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The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Andy PrestonDJ and Radio Presenter, Andy Preston lost his little sister Elaine aged 14, from a heart condition, which had been misdiagnosed as Asthma. In the years that followed, he lost both his Mum and Dad, who had adopted him at birth and his close friend, Tony. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Andy talks about the life altering impact Elaine’s death had on his parents, how his relationship changed with them afterwards, the importance of second chances and his growing connection with his birth family.
2026-02-0443 minThe Venetia Project
The Venetia ProjectAsquith & Venetia: The Breakup That Toppled a Government (6/6)How did a private marriage proposal shatter the British Prime Minister? We dive into the primary sources surrounding Venetia Stanley’s 1915 engagement to Edwin Montagu. Drawing from Asquith’s anguished letters to Sylvia Henley, we explore his "bewilderment" at losing his closest ally, his scathing private description of Montagu as "a bundle of nerves," and the "repugnant" religious conversion that ended one of history’s most intense political partnerships.Topics:H.H. Asquith & Venetia Stanley LettersEdwin MontaguBritish Politics 1915World War I Home FrontEdwardian HistoryP...
2026-01-2814 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - featuring Amy Gibney from The Irish Hospice FoundationNational Grief Awareness Week is now in its 6th year, it’s run by The Irish Hospice Foundation to help send the message that you are not alone in your grief. This year NGAW focuses on the many different ways we can be aware and support those going through a bereavement and especially those navigating grief in the workplace. Amy Gibney, National Grief in the workplace lead at The Irish Hospice Foundation is this weeks guest on The Grief Pod.
2026-01-2639 minThe Venetia Project
The Venetia ProjectBonus: Who Was Venetia Stanley? (Start Here) (0/6)She owned a pet bear, read Dostoevsky, and held the Prime Minister’s heart in her hands.Venetia Stanley is often remembered as just the recipient of H.H. Asquith’s obsessive letters. But who was she really?In this character profile, we dig past the silence (Asquith destroyed her replies) to reconstruct the woman who nearly split the British government. From her "masculine intellect" and gambling addiction to the "cold-blooded" nature that both terrified and captivated the most powerful men in the Empire.Key moments:Why Asquith called her "Mount Vene...
2026-01-1816 minThe Venetia Project
The Venetia ProjectAsquith, Venetia & The Secret History (1914–1915)In 1914, as Britain entered World War I, Prime Minister H.H. Asquith was hiding a secret.While the world exploded into conflict, the leader of the British Empire was writing hundreds of obsessive letters to Venetia Stanley, a 26-year-old socialite. He didn't just write love letters; he shared top-secret war strategy, Cabinet disputes, and his deepest anxieties—sometimes writing to her three times a day from inside the Cabinet room.This series reconstructs their hidden relationship using the original primary sources, tracing the story from their idyllic holiday in Sicily in 1912 through th...
2026-01-1601 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Anthony OwensFeilecain Fathers, was set up in 2019 to help and provide support to Dads, who have been bereaved through stillbirth and miscarriage. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Anthony Owens, Founder of Feileacain Fathers talks about his son Arthur, who was born sleeping at 40 weeks, and how his loss inspired him to bring other bereaved Dads together, to talk, play football and offer each other support. Anthony also discusses the difficulties of returning to work after baby loss, the importance of reaching out, and talking.
2026-01-1335 minThe Venetia Project
The Venetia ProjectAsquith & Venetia: Three Letters a Day (His Unraveling) (5/6)When Venetia Stanley entered nurse training at the London Hospital in Whitechapel in early 1915, she stepped into a gritty reality that Prime Minister H. H. Asquith found repellent. He recoiled from her physical labor, fixated on her health, and poured his distress into an extraordinary flood of letters — over 140 in just three months.As their physical meetings dwindled, his jealousy intensified, and the balance of power quietly shifted away from 10 Downing Street. This episode analyzes the primary sources to show how Venetia’s service during the Great War disrupted their relationship, exposed the PM's dangerous emotional dependency, and...
2026-01-1312 minThe Venetia Project
The Venetia ProjectAsquith & Venetia: Did They Sleep Together? (4/6)We follow Prime Minister H. H. Asquith and Venetia Stanley on their ritual "Friday motor drives"—private escapes from Downing Street where the lines between gossip, high-level state secrets, and romance blurred on the open road.Using their letters to reconstruct the routes, this episode explores the geography of their affair. We look at how the solitude of the car allowed for a level of intimacy—and security breaches—that was impossible in the crowded drawing rooms of London.Topics:H.H. Asquith & Venetia StanleyEdwardian Motoring & AutomobilismThe "Friday...
2026-01-0412 minThe Venetia Project
The Venetia ProjectAsquith & Venetia: What the Prime Minister Told Her (And Shouldn't Have) (3/6)In the high-stakes atmosphere of World War I, Prime Minister H.H. Asquith found solace not in his War Cabinet, but in an obsessive correspondence with Venetia Stanley. This episode explores a massive security breach at the highest level, where the leader of the Empire shared top-secret military intelligence with a civilian—from the suppressed sinking of the battleship HMS Audacious to the covert deployment of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).We delve into the controversy of a Premier who treated Venetia as his "pole-star," writing her up to three times a day—often scribbling letters during cruc...
2026-01-0113 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Anthony Whelan New Years episodeIn the previous episode of The Grief POD, Anthony Whelan, Clinical Psychotherapist, spoke about his own experience of grief and bereavement, and offered advice on how to get through the triggering time of Christmas. The New Year can be equally triggering and exceptionally challenging, when you’ve lost a loved one. This week he joins me again to discuss, why it can be so difficult and how we can navigate it
2025-12-3017 minThe Venetia Project
The Venetia ProjectAsquith & Venetia: How He Fell: Sicily, 1912—A Party of Four(2/6)Join us as we travel back to January 1912, to the sun-drenched coast of Sicily. Prime Minister H.H. Asquith arrives exhausted by political crises, but a holiday with his brilliant young friends changes the course of his life.We track the traveling party—Asquith, his daughter Violet, his protégé Edwin Montagu, and the captivating Venetia Stanley—as they navigate the island in rickety landaus. This episode explores how this specific fortnight became, in Asquith's own words, the moment the "scales dropped" from his eyes—sparking the "first stage of intimacy" and setting the stage for the most obs...
2025-12-2612 minThe Venetia Project
The Venetia ProjectAsquith & Venetia: The Letters: Inside a Wartime Leader's Mind (1/6)How did a secret correspondence shape the British government during World War I?In Episode 1, we open the archive of Prime Minister H.H. Asquith and his muse, Venetia Stanley. These letters offer an unprecedented, unfiltered view into the mind of the Prime Minister during the collapse of Liberalism and the start of the war.Topics covered:The timeline of the Asquith-Stanley relationship (1912–1915).The nature of the primary sources: Analyzing the handwriting, the volume, and the gaps in the record.The intersection of Edwardian romance and high-stakes political history....
2025-12-2406 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Anthony Whelan Christmas EpisodeAnthony Whelan worked for over 20 years, until struggling with the death of his partner, Anne-Marie he decided to completely change his life, and retrain as a Clinical Psychotherapist. In this special Christmas episode of The Grief Pod, Anthony tells of the impact of this change on his life, and how it has helped him cope with his grief and bereavement, and at the most difficult time of the year for so many, how we can mind ourselves and help others
2025-12-2321 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Zoe HolohanIn July 2018 Zoe Holohan’s husband, Brian died tragically in the wildfires that engulfed Mati in Athens - they’d been married just 4 days. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Zoe talks about what happened that day, her own very long physical and emotional journey since, the dark times, and the sign from Brian, that has allowed her to find happiness with her new partner Mark.
2025-12-1646 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Katherine MartinIn 2014 Katherine Martin opened her beauty business, Lash Envy and was looking forward to the future ahead. Just two years later her Dad passed away suddenly, and she subsequently lost her Mum and her brother, all 3 within four years. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Katherine discusses the magnitude of loss in such a short space of time, the difficulty in grieving each of her loved ones individually, the importance of knowing what to say when someone dies and how lockdown, despite running a small business, offered her relief.
2025-12-0233 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Lisa Marie MaherIn 2015 Eugene Maher was going for his daily cycle, when he was mowed down in a hit and run, dying just a few later in hospital. The driver came forward six days later. In her first podcast interview, Eugenes daughter Lisa talks about that day, the anger and confusion that ensued before and after the court case, her decision to take part in the restorative justice programme, at the end of which she met an forgave her Dad’s killer, and how being able to forgive has helped her find peace.
2025-11-2550 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Kevin J RyanActor, Director & Writer Kevin J Ryan, lost his beloved dog Copper and his good friend, the actor, Julian Sands, within months of each other in 2023. In this episode of The Grief Pod Kevin talks about the pain of navigating that period of his life, the often unspoken heartbreak of losing a pet, coping with the ambiguous loss of grieving a friend while they were still missing and our need to talk more openly about our grief.
2025-11-1837 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Suzy ByrneThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Suzy Byrne by The Grief Pod with Venetia Quick
2025-11-1245 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Orla Horn and Gerry O HalloranLiving with Dementia is a process of continuous loss, described by many as a ‘living grief’. The Forget Me Nots Choir, offers sanctuary and support to those living with or affected by Dementia, whereby members can share happy moments with their loved ones or find comfort alongside those who share the same experience. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Orla Orna Founder of the choir and Gerry O’Halloran, share their stories of supporting their mum Kathleen and wife Mary through their journeys with Dementia and the huge impact the choir has had in coping with their grief
2025-11-0434 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Gina DalyGina Daly became a household name during COVID, thanks to her daily instagram posts about her weight struggles and her evening cook-a-longs with her husband, Karol. Four cookery books then followed, in a success achieved against a background of loss, both through miscarriage and the death of her Dad. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Gina tells me about this life of parallels, the heartbreak of being told her baby was gone, whilst alone in the hospital, her immense sadness losing her Dad, having already lost her Mum in her teens, and the joy and hope her rainbow baby...
2025-10-2848 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Emma FogartyEmma Fogarty was baptised a few days after birth, as the doctor didn’t expect her to live for long, probably not even a week. Now at 41, Emma is the longest living person in Ireland with EB, or Butterfly Skin as it in better known. In her first ever podcast interview, Emma talks about the life she would have had without EB, and while it may have robbed her of a future it’s given her things she would have never had without it. Never asking ‘why me’, Emma talks about the psychological pain of Secondary school, her thoughts on dying, a...
2025-10-2134 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Jack EbbsJack Ebbs is running this years Dublin Marathon in memory of his cousin Jenny O’Riordan, who passed away aged just 26, to sudden cardiac death. In this episode Jack talks about his passion for raising awareness to save others, the symptoms to look out for and the incredible work of CRY Ireland to help support those affected.
2025-10-1423 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Alan HughesTV Presenter and Panto Star, Alan Hughes was just 10 years old, when he lost both his Mum and Dad within 6 months of each other. In this weeks episode of The Grief Pod, Alan talks about how he survived the trauma of losing both his parents at such a young age, his subsequent heartbreak at losing his sister Doreen and his brother David, his mission to make memories for families at the Panto and how proud his Mum and Dad would be.
2025-10-0738 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Julia KellyAuthor Julia Kelly’s Mum, Delphine passed away swimming in The Galápagos Islands in 2012. While her new book Still is a memoir of her Mum, it is also her way of saying, goodbye. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Julia talks about her Mum and how she embraced life following the death of Julia’s Dad, John. She also talks about the trauma of giving birth to her baby, Lucia, 17 weeks into her pregnancy, and the inhumane way her late partner Charlie spent his last days with dementia, separated from his family during COVID.
2025-09-2335 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Dr Suzanne CroweDr Suzanne Crowe is a consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care, President of the Irish Medical Council, and Author of a new book ‘Intensive Care, True stories of healing, heartache and hope from inside Irish children’s medicine’ In this weeks episode of The Grief POD, Suzanne describes how the death of her baby daughter, Beatrice affected her, and changed her purpose as a doctor, the impact of losing a young patient in your care, and how she’s navigated life since the loss of her husband Barry, six years ago.
2025-09-1633 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Tony GriffinTony Griffin, a GAA All Star in hurling, stepped aside from his career to cycle 7,000km across Canada, as he tried to come to terms with the death of his Dad, Jerome. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Tony openly talks about the difficulty he had understanding his grief and expressing it, and how that period in his life inspired ‘Saying Goodbye’ a chapter in his new edition of ‘The Teenagers Book of Life’
2025-09-0939 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Norah CaseyIn this episode of The Grief Pod, Businesswoman, Entrepreneur and Journalist Norah Casey talks about balancing life and loss, after the death of her husband Richard, the physical exhaustion of grief and the importance of looking forward and not back.
2025-09-0252 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Alan FletcherAlan Fletcher played Dr Karl Kennedy in the iconic soap Neighbours for 30 years. In this weeks episode he talks about the challenges of acting out bereavement scenes and the impact the end of the series had for some viewers. Alan also talks about his late Mum’s spirituality, how she inspires his music, the loss of his two dogs Lola and Teddy and our need to be kinder. Alan will be performing with his band at The Sugar Club, Tuesday 12th August
2025-08-1132 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Jean Mahon‘Ambiguous Loss’ refers to a loss that remains unclear, making it impossible to grieve in a ‘traditional’ way. This is the sort of grief, many experience when a loved one goes missing. On this weeks episode, Jean Mahon talks about her brother Richard Doolan, who has been missing for 24 years.
2025-07-2941 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Liz NugentGrief and loss run through the core of Author, Liz Nugent’s novels. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Liz talks about her own personal grief, how losing her Dad has impacted on her life, and the connection she has with the struggles of her characters.
2025-07-2239 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Louise MulgrewPurple House, was founded in 1990 to help families for whom cancer has become part of their daily lives. On this weeks episode of The Grief Pod, Louise Mulgrew talks about losing her Dad, Mum and Sister to cancer, in a very short space of time, how her loss inspired the fundraising Beirne 3 Peaks Challenge, and her work for Purple House
2025-07-1527 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Nikki HayesA few weeks ago broadcaster Nikki Hayes spoke openly and honestly about her struggles with addiction, homelessness and her recent journey of recovery. On this weeks episode, Nikki shares what the reaction has been like, the guilt and grief of the lost years with her daughter, the trauma of her Dads passing and the kindness of people she met whilst living on the streets.
2025-07-0837 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Kathleen ChadaThe senseless murder of Kathleen Chada’s two boys Eoghan 10, and Ruairi 5, at the hands of their father almost 12 years ago, is a story that still continues to shock and sadden. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Kathleen talks about her campaigning for victims, and the laws that need to change, her struggle during COVID and how her love for her two boys keeps her going
2025-06-2749 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Joanne RyanTen years ago, Joanne Ryan returned one evening to find her partner, Killian had died suddenly at home. He was 31. In this weeks episode, Joanne talks about Killian’s death from sudden cardiac failure, the complexities of trying to move forward and the support she found through Cry Ireland
2025-06-2435 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Paul HarringtonSinger Paul Harrington, lost his Mum and four of his siblings to cancer, in a short space of time. In this weeks episode of The Grief Pod, Paul discusses the impact such tremendous loss has had on his life, his feelings of anger and regret, and his search for positivity.
2025-06-1340 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Helen WalshOn this episode of The Grief Pod, Life and Health Coach, Helen Walsh talks about how to find a ‘new kind of normal’ after a bereavement, how to start over when all you want is for things to stay the same, how grief affects the nervous system and the importance of self care.
2025-06-1042 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Victoria Mary ClarkeVictoria Mary Clarke, lost her husband Shane McGowan 18 months ago. After having been together for nearly 40 years, talks about the coping strategies that get her through the deep dark days, the importance of supporting people going through grief in your community and how Shane would like to be remembered
2025-06-0341 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Conor ClearOn this weeks episode, Life Celebrant Conor Clear talks about the alternative ways to celebrate the memory of a loved one, in a way that is fitting to them. Conor also talks about the need for us all to plan ahead, and let our loved ones know how we would like to be remembered, and how we all can create meaningful ceremonies to reflect our unique lives.
2025-05-2732 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Kiera DignamOne of Ireland’s most beloved singers, Christy Dignam lost his long battle with cancer, 2 years ago next month. On this weeks podcast, his daughter Kiera talks for the first time about the day her Dad died, his reactions to false press reports of his passing, and her continuing journey to come to terms with his death.
2025-05-2051 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Stuart WilsonBehavioural Psychotherapist, Child bereavement Expert & Founder of Zest Life Therapeutic Services, Stuart Wilson is Venetia's guest on this episode of The Grief Pod. As part of his non profit children’s charity, Stuart has travelled to Eastern Europe, Africa and India, helping Child Prisoners, former Child Soliders and girls sold into slavery, over come their trauma and grief. They also talk about helping children work through their grief and acceptance.
2025-05-1338 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Mike HanrahanWhen Stocktons Wing’s, Mike Hanrahan lost his Mum four years ago, he found a new calling to focus his life on Dementia, and how the creative arts could vastly improve the quality of life for those suffering from the disease. In this episode Mike talks about the ‘living grief’ for those with Dementia and their loved ones, the stigma that surrounds it and the importance of contact for those who suffer from it.
2025-05-0633 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Rosie O DonnellActress, Comedian & Talk Show host, Rosie O’Donnell is my guest on this week’s episode of The Grief Pod. Rosie talks to me about losing her Mum, a few days before her 11th birthday, and how since moving to Ireland in January, she feels her presence more than ever. She also talks about her new documentary, highlighting the importance of service dogs for children with autism ‘Unleashing Hope’, her work with AsIam, the Menendez brothers, and her upcoming role in ‘And just like that’.
2025-04-2847 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Sallyanne ClarkeIn December 2012, Sally Anne Parker Clarkes son Andrew, took his own life at aged 16. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Sally Anne, talks about the continuing stigma around suicide, the everyday grief that his her new normal and the importance of organ donation.
2025-04-2242 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Jason PooleFour years ago, Jason Pooles sisters Jennie, was stabbed to death in her apartment, by her ex partner , while her 4 year old son was the other side of the hall door. On this weeks episode of The Grief Pod, Jason recalls the domestic abuse Jennie suffered in the year leading up to her murder, the absence of any remorse by the perpetrator, and the campaign to bring ‘Jennies Law’ to fruition.
2025-04-1655 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Laoise DownesThe death of a pet, can be for some, every bit as devastating as the loss of a loved one. For Laoise Downes McGurk, Founder of Outpaws, losing her constant companion, Brokagh 18 months ago was heartbreaking. On this weeks episode Laoise talks about the guilt of having your pet put down, the need for Pet Bereavement Leave, and hw to support someone grieving their pet
2025-04-0325 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Laura FarringtonJust over 10 years ago, Laura Farrington, Founder of Unbrella Wellness and Host of the ‘Are ya well? Podcast, lost her Dad to suicide. Just a few years later, her Mum passed away from cancer. In this episode of The Grief Pod, Laura discusses losing both her parents, how people can struggle to show support, when somebody takes their own life, and how her Dads suicide encouraged her to change her life for the better
2025-03-3143 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Breffni ClackOn this episode of The Grief Pod, News Broadcaster and Journalist, Breffni Clack talks, for the first time, about her 6 late miscarriages, and her little boy, Noah, who was born sleeping just a week shy of being full term. Breffni discusses the silence of returning home from a maternity hospital without your much longed for baby and the silence that surrounded her in the months after.
2025-03-2436 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Jason RockIn this episode, Jason Rock talks about the passing of his Dad, the late Irish legend, Dickie Rock. Jason also movingly remembers his beloved Mum, Judy, the profound impact her passing had on his Dad, and what it’s like to share your grief with the nation.
2025-03-1436 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Brian KennedyOn this episode of The Grief Pod, singer and songwriter Dr Brian Kennedy, talks about growing up in a violent home, during a violent time in Belfast. Brian discusses his sadness at never having a loving and stable childhood, his estrangement from his family, his grief at seeing friends die during the aids pandemic and his belief in hope and happiness.
2025-03-1048 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Andrew McGinleyOn the 24th of January 2020, Andrew McGinley arrived home to find his three children, Conor 9, Darragh 7 and Carla who was 3, had been tragically killed. It was a story that shocked and saddened the nation. On this weeks episode of The Grief Pod, Andrew talks about his three happy, and fun loving children, how he’s navigated his daily life over the past five years without them, and the legacies he’s created in their names, so Conor, Darragh and Carla will never be forgotten.
2025-03-0336 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Linda KeatingOn this weeks episode of The Grief Pod, Linda Keating, Founder of The Marie Keating foundation, talks about her mum, Marie, the inspiration behind the charity. The foundation was initially started in 1998, to give advice and support to those diagnosed with breast cancer. Today, by providing education and information on how to detect early signs of all cancers, the foundation is saving lives all over Ireland. Linda also talks about her brother, Ciaran, who died tragically in a car crash in July 2023.
2025-02-2428 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Keith BarryJust two weeks after his dad, Ken, passed away Keith Barry joined me to record this episode of The Grief Pod. Remembering his Dad as his best friend and a man, larger than life, Keith discusses the guilt of not grieving enough, his Dad’s final days, and his ‘Ibiza style’ send off. Keith also talks about his paternal grandfather Paddy, who died in 2009, after an attempted burglary at his home, leaving Ken no closure before he passed away.
2025-02-1842 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick - Lets Talk About Grief featuring Susan MoylanWhen her husband Sean died while on holiday in France, leaving her to bring up 4 children alone, Susan Moylan believed that that was the worst that could happen. However, some years later her son Stephen went off to Barcelona to celebrate his upcoming 30th birthday, he never came home. Stephen had drowned on holiday, leaving behind him two very young children. Having witnessed first hand, the devastation parental bereavement can have on a young child, Susan set up The Stephen Moylan Foundation. The foundation helps bereaved children get the support they need, without the financial burden. In this episode of...
2025-02-1141 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick Let's Talk About Grief featuring Maia DunphyThree years ago, Broadcaster, Producer and Writer, Maia Dunphy, lost her Mum, Helen after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Maia has spoken openly about how overwhelming she has found it at times, navigating her loss. In this second episode of The Grief Pod, Maia discusses, the random triggers, which unexpectedly come out of nowhere, how important it is to say, that actually things are hard, and how looking after her young son Tom has helped her cope.
2025-02-0445 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick Let's Talk About Grief featuring Dr. Amanda RobertsNational Grief Awareness Week takes place at the end of January. It's an initiative run by the Irish Hospice Foundation to raise awareness and understanding about the complexities of grief, and to offer support to those going through it and to those trying to support a loved one, friend or colleague with their loss. In this first episode of The Grief Pod, Dr Amanda Roberts, Bereavement Development Officer, at The Irish Hospice Foundation talks about why we still find grief such a difficult subject to talk about, why everyone experiences grief in different ways, and how you can help someone...
2025-01-2837 minThe Grief Pod
The Grief PodThe Grief Pod with Venetia Quick Trail 2025The Grief Pos is a weekly podcast looking at every aspect of grief. Whether you have lost a loved one or are about to lose someone you love. Or perhaps you are simply trying to support someone navagate their grief and don't know where to start or what to say. This is the podcast for you. Hosted by Venetia Quick with different stories of loss, love, hope and at times humour.
2025-01-2300 minAll The Small Things
All The Small Thingsvoicenote: Hey Barbie!Spoilers alert! In this voice note episode, we're chatting about the highest grossing blockbuster of 2023 and going through some valuable listener correspondence in regards to "starting a family", having friends who work in the fossil fuel industry and extra tips to help us spend less time on our phones. A special shout out to Ronaé for her Barbie voice note. Thank you for all your support on this season of the podcast, it's Bye Barbie for now but I look forward to seeing you soon!Extra reading, links:What Is The Bechdel Test?
2023-08-0229 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsHow To Break Up With Your PhoneOn average, British people spend more than 2 hours per day on their phones. That amounts to an entire MONTH on our phones every year - or more - in my case!In this episode, i'm sharing what i've learned from spending my weekends offline (with varying levels of success!) over the past 5 years, in a practice I call #offline48. I'll also be answering the questions I get asked most frequently and i'll be sharing tips and advice if you're keen to join me on an offline weekend. MentionsHow To Break Up...
2023-07-2631 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsThe Housing Crisis, Pollution & Landlords with Kieran Yates Kieran Yates is a London-based journalist, broadcaster and author. Her debut book “All The Houses I’ve Ever Lived In” is part memoir, part social commentary. It’s a love letter to home and community and a vital and timely expose on the UK’s housing crisis.By the age of 25, Kieran had lived in twenty different houses across the country, from council estates in London to car showrooms in rural Wales. Drawing on personal experience, interviews with tenants across the country and the stories behind our interiors, she explores the unexpected ways we can fight b...
2023-07-1948 minAll The Small Things
All The Small Thingsvoicenote: "my best friend works for shell"loads to talk about this week! including going on tv dressed for prom, wasting my time watching The Idol and a listener e-mail which i can't stop thinking about. Take Action Against Big FashionWelcome To WrexhamChampionDecolonising ConservationTan France on the Louis Theroux podcastStop Camboyou can email the show - or send us a voicenote of your own to atstpodcast@gmail.com kind note: this address is for podcast letter contributions onlyThis...
2023-07-1230 minAll The Small Things
All The Small Thingsvoicenote: post-holiday catch up & book recsthis week we're catching up on my trip to France, i'm chatting about the books that i loved reading the places at which i enjoyed eating! i'm also reading out some of your brilliant emails. summer reading listpontochouxjah jahvg patisserieland & monkeysmeet upemail the show or send us a voice note of your own: atstpod@gmail.comThis episode was produced and hosted by Venetia La Manna. It was edited by Nada Smiljanic. The artwork...
2023-07-0524 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsHow To Publish A Book & Summer Reading List with Rachel MillsRachel Mills is a London based literary agent, business owner and entrepreneur. In this episode, we learn about the publishing industry the duty of care it owes memoir writers. Rachel shares her summer reading list and discusses her decision to live a child-free life. I hope you enjoy this episode! Rachel's recommended summer reads:Yellowface by Rebecca F KuangPsychedelics by David NuttBoyslut by Zachary ZaneRomantic Comedy by Curtis SittenfeldImad's Syrian Kitchen by Imad Alarnabemail the show: atstpod@gmail...
2023-06-2834 minAll The Small Things
All The Small Thingsvoicenote: loneliness and friendshipwelcome to the third voice note episode, it's great to have you here.mentions:flex appeal with Anna Whitehouseis wellness just another fashion trend? with Rina Raphaelreal self care by Dr Pooja Lakshminmaintenance phase podcastchanges podcast with Emma Gannonlove, Lizzo documentarythe fast furniture fix on BBC Soundsloneliness awareness week with Marmalade Trustan extra special thank you to my loves Becca and Lottie for sharing their valuable insights with us.
2023-06-1432 minAll The Small Things
All The Small Thingsvoicenote: my first festival of the summerwelcome to the second voice note episode, it's good to have you here.previous ATST episodes mentioned: starting a sustainable business with Josephine Philips transcending the binary with Willow Defebaughhaving children in a climate crisis with Tessa Khan reproductive justice and parental ambivalence with Dr Pragya Agarwal tailor your clothes at the Sojo pop up (or check out their app) if you're not based in London, try your local dry cleaner for alterationsSpice World on Sentimental Garbage Willow Defebaugh's life...
2023-06-0730 minAll The Small Things
All The Small Thingsvoicenote 001: having childrenwelcome to my first solo-cast, in a series we're calling voicenotes. expect recommendations and personal thoughts on specific topics. this doesn't mean the end of the interviews, we're working on them as we go. in this first voicenote episode, i'm talking about having children. email the show: atstpod@gmail.comrecommendations from this episode:Rye LaneI Kissed A Boy (BBC)having children in a climate crisis with Tessa Khanwe are child free podcastembracing a child free life Today In Focus
2023-05-3133 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsHaving Children In A Climate Crisis, Eco Fascism and Fossil Fuels with Tessa KhanSeason finale! Tessa Khan is an international climate change and human rights lawyer, campaigner and strategist. She is the founder and executive director of climate action organisation Uplift who are on a mission to support and energise the movement for a just and fossil fuel-free UK. Tessa spent more than fifteen years supporting grassroots, regional and international movements for justice and has served as an expert advisor to UN human rights bodies and national governments around the world.In this episode, we’re going to be speaking about fossil fuels and climate breakdown and what it means...
2023-02-2845 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsReconnecting To Nature With Poppy OkotchaPoppy Okotcha is a trained horticulturist and regenerative grower, on a mission to inspire people to engage with and connect to the natural world.With her joyful instagram content, poppy teaches people how to grow and forage their own food, whilst living and eating consciously - for personal, community and planetary health. As a young black woman, Poppy also advocates for those who are underrepresented and marginalised in the world of horticulture and environmentalism.A former successful model, in 2016 Poppy began her horticulture studies with the Royal Horticultural Society, and spent time working...
2023-02-2141 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsIs Wellness Just Another Fashion Trend? With Rina RaphaelRina Raphael is a journalist who specialises in health, wellness and tech. She was the health and wellness features writer for the Fast Company and has also contributed to New York Times, LA Times, CBS and NBC News and was previously senior producer and lifestyle editor at The TODAY Show.In her new book The Gospel Of Wellness, Rina balances the good with the bad, taking a deep, nuanced dive into this $4.4 trillion dollar industry, and how it’ s a direct result of gender inequalities and structural sexism within medicine and society.  She is here to hel...
2023-02-1440 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsDecolonising Yoga with Angie TiwariAngie Tiwari is a yoga, meditation and breath work coach specialising in diversity, accessibility and inclusion. Her teachings show how we can incorporate powerful ancient rituals in modern day life. Angie has been listed as one of eight women breaking the bias in sports, fitness and wellness by Women's Health Magazine and her retreats have achieved multiple accolades, including being listed as one of the best in the UK & Ireland by The Times and the best for beginners by Condé Nast Traveller. Angie has collaborated with businesses who want to learn about wellness, diversity and...
2023-02-0748 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsHow To Start A Sustainable Business With Josephine PhilipsJosephine Philips is the CEO of Sojo, a seamless and scalable clothing alterations and repairs app, on a mission to make the fashion industry more circular. Sojo wants to make it easy for everyone to show their clothes the love they deserve and they do this through alteration and repair of clothing, allowing more of us to love our clothes for longer. In this episode, we learn about Jo's path to sustainable fashion, how she raised $2.4 million in pre-seed funding for Sojo, their aims to democratise sustainable fashion, the highs and lows of running your own business and much...
2023-01-3140 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsBuilding A Justice-Led Circular Economy with Liz RickettsLiz Ricketts is an educator, designer and the co-founder of The Or Foundation, a USA and Ghana-based non-profit working at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development.Working within the industry as a designer and stylist, Liz witnessed the toxicity of fashion’s disposable culture firsthand and has since been dedicated to transforming the industry. She holds a Masters in Education from Harvard University. Her upcycled garments have appeared in international magazines, film and TV. Her work as a researcher and advocate for a Justice-Led Circular Economy has been published widely.Useful resources...
2023-01-2445 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsFatphobia and The Push For Size Inclusivity with Marielle ElizabethMarielle Elizabeth is a body activist and writer in the ethical fashion community, who advocates for broader size inclusion and radical body acceptance. Throughout her social media platforms, she shares not only her lived experience as a plus size person, but also the ways in which we can all be striving to be kinder to the skin we’re in.She is also a change-making contributor to Vogue, where she writes brilliantly about issues including but not limited to:"Am I An Ethical Fashion Mean Girl?" and“So Your Body Changed During the...
2023-01-1743 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsDo Ethical Billionaires Exist? with Swatee DeepakSwatee Deepak is a consultant who works with private and public foundations in strategy development and design, with individuals and families of wealth on their redistribution strategies and oversees a portfolio of businesses and start-ups across philanthropy, socially minded businesses and the arts.Together, without our friends Ruby and Devi we co-founded Remember Who Made Them, a campaign and podcast championing a new solidarity economy in fashion. Swatee is a guest lecturer for Columbia University, The London College of Fashion, is on the bench of Stanford University's Global Center for Gender Equality and is a Practitioner...
2023-01-1043 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsNEW SEASON! Transcending Binary Thinking with Willow DefebaughWelcome to a brand new season of All The Small Things! It's a joy to be back.This week, I'm chatting to Willow Defebaugh. Willow is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Atmos, which is a stunning and thought provoking biannual magazine focused on the exploration of climate and culture. Willow writes a weekly newsletter called The Overview which offers a holistic look at life on Earth through the lens of deep ecology. Her work has been featured in V Magazine, L’Officiel USA, Vogue US i-D, The Guardian, Them and the BBC, to name just a fe...
2023-01-0339 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsNatasha Lunn on Love and FriendshipNatasha Lunn is the features director at RED magazine and the creator of a popular and acclaimed bimonthly email newsletter, Conversations on Love.Her Top 10 Sunday Times Best-selling book, also called Conversations On Love, discusses a wide range of themes intimately connected to love. After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, she set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. Natasha turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her own, asking: How do we find love? How do we sustain...
2021-12-2133 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsDr Pragya Agarwal on Reproductive Justice and Parental AmbivalenceDr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist, writer, speaker and a consultant on bias, anti-racism, social inclusion, power and privilege.She is the author of three books, including SWAY: Unravelling Unconscious Bias and ‘Wish we knew what to say: Talking with children about race’, a manual for parents, carers and educators of all backgrounds and ethnicities to talk to children about race and racism.In this episode, we focus on her latest book: (M)otherhood: On the choices of being a woman a hybrid memoir and scientific analysis of women’s fertil...
2021-11-1640 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsVanessa Nakate on Why The Climate Crisis is a Feminist IssueVanessa Nakate is a climate activist from Uganda . She was the First Fridays For Future climate activist in her country and founder of the Rise up Climate Movement, which aims to amplify the voices of activists from Africa. Her brand new book “A Bigger Picture” is part of her fight to bring front line voices to the front page.When it comes to speaking or writing about climate change, voices and stories of people of colour and from the Global South are often omitted, even though these communities often contribute the least to the p...
2021-11-0231 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsMo Gawdat on the Future of AITW: death and grief.Mo Gawdat is a writer and entrepreneur. After a 30 year career in tech and serving as Chief Business Officer at Google [X], Google's 'moonshot factory' of innovation, Mo has made happiness his primary topic of research, diving deeply into literature and conversing on the topic with some of the wisest people in the world. In 2014, motivated by the tragic loss of his son, Ali, Mo began pouring his findings into his international bestselling book, Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy. His mission to help one billion p...
2021-10-2650 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsChloe Asaam on Fashion' Waste CrisisChloe Asaam is a designer, researcher, community organiser and Program/Operations Manager for The OR Foundation.The OR Foundation is an incredible charity and campaign who are raising awareness about the fashion waste crisis, specifically in Ghana’s capital Accra, where 15 million used garments pour into the area every week from the UK, Europe, North America and Australia, flooding the city’s sprawling clothing market.The OR (which stands for choice) work at the intersection of environmental justice, education and fashion development, our mission is to identify and manifest alternatives to the dominant mode...
2021-10-1931 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsTessa Khan on the fight for a fossil fuel free futureTessa Khan is an international climate change and human rights lawyer, campaigner and strategist.She is the founder and director of Uplift, a new organisation helping to move the UK towards a fossil fuel-free future. They strategically resource, connect, and elevate ideas and voices to set in motion a just transition away from fossil fuel production that is in proportion with the scale of the climate crisis. Before this role, she co-founded and is co-director of the Climate Litigation Network, a project of the Urgenda Foundation, which supports groundbreaking strategic climate litigation around the world. 
2021-10-1236 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsGina Martin on Upskirting, Changing The Law & Carceral Feminism[CW: sexual assault] Gina Martin is a campaigner, speaker and writer, best known for founding and running the national campaign to make upskirting illegal and changing English and Welsh law by creating the Voyeurism Act. Three other countries have since followed suit. In 2020, alongside Black plus size model Nyome Nicholas Williams and photographer Alex Cameron, Gina helped change Instagram’s Nudity policy, which previously censored larger Black women’s bodies. Gina’s first book Be The Change, is a practical guide for activists starting out. She’s also an ambassador UN Women UK and advocates for regular p...
2021-10-0540 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsHassan Akkad on the Power of StorytellingHassan Akkad is a photographer, filmmaker and activist. He came to the UK in 2015 after fleeing Damascus after he was tortured by Assad's regime. He documented his journey in the BAFTA award winning documentary “Exodus: Our Journey to Europe and later caught public attention again when he applied to be a cleaner at his local hospital at the start of the COVID 19 pandemic. During his time on the COVID ward, Hassan shared images of his fellow cleaners, porters and cooks on his social media which went viral. Then, when Hassan found out that porters and cleaners working for the NH...
2021-09-2840 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsAja Barber on Overconsumption & Fast Fashion InfluencersWelcome to series 3!Aja Barber is a writer, stylist and consultant whose work deals with the intersections of sustainability and the fashion landscape, building heavily on ideas behind privilege, wealth inequality, racism, feminism and colonialism.Her brand new debut book “Consumed: The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism”, is a blazing polemic against both the exploitation and injustice of the fashion industry and the cynical manipulation of consumer culture as a whole. It’s divided into one learning section and one unlearning section, so by the end, you’ll understand why fashion...
2021-09-2139 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsOlympian Jazmin Sawyers on Periods, Sleep & her Training RegimeJazmin Sawyers (she/her) is a professional long jumper, former bobsledder and singer-songwriter from Stoke. A personal philosophy to say "yes" to as much as possible has taken her to the final of the Rio Olympic Games, Will.I.Am's team on The Voice UK and hosting the red carpet at BBC's Sports Personality of the Year. She is the current British long jump champion and is taking part in the Olympics in Japan this month.Find Jaz on Instagram: @JazminSawyersFind me @VenetiaLaManna and follow the show @ATSTpodcast.This podcast was e...
2021-07-2045 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsTom Rasmussen on the System of Marriage & Redefining LoveTom Rasmussen (they/them) is a Lancaster born, London based writer and singer. When out of drag, they are contributing editor at Dazed Beauty, LOVE Magazine and Refinery29, and a regular contributor to the Independent and i-D. Their work has also been featured in Vice, Broadly, Tank and the Gay Times. In 2018 they were named an LGBT trailblazer by The Dots and one of the voices of now for i-D. Tom also forms half of the radical queer punk band ACM. Their first book, Diary of a Drag Queen, was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2020.
2021-07-1348 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsAshley 'Dotty' Charles on Outrage Culture & Social MediaAshley ‘Dotty’ Charles is a broadcaster and writer from south London. After joining the BBC in 2014 she became the first solo female to host the BBC Radio 1Xtra Breakfast Show in 2016, leading the breakfast show to its highest-ever audience and interviewing everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Will Smith. She has presented TV programmes including BBC One’s music show, ’Sounds Like Friday Night’, and BBC Three’s ’Story of Grime’ documentary series. Dotty is currently the Lead Cultural Curator at Apple Music and the host of Apple Music 1 show The Dotty Show, as well as a Commissioning E...
2021-07-0656 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsOtegha Uwagba on Money, Class & Private School PrivilegeOtegha Uwagba is the author of the Sunday Times Bestselling Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women published in 2017 and Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods in 2020. She is also a speaker, brand consultant and founder of Women Who, a London-based multi-media platform aimed at creative women that operated from 2016 - 2020. She also hosts the culture and ideas podcast In Good Company. Her forthcoming book We Need To Talk About Money - part memoir, part cultural commentary - is published by 4th Estate on 8 July. I gained so much from this book and it will no doubt be...
2021-06-2951 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsCathy Reay on Challenging Perceptions of AccessibilityCathy Reay (she/her) is a writer, editor and disability consultant. She covers disability rights and representation, with a particular interest in the beauty and film industries. She is also a single mother of two and speaks about her life and her experiences on her instagram @ThatSingleMum. There is so much in this conversation. We hear about Cathy's childhood, her advice for her teenage self, we discuss her experience of motherhood, both online and offline. We also talk about what a better future for disabled people would like from a political standpoint, in the media and c...
2021-06-2257 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsParis Lees on her Memoir What It Feels Like For A GirlParis Lees (she/her) is a writer, presenter and the first openly trans person to be a contributing editor for Vogue. Last month, she released her debut book ‘What It Feels Like For A Girl’, an unmissable coming of age memoir, following the story of Byron Lees, growing up on a council estate in a dead-end town in the East Midlands. It’s written in an evocative vernacular style with an utterly immersive depiction of early 2000s culture.The book is not always an easy read as Paris’ adolescence was highly dramatic, with periods of bullying, a trouble...
2021-06-1544 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsMeditation teacher Michael James Wong on Finding PeaceMichael James Wong (he/him) is the founder of Just Breathe and a leading voice in the global movement for modern mindfulness. He is an author, speaker, community leader and meditation teacher who is dedicated to expanding the conversation around the mind and mental health. Michael is internationally recognised for his work in the wellness community as both as an advocate and entrepreneur. He writes books about hope and is the voice behind the Just Breathe meditation app.In his inspiring and beautiful new book 'SENBAZURU, Small Steps For Hope Healing and HappinessMichael shares a personal...
2021-06-0840 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsCandice Brathwaite on Fearless Creative OutputCandice Brathwaite is an author, journalist, TV presenter, and the founder of Make Motherhood Diverse – an online initiative that aims to ensure more people see themselves reflected online. Candice’s new book, Sista Sister, is a compilation of essays about all the things she wishes she'd been told when she was a young Black girl growing up in London. From family and money to Black hair and fashion, as well as relationships between people of different races and colourism. Sista Sister is the follow up to Candice’s debut book, I Am Not Your Baby Mother, which w...
2021-06-0152 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsSeason 1 Finale: Charlie Craggs on true self loveCharlie Craggs (she/her) is an award-winning author, activist and speaker, hailed by Vogue as “the voice of a community”. Charlie is the founder of Nail Transphobia, a conversation-focused national campaign that tackles transphobia through education, empowerment and nail art. She is the author of To My Trans Sisters, an inspirational collection of letters written by successful trans women, sharing the lessons they learnt on their journeys to womanhood, celebrating their achievements and empowering the next generation to become who they truly are. This year, Charlie will be presenting a documentary about trans youth for the BBC. She is also...
2021-04-2740 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsPoorna Bell on Reframing Women’s StrengthCW: brief mention of suicide.Poorna Bell (she/her) is an award-winning journalist, digital editorial expert, three-time author, mental health ambassador and badass power-lifter. This month sees the release of her fantastic new book: “Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women's Strength”. Part memoir, part manifesto, this book starts a conversation about women’s strength and fitness, tapping into the reservoir of mental strength we each have, in a way that has absolutely nothing to do with weight loss. Poorna shares her own story, as well as drawing on research and telling the stories of other women...
2021-04-2047 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsAndria Zafirakou on the Education SystemAndria Zafirakou (she/her) is "the best teacher in the world". Andria is art and textiles teacher at Alperton Community School in Brent, one of the world’s most ethnically diverse places. She has worked her entire teaching career of 15 years at Alperton Community School and is now Associate Deputy Headteacher leading on staff professional development. In 2018, she won $1million when she was crowned “the best teacher in the world” by the Varkey Foundation. Using the prize money awarded by the Global Teacher prize, Andria founded a charity called Artists in Residence (AiR) with an aim to improve arts educat...
2021-04-1341 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsMegan Jayne Crabbe on Diet CultureMegan Jayne Crabbe (she/her), also known as her social media handle ‘BodyPosipanda’ is an eating disorder recovery advocate, unapologetic feminist, and body positivity campaigner. Her number one bestselling debut book Body Positive Power has taught tens of thousands of people how to stop dieting and make peace with their bodies for good.Megan's book: Body Positive PowerFind Megan on Instagram: @BodyPosipandaFind me: @venetialamannaFind the show: @ATSTpodcast Recommendations from this episodeOutraged by Ashley 'Dotty' CharlesThis episode is ki...
2021-04-0647 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsUju Asika on Raising Kind Children in a Prejudiced WorldUju Asika is a multiple award-nominated blogger, digital consultant and the author of the book 'Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World'. This book is for everyone who wants to instil a sense of open-minded inclusivity in their kids, and those who want to discuss difference instead of shying away from tough questions. In it, Uju draws on often shocking personal stories of prejudice along with opinions of experts, influencers and fellow parents to give prescriptive advice making this an invaluable guide. Uju's book: Bringing Up RaceFind U...
2021-03-3035 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsPandora Sykes On Our Complicated Relationship With Getting It 'Right’Pandora Sykes is a writer, journalist and broadcaster. She co-created and co-hosted The High Low which is one of the most loved podcasts out there, and she’s also the host of Doing It Right and The Missing. Last year, she released her debut essay collection, "How Do We Know We Are Doing It Right?" where Pandora interrogates the stories we’ve been sold and the ones we tell ourselves, exploring themes including wellness, faster than fast fashion, millennial burnout and the rise of cancel culture.Pandora’s book: http://bit.ly/3cdyvzzFind Pandor...
2021-03-2342 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsBuddhist Monk Gelong Thubten on Anxiety and MindfulnessGelong Thubten (he/him) is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author. He became a monk 26 years ago at Samye Ling Tibetan Monastery in Scotland, and has spent over six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which was 4 years long. He is now regarded as one of the UK’s most influential meditation teachers, with pioneering work teaching in universities, schools, companies such as Google, hospitals, prisons and rehab centres. He has lectured at Oxford University and for the United Nations, and he provides courses to medical students, doctors and nurses. He trained Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Sw...
2021-03-1649 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsLuvvie Ajayi Jones On Being “Too Political”Luvvie Ajayi Jones (she/her) is an award-winning author, speaker and ‘professional troublemaker’. Luvvie thrives at the intersection of comedy, media and justice. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller “I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual” and she is the co- founder of the global movement #SharetheMicNow. Her TED Talk ‘Get comfortable with being uncomfortable’ has had over 5 million views.Her new book “The Fear-Fighter Manual, Lessons from a Professional Troublemaker” is a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear and step into lives, careers and legacies that go beyond even our wildest dreams...
2021-03-0941 minAll The Small Things
All The Small ThingsRina Sawayama On Changing BRIT Awards PolicyRina Sawayama (she/her) is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and one of the most exciting artists to break through from last year. Born in Japan and raised in London, Rina’s music confronts the issues of identity and conflict with a wild blend of nineties and early noughties influences - everything from Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera to Lady Gaga and Gwen Stefani, to Evanescence and Limp Bizkit. Rina’s been singing since she was little, but took her first official steps into the music world by joining a hip-hop group at school with Wolf Alice’s Theo El...
2021-03-0247 min