The Rob Smith Podcast - All Bases Covered
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Award winning broadcaster and journalist Rob Smith talks with inspiring, successful, creative people to find out what makes them tick, and how they came to be the person that they are today.
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Paul Whitfield of Wildwood Trust
December 20, 2022 08:50 - 46 minutes - 85.7 MBFor this episode of All Bases Covered, we continue the environmental theme, as I engage in a thoroughly entertaining conversation with Paul Whitfield, Director General of the Wildwood Trust. Wildwood is well known in East Kent, a unique wild animal park that specialises in native British species, which is open to the public to visit, but also has heavyweight success in breeding and reintroducing species such as red squirrel, dormice, pine marten and beaver. But the project that has really hi...
Jatin Patel, fashion designer
November 16, 2022 17:57 - 49 minutes - 90.5 MBMy latest conversation is with Jatin Patel – one of the UK’s hottest fashion designers, and its amazing. Based in Rochester in Medway in Kent, his bespoke clothing label Kalika's Armour www.kalikasarmour.com is worn by some of the UK’s wealthiest people and top models. He’s British Indian, his parents came to the UK from the Gujurat in the 1960s – and our conversation took place the day after Rishi Sunak became the UK’s first non-white political leader, a really significant moment whatever y...
Evan Bowen-Jones, Kent Wildlife Trust
November 07, 2022 19:28 - 46 minutes - 84.2 MBA conversation with Evan Bowen-Jones, CEO of the Kent Wildlife Trust recorded at Tyland Barn on the 7th November 2022. Its an extensive ramble of a conversation, starting with the fact that global leaders are gathering for COP27 in Egypt to talk about climate change amid concerns that it may already be too late for the world to reduce CO2 emissions enough to meet the 1.5c target by 2050. We talk about Wilding and Rewilding and the difference between the two, and the release of wild bison in...
Sophie Astin (and Douglas Adams)
August 24, 2022 17:44 - 30 minutes - 55.1 MBEver heard of the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy? Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency? Last Chance to See? All hugely successful and influential works by the legendary author, futurist, environmental campaigner and procrastinator Douglas Adams. In this episode award winning broadcaster Rob Smith chats with Sophie Astin, who was PA to Douglas Adams for over 5 years, until his tragic, sudden, unexpected death at the age of just 49 from a massive heart attack in 2001. This is the first ti...
Amanda Redman
June 25, 2021 14:13 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBAmanda Redman is a hugely successful businesswoman based in Tonbridge in Kent - who also happens to be a hugely successful mum. When she was a little girl she wanted to ab an astronaut. But that doesn't mean she is in any way disappointed at the way things have turned out. She's just written a book, Dare to be Fair - looking at why women's long term financial prospects are often less rosy than those of men - and what to do about it. She is also great fun to spend some time with. Hosted o...
Matthew Russell
December 24, 2020 11:06 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBMy guest this episode is Matthew Russell – a successful businessman and distillery owner based in Kent – his latest project has been the creation of the Copper Rivet Distillery in Chatham, from scratch, in a former dockyard building, the amazing Pumphouse Number Five – and extraordinary bit of Victorian architecture sat right next to the River Medway – where they make gin, whisky and vodka using all locally sourced ingredients. But he has a really interesting backstory – academically awful...
Mark Quinn
December 08, 2020 20:30 - 45 minutes - 104 MBRob Smith talks with successful and inspiring people from the worlds of Business Arts Science Environment Sport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.