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Life's A Beach

Bruce Hopkins

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The Life’s A Beach Podcast is presented by Head Lifeguard and TV personality, Bruce ‘Hoppo’ Hopkins. Known to his fans as the fun-loving, down to earth Lifeguard from Bondi Rescue, Hoppo has spent nearly 30 years working on Australia’ most infamous beach and will open up to fans like never before. Portraying another side to the lovable larrikin, Hoppo and guests will discuss life stories - the good, the bad and everything in between in an open and candid forum. Each week they will share thei ...
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Invisible Folk Club

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We are a UK based ‘virtual folk club’ producing podcasts in two formats: - Conversation and live music with selected guest musicians. The music is mainly acoustic in the folk or singer/songwriter genre. Occasionally we go 'off-piste' with guests who are poets, politicians, writers, storytellers etc where there may be no music at all. - Radio shows, mainly music with some commentary. Each episode is a re-run the most recent Invisible Folk Club radio show syndicated weekly to seven community s ...
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Invisible Folk hosts another poetry reading. This podcast features the comic verse of Clare Pasquale, the reflective nature poems of Ben Batten and 4 of Jon's poems that can be found in For the Many not the Few volume 39. An anthology published by Inherit the Earth, available through Amazon where all the proceeds go to charities for the homeless.…
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S2E25: Join Luke and Trey as they wrap up season 2 with answers to the following questions: 1. What does the number 666 mean? 2. Should a man be able to lead worship service (prayer, scripture reading, table, etc.) if he doesn’t attend faithfully? 3. All things in Heaven are good and without sin. So, how did Satan turn evil and gather a following o…
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S2E24: Are Christians morally obligated to vote for a president? Is the concept of the "lesser of two evils" Biblical? One presidential candidate wants to legalize child murder (abortion) in every state and the other is unconcerned about what each individual state does about it. What should Christians do? Join Luke as he talks about the moral issue…
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CONTENT WARNING: This episode deals with issues of sexual abuse. This week Hoppo is joined by old friend Michael Venis who shares his story after holding onto it for over forty years. Michael's message is for those who share a similar story that help is out there, you are not alone and there many avenues for support. Support is out there: https://w…
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This is a podcast from Invisible Folk in collaberation with the Chesham Literary Festival. In this episode I talk to Raven Dane, novelist, short story writer and occasional film star. Raven is famous for her dark fantasy, steampunk and folk horror novels and a wide variety of short stories.Jon Bickley
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Hoppo is joined by 3 x Olympic gold medalist Shane Gould. Shane talks through her Olympic experiences and fascinating childhood as well as her academic career, which includes a PhD from the University of Victoria that was among the first scholarly cultural studies of swimming in Australia. Hoppo and Shane also talk about their collaboration on Floa…
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This week Hoppo is joined in the beach shack by Luke Horder. Luke is an icon of the fitness industry in Australia as well as the founder and head coach of the Sydney Harbour Surf Club Luke talks through his journey in creating the surf club, his passion for surf sea paddling, the challenges he faced during the pandemic and where he sees the busines…
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S2E19: What do we make of the "new heavens and new earth" and "new Jerusalem" in Revelation 21? Is it talking about Heaven? Can there be any room for division over it? Join Luke and Jeff as they discuss John's vision of the new Jerusalem. Click for Instagram Click for FacebookLuke Goulds / Jeff Davis
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Listen to the highlights of the Chesham Literary Festival poetry competition awards ceremony held at the Town Hall, Chesham on 12th July 2024. It was a great evening. Many thanks to the four judges - Emily Townsend, Valerie Jack, Ben Batten & Jon Bickley, with additional thanks to Mark Jackson-Hancock and Pemby. Invisible Folk is proud of the brill…
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S2E10: Considering preaching? Need to learn how to preach? Or do you just want to learn more about the Bible and how to defend it? Join Luke and Bill Haywood as they talk about the Tri-Cities School of Preaching and Christian Development. Click for Instagram Click for FacebookLuke Goulds / Bill Haywood
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S2E7: How can an all-loving, all-knowing, and all-powerful God exist if there is evil, pain, and suffering in this world? What does atheism have to offer as a solution to the problem? What does theism have to offer? Join Luke and Ethan in this episode as they discuss this very important topic. Click for Instagram Click for Facebook…
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S2E6: Did dinosaurs go extinct 64 million years before man arrived on the scene? Or did mankind and dinosaurs once coexist? Can we really trust the claim of evolution? Join Luke and Jeff as they talk about dinosaurs and the Bible. Click for Instagram Click for FacebookLuke Goulds / Jeff Davis
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Since Spring 2019 Invisible Folk are proud to have been the recipients of four Arts Council Grants. In this podcast Jon Bickley talks about our relationship with the Arts Council and how that has enabled us to commission new compositions, new performances and to inject some money into the folk music community. You'll also hear some great music; wit…
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Singer/Songwriters Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes joined narrator John Palmer (director of the critically-acclaimed Vaughan Williams anniversary 'From Pub to Pulpit' Cathedral tour) to talk us through a new show entitled 'Ghosts, werewolves and countryfolk - the songs and stories of Sabine Baring-Gould' Polymath and Victorian superstar Sabine Baring…
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Rhiannon Crutchley is an independent, alternative, acoustic musician who performs under the name Brewer's Daughter. For the last 10 years she has lived on a narrowboat travelling the inland waterways of the English east Midlands. She has worked the festival scene in the UK and Europe both solo and as fiddle player with Tarantism. Released on 5th Ap…
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Award winning singer and songwriter Emily Barker joins Hoppo to tell her story. She grew up in a country town in Western Australia and speaks about her eventual move to the United Kingdom where she had two decades in song writing and performing. Emily also shares her struggles with IVF and her unfortunate miscarriage. For all things Life's a Beach,…
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Will Bigelow comes into the beach shack this week to chat about his recent 48 hour marathon for charity. He takes us along the journey and breaks down his experience as the run went on. Following this, Will talks about the birth of his son and how it left his wife and new born child in critical condition. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our si…
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Rosie Edwards joins Hoppo this week as a young Surf Life Saver from England to talk about the beginning of her career as an ocean paddler. She aspires to be someone that inspires young girls and brings popularity to the sport within the UK. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram…
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This is the final podcast of our Grace will lead me home project, a partnership with the Cooper & Newton Museum (Olney) to mark the 250th anniversary of the writing of Amazing Grace. Our guest speaker is James Walvin, OBE Emeritus Professor of History at York University, his latest book is the cultural history of Amazing Grace. It is fascinating an…
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Hello everyone and welcome back to Life's a Beach! To kick off 2024, Hoppo has ocean paddling legend Oscar Chalupsky in the beach shack to talk about his childhood and career. He goes on to tell us about his interesting experiences, including competing in the Olympics and meeting Nelson Mandela. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at http…
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It's catch-up time. The Invisible Folk Club radio show is currently syndicated to eight community or local stations, six based in the UK with the other two mainland Europe. Jon Bickley presents the show, Steve Yarwood is Producer. Nothing in the broad church of trad folk, roots or Americana is off limits, there are so many shades. Our show features…
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It's catch-up time. The Invisible Folk Club radio show is currently syndicated to eight community or local stations, six based in the UK with the other two mainland Europe. Jon Bickley presents the show, Steve Yarwood is Producer. Nothing in the broad church of trad folk, roots or Americana is off limits, there are so many shades. Our show features…
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It's catch-up time. The Invisible Folk Club radio show is currently syndicated to eight community or local stations, six based in the UK with the other two mainland Europe. Jon Bickley presents the show, Steve Yarwood is Producer. Nothing in the broad church of trad folk, roots or Americana is off limits, there are so many shades. Our show features…
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Australian RNB Soul Artist Prinnie Stevens joins Hoppo this week to chat about her early career in performing arts. From singing, dancing and acting, she speaks about her upbringing in the northern beaches and her performance in The Voice Australia. Jackson Doolan joins us once again for beach banter For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at…
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Professor of Human and Applied Physiology Mike Tipton joins Hoppo to teach his lessons this week. He worked closely with Hoppo in Float to Survive and continues to share his knowledge regarding the human body and it's reaction to cold and deep water. Jackson Doolan joins us for beach banter this week For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at…
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Everybody knows Louis de Bernières is a world famous novelist and poet, but we were intrigued to discover he had a lesser known talent as a singer and songwriter. His second solo album 'Delicate Lies' was due for release in October 2023 so we invited him to the Invisible Folk Club for a musical discussion. An interesting conversation ensued. Many t…
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Olympian Jim Walker comes in to talk about how he grew up together with Hoppo, finding their passion for paddling. He talks about the sport's growth into ocean paddling, how he moved into kayaking to compete in the Olympic games in 1996 as well as his eventual move to Race 1, giving back to the rowing athletes. For all things Life's a Beach, visit …
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Marathon swimmer Andrew Donaldson joins Hoppo this week to speak about his upbringing in Scotland and how he made his move to Perth to pursue his swimming career. He talks about his travels across the world as he attempted the Ocean Seven challenge. For all things Life's a Beach, visit our site at https://www.lifesabeach.co/ Instagram: https://www.…
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You may know this person from the "Married at First Sight" 2019 series, Cyrell Paule, better known as Cyclone Cyrell. She talks about the challenges she faced with becoming a public personality through reality TV and her family life with her partner Eden and their son, Boston. Eddy joins us for beach banter this week For all things Life's a Beach, …
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Rhiannon Iffland grew up in Newcastle where she started diving as a young kid. She joins Hoppo today to tell us how she went on to become the six-time Redbull World Champion. Rhiannon shares her experiences travelling to many places around the world and her present engagement in competitive cliff diving. Jackson Doolan joins Hoppo for beach banter …
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