was shot down during a mission over Iraq. Captured, tortured and held as a prisoner of war, John was paraded on television, provoking worldwide condemnation and leaving one of the most enduring images of the conflict. John is the bestselling co-author of Tornado Down and author of many highly acclaimed epics, including Spitfire, Lancaster and Tornado, all of which were Sunday Times bestsellers. He has made a number...
2024-09-26
43 min
Veteran State Of Mind Network
Veteran State Of Mind 218: with John Dixon
Send us a textA conversation with John Dixon, who served in Australia's elite 2nd Commando Regiment. You can connect with John on instagram: @johns_opSigned copies of Geraint's new book, D-Day: The Unheard Tapes: www.geraintjonesmedia.comAudiobook/ ebook/ unsigned copies of Geraint's new book, D-Day: The Unheard Tapes: https://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Day-Powerful-Eye-witness-Accounts-Normandy/dp/1035049635Thank you to our sponsors:Hamilton Gold: https://www.hamiltongoldcompany.com/Insta: @hamilton_gold_companyCombat Fuel - www.combat-fuel.co.uk Use code VSOM at...
2024-05-07
1h 01
Veteran State Of Mind Network
War Story 001: with John Dixon, 2nd Commando Regiment
Send us a textJohn Dixon served in Australia's elite 2nd Commando Regiment. In this episode, we discuss John's multiple tours to Afghanistan.You can connect with John on instagram: @johns_opYou can become a supporter of the podcast for as little as £1 a month. https://www.patreon.com/vsompodcastThank you to our sponsors! The show doesn't happen without them!Combat Fuel - www.combat-fuel.co.uk Use code VSOM at checkout for a discount on your potions.Zulu Alpha Strap Company - https://zu...
2024-02-07
1h 57
John Michael Godier's Event Horizon
Why the Universe May End at Any Moment With Prof. Geraint Lewis
Join the Event Horizon book club and buy Geraint Lewis's newest book here: https://amzn.to/3W9cM0X Can the Universe End at any Moment? What is False vacuum decay? What is Dark Matter? Geraint Lewis joins John Michael Godier to explore our mysterious universe.
2024-02-02
1h 00
John Michael Godier's Event Horizon
The Spooky Universe: Cosmological Time Dilation With Dr. Geraint Lewis
Astronomers have observed massive time dilation in the earliest universe. What does this tell us about our universe? Dr. Geraint Lewis joins John Michael Godier to discuss this and ideas like will the universe ever simple stop existing? Astronomers observe time dilation in early universe https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/03/astronomers-observe-time-dilation-in-early-universe Did time really run more slowly? https://www.geraintflewis.com/post/but-did-time-really-run-more-slowly
2024-01-11
57 min
John On The Rhondda
Tonypandy Ton Up
It's finally arrived - the 100th episode! But John Geraint Roberts' plans for it have been disrupted by a disturbing dream...
2023-01-25
19 min
John On The Rhondda
Centenary Quiz - part three
With the 100th episode of 'John On The Rhondda' coming up next time, the final round of our quiz is all about Rhondda values, and why John Geraint Roberts believes we should continue to cherish them.
2023-01-18
14 min
John On The Rhondda
Centenary Quiz - part two
With the 100th episode of 'John On The Rhondda' fast approaching, round two of the quiz tests your knowledge of Rhondda music - and gives you the chance to listen again some of the Valley's greatest hits.
2023-01-11
18 min
John On The Rhondda
Centenary Quiz - part one
With the 100th episode of 'John On The Rhondda' fast approaching, John Geraint Roberts presents highlights of the back-catalogue, and tests your knowledge of Rhondda schools and cinemas, in the first round of a three-part quiz.
2023-01-04
14 min
John On The Rhondda
Dad
John Geraint is the son of a preacher man. Here's the story of his late father, David James Roberts: fisherman, teacher, lifelong teetotaller and Baptist deacon with enormous reserves of patience - and a wicked sense of humour!
2022-12-28
10 min
John On The Rhondda
Christmas Present
If you’re anything like John Geraint, the frantic search for gifts has only just begun, if it’s begun at all. But don't panic, this Christmas he's here to help, with a wonderful suggestion for you...
2022-12-07
15 min
John On The Rhondda
Buried Treasure
The most fantastic discovery ever made within reach of the Rhondda - and it all came about because John Geraint Roberts' grandfather needed a glass of drinking water.
2022-11-30
10 min
John On The Rhondda
The Choir
'Choral bull-fights’, betting, missile throwing, assaults on adjudicators... You can’t beat a good Welsh male voice choir. Even if you've beaten them. John Geraint Roberts delves into the backstory of Rhondda's fiercest musical rivalry.
2022-11-23
10 min
John On The Rhondda
World Cup Heroes
Only two managers have ever taken Wales to soccer's World Cup Finals. And they were both born in the same Valley. A coincidence? John Geraint Roberts doesn't think so!
2022-11-16
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Ponty
What's in a name? In Pontypridd, it seems, quite a lot. That's not the reason, though, that John Geraint Roberts is heading there this week.
2022-11-09
10 min
John On The Rhondda
A Journey Around My Readers
A big thank you to those who've read and responded to 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel' by John Geraint published by Cambria Books
2022-09-21
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Rhondda and Royalty
Street parties and royal visits, celebrations and now mourning. Rhondda's relationship with royalty in the light of events of recent days. Some respectful thoughts from a republican, John Geraint Roberts.
2022-09-14
09 min
John On The Rhondda
The Great Welsh Auntie Novel - part ten
John Geraint reads the tenth and last extract from 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel'. The whole novel is available from Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) and all good bookshops.
2022-09-07
12 min
John On The Rhondda
The Great Welsh Auntie Novel - part nine
John Geraint reads the ninth extract from 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel' - available from Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) and all good bookshops.
2022-08-31
13 min
John On The Rhondda
The Great Welsh Auntie Novel - part eight
John Geraint reads the eighth extract from 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel' - available from Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) and all good bookshops.
2022-08-24
09 min
John On The Rhondda
The Great Welsh Auntie Novel - part seven
John Geraint reads the seventh extract from 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel' - available from Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) and all good bookshops.
2022-08-17
13 min
John On The Rhondda
The Great Welsh Auntie Novel - part six
John Geraint reads the sixth extract from 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel' - available from Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) and all good bookshops.
2022-08-10
11 min
John On The Rhondda
The Great Welsh Auntie Novel - part five
John Geraint reads the fifth extract from 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel' - available from Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) and all good bookshops.
2022-08-03
11 min
John On The Rhondda
The Great Welsh Auntie Novel - part four
John Geraint reads the fourth extract from 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel' - available from Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) and all good bookshops.
2022-07-27
15 min
John On The Rhondda
The Great Welsh Auntie Novel - part three
John Geraint reads the third part of 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel' - available from Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) and all good bookshops.
2022-07-20
13 min
John On The Rhondda
The Great Welsh Auntie Novel - part two
John Geraint reads the second part of 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel' - available from Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) and all good bookshops.
2022-07-13
13 min
John On The Rhondda
The Great Welsh Auntie Novel - part one
John Geraint reads the first part of 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel' - available from Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) and all good bookshops.
2022-07-06
12 min
John On The Rhondda
My Rhondda Novel - part two
Writing a book is a challenge - even if it's about the Rhondda! John Geraint reflects on some of the demons he wrestled with in creating 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel'.
2022-06-29
15 min
John On The Rhondda
My Rhondda Novel
It wasn't just a dream! John Geraint really has written a book - 'The Great Welsh Auntie Novel'. And it'll be published by Cambria Books (cambriabooks.co.uk) at the beginning of July 2022. Here's John talking about what his 'love letter to the Rhondda' aims to celebrate.
2022-06-22
11 min
John On The Rhondda
He Writes Like A Dream...
There's a rumour around the valley that a new novel about the Rhondda will be out soon. It's all about someone who sounds very like John Geraint Roberts. It's causing him a bit of anxiety. No wonder he's been talking to himself again!
2022-06-15
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Treorchy - Higher and Higher
A new video celebrating the continuing successes of Treorchy's fabulous High Street brings back memories for John Geraint Roberts of childhood bus rides to the town - and prompts him to commend those who've led Treorchy to new heights as an inspiration which the whole Rhondda could take to heart.
2022-06-08
10 min
John On The Rhondda
Rhondda Fach
'The Other Valley' - from Maerdy down to Porth: so much rich history, and a little bit of friendly rivalry with the Rhondda Fawr! Join John Geraint Roberts on a jaunt through the villages of the Fach, ending up at the wonderful Workers Gallery in Ynyshir.
2022-05-25
11 min
John On The Rhondda
The Record Shop
Do you remember the very first LP you bought? And where you bought it? John Geraint Roberts owes his musical education to a very special retail outlet in a very special place: Tonypandy Square.
2022-05-18
14 min
John On The Rhondda
Cambrian Voices
Fifty-seven years ago, thirty-one Rhondda men died in an underground explosion in the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale. As the anniversary of the Disaster approaches, John Geraint Roberts honours those who died, and those who worked there and survived the Disaster, by sharing some of their memories of what the pit was like as a workplace: the tough times and backbreaking work, the camaraderie too, the jokes and the pranks.
2022-05-11
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Dim Problem
If you've spent some time in Wales, you probably speak a bit of Welsh, even if you don't speak Welsh, if you see what John Geraint Roberts means. And if you've spent any time at all in the Rhondda, you've almost certainly got a lot more Welsh than you realise...
2022-04-13
07 min
John On The Rhondda
Porth County Teachers and Pupils
Some stars of schooldays sat at desks; some stood in front of the blackboard. A school magazine from the 1960s takes John Geraint Roberts much further back in time, to days when classroom conditions were scarcely tolerable. And prompts him top reveal the secret that every teacher knows...
2022-04-06
10 min
John On The Rhondda
Rhondda Weddings
If you were the marrying kind, where did you tie the knot? Church, chapel or registry office? For better or worse, John Geraint Roberts recalls some memorable matrimonial occasions from his past, even though he never had a Rhondda Wedding himself.
2022-03-30
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Shop At The Kwop?
The Co-operative Stores. What do you call them? 'The Coe-Op'? Or the 'Kwop'? Or the 'Kop' even. John Geraint Roberts' family were stalwart members of the Penygraig Industrial Co-operative Society, and they knew what to call it - and what kind of service they expected when they shopped there. After all, the shop belonged to them (and to all the 6,000 other members).
2022-03-23
10 min
John On The Rhondda
The Power House
This Grade II listed building provided the power which drove the fans and pumps that kept the Glamorgan Collieries in Llwynypia functioning. It was at the centre of one of the most momentous episodes in our history - the Cambrian Combine Dispute which led to the Tonypandy Riots in 1910. Now it's up for auction. John Geraint Roberts believes it's a place that can play a part in our future too - but it needs saving and restoring in order to do that.
2022-03-16
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Llwynypia Hospital
The birthplace of thousands of Rhondda children, the hospital at Llwynypia was originally a workhouse. Its history spans the decades before and after the birth of the NHS. John Geraint Roberts is proud to have entered this world there - and his Mam was very relieved: he was nearly born on a geriatric ward!
2022-03-09
10 min
John On The Rhondda
'Mid-Rhondda': Back On Track
A David-against-Goliath victory for a Rhondda campaign seeking to safeguard a much-loved green space for community use... it may seem a small thing in the grand scheme of global affairs, but in dark and desperate days, it's an inspiration, says John Geraint Roberts.
2022-03-02
10 min
John On The Rhondda
Rhondda Billionaires
Money... and how it's earned. It's a strange thing. Fortunes were accumulated from Rhondda coal - but not by those who dug it out. John Geraint Roberts weighs up the idea of a 'self-made billionaire' - and finds it lacks all substance, certainly when compared with the tonnage shifted by his grandfather and his butties.
2022-02-16
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Miner's Day
B. L. Coombes's classic 'Miner's Day' has been re-issued by Parthian Books in a beautiful new format, edited by Peter Wakelin, illustrated by many more of Isabel Alexander's drawings and paintings of 1940s Rhondda. To John Geraint Roberts, it's a treasure.
2022-02-09
10 min
John On The Rhondda
The Ystrad Crocodile's Tale
Bizarre, absurd, joyful... Rhondda life has always sparkled with oddball characters and crazy happenings. One news story that recently came to light is pretty hard to swallow - but it's perfectly true! John Geraint Roberts has been talking about it. Talking to himself, naturally...
2022-01-26
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Black Tips and Pyramids
Flying high in the Swiss Alps. The fun and games of a Rhondda childhood. There's a connection between the two - in John Geraint's mind anyway. And it leads him to consider how those who live beneath mountains despoiled by coal waste deserve better. It's shameful for them to be left worrying daily about whether they and their loved ones are in mortal danger. Coal made Britain rich. For the Valleys that produced it, it's payback time!
2022-01-12
10 min
John On The Rhondda
Rhondda Resolution
Do you have a dream? The New Year is the perfect time to resolve to make that dream a reality! That's what John Geraint Roberts is determined to do, with... The Year Of The Valleys 2024.
2022-01-05
08 min
John On The Rhondda
Quiz Time
Yes, it's that time of year when we all love to puzzle over some fiendishly difficult questions, testing our memories about the events of the last twelvemonth. Have you been paying attention... to John Geraint Roberts?
2021-12-29
17 min
John On The Rhondda
Christmas Story
Introducing two Rhondda hedgehogs who're quite well-known in John Geraint Roberts' family but are making their broadcast debuts in this special Christmas story, suitable for children aged 0-99.
2021-12-22
12 min
John On The Rhondda
Sunday School
How did Moses cross the Red Sea? And how did the boy called David bring down the Philistine giant Goliath? If the answers to these questions trip off your tongue, you probably learnt them in Sunday School, like John Geraint Roberts. But there's another side to some of the familiar, comforting Bible stories - and even at Christmas, it's worth pondering their true meaning...
2021-12-15
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Rhondda Parks
Every Rhondda park has a story to tell - it's just that, like the trees that lend the parks so much of their beauty, some of those tales are taller than others. John Geraint Roberts recalls the idyllic playgrounds of his childhood... but it was all such a long time ago now, so they're bitter-sweet memories - definitely a case of swings and roundabouts!
2021-11-24
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Tonypandy Riots!
November, 1910. From Porth to Ystrad, every colliery is at a standstill. 12,000 mid-Rhondda miners are on strike. But their efforts to secure a living wage for themselves and their families are being frustrated by the Chief Constable of Glamorgan, the Metropolitan Police, the Lancashire Fusiliers, the 18th Hussars and Winston Churchill. It’s going to be a Riot.
2021-11-03
10 min
John On The Rhondda
We Beat The All Blacks!
In rugby, any side representing New Zealand has a special aura. Against Wales, for far too long, its been an aura of invincibility. But there are some Rhondda players who could legitimately respond to that famous rugby chant 'Who beat the All Blacks?' with a proud 'We did!'
2021-10-20
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Porth County Parties
Tradition is a funny thing. And the tradition of the Porth County Sixth Form Eighteenth Birthday Party was one of the... if not funniest, then certainly most fun. Or was it? John Geraint Roberts tries to remember
2021-10-13
10 min
John On The Rhondda
The Rhondda Mam
The Rhondda Mam is a classic Welsh Mam with an extra gear. John Geraint Roberts should know - his mother was one. She's remembered - amongst much else - for her endless supply of kit-kats!
2021-10-06
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Why It's THE Rhondda
Why do we talk about 'the Rhondda', not just 'Rhondda'? 'John On Rhondda' would sound odd, and most of us would say 'I was born in THE Rhondda' - but what's the reason for putting the definite article before the place-name? After all, it's not something we do commonly in English. John Geraint Roberts tries to explain...
2021-09-29
08 min
John On The Rhondda
The Man Who Made Tommy Farr
In 1937, in New York, the 'Tonypandy Terror' fought the legendary Joe Louis for the World Heavyweight Championship. It was a night all of the Rhondda remembers because of the 'live' radio commentary, relayed over the transatlantic cable. But the story of Tommy Farr's rise through the ranks is just as gripping...
2021-09-22
10 min
John On The Rhondda
Back To School
The first day of term! The whole world is a blank page in a fresh, new exercise book, and no-one's quite sure how it's going to be filled. John Geraint Roberts remembers his first day at Porth County, Hendrecafn Juniors and (almost!) Penygraig Infants.
2021-09-01
08 min
John On The Rhondda
Another Musical Treat
Have you heard about the most influential Rhondda band you’ve never heard of – and why you should be grateful for that? The (literally) incredible story of the group who invented a whole new way of singing and playing, with their classic tracks ‘Tonypandy Ton Up’, ‘Penrhys’ and ‘Wales Today’. Warning: contains nuts.
2021-08-25
16 min
John On The Rhondda
Music Hall Maestro
Broadcast publicly for the first time in an entire century, the mellifluous melodies of the magnificent mid-Rhondda musical maestro and miner, Mr John Henry Tudball!
2021-08-11
13 min
John On The Rhondda
Druids Close To Home
The National Eisteddfod has only ever visited the Rhondda once - but, as John Geraint Roberts explains, the Valley has certainly made an impact on the 'Olympics for Welsh-speakers'.
2021-08-04
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Summer In The Rhondda
School's out - and John Geraint Roberts remembers the colourful summers of his childhood. Six weeks of freedom! But there was a secret about the long holidays, a secret he'd managed to forget since the previous summer...
2021-07-28
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Proper Rhondda Talk
What do you make of your own accent? John Geraint Roberts is proud of his. But not everyone from the Rhondda thinks that local people talk 'proper'. So John decided to have a chat to someone he thought might cast some light on the issue - strangely, it was John Geraint Roberts himself.
2021-07-21
07 min
John On The Rhondda
Valley of Song
Rhondda people love singing hymns and arias, ballads and rock anthems of all kinds... but have we got enough songs about the Rhondda to sing? John Geraint Roberts has used lots of music in his films about the Valley over the years, but he's still searching for The Great Rhondda Song...
2021-07-14
12 min
John On The Rhondda
Penrhys
Penrhys - a hilltop site of mystery, magic and miracles. For centuries, pilgrims flocked here hoping to be healed or blessed. It was a place of peace and reflection. But during the reign of Henry VIII, it could have sparked a rebellion...
2021-07-07
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Uncle Len - The Rhondda Working Man
The Rhondda Working Man - a heroic figure. Tens of thousands of intelligent, characterful men spent their lives doing unimaginably tough, backbreaking work. My Uncle Len was typical of them - but he was complete one-off too. This is my affectionate tribute to him, and to all those who laboured like him.
2021-06-30
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Treorchy's Rugby Dream
A bunch of Rhondda boys with a Grand Ambition - to take their local club to the very top of the rugby tree. There are so many parts of this story that - if you didn’t know they'd actually happened in real life - you’d swear that John Geraint Roberts had dreamt them up.
2021-06-23
08 min
John On The Rhondda
Rhondda Place Names
What does Tonypandy mean? Ynyshir? Gelli? Llwynypia? And there are plenty more where they came from! John Geraint Roberts gets to grip with why they named places up and down the Rhondda Fach and the Rhondda Fawr they way they did.
2021-06-16
09 min
Veteran State Of Mind Network
Veteran State Of Mind Episode 140: Touched by the NVA, with John Stryker Meyer
Send us a textJohn Stryker "Tilt" Meyer is an American author and U.S. Army Special Forces combat veteran of service in covert reconnaissance with the Studies and Observations Group, also known as MACV-SOG. Today we go in depth into one of his missions 'across the fence.'Tilt's spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6160bs1mKLHq7MV5xb7FOxYou can find John's books here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Stryker-Meyer/e/B002A510S4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1600457309&sr=8-1John is on I...
2021-06-11
1h 53
John On The Rhondda
Ice Creams and Frothy Coffees
If you grew up in the Rhondda, real Italian ice-cream and 'Bracchis' - Italian cafes - offered a taste of paradise, exotic and yet all our own. John Geraint Roberts savours the flavours of Caravaggi's vanilla and Melardi's espresso.
2021-06-09
08 min
John On The Rhondda
Railway Lines
A trip on a train from Tonypandy and Trealaw station was always a treat for John Geraint Roberts. But there's one Rhondda rail journey he never made, and he's always regretted it...
2021-05-26
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Rhondda Towns and Villages
Where do you come from? And is your 'bit' of the Valley a town or a village? Does it matter what you call it? YES, says John Geraint Roberts. And he finds inspiration for his notion of how we should picture the Rhondda, far, far away, in a most unlikely place.
2021-05-19
08 min
John On The Rhondda
Cambrian
A walk through Clydach Vale's Countryside Park prompts thoughts of the terrible Cambrian Disaster, and the price that colliers paid so that others could enjoy comfort and power.
2021-05-12
07 min
John On The Rhondda
'Mid-Rhondda': Our Field Of Dreams
The Mid-Rhondda Athletic Ground in Tonypandy hosted international teams in rugby union and rugby league, and boasted its own professional football club. But John Geraint Roberts remembers it for an epic cricket match in which he played an unexpected part.
2021-05-05
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Welsh Hills
The joys of living in a place that's NEVER flat and boring!
2021-04-28
08 min
John On The Rhondda
From Radio Rhondda To Rhondda Radio
1978. Wales was about to get its first-ever dedicated national radio service. But BBC bosses wanted to pilot the new station, to see if it chimed with the audience. And there was only one place to do that: the Rhondda! John Geraint Roberts was just 21 - the youngest member of the launch team, presenting a show called 'Rhondda Rock'.
2021-04-21
08 min
John On The Rhondda
Dai Chips: A Rhondda Timelord
David Hywel Thomas - History's Most Eccentric History Teacher... and one of the best!
2021-04-14
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Streets Ahead
John Geraint Roberts takes us for a busy walk along the retail wonderland that was Tonypandy's Dunraven Street in the 1970s.
2021-03-31
07 min
John On The Rhondda
On A Rhondda Bus
John Geraint Roberts' favourite boyhood toy took him up and down the Rhondda, from Blaencwm to Porth, and Clydach Vale to Maerdy - and even further afield! He was by far and away the youngest driver on the whole Rhondda Transport network.
2021-03-24
08 min
John On The Rhondda
The Price Of Coal
John Geraint Roberts's boyhood home was just yards away from one of Rhondda's most famous collieries - but the pit had been shut the year after the year he was born. All the same, his house had plenty to teach him about the true cost of the black diamond.
2021-03-17
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Phoning Home
Can you remember your very first telephone number? We were stuck for years on a waiting list before we got a phone at home, and when we did get one, it wasn't a proper Tonypandy number we were given. Memories of phone boxes, party lines, operators and misdialled numbers... a time when telecommunication wasn't the instant, omnipresent, hi-tech amenity we take for granted today.
2021-03-10
06 min
John On The Rhondda
Welsh
In 2002, every child in Welsh-medium schools in the whole Rhondda marched on top of Penrhys to take part in a special film based on a National Eisteddfod-winning poem which celebrates the long history of the Valley. Rhondda's world-famous choirs, bands, singers and actors got involved too. John Geraint Roberts explains how he was inspired to make the film.
2021-03-03
08 min
John On The Rhondda
Central Hall, Tonypandy
The extraordinary social gospel preached and practised at the Methodist Central Hall, Tonypandy was an imaginative and prophetic clarion call against the inequalities of the 1920s and 1930s which pushed Rhondda people into hardship, hunger and - in thousands of cases - exile.
2021-02-24
06 min
John On The Rhondda
Will You Come To The Pictures With Me?
The Plaza and the Picturedrome, Zulu and Ben Hur, and the anxieties of a first date - the magic of the movies in mid-Rhondda.
2021-02-17
07 min
John On The Rhondda
Aunties
How many aunties did you have, when you were growing up? John Geraint Roberts started counting his, got to fifty and then recorded this episode...
2021-02-11
07 min
John On The Rhondda
Porth County
Were your schooldays the happiest days of your life? John Geraint Roberts counts himself lucky to have been born in just the right place at just the right time to experience a unique moment of educational transition.
2021-02-04
07 min
John On The Rhondda
Rugby's Greatest Try
...and its Rhondda connections.
2021-01-28
06 min
John On The Rhondda
Up The Mountain
Will you go for a walk with me? C'mon, we'll pretend we're teenagers again, you and me, and head off up the mountain. There's a place up there that's got something really special about it, something scarcely believable. I'm not sure I believe it myself....
2021-01-21
06 min
John On The Rhondda
Hipsters!
What does following a band do for its fans? And what the fans do for a band? John Geraint Roberts listens back to a legendary Rhondda band of the 1980s.
2021-01-14
09 min
John On The Rhondda
Corona!
Remember when 'Corona' meant pop, not the virus? John Geraint Roberts tells the amazing story of the genesis of Corona Soft Drinks as Welsh Hills Mineral Waters in Porth, and of William Evans, the man behind the brand and the grocery chain 'Thomas and Evans'
2021-01-07
04 min
John On The Rhondda
New Year's Eve
John's grandfather often hit the nail on the head. He was the colliery blacksmith. New Year's Eve always brings to mind his long life, with its many ups and downs. He was married four times, the fourth when he was... well, have a listen to find out how old!
2020-12-31
04 min
Veteran State Of Mind Network
Veteran State Of Mind Episode 103: The Hostile Operator, with John Smith
Send us a textJohn Smith served in Iraq and Afghanistan with 4 Rifles. After leaving the military he went on to work as a private military contractor, seeing more action in the countries that he had previously visited with the British Army.John is online @the_hostile_operator and https://thehostileoperatorpodcast.podbean.comMerch and clothing to support the podcast can be found at http://www.vsomstore.comYou can find books from guests of the podcast here: https://www.vsompodcast.com/books/You can connect with Geraint at...
2020-12-21
2h 08
John On The Rhondda
Trimming The Coalface For Christmas
A letter from a listener which John Geraint Roberts has kept for 40 years. Mr William Coombes of Llwynypia describes a magic seasonal moment he shared with his 'butties', his fellow miners, deep underground.
2020-12-20
03 min
John On The Rhondda
Tom Jones In Nantgwyn Street
“Have you ever met Tom Jones? I did once. Well, nearly...” The full story of star-struck 10-year-old John Geraint Roberts and Wales’s greatest popular singer coming together in Nantgwyn Street, Penygraig. First broadcast on Rhondda Radio.
2020-12-17
03 min
John On The Rhondda
Tonypandy Square
Do you remember Pandy Square in the 1970s? The Record Shop? The cafes? The cinema? John recalls the first album he ever bought, and his first-ever date... and remembers looking back further still into the past, to the times of the infamous Tonypandy Riots. First broadcast on Rhondda Radio.
2020-12-11
02 min
John On The Rhondda
John On The Rhondda (Trailer)
2020-12-10
00 min
Veteran State Of Mind Network
Veteran State of Mind Episode 089: Across The Fence Part 2, with John Stryker Meyer
Send us a textJohn Stryker "Tilt" Meyer is an American author and U.S. Army Special Forces combat veteran of service in covert reconnaissance with the Studies and Observations Group, also known as MACV-SOG. Meyer resides in California, since 1985, and has published three works of nonfiction related to his experiences in the Vietnam War.You can find John's books here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Stryker-Meyer/e/B002A510S4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1600457309&sr=8-1John is on Instagram: @jstrykermeyerMerch and clothing to support...
2020-10-19
1h 52
Veteran State Of Mind Network
Veteran State of Mind Episode 083: Across The Fence Part 1, with John Stryker Meyer
Send us a textJohn Stryker "Tilt" Meyer is an American author and U.S. Army Special Forces combat veteran of service in covert reconnaissance with the Studies and Observations Group, also known as MACV-SOG. Meyer resides in California, since 1985, and has published three works of nonfiction related to his experiences in the Vietnam War.You can find John's books here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Stryker-Meyer/e/B002A510S4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1600457309&sr=8-1John is on Instagram: @jstrykermeyerMerch and clothing to support...
2020-09-21
1h 54
Veteran State Of Mind Network
Veteran State of Mind, Episode 020: D-Day 75, with John Wintle
Send us a textThis is a very special episode, where Geraint had the privilege of sitting down with John Wintle, a 95 year old World War Two veteran who landed in Normandy on D+8. Among the topics of discussion on this episode; choosing the army over the coal mines; landing in Normandy; and the importance of remembrance. You can connect with Geraint at @grjbooks across social media, and find his Afghanistan memoir Brothers in Arms in all good book stores.If you are a veteran struggling with mental health, or you just want a...
2019-06-24
1h 14
High Altitude
Geraint Martin - Healthcare: identifying symptoms & fixing healthcare - what's the prescription for leaders?
The current chief executive of Te Papa Tongarewa who graduated in modern history and science at the University of Birmingham and is adjunct Professor at the Auckland University of Technology and Victoria University in Wellington speaks on process and problem in the New Zealand and International healthcare systems. Geraint began a career in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, rose to chief executive and lead a redesign of the Welsh health and social care system before coming to New Zealand and spending a decade running a major District Health Board in a complex multi-ethnic community with deteriorating...
2018-06-18
40 min
Global Recon
GRP 104-Geraint Jones:The Story of a British Infantry Soldier in Iraq
GRP 104- This episode is co-hosted by the creator of The Veterans Project U.S. Army Veteran Tim Kolczak. Our guest for today is British Army combat veteran Geraint Jones. Gez served multiple tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. We took a dive into what it was like serving during the height of the Iraq war in Basra where the British military was primarily operating. Basra at the time was like the wild west and Gez shares stories of his time patrolling into some of these areas as well as the complexity of dealing with very tight rules of...
2017-12-28
1h 52