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Jackie and Richard go on holiday by train 

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It’s not every week we have a double olympic champion on the podcast, but this week rower Helen Glover is adding a touch of greatness to proceedings. Speaking directly from a training camp in Portugal ahead of what will hopefully be her fourth olympic games, Helen reveals what mo ... Show More

Laura introduces herself, sharing details about her family, work, and hobbies. Then you'll hear the same introduction from a 3rd-person perspective. 

Why is now the right time for Millie to step back from international football? How difficult a decision was it for her to make and how did she go through that process? What does she hope her legacy will be as a Lioness? Millie explains to Rach everything that went into her decisi ... Show More

Liz Waid and Colin Lowther look at a project in Argentina. It aims to be a safe place where young people can get answers about important but difficult questions. 

Victoria Glendinning, biographer of Leonard Woolf, offers her insights from extensive archival research into the life of Woolf in Ceylon and Britain. She explores Woolf's relationship to the metropolitan centre through his movement out to the colonial periphery and back again, ex ... Show More

In this episode, Nedal Adham talks about her journey to fame from starting from scratch to gaining popularity on Youtube and Instagram through her widely known platform NedalReads. She talks about leaving dentistry and investing her time in her love for books and to foster her pa ... Show More

Does Socrates still have something to teach us? Agnes Callard thinks he has. Here she discusses the great Athenian and his continuing relevance with David Edmonds.