Couch Kicker Podcast
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -You are addicted to your couch. Kick the habit, do more, and improve your physical & mental well-being. Listen to conversations with guests who have pushed themselves further & be inspired.
Hosted by Jan Smolaga, a self confessed lazy man who has spent the last decade working on adventure travel and challenge events.
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Episodes
BARNEY FARMER - Couch Kicker Episode #8
March 08, 2021 17:52 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBBarney Farmer is a writer, raconteur, pessimist, sceptic and aspirant public scourge from the North West of England. His work has featured in the pages of Viz magazine for two decades. He’s two published novels, with a third on the way later this year, plus a stage adaptation of his first novel, Drunken Baker. For me, Viz magazine has shaped my sense of humour more than, I think anything else, and I’ve been a big fan of Barney’s writing for a while. I messed up big time when we started the...
JOHN SULLIVAN - Couch Kicker Episode #7
February 19, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 174 MBJohn Sullivan is a former Royal Marines commando and founder of Elite Survival training. John’s worked in some of the most challenging environments around the world, from the arctic to the desert & jungle. That experience has seen him consult for some of the most popular survival and outdoors shows on TV, including The Island. He runs survival courses in the UK and overseas for individuals, companies and charities. He’s a super interesting guy, and also has one of the most unexpected hobbies...
ROB COLEMAN - Couch Kicker Episode #6
November 26, 2020 21:45 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBRob Coleman is a stand up comedian and world record-breaking rower. A comedian with a penchant for endurance sports, Rob has run a sub 3 hour marathon, and also rowed the Atlantic as part of the Talisker whiskey Atlantic Challenge. It was on this row that his team broke the world record for the fastest crossing in a pure class boat. In this conversation, we discuss his record breaking row, the impact of the pandemic on the events sector, and what he has planned next. Rob's Website: http://w...
Welcome to the Couch Kicker Podcast
November 24, 2020 17:21 - 1 minute - 1.89 MBDespite spending the last decade working on adventure travel and challenge events, Jan Smolaga is a lazy man. He has a bad habit. A couch habit. Nights spent binging boxsets and wearing out a backside-shaped groove on the sofa cushion. This is a podcast about kicking that couch habit. Listen to conversations with guests who have pushed themselves further. Be inspired to kick your couch and improve your physical & mental wellbeing.
HARJ CHEEMA - Couch Kicker Episode #5
October 29, 2020 23:03 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBIn 2016, Harj Cheema was a full-time salesperson, retired comedian, and hated running. Following some career challenges, he took the chance to do a Spartan race at 3 weeks notice and has since run 9, set up his own business, and is back on the comedy circuit with a sold-out solo show, Chicken Fried Dreams, at the London Museum of Comedy in April 2021. https://www.instagram.com/harjcheems https://museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com/shows/873609334 Couch Kicker brings you conversations wi...
CABBIES DO KILIMANJARO - Couch Kicker Episode #4
October 10, 2020 21:37 - 1 hour - 128 MBDaren Parr and John Dilane are two London taxi drivers who came together with an ambition to lose weight, get fit, and climb Africa's highest mountain. They successfully summitted Kilimanjaro in 2019, raising tens of thousands of pounds for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. Daren & John have brought together a new team of London taxi drivers, and in 2021, will return to Kilimanjaro once again. We discuss why they took this challenge on, what it's like to climb Kilimanjaro, and how the...
MARTIN MOR - Couch Kicker Episode #3
October 04, 2020 20:07 - 1 hour - 107 MBMartin Mor is the Adventure Comedian. A successful circus performer and stand up comedian, Martin has performed comedy around the world, from the Hammersmith Apollo to an Italian prison. In April 2016 Martin was part of a team that set the world record for the highest altitude comedy show by performing at 5,300m/17,600ft at Mount Everest basecamp. It’s a good one! In this episode we talk about his early career as a performer, why being active is his downtime, and how the pandemic has cre...
JOY FRANCE - Couch Kicker Episode #2
September 23, 2020 07:32 - 1 hour - 80 MBJoy France is a retired teacher, who followed a series of coincidences into performing slam poetry. At the age of 60, she set herself a challenge of doing 60 new things. This took her on an unlikely journey from slam poetry to the world of competitive battle rap – going up against some of the best battle rappers not just in the UK, but from around the world. She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, appeared in a TV ad for Nationwide, and delivered a TedX talk about her experiences as the B...
DEAN STOTT - Couch Kicker Episode #1
September 16, 2020 18:29 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBDean Stott is a former British Special Forces Soldier who left the military after suffering a severe knee injury in a parachuting accident in 2011. He then established a distinguished career in the private security sector; he was renowned for his willing to take on any job, no matter how dangerous. In 2018, Dean completed the 14,000 mile Pan American Highway route from Argentina to Alaska by bike, gaining two world records and raising an incredible amount of money for charity in the process....