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Inspirational life-stories with journalist Helen Fospero.
As a journalist, l’ve reported on and presented a wide-range of TV programmes and continue to meet incredible people – a podcast series offered a fantastic new challenge with no shortage of ideas for guests. With such a simple brief to work with, I knew I could introduce a natural mix of inspirational people, business leaders, celebrities and find a home for those without necessarily a high profile but with interesting lives worthy of airtime.
An Inside Look at Organised Crime in Britain Operation Ringtail culminated in convictions following the smashing of a drugs ring who smuggled more than £1.5 billion worth of cocaine into the UK, hidden in boxes of frozen chicken. Leading the investigation was this week’s guest, Detective Chief Superintendent Carl Galvin – Head of the Yorkshire…
Adventures of The Jungle Doctor, Dr Chloe Buiting Dr Chloe Buiting, known as The Jungle Doctor, is an Australian wildlife vet & conservationist whose love for nature & animals started as a teenager on the remote Lord Howe Island, described by Lord Attenborough as “so extraordinary it’s almost unbelievable.” Chloe’s work includes fitting prosthetics on…
Driving Change in Women’s Sport with Sue Anstiss 2024 is an exciting year for women’s sport, not least with the Olympics in Paris on the horizon – the first Games in history to offer gender parity. Sue Anstiss MBE has been involved in women’s sport for more than three decades – dedicating much of her…
Pioneering Nature-Based Solutions to Help Society & the Planet As our climate emergency deepens, the CEO of Triodos Bank UK – one of the world’s most sustainable banks – explains how the current global banking system needs strong mandatory regulations to become a catalyst for a more sustainable future and fairer economy. Dr Bevis Watts…
Capturing ’Mambabatok’ Apo Whang-Od’s Beauty for Vogue’s Cover When Vogue Philippines asked Artu Nepomuceno to trek to the remote mountain village of Buscalan to photograph 106-year-old tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od, he said yes immediately! Apo Whang-Od is the last ‘mambabatok’ of her generation, keeping the thousand-year-old practice of ‘batok’ alive by training and inspiring her…
Hannah Shergold on Science, Art, Psychology and Conservation Scientist, painter and former Army helicopter pilot Hannah Shergold on her “fascinating yet peculiar” journey to becoming an artist. Hannah is one of the UK’s most successful self-represented artists, best known for her extraordinary wildlife pieces which have raised more than £300,000 for conservation charities like Tusk…
Gomi – Turning Plastic Waste into Beautiful Products It’s shocking to learn that two million plastic bags are used every minute and a truckload of plastic is dumped into our ocean every 60 seconds. Gomi – Japanese for trash – is the name of a young design studio in Brighton who are making stunning bespoke…
Healing in Cabilla’s Ancient Temperate Rainforest Against the backdrop of an ancient temperate rainforest at Cabilla on Bodmin Moor, a high-flying couple – both deeply affected by mental illness – have dramatically changed their lives and turned to the restorative powers of nature to help them and others heal. Merlin Hanbury-Tenison served as a British…
Waterhaul – Transforming Harmful Ocean Plastic into Sunglasses Frustrated by abandoned fishing nets – known as ‘ghost gear’ – dumped on their local Cornish beaches and coastline, marine biologists & keen surfers Harry Dennis and Gavin Parker searched for a sustainable solution. They discovered the very properties which make discarded fishing gear such a threat…
Physician & explorer Dr Jack Kreindler on putting more life into our years Recently back from a scientific study to the South Pole, health tech entrepreneur Dr Jack Kreindler talks about his life in emergency and high-altitude medicine and how we can put more life into our years. Jack says he thinks of health as…
Judith Tebbutt’s kidnap story of hope, resilience & survival Jude Tebbutt was on holiday in Kenya with her husband David in 2011 when she was snatched in the dead of night by Somali pirates wielding AK47s. Unbeknown to Jude at the time, the gunmen murdered her husband that night and held her for ransom in…
Dawa Geljen Sherpa on Classrooms in the Clouds Expert mountain guide Dawa Geljen Sherpa grew up in a big family in Lukla in Nepal – known as The Gateway to Everest. As a young boy he worked hard tending his parents’ livestock with no access to school until he ran away from home aged ten…
