The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius
391 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating"If you tell your Story 'out loud' then you're much more likely to LIVE it out loud" and that's what this show is for: To help you to tell your Story - 'get it out there' - and reach a large global audience as you do so. It's the Storytelling Show in which I invite movers, makers, shakers, mavericks, influencers and also personal heroes into a 'Clearing' (or 'serious happy place') of my Guest's choosing, to all share with us their stories of 'Distinction & Genius'. Think "Desert Island Discs" but in a 'Clearing' and with Stories rather than Music. Cutting through the noise of other podcasts, this is the storytelling show with the squirrels & the tree, from "MojoCoach", Facilitator & Motivational Comedian Chris Grimes. With some lovely juicy Storytelling metaphors to enjoy along the way: A Clearing, a Tree, a lovely juicy Storytelling exercise called '5-4-3-2-1', some Alchemy, some Gold, a couple of random Squirrels, a cheeky bit of Shakespeare, a Golden Baton and a Cake! So it's all to play for! "Being in 'The Good listening To Show' is like having a 'Day Spa' for your Brain!" So - let's cut through the noise and get listening! Show website: https://www.thegoodlisteningtoshow.com See also www.secondcurve.uk + www.instantwit.co.uk + www.chrisgrimes.uk Twitter/Instagram @thatchrisgrimes
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149 Dan Tsu from Lyrix Organix: Event Producer Extraordinaire & Curator of Legendary 'Rum Shack' Venue at Glastonbury Festival, Working With The Likes of Ed Sheeran, Akala & Kate Tempest
April 17, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBDelighted to welcome legendary Event Producer & Creative Director Dan Tsu to 'The Clearing'. Dan was passed the "Golden Baton" to be here in the 'Clearing' by Performance Poet Toby Thompson. Dan is an Event Producer, Live Promoter, International Facilitator & Teacher of Event Management. Co-founder of the infamous Glastonbury Festival venue "Rum Shack", he has being hosting innovative and independent live shows for the last 15 years. Dan holds a reputation for championing and collabora...
149 Dan Tsu from Lyrix Organix: Event Producer Extraordinaire & Curator of Legendary 'Rum Shack' Venue at Glastonbury Festival, Giving Ed Sheeran His 1st Ever Glasto Gig!
April 17, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBDelighted to welcome legendary Event Producer & Creative Director Dan Tsu to 'The Clearing'. Dan was passed the "Golden Baton" by Performance Poet Toby Thompson. Dan teaches Event Management at BIMM Institute London. He is an Event Producer, Live Promoter & international facilitator. Co-founder of infamous Glastonbury Festival venue Rum Shack, he has hosted innovative and independent live shows for 15 years. Dan holds a reputation for championing and collaborating with young talent, working...
148 Steve Cole Prolific Children's Author ("Young Bond”; “Dr Who” & "Astrosaurs") on Prevarication as a Superpower Despite 150 Titles To His Name!
April 11, 2023 12:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBDelighted to welcome prolific Children's Author & Editor Steve Cole to The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing' for his story of Distinction & Genius. With over 150 titles and book series to his name including the hugely successful UK Children's Books Top 10 list "Astrosaurs" and also "Young Bond", as the natural successor to Charlie Higson as invited by the Ian Fleming Foundation to continue the series: "The name's Cole - Steve Cole" (see what I'm doing there?!) With lovely Oliver Postgate...
James Hogg: Ghost Writer & Biographer of Comedy Legends Ernie Wise, Brian Blessed, Bernard Cribbins, Richard Bryers & Kenny Everett
March 27, 2023 16:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBDelighted to be welcoming the very talented Ghost writer & Biographer James Hogg to The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius I first came across James via his wonderful Twitter feed. And he's also a look-a-likey(I think!) of another very talented chap called Sean Connolly James Hogg is a biographer, ghostwriter and collaborator who specialises in sport and entertainment. Born in the Yorkshire Dales, he began his writing career whilst working for the Yorkshire County Cr...
James Hogg: Ghost Writer & Biographer of Comedy Legends Ernie Wise, Brian Blessed, Richard Bryers & Kenny Everett
March 27, 2023 16:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBDelighted to be welcoming the very talented Ghost writer & Biographer James Hogg to The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius I first came across James via his wonderful Twitter feed. And he's also a look-a-likey(I think!) of another very talented chap called Sean Connolly James Hogg is a biographer, ghostwriter and collaborator who specialises in sport and entertainment. Born in the Yorkshire Dales, he began his writing career whilst working for the Yorkshire County Cr...
147 James Hogg: Ghost Writer & Biographer of Comedy Legends Ernie Wise, Brian Blessed, Richard Bryers & Kenny Everett
March 27, 2023 16:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBDelighted to be welcoming the very talented Ghost writer & Biographer James Hogg to The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius I first came across James via his wonderful Twitter feed @JamesAHogg2 James Hogg is a biographer, ghostwriter and collaborator who specialises in sport and entertainment. Born in the Yorkshire Dales, he began his writing career whilst working for the Yorkshire County Cricket Club where he spent several years masquerading as the club’s Commercial...
146 Toby Thompson Performance Poet: Lyrical, Beguiling, Rhythmic & Musical. Creator of Award Winning Theatre Piece "I Wish I Was A Mountain"
March 12, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBPlease welcome to 'The Clearing' Performance Poet Toby Thompson. Toby was passed the 'Golden Baton' to be my Guest by Egg Theatre Director Kate Cross MBE, who I interviewed recently for "The Good Listening To Show" LIVE at the Theatre Royal Bath. Toby is a thoughtful, thought-provoking & enigmatic 'observer' of life, with a unique cadence and a silky tone. His poetry displays his delight in life's uncertainties & ambiguities. His uniquely rhythmic and musical style is lyrical, beguiling, ...
145 Robin Ince: BiblioManiac, Comedian & Broadcaster LIVE from The Slapstick Festival, Bristol Old Vic
February 24, 2023 14:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBLayer upon layer, story upon story. Seldom has so much been packed into a conversation as is packed into this one here with Robin Ince. Occasionally it unravels briefly but mostly it is an exhilarating roller coaster ride of ideas and opinions and tributes to people, who may be famous or otherwise. What they have in common is the individual impression they have made on the impressionable mind of Robin Ince. He is an ‘open book’, who confesses to having had a ‘noisy head’ all his life. On...
145 Robin Ince BiblioManiac, Comedian & Broadcaster LIVE from The Slapstick Festival, Bristol Old Vic
February 24, 2023 14:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBLayer upon layer, story upon story. Seldom has so much been packed into a conversation as is packed into this one here with Robin Ince. Occasionally it unravels briefly but mostly it is an exhilarating roller coaster ride of ideas and opinions and tributes to people, who may be famous or otherwise. What they have in common is the individual impression they have made on the impressionable mind of Robin Ince. He is an ‘open book’, who confesses to having had a ‘noisy head’ all his life. On...
Robin Ince BiblioManiac, Comedian & Broadcaster LIVE from The Slapstick Festival, Bristol Old Vic
February 24, 2023 14:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBLayer upon layer, story upon story. Seldom has so much been packed into a conversation as is packed into this one here with Robin Ince. Occasionally it unravels briefly but mostly it is an exhilarating roller coaster ride of ideas and opinions and tributes to people, who may be famous or otherwise. What they have in common is the individual impression they have made on the impressionable mind of Robin Ince. He is an ‘open book’, who confesses to having had a ‘noisy head’ all his life. On...
144 Actor Cal MacAninch: Atlantic Rowing Superhero & Legend, on the profound lessons-learned from rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
February 17, 2023 18:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBProud and delighted to welcome BACK for a second row past - with the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean for his 'Clearing', Scottish Actor Cal MacAninch, here to describe his Epic Quest and the profound lessons-learned from having just rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in a Crew of 5, as part of "Atlantic Body & Soul" for the Talisker Whisker Atlantic Challenge. A story of Distinction & Genius indeed: Massive waves, sleep deprivation, pain, flying fish and hallucinations akimbo to nam...
Actor Cal MacAninch: Atlantic Rowing Superhero & Legend, on the profound lessons-learned from rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
February 17, 2023 18:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBProud and delighted to welcome BACK for a second row past - with the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean for his 'Clearing', Scottish Actor Cal MacAninch, here to describe his Epic Quest and the profound lessons-learned from having just rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in a Crew of 5, as part of "Atlantic Body & Soul" for the Talisker Whisker Atlantic Challenge. A story of Distinction & Genius indeed: Massive waves, sleep deprivation, pain, flying fish and hallucinations akimbo to nam...
Kate Cross (MBE) Egg Theatre Director & The Curator of The Egg in the inaugural "Good Listening To Show" LIVE recorded at Theatre Royal Bath
February 17, 2023 16:00 - 57 minutes - 39.9 MBLadies n' Genminminmin (er, min...) please welcome Kate Cross (MBE) Director of The Egg Theatre at Bath Theatre Royal in the inaugural 'History in the Making' 1st ever LIVE Theatre Show recording of "The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius" with simultaneous streaming to Facebook & YouTube. Behind every smile, there’s a story! Kate Cross was awarded her MBE for services to Children’s Theatre at the Egg in Bath. The same stage that presented an award-winning production of...
143 Kate Cross (MBE) Egg Theatre Director & The Curator of The Egg in the inaugural "Good Listening To Show" LIVE recorded at Theatre Royal Bath
February 17, 2023 16:00 - 57 minutes - 39.9 MBLadies n' Genminminmin (er, min...) please welcome Kate Cross (MBE) Director of The Egg Theatre at Bath Theatre Royal in the inaugural 'History in the Making' 1st ever LIVE Theatre Show recording of "The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius" with simultaneous streaming to Facebook & YouTube. Behind every smile, there’s a story! Kate Cross was awarded her MBE for services to Children’s Theatre at the Egg in Bath. The same stage that presented an award-winning production of...
Pantomime Legend, Actor & Improviser Jon Monie: On All Things Wishee-Washee & Being Jon Monie in 'Stories of Distinction' LIVE from The Egg Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath
February 14, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBIn the second experiment of "The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius" going LIVE as a Theatre Show, please welcome Theatre Royal Bath Pantomime legend Jon Monie, who joined me in front of a live audience, complete with Q&A and simultaneous streaming as we recorded to Facebook & YouTube. Jon is an award-winning actor and writer. He is also a regular improviser in INSTANT WIT and an occasional table! Monie by name but certainly not moany by nature. Jon claims to have inh...
142 Pantomime Legend, Actor & Improviser Jon Monie: On All Things Wishee-Washee & Being Jon Monie in 'Stories of Distinction' LIVE from The Egg Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath
February 14, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBIn the second experiment of "The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius" going LIVE as a Theatre Show, please welcome Theatre Royal Bath Pantomime legend Jon Monie, who joined me in front of a live audience, complete with Q&A and simultaneous streaming as we recorded to Facebook & YouTube. Jon is an award-winning actor and writer. He is also a regular improviser in INSTANT WIT and an occasional table! Monie by name but certainly not moany by nature. Jon claims to have inh...
Pantomime Legend, Actor & Improviser Jon Monie: On All Things Wishee-Washee & Being Jon Monie in 'Stories of Distinction' LIVE from The Egg Theatre, Bath Theatre Royal
February 14, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBIn the second experiment of "The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius" going LIVE as a Theatre Show, please welcome Theatre Royal Bath Pantomime legend Jon Monie, who joined me in front of a live audience, complete with Q&A and simultaneous streaming as we recorded to Facebook & YouTube. Jon is an award-winning actor and writer. He is also a regular improviser in INSTANT WIT and an occasional table! Monie by name but certainly not moany by nature. Jon claims to have inh...
A Life in Miniature! Montana Heoron, Head of Brand at Hornby Hobbies, To Tell Us All About Exciting TV Times Ahead, With Series 2 of "Hornby: A Model World"
February 07, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBFull steam ahead! Ladies n' Genminminminmin (er, min...) please welcome the delightful Montana Hoeren, Head of Brand at Hornby Hobbies, to tell us all about exciting new TV Times coming down the track, with the launch of Series 2 of the ever popular TV Series "Hornby: A Model World" Hornby's story of "Distinction & Genius" has been bringing pleasure and delight to families everywhere for generations, spanning an extraordinary 120 year history which all began in Liverpool with Hornby's grea...
141 A Life in Miniature! Montana Heoron, Head of Brand at Hornby Hobbies, To Tell Us All About Exciting TV Times Ahead, With Series 2 of "Hornby: A Model World"
February 07, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBFull steam ahead! Ladies n' Genminminminmin (er, min...) please welcome the delightful Montana Hoeren, Head of Brand at Hornby Hobbies, to tell us all about exciting new TV Times coming down the track, with the launch of Series 2 of the ever popular TV Series "Hornby: A Model World" Hornby's story of "Distinction & Genius" has been bringing pleasure and delight to families everywhere for generations, spanning an extraordinary 120 year history which all began in Liverpool with Hornby's grea...
140 Saikat Ahamed UK Based Actor, Storyteller & Bangladeshi 'Tinkerbell of Joy' in a Pink Tu-Tu!
January 23, 2023 17:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBDelighted to welcome the playful, warm & wonderful natural Storyteller Saikat Ahamed to The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius, recorded as Facebook LIVE (click on the Group link above to watch) The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius The adventure continues! Saikat Ahamed is a UK based Actor, writer & poet of Bangladeshi descent based in Bristol. He has just finished a 6 month stint in the London West End Production of "Life of Pi" and locally, here...
139 Roger Black (MBE) British Olympic Athletics Legend with Sage Advice On Health, Happiness & The Relay Race/Marathon of Life!
January 21, 2023 08:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBLadies n' Genminminminmin (er, min...) absolutely thrilled & delighted to welcome UK Athletics Legend & Champion Roger Black MBE to the Good Listening To Show, for a classic bit of comedy & synergy! Allow me to explain! Literally 2 days after I had had the idea of "passing the Golden Baton" within my podcast structure, I had Roger Black in my Clearing, where I could award him AT LAST with Olympic Gold, having only managed to win Silver the 1st time in the 4x100 M Relay race, overtaken as h...
138 Patrick Dexter, Irish Cellist & Social Media Sensation: The Story Of How A School Teacher 'Went Viral' By Going Home To Playing His Cello Along Irelands Wild Atlantic West Coast During the Pandemic
January 16, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBDelighted to welcome Irish viral cello sensation Patrick Dexter to The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing' for a truly remarkable story of 'distinction & genius'. Also featuring in this very special episode, 3 of Patrick's original Cello tracks that "moved Eamonn Holmes to tears!" This is the extraordinary and heart-warming story of a humble Irish Cello Teacher (to a small Gaelic class of 7 year olds) being told that "school was closed indefinitely for lockdown" one minute, to becoming a glob...
137 You Have To Prevail Tomorrow We Go Again: David Hieatt - Serial Entrepreneur, Polymath & Founder of the DO Lectures & Hiut Denim
January 11, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MB"What you Dream is what you DO - so Dream BIG!" Delighted to welcome for the 1st of the ALL NEW for 2023 "The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius" the wonderful, wise and inspiring serial entrepreneur and polymath David Hieatt. David writes wonderful copy on LinkedIn and Twitter and as co-founder of the global Community "The DO Lectures" - Curated gatherings that will inspire you to DO - he reaches an extremely large audience indeed: "DO exists to help you get from w...
137 Welcome to The Clearing: David Hieatt - Serial Entrepreneur, Polymath & Founder of the DO Lectures & Hiut Denim
January 11, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MB"What you Dream is what you DO - so Dream BIG!" Delighted to welcome for the 1st of the ALL NEW for 2023 "The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius" the wonderful, wise and inspiring serial entrepreneur and polymath David Hieatt. David writes wonderful copy on LinkedIn and Twitter and as co-founder of the global Community "The DO Lectures" - Curated gatherings that will inspire you to DO - he reaches an extremely large audience indeed: "DO exists to help you get from w...
137 Tomorrow We Go Again: David Hieatt - Serial Entrepreneur, Polymath & Founder of the DO Lectures & Hiut Denim
January 11, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MB"What you Dream is what you DO - so Dream BIG!" Delighted to welcome for the 1st of the ALL NEW for 2023 "The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius" the wonderful, wise and inspiring serial entrepreneur and polymath David Hieatt. David writes wonderful copy on LinkedIn and Twitter and as co-founder of the global Community "The DO Lectures" - Curated gatherings that will inspire you to DO - he reaches an extremely large audience indeed: "DO exists to help you get from w...
137 David Hieatt - Serial Entrepreneur, Polymath & Founder of the DO Lectures & Hiut Denim: “No Short Cut To Success - Tomorrow We Go Again”
January 11, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MB"What you Dream is what you DO - so Dream BIG!" Delighted to welcome for the 1st of the ALL NEW for 2023 "The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius" the wonderful, wise and inspiring serial entrepreneur and polymath David Hieatt. David writes wonderful copy on LinkedIn and Twitter and as co-founder of the global Community "The DO Lectures" - Curated gatherings that will inspire you to DO - he reaches an extremely large audience indeed: "DO exists to help you get from w...
136 It's the Biggins! 'Grand Dame' of Pantomime, Actor, Celebrity & National Treasure Christopher Biggins is in The Clearing!
January 07, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBLadies n' Genminminmin (er, min...) please welcome Actor, TV Personality, Pantomime Dame, Celebrity & Legend, Christopher Biggins aka "The Biggins" to the show! An absolute delight & pleasure to welcome a real live "National Treasure" to the Good Listening To 'Clearing'! Biggins (as we well know!) is a British Actor, Media Celebrity, Compere & 'Grand Dame' of Pantomime. He officially achieved 'National Treasure' status when he won, as the Nation's favourite, "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out ...
135a Captain's Log Supplemental: Welcome BACK Scottish BAFTA Award Winning Actress & "Queen of Scream" Shauna Macdonald, to tell us all about "Atlantic Body & Soul" & Their Epic Quest to Row Across the Atlantic in the Talisker Whisky Challenge
December 30, 2022 19:00 - 11 minutes - 8.29 MBWhat is the Talisker Whisky Challenge? How can we help? And beware the perils of "Trenchfoot of the Arse!" Tune in next week for more stories of 'Distinction & Genius' from The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing'. If you would like to be my Guest too then you can find out HOW via the different 'series strands' at 'The Good Listening To Show' website. Show Website: https://www.thegoodlisteningtoshow.com You can email me about the Show: [email protected] Twitter thatchrisgrimes Lin...
135 Scottish BAFTA Award Winning "Queen of Scream" Actress Shauna Macdonald on Navigating Grief, Inspiring Scottish Youth & Supporting an Epic Quest to Row Across the Atlantic
December 30, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBPlease welcome to the 'Clearing' Scottish BAFTA Award winning actress & “Queen of Scream” Shauna Macdonald. "If you Google me a lot of horror comes up!" partly because of her role as Sarah Carter in the iconic film "The Descent" circa 2005. A rich and textured conversation indeed on handling grief after the loss of her mother just under a year ago ("all roads lead back to my mum"), inspiring the future of Scottish Film & TV as Director of the Edinburgh Youth Theatre. And currently also sup...
134 What Does Gender Fluidity Mean To You? What Are YOUR Pronouns? CHRIS WHITE, Father Of Two ‘Gender Fluid’ Children, Here To Help Us Navigate The Complexities
December 16, 2022 15:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBLadies n' Genminminmin' (er, min...) please welcome Chris White to "The Good Listening To Show" to talk all about "Navigating Gender Fluidity": All things identity & sexuality through the lens of both of his children and their gender choice experiences: Both originally born "female" but now both identifying differently as "non-binary" and "gender-fluid" respectively. What does Gender Fluidity mean to and for you? What are YOUR preferred pronouns? What exactly is a "Dead Name"? And what can ...
133 Josette Bushell-Mingo (OBE), Award-Winning Actor & Director, and Principal of The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama
December 15, 2022 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBLadies n' Genminminmin' (er, min...) absolutely thrilled & delighted to be welcoming Josette Bushell Mingo, Principal of The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama to the 'Clearing'. In the 1st of a series of shows whereby I'll be using the vehicle of the podcast to help amplify the reputation of The Central School, whilst also getting to meet and record some of its illustrious Alumni, with Josette agreeing to go first. I too trained there as a Drama Teacher circa 1982-86. Here also to b...
132 Welcome To The Clearing: Musician, Composer, Collaborator & "Underscorer of Life" - Thomas F Johnson
December 07, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MB‘I’m Thomas Johnson, I live in the Cotswolds in the UK. I have composed hundreds of scores for all sorts of different kinds of theatre - tiny studios, mid-scale theatres, in parks, in schools, on Broadway, on the beach, from Minnesota to Moscow - ranging from solo harp to full orchestra. I greatly enjoy the collaborative process of theatre, and have a passion for working closely to text, believing that a musical underscore can be a proactive and exciting tool in shedding light on meaning; ...
131 Welcome To The Clearing: Jenny Stephens - Outgoing Artistic Director of the BOVTS (& Glorious Margaret Rutherford Look-a-Likey!)
December 02, 2022 18:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBAbsolutely delighted to welcome the warm, witty and wonderful Jenny Stephens to The Good Listening To 'Clearing' as part of a happy experiment to help amplify the reputation of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where I too trained as an Actor, using the happy vehicle of the Podcast. Any minute now, Jenny Stephens is about to complete 10 glorious years as Artistic Director of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Sounds quite highbrow? Jenny Stephens reveals herself here to be delightfully h...
130 Welcome to The Clearing: Peter Duncan - Actor, Presenter, Ex Chief Scout, Blue Peter Presenter & Online Panto King!
November 23, 2022 06:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBLadies n Genminminminmin (er, min...) please welcome Blue Peter, Scouting & Online Panto Legend Peter Duncan to The Good Listening To Show! Peter Duncan is a quintessential family entertainer, a veritable prolific-pants of creativity and versatility. He is an Actor, Presenter, Adventurer, former Chief Scout, Pantomime King & Blue Peter Alumni. My first ever Theatre job was understudying Peter in David Wood’s Whirligig Theatre show, “Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish” way back when, circa 198...
129 Welcome To The Clearing: Peter Lord (Lord Morph!) Co-Founder of Aardman Animations & Creator of MORPH!
November 12, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBLadies n Genminminmin (er, min...), yes it's a 'cracking day' (see what I'm doing there?!) in 'The Clearing' as I have the great pleasure of welcoming the warm and wonderful Peter Lord, co-founder of Aardman Animations to the show! Aardman Animations is (as I'm sure you know!) the globally renowned 4 times Academy Award Winning Clay Animated & Short Films company based in Bristol. "Nice Cheese Gromit!" 4 Academy awards, The Freedom of the City of Bristol and a GOLD Blue Peter Badge to his...
128 Welcome To The Clearing: Michael Warburton, the Artful Dodger & 'Twitter Lord'! Actor, Cinephile & Drummer with a Twitter Feed to Die For!
November 04, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBLadies n' Genminminminmin (er, min...) look who I've gawn n' snagged in my "Good Listening To" Clearing and Zoom Hole! The Artful Dodger & 'Twitter Lord' himself, actor Michael Warburton to 'give us our daily bread' (see what I'm doing there?! Even though he's no relation!) on all things Twitter, through his extraordinary depth of knowledge on all things film. Check out Michael's amazing Twitter feed @MichaelWarbur17 (Recorded as a Facebook LIVE too in The Good Listening To Facebook Gr...
127 The Good Listening To LIVE! "The Founder Story of Being Box-E!" with Tess & Elliott Lidstone in Bristol!
October 27, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBHistory in the making as "The Good Listening To Show" goes LIVE with the 'Founder Story of Being Box-E', recorded for the 1st time in front of a real live audience of happily stuffed and fully sated supper guests! So yes! Welcome to a World Premiere! Please welcome Box-E Head Chef and Maitre D Elliott & Tess Lidstone from Bristol, to tell the 'story behind the story' of being the glorious award winning restaurant that is Box-E! Complete with audience Q&A. Recorded in early October at Box...
126 Welcome To The Clearing: David Wood OBE - "National Children's Dramatist", Magician & Producer Adored by The Queen & Kissed by Elizabeth Taylor!
October 21, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBLadies n Genminminminmin (er, min...) look who I've gawn n' bagged for The Good Listening To Show! None other than National Children's Theatre Treasure David Wood OBE. With the peace, quiet & sanctuary of very specifically "Room 208" of the Cooden Beach Hotel in Bexhill-on-Sea in Sussex for his Clearing, where a lot of his 'writing magic' over the years has taken place! Heralded by The Times as being "The National Children's Dramatist" David Wood was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth II (pres...
125 Legacy Life Reflections: Sara Starkey, Animal Rights Activist & Rescuer!
October 07, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBWelcome to The Clearing for a special "Legacy: Life Reflections" episode, Sara Starkey. Sara Starkey is a curious character, who has without doubt lived a truly extraordinary life. Her father was killed in World War 2 before she was born. She accompanied her second husband to Dignitas to end his own life with dignity. Sara’s mother was Scottish, her father Johnny Pennant was Welsh. World war 2 was surely coming to an end when Johnny was killed - just weeks before Sara was born and only da...
124 Legacy Life Reflections: "The Good Listening To" As A Way To Record Your Story (Or That Of Someone Close To You) For Posterity
October 06, 2022 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.66 MBA special episode of 3 interviews to explain how you can gift the idea of "The Good Listening To Show", with its strong and established storytelling construct, to record the story of someone near, dear or close to you for posterity. Do get in touch if you'd like to find out more? [email protected] M: +44 7711 644094 Tune in next week for more stories of 'Distinction & Genius' from The Good Listening To Show 'Clearing'. If you would like to be my Guest too then you can find out HOW vi...
Legacy Life Reflections: "The Good Listening To" As A Way To Record Your Story (Or That Of Someone Close To You) For Posterity
October 06, 2022 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.66 MBA special episode of 3 interviews to explain how you can gift the idea of "The Good Listening To Show", with its strong and established storytelling construct, to record the story of someone near, dear or close to you for posterity. Do get in touch if you'd like to find out more? [email protected] M: +44 7711 644094
123 'Good Books' Reg Starkey on Posthumously Producing Andrew Tyler's "My Life As An Animal" Written Just Before His Assisted Death At Dignitas
October 03, 2022 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBLadies n' Genminminminminmin (er, min...) please welcome for a SECOND pass through The Good Listening to 'Clearing' the gorgeous human being - Lord Starkey himself (!) - Reg Starkey! To talk about an audio book that Reg has lovingly produced posthumously for and about his old friend Andrew Tyler, who took the courageous decision to end his own life at Dignitas in 2017 rather than be sucked deeper into the vortex of Parkinsons disease. When Andrew Tyler was born in the late I940s, average l...
122 Welcome to The Clearing: Mac Macartney - Changemaker, Speaker, Founder of Embercombe & Author of "The Children's Fire"
September 26, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBMac Macartney is an international speaker, writer & changemaker. He has a foot in several worlds. He is the founder of the inspirational social enterprise, Embercombe. He is a visionary & a wise Elder. He touches hearts, fires imagination and invites courageous action. Mentored by indigenous people over many years, he has acquired profound and original insights into questions preoccupying many contemporary leaders. Mac seeks to inspire the emergence of the leader in each of us, the leader...
121 Welcome To The Clearing: Michael Fenton Stevens - "Only Fools & Horses" Actor, Comedian & Presenter of "My Time Capsule" Podcast
September 13, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBLadies n' Genminminminmin (er, min...) please welcome the warm and wonderful silky-voiced beauty Michael Fenton Stevens to "The Good Listening To" Clearing! Michael Fenton Stevens is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for being a founder member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees and the voice behind the Spitting Image 1986 number 1 hit "The Chicken Song": "Hold a chicken in the air Stick a deckchair up your nose Buy a jumbo jet and then bury all your clothes Paint your left knee gr...
120 Welcome To The Clearing: Stewart Wright - Actor, Creative & All Round Prolific Pants & "Jungle Crows" (India Rugby Community Charity) Ambassador
August 29, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB"Hi-Diddly-Dee An Actor's Life For Me!" Please welcome Actor, Creative & all round 'prolific pants' Stewart Wright atop a bus on the way to Kathmandu in the halcyon days of being 19 for his 'Clearing', as we talk the combined passions of life, family, rugby and acting. Recorded also as a Facebook LIVE: https://www.facebook.com/730074635/videos/1030198231024253/ Actor Stewart Wright, soon to be seen as “Devina Delish, the Cross Dressing Plumber” in “Midsomer Murders” and to answer the ques...
119 Welcome To The Clearing: Adam Crowther BBC Presenter, Broadcaster & Curator of New Talent c/o BBC 'Upload'
July 27, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBPlease welcome Bristol Broadcasting legend, new talent champion and curator of the "Upload Festival" Adam Crowther to The Good Listening To Podcast: The Story Behind Your Story Show! Adam Crowther presents BBC Upload 7-10pm every weekday on BBC Radio Bristol - which he’s presented since October 2018. He has worked as a broadcaster and presenter across live events and radio as well as live streams and videos for BBC iPlayer. Adam has spent most of his presenting career championing, encour...
118 Welcome To The Clearing The 'Actor's Actor' Tim Crouch: Experimental Theatre Maker, Actor, Writer & Director Extraordinaire
July 13, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBVery excited to welcome Tim Crouch, one of British Theatre's 'great innovators', with plays that have disturbed and challenged the passive theatrical experience to The Good Listening To 'Clearing'. A wonderfully rich and textured conversation indeed. As Tim said: "I talked with Chris about Tony Brightwell, my dad, my dog, randy airline captains, theatre, sailing little boats, my family - but mostly the dog..." Tim Crouch is a world renowned British experimental Theatre Maker, Actor Write...
117 Welcome to The Clearing: Jonathan Hansler - Actor, Survivor & John Cleese's Official Basil Fawlty!
July 04, 2022 16:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBYes! Welcome to another episode of "The Good Listening To Podcast: The Story Behind Your Story Show!" with this lovely gentleman and Actor Jonathan Hansler Jonathan is an Award Winning English Actor, Writer & Comedian and Peter Cooke obsessive! "I’ve truly ‘lived’ but then suffering creates greatness..." Jonny and I go way back when, to when he walked into a bar in Cricklewood (“I was working as a Waitress…” erm, etc) dressed as a half-cut Centurion circa 1984! Episode recorded as a Fac...
116 Welcome To The Clearing: The Reverend Olivia Coles - A Dear Old Friend & Real Clergy In The Clearing!
June 24, 2022 19:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBLadies n' Genminminminmin (er, min...) we have Clergy in 'The Clearing'! Please welcome my very dear and lovely old friend The Reverend Olivia Coles. A real life "Vicar of Dibley" here in The Good Listening To Podcast: The Story Behind Your Story Show! recorded as a FaceBook LIVE! "More tea Vicar?" "No, but I'll have another one of those Rock Cakes. Those are the buggers that made me fart..." erm, etc! Hurrah! Olivia Coles is the Vicar of Whittlesford, in Cambridgeshire. Her late father...
115 Welcome To The Clearing: Keith Warmington - Bristol Broadcasting Legend, Blues Harmonica Player, Voiceover Artist & Cycling Nut!
June 23, 2022 19:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBLadies n' Genminminminmin (er, min...) please welcome Bristol Broadcasting Legend Keith Warmington legendary BBC Radio Bristol Presenter, Blues Harmonica Player, Voiceover Artist & Cycling Nut! Top bloke, top local Broadcaster and top local legend! After 52 years in Bristol, the mellifluous Keith Warmington is an optimistic Francophile, who is on his way to becoming the finished article. He is a self-confessed "cycling nut", happy to be on the road for up to 3 hours on any day he choo...