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True Trauma Tales tells the stories of six people treated at Leeds Major Trauma Centre, following life changing accidents. Their stories are re-told, together with members of the medical and support teams who cared for them. The Major Trauma Centre at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the second busiest trauma centre in the country and recently marked its 10th anniversary. a8282c44d543eb8258b04da0b7b4a27605fad664
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Storyteller Fitz Edwards tells funny, interesting, silly, shocking and sometimes even heartwarming tales of little to no historical importance from his life and the lives of his friends and family. This unique podcast features live, musical accompaniment from musician Nate Anderson and witty commentary from long-time Fitz Edwards friend, Simon.
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A voice from the future changes far more than just one man’s life. A young boy must say a final farewell to his faithful companion. Dr Simon has a lab full of pixies, but they don’t take kindly to his experiments. Visit Jacques' Bistro, where love blooms over the seafood. Is one of Father Ian's parishioners really being visited by a giant? These subjects and many more are visited in this fourth collection of stories from 'Every Photo Tells…', showing that every picture can tell more than jus ...
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These are tales from a place which is not this place. A glimpse of somewhere else on your morning commute. Bedtime stories for grown-ups. Twitter: @100StoriesTall
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Jeny's Tattle Tales is a podcast by the award-winning paranormal fantasy romance author and novelist, Jeny Heckman. Jeny has conversations with various people including Andrea, her marketing manager, about the novels she has published, what she is working on, and her life as an author. Jeny will also spotlight other authors and books for you to read, and bring in guests who can tell us about their life and work. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeny-heckman/support
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Is it possible for someone with very little self confidence and who is also very shy to go on to become a radio and TV presenter?…Hosting their own live radio show, interviewing royals, Oscar winning actors and musical superstars as well as hosting shows in front of 20,000 people and even moving to another country to start a new career….Well I’m here to tell you that it is, because I did just that. My name is Simon Baldock and this podcast is called, “Tales from a very minor celebrity”….this ...
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As he drives down the motorway, legendary Brighton punk singer Martin Fish tells true tales of more than 20 years of drunken disorder with The Fish Brothers
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The Big Travel Podcast: Exploring Life-Stories Through Travel. Taking you on a journey of discovery, with a wonderfully diverse selection of characters, The Big Travel Podcast explores life-stories in travel; from childhoods with little money but a spirit for exploration to fabulous tales of exotic climes and incredible adventures. Celebrities, authors, sports people, politicians, famous faces from TV, radio, music, stage and screen, SAS soldiers, adventurers and ordinary people taking extra ...
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This is the confessional for the art, entrepreneurialism, and exaltation of handcrafted soaps; cosmetics; and perfumes. It's also a celebration of those who learn it, make it, sell it, teach it, preach it, and everything in between. You may be thinking a podcast dedicated to soap sounds boring, but I can assure you that something with a reputation as clean as soap most definitely has a filthy and entertaining side. It’s also a peek behind the shower curtain of my universe of beauty, bathing, ...
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The Story of The New Kid
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Nothing can prepare you for this story of a new kid in high school. It's a fan favorite and you won't believe this actually happened. Send Fitz a text message (question, comment, request, etc)Fitz Edwards
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The Story of Coldplay and the Giant Brown Dildo
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In this episode, somehow Coldplay and a giant sex toy come together in an unexpected way. Send Fitz a text message (question, comment, request, etc)Fitz Edwards
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The Story of the High Street Trampoline
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This episode details the search for the world's most elusive trampoline and the consequences of looking for it. Send Fitz a text message (question, comment, request, etc)Fitz Edwards
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The Story of the Most Terrifying Ghost Story Ever Told
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It was a different time when kids weren't so coddled. This ghost story once told at a summer camp in 1979 in Maine is not for the faint of heart. Send Fitz a text message (question, comment, request, etc)Fitz Edwards
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The Story of Halloween Dress Up Day
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In 1987, a high school in New Jersey celebrates Halloween with a costume dress up day. What happens next should go down as one of the greatest days in teenage education history. Send Fitz a text message (question, comment, request, etc)Fitz Edwards
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The Story of a Brush with Fame
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New York City is full of celebrities. This encounter with a very famous and recognizable person will have you in stitches. Who could it be? Send Fitz a text message (question, comment, request, etc)Fitz Edwards
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The Story of the Greatest Christmas Gift Ever Given
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This heartwarming tale features an elaborate ruse that last many years. The result is simply the greatest Christmas gift ever given. Send Fitz a text message (question, comment, request, etc)Fitz Edwards
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The Story of the Halloween Stunt Gone Wrong
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Partygoers at a Halloween party in New York City are treated to a death-defying stunt that may or may not go well. The identity of the stunt person might surprise you! Send Fitz a text message (question, comment, request, etc)Fitz Edwards
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164. In Madrid with Simon Hunter; Madrid Newsrooms, Old Sherry Bars and Benidorm Sun Lounger Wars
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Picture the scene... Lisa and Simon Hunter (Madrid based journalist) are in the centre of Madrid at the fabulous Ocean Drive Hotel with a balcony over- looking over the Opera square having a chat about politics, celebs, nightclubs, tapas and more before heading up to the rooftop pool for a Vermouth...On this episode we talk..the short trip that tur…
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163. Barbara Buczek; From Poland to Kentucky, Saudi Cruising to Everest Base Camp and The Emotional Tug of Those White Cliffs of Dover
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Barbara Buczek spent ten years in the management team at the Port of Dover but over two years ago moved continents to establish Saudi’s new cruise scene with Cruise Saudi. Born in Poland she felt that travelling at an early age to Kentucky to attend a US high school gave her the travel bug. On this episode we talk about the special relationship wit…
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162. Ash Bhardwaj; Walking The Nile, Slipping Down the Himalayas & Exploring Why We Travel
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Ash Bhardwaj travel-writer, film-maker & author of the new book Why We Travel is today’s wonderful guest – discussing… the rugby trip to New Zealand that changed his life, walking the Nile with his friend Levison Wood, getting dangerously lost Walking the Himalayas, the magical Sufi festival in the Sudanese desert, the pilgrimage with his father’s …
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S01 EP06: Henry went to work on his motorbike and ended up
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In this episode we meet Henry who was commuting to work on his motorbike when he was involved in a crash with an SUV that left him having to make a decision about whether or not to have his leg amputated. We also hear from Mr Paul Harwood who is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Leeds Major Trauma Centre and Limb Reconstruction Unit. Y…
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161. Faisal Sheraiff; Saudi-Influencer on Saudi’s Changes, the Old Markets of Riyadh, Dream-Scapes in Alula
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Faisal Sheraiff, influencer and entrepreneur, lives in Saudi Arabia with his fashion designer wife and two children. He was born in the US to a diplomat father and an anthropologist mother and has travelled to 50 countries. We discuss Saudi’s changes and international tourism, living in Jeddah by the sea, beach days, coffee shops, large family gath…
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S01 EP05: Simon went for his usual bike ride but was hit head on by a car at 60 miles an hour
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Episode 5 In this episode we meet Simon who was out on his usual Sunday bikeride with friends along quiet country roads when a car swerved and hit him head on at 60 miles an hour. With a broken back, neck, leg, wrist and more his injuries were severe. Despite his extensive injuries, as Simon says himself – it became apparent early on that the injur…
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S01 EP04: Experienced climber Ako went on holiday and ended up falling 20metres off a cliff
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In this episode we meet Ako, whose life was changed in an instant in 2017 when she went on holiday to Mallorca with her husband, their 2 year old son and some friends. Whilst there Ako went climbing – something she has done for over 10 years. Despite a lot of experience, something went wrong which resulted in her falling 20metres down the side of a…
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160. Hassan Saeed; Maldivian Resorts, Island Culture and the Importance of Loving Your Community
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We’re back for our new season and starting with an extra special episode recorded in the beautiful Maldivian resort of Dhigali where our presenter Lisa recently spent an idyllic week. Who better to give us a real look at life in the Maldives than resort manager Hassan Saeed who, having dropped out of school age 14 and one of 11 siblings, very quick…
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S01 EP03: Lucie was just 19 years old when she was run over by a tractor
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In this episode we meet Lucie whose life changed in an instant at the age of 19 when she was runover by a tractor whilst trying to help her mum. The unbreakable bond they share meant despite having extensive injuries, her priority was not to let her Mum see her suffer incase that was the last memory of her that her Mum would have. We also meet Sam …
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S01 EP02: Grace was a competitive horse rider when she was crushed under 2 tonnes of hay bales
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In this episode we meet Grace who was helping at her family farm when a tower of half tonne hay bales collapsed, pinning her to the ground. We also meet Emma who is the Lead Occupational Therapist for Leeds Major Trauma Centre. The episode looks at how the accident happened, the many injuries Grace suffered and how the major trauma team had to use …
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We are happy to announce the imminent arrival of our new season of episodes and as usual we have a few wonderful surprises for you – some on location episiodes from destinations as varied as Copenhagen to the Maldives – some new partners for sponsorship and also a very exciting annoucment as to what Lisa is up to with some travel plans that can als…
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S01 EP01: Vikki was 36 weeks pregnant her Mum accidentally ran her over...
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In this episode we meet Vikki, who at 36 weeks pregnant was accidentally run over by her Mum. We also meet Dave from Day One Trauma Support, as we talk about Vikki’s accident and the vital role Day One had on her recovery. The episode looks at the effect the accident had on Vikki’s entire family and how they were supported by the charity emotionall…
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158. The Big Travel Podcast Christmas Special 2023!
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Hello and welcome to The Big Travel Podcast Christmas Special 2023 special…featuring the Casual Birder Podcast’s Suzy Buttress on celebrating the winter solstice in Antartica, Countdown’s Rachel Riley and her husband’s post-Strictly wind down in the blue lagoon in Iceland, musician and writer Nitin Sawhney having a Hallmark picture perfect Christma…
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157. Nitin Sawhney CBE; Racism in Kent, India on Horseback, Mandela at Home
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Nitin Sawhney’s Kent childhood included regular attacks by racists, but he threw himself into music, joining school friend James Taylor’s band. Flying to India via Kabul aged 8 he found himself a child mascot riding horseback through the streets, he felt liberated by Liverpool at university, he studied accountancy but ending up creating a hit comed…
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156. Motoring Journalist Ben Oliver; Belfast Troubles, Braving An Open Top Bentley To The Arctic Circle, Manoeuvring A Mini Up the Himalayas in Monsoon
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Motoring journalist Ben Oliver was born amid the troubles in Belfast with the family moving to ‘slightly dull Reading’ when he was 6. On this episode we talk about his life-changing teen travels to Israel, Syria, Gaza & Kurdistan, the glory 90s and noughties days of magazine journalism, how LA porn sets are like a clinical operating room, driving a…
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155. Warwick Davis; Cookies with Carrie Fisher in California, Varanasi with Karl Pilkington, The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz and The World’s Best Pencil Museum
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Actor Warwick Davis' first trip abroad was to California at the age of 11 to star in Star Wars, a big jump from his day to day childhood in Surrey. On this episode we talk…Carrie Fisher feeding him cookies in the Redwood forest, sweltering in a rubber head-mask in the deserts of Tunisia, being a Goblin with David Bowie, causing mayhem in India on A…
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154. Rachel Riley MBE; Holocaust Education, Ukrainian Refugees, Wildlife in the Galapagos & Maths for Travel
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Rachel Riley, Maths expert, Gadget Show & Countdown host, MBE for services to Holocaust education grew up in Essex by way of Manchester. We talk about the astonishing story of her Jewish mother’s family escaping from what’s now Russia, the family member who was stabbed by a mounted Kossack and ended up a Gaucho in Argentina, taking in Ukrainian ref…
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153. Robert Munns; West End Theatre with Madonna, Sailing The Pacific With MS and Life-Changing Conscious Decisions
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Robert Munns, CEO of sailing charity Oceans of Hope UK, left the graft and glamour of West End theatre for a life on the seas. He’d not long had a shock diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis when a chance encounter in a harbour changed the course of his future. Rob and Lisa talk West End theatre’s transformation, working with Madonna, happy days sailing …
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152. Freya Ridings; Nana’s Piano, From a London Shed to LA’s Best Studios, Love Island & Much More
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Freya Ridings’ beautiful, heartfelt music, gives you a wonderful sense of her warm and open personality and you’re going to LOVE Freya’s stories here on the podcast; Learning to play on her Nana’s piano, growing up in a musical, talented family (her Dad is the voice of Daddy Pig!), Lost Without You being played on Love Island, getting engaged in La…
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On the 23rd February, 2023 is was announced the football commentating legend John “Motty” Motson had died at the age of 77. He started working on Match Of The Day in 1971, and covered 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals for BBC Sport before retiring from the organisation in 2018. I had the great pleasure of interviewing hi…
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151. Suzy Buttress from The Casual Birder Podcast; Antarctic Endeavours, Mexican Whale-Watching & Emotional Eclipses
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It was a passion for birding and indeed podcasting that lead Suzy Buttress to establish the wonderful Casual Birder podcast, for which she travels extensively, tracing birds and indeed other wildlife around the world. We discuss her recent expedition cruise to the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica, dealing with anxiety when having heard two p…
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150. The Big Travel Podcast Christmas and New Year Special!
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With… Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos in New Zealand, podcaster & author Iszi Lawrence in Australia, charity founder Kevin Chaplin in Cape Town, celebrity vet Marc Abraham building a sand Christmas tree in Thailand, author Hannah Bourne-Taylor rescuing a pangolin in the rainforest in Ghana, Hollywood actor Minnie Driver on beach Christmases in Cali…
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149. Kevin Chaplin; Growing Up Under Apartheid, Inspiring Township Children and the Power of Travel to Expand Horizons
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Kevin Chaplin left behind his banking career to establish South Africa’s Ubuntu Foundation and rescue the Amy Foundation, named after American student, Amy Biehl, from bankruptcy. Kevin and I talk about growing up under apartheid, the hardship of life in the townships, the challenges faced by Cape Town’s children and young adults, taking a team of …
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I’m a bit short of time this week so I’m just going to okay you the interview without all the preamble that usually comes with my weekly podcast. As you’re well aware I’m sure the World Cup has started and this week you can hear an interview I did with Uri Geller, the spoon bending physic who back in 2002 asked the whole nation to collectively try …
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148. Iszi Lawrence; Travelling Nowhere with Shaun Keavney, Decolonising History & Flying Solo to Australia age 6
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Author, historian, comedian, podcaster and co-presenter of the travel that doesn’t actually go anywhere – ‘Your Place Or Mine’ with the wonderful Shaun Keavney – Izsi Lawrence is on the Big Travel Podcast. Iszi and Lisa talk… Britain’s most fixable landmarks, The British Museum, Ju Jitsu fighting suffragettes, de-colonising history, dinosaurs, eart…
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