Off Point Podcast
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago -Off Point is a podcast by Les Steed and Marlon White, two young men from very different British backgrounds. We are in our 30s and life is not what we thought it would be.
It is a starkly open and honest series of discussions about our experiences getting to where we are in life, from relationships to employment; to coping with mental health, to the way society has changed and how it has changed us.
With occasional visits from people we know and love who are going through similar experiences.
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Episodes
S3 Ep4: Maia Watkins on her acting and creative career whilst healing from a hemorrhage
April 10, 2024 11:00 - 2 hours - 127 MBActress Maia Watkins opens up about what it's like to experience and survive her brain hemorrhage, and how her recovery, holistic healing through Reiki and her Rastafarian culture has shaped her art, poetry, values and ambitions. She also told us what it's like to star in a German snickers ad with Klopp!
S3 Ep3: Spoken Word with Curly Wordy
March 25, 2024 12:00 - 3 hours - 169 MBWe got to speak with East London's very own cockney poet, writer and journalist Curly Wordy about her experience growing up in East London in the 80's, her journey through every form of writing - from journalist, to teacher, to poet - the strength and empowerment she gets from it, and everything that makes the world worth writing about. #poet #poetry #curlywordy #spokenword #art #journalism
S3 Ep2: Do you want to develop an app? With Taiwo Omisore
December 15, 2023 14:58 - 1 hour - 99.2 MBAward-winning game developer, Taiwo Omisore is back to talk about how he developed his Top 10 iStore game Taiword, getting featured in the papers, drinking, advertising in the gaming industry, consoles vs phones, creative processes, and some more tech tips
S3 Ep1: Being a Surgeon with ADHD with Holly
December 15, 2023 11:37 - 1 hour - 103 MBOur guest, Holly, is one of the UK’s very few NHS surgeons with ADHD. She tells us what led to her late diagnosis, how she manages her ADHD during her intense training and career and the extreme demands of the job, discrimination, support, and her adventures in urology.
Season 2 Ep10. Trust
March 23, 2022 07:09 - 50 minutes - 91.9 MBAfter someone unceremoniously dumped Les (by text!) there were a few things he wanted to get off his chest. This episode accidentally came about from a discussion we were having off camera at the time, but quickly got deeper into our personal trust issues and how that’s shaped our lives and attitudes as we’ve grown up.
Season 2 Ep9. Buying our first home
March 23, 2022 07:08 - 42 minutes - 77.7 MBWe recorded this the day before Les moved into his first ever home after five months of waiting for solicitors to pull their shit together. He literally went home and packed his van after we wrapped. Since then it’s been mayhem, but buying a place is a nightmare all the way through. Marlon talks about what it’s like buying as a newly-wed couple in London, and we have a laugh and a bitch about the ordeal that most first time buyers are subjected to just to set up roots.
Season 2 Ep8. Living abroad
March 23, 2022 07:07 - 36 minutes - 66.6 MBMarlon spent two years growing up in Jamaica as a local, while Les was living the expat dream in Malaysia at the same time. We’ve found we had quite a lot of surprising experiences in common from our time away, like how it feels when you go home and “sound weird”, but there were some pretty shocking differences too. Anyone who’s been away from home for a little while will find something in here for them.
Season 2 Ep7. Marriage
March 23, 2022 07:06 - 42 minutes - 77.1 MBFollowing on from Ep 6, and guest starring a camera shy Mrs White who was absolutely not tied to her chair, Les takes the pair to task over what it’s like to organise and go through with a wedding. From nightmare rip offs and keeping in step with a government that keeps changing the rules, to how it feels to finally tie the knot and live with eachother, we go through it all. The couple has since bought their first place together, which also happens to be our studio! --- Support this podcas...
Season 2 Ep7. Marriage Featuring the Mrs
March 23, 2022 07:06 - 42 minutes - 77.1 MBFollowing on from Ep 6, and guest starring a camera shy Mrs White who was absolutely not tied to her chair, Les takes the pair to task over what it’s like to organise and go through with a wedding. From nightmare rip offs and keeping in step with a government that keeps changing the rules, to how it feels to finally tie the knot and live with eachother, we go through it all. The couple has since bought their first place together, which also happens to be our studio!
Season 2 Ep6. Proposing
March 23, 2022 07:05 - 31 minutes - 58.4 MBHaving found a woman who will tolerate him, Marlon made a wise move and put a ring on it. He tells his story and what a pain in the arse all that secret organising is, while Les does his best not to bring up lost loves
Season 2 Ep5. Tech with Taiwo Omisore
March 23, 2022 07:04 - 1 hour - 142 MBStarring the ever so cool Taiwo Omisore (Tai), who you may recognise from Apple’s Black History Month this year, we talk tech in the world’s deepest voices. From a little hobby to a profitable business, Taiwo came up the hard way. He talks about his experience developing some of the top apps on the app store and what it takes to be a tech entrepreneur. We also struggled to open a carton of juice between us. He also fixed Marlon’s oven after we wrapped!
Season 2 Ep4. Living with ADHD, with our special guest, Willow
March 23, 2022 07:03 - 1 hour - 173 MBA topic true to Les’ heart because it affects him every day (see www.additudemag.com/author/les-steed/ for details), we have our first guest, Willow, who tells us about what it’s like to be an ADHD woman too. With helpful prompts from our resident professional psychologist, Mrs White (Marlon’s wife - he’s punching), to keep us on track, we talk about the emotional side of being neurodiverse, the pros and cons of the condition and how it affects our work, life, love and a few bits on what it’s...
Season 2 Ep3. Alcohol
March 23, 2022 07:02 - 22 minutes - 42 MBBrits are heavy drinkers at the best of times - Marlon got a little carried away and talks about going t-total to an increasingly inebriated Les. We talk about drink culture, our relationships with alcohol, and how it affects us and the people around us for better and for worse. Also a clip from this episode actually helped get Les a job somehow!
Season 2 Ep2. Dating in your 30s
March 23, 2022 07:01 - 37 minutes - 68.9 MBCan’t go wrong with a classic - it’s a minefield out there and after a year of doing his best with dating, Les has all but given up, but found a girl at last … who then dumped him just as we wrapped. From dates so dry he had to start talking about his childhood to keep the conversation going, to an oxford educated psychologist who didn’t clock that he had ADHD in spite of telling him to slow his speech down for 5 gruelling hours, to accidentally being “that guy” on a date, to online dating bu...
Season 2 Ep1. What happened to us?!
March 23, 2022 07:00 - 17 minutes - 31.3 MBA quick catch up on what we’ve been up to and what’s in store. While we reviewed our last season for better ideas Marlon had the audacity to get married, and Les founded a company and moved house three times. We’ve also got a few more stories to tell from the months since Season 1. Now with better quality everything after Marlon invested in production, and Les actually sat down and wrote something for once, we hope you enjoy our new, shorter, more guesty season.
We are Back Season 2 out on 23rd March!
March 15, 2022 16:59 - 7 minutes - 7.23 MBWhile recording some promo for season 2, we accidentally recorded another episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support
We Are Back. Season 2 Out Now!
March 15, 2022 16:59 - 7 minutes - 6.63 MBWhile recording some promo for season 2, we accidentally recorded another episode.
Getting Stabbed in University story time.
October 17, 2021 21:23 - 18 minutes - 33.2 MBMarlon tells a story about the time someone pulled a knife on him and his friends in University.
Episode 22.Expired Friendships
October 13, 2021 13:32 - 50 minutes - 47.2 MBA chat about how people disappear from your life as you get older. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-podcast/support
Happy New Year! featuring Dr. Lu
January 01, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 38.2 MBA bonus episode containing a New years segment recored last January before the pandemic. in this episode Dr. Lu makes a special appearance and discusses new years resolutions with Les and Marlon.
Episode 21.Random Debates (Season Finale Part 2)
August 14, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 155 MBIn this episode we try something different, instead of discussing a long topic. We have a series of mini Random debates.
Episode 22.Random Debates (Season Finale Part 2)
August 14, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 76 MBIn this episode we try something different, instead of discussing a long topic. We have a series of mini Random debates. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support
Episode 22.Random Debates (Season Finale Part 1)
August 06, 2020 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBIn this episode we try something different, instead of discussing a long topic. We have a series of mini Random debates. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support
Episode 21.Random Debates (Season Finale Part 1)
August 06, 2020 09:00 - 45 minutes - 87.3 MBIn this episode we try something different, instead of discussing a long topic. We have a series of mini Random debates.
Leaving School with no Qualifications! (Off Point@Marlon Podcast)
July 27, 2020 19:13 - 10 minutes - 21.3 MBMarlon talks about how he failed all of his exams and left school with no qualifications. He talks about how he was able to turn that situation around and how he ended up going to a top 40 University.
Growing up a Fat Kid (Off Point@Marlon Podcast)
July 27, 2020 19:10 - 24 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode Marlon talks about his weight issues and the difficulties he has faced trying to diet and live a healthy lifestyle. He also goes in depth about various different diets such as the ketogenic diet.
Off Point@Marlon Podcast Snippet
July 26, 2020 16:42 - 8 minutes - 17.9 MBA snippet from the Off Point@Marlon Podcast that is coming soon. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support
Episode 21.Expired Friendships
July 23, 2020 11:30 - 50 minutes - 47.2 MBA chat about how people disappear from your life as you get older. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/off-point-at-30-podcast/support
Episode 20. Does it matter where you are in your life compared to your friends?
July 16, 2020 11:30 - 51 minutes - 93.1 MBA chat about how comparing yourself to other people can lead to a sense of being behind in your own life. Should we get our ideas of what success looks like from other people? Or is success relative to your own journey and expectations?
Episode 19.Can you be friends with the opposite sex.
July 09, 2020 11:39 - 54 minutes - 104 MBA chat about if men and women can have a platonic relationship.
Episode 18. Feeling stuck in your career.
July 02, 2020 11:30 - 47 minutes - 86.7 MBA chat about our careers and the transitions that we would like to make in the future.
Episode 17. Moving out of your parents home.
June 25, 2020 11:30 - 46 minutes - 89.2 MBA chat about the process involved in flying the nest and challenges you face.
Episode 16. Turning a negative into a positive
June 18, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutes - 86.2 MBA chat about how we have turned negative situations in our life's into a positive situation.
Episode 15. Realising that you are starting to age.
June 11, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 81.6 MBA chat about the times in life where you realise you're getting old.
Episode 14. What we wish we had known at age 20.
June 04, 2020 13:21 - 1 hour - 157 MBA discussion about what we wish we had known 10 years ago when we were aged 20 and what advice we would now give our younger selves!
Episode 13. Health Featuring Dr. Lu
May 27, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBA discussion about our physical health and the benefits of the ketogenic diet. Plus a snippet from the Off Point @Marlon podcast. This episode is not intended to give medical advice.if you have a health concern please speak to your doctor.
Episode 13. Health Featuring Dr. Lu
May 27, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBA discussion about our physical health and the benefits of the ketogenic diet. Plus a snippet from the Off Point @Marlon podcast. This episode is not intended to give medical advice.if you have a health concern please speak to your doctor.
Episode 12. Money Management.
May 20, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 211 MBA discussion about bad money management in your early 20s, and how to develop good financial practices in the build up to your 30s.
Episode 11. Supermarket Shopping!
May 13, 2020 12:00 - 29 minutes - 67.8 MBA discussion about the difficulties supermarket shopping with Adult ADHD.
Episode 10.Biracial Relationships!
May 06, 2020 11:49 - 1 hour - 139 MBA discussion about dating people from different races and learning about other cultures.
Episode 9. Moving in with your Girlfriend
April 23, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 156 MBA discussion about the positives and negatives of living with your significant other. Learning about each others habits and do's and don'ts
Episode 8. Social Distancing!
April 16, 2020 09:00 - 58 minutes - 135 MBA dIscussion about how we are coping during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Episode 7. Happy 30th Birthday......Why God Why?
April 06, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 119 MBA discussion about how it feels to turn 30 and whether or not we have achieved everything we wanted to at this age.
Episode 6. How Behaviour Changes Part 2
April 02, 2020 11:31 - 1 hour - 151 MBHow behaviours change as you transition through adulthood.
Episode 6. Behavioural Changes!
March 26, 2020 12:30 - 1 hour - 138 MBHow behaviours change as you transition through adulthood.
Episode 5. Modern Dating Part 2
March 19, 2020 12:14 - 54 minutes - 125 MBA discussion about modern dating and the issues caused by social media.
Episode 5. Me Too Culture Part 1
March 11, 2020 12:04 - 56 minutes - 129 MBMe too and that affected us growing up.A discussion about how society allowed monsters like Harvey Weinstein and R Kelly to get away with their crimes for so long.
Episode 4. My Name is My Name..........or is it?
March 05, 2020 12:15 - 45 minutes - 105 MBA discussion about how your name forms apart of your personality.How people with certain names are treated differently.
Episode 3.Mental Health, Anxiety and Depression Part 2
February 27, 2020 12:32 - 54 minutes - 125 MBA discussion about living with Adult Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the medication involved.How we both suffer with anxiety and forms of depressions.
Episode 3.Mental Health, Anxiety and Depression Part 2!
February 27, 2020 12:32 - 54 minutes - 125 MBA discussion about living with Adult Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the medication involved.How we both suffer with anxiety and forms of depressions.