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Dark Patterns – Out Now on BBC Sounds
I have made a new documentary called Dark Patterns - and it’s all about the manipulative tricks that some websites use to make us click and buy.
Read → February 15, 2022Listen
One day, Darryl will realise that talking will never earn him a living’
Mrs Lewis, Year 3. Oh, really, Mrs Lewis?
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Times Radio: Manchester Arena Bombing Anniversary
May marked the fourth anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing – and while four years isn’t a significant anniversary, it was the anniversary of something very significant. I joined Times Radio, live from the heart of Manchester, to reflect on those four years and the events being held to mark
Read → June 03, 2021Listen
The Art of Small Talk
Hello. How are you? How did you get here? Via the A6? I love that road. How are you at small talk? That inconsequential chit chat in the street, the office, the supermarket or at the start of a party? As we take stock of the fall-out from the pandemic,
Read → March 01, 2021Listen
In Conversation with… the BBC’s Chris Mason
I guest hosted an episode of the RadioToday Programme and wide reaching chat with Chris Mason - about radio, journalism, accents, Westminster, reporting on Brexit and that time he had to fill for three hours live on BBC One.
Read → February 19, 2021Listen
talkRADIO: Are We Suffering Optimism Bias?
What is Optimism Bias? And how is it affecting our response to the pandemic? Marie Helweg-Larsen - psychology professor at Dickinson College - joined me on talkRADIO to explain.
Read → January 25, 2021Listen
talkRADIO: Jordan North… In Conversation
2020 was the year of pandemic and protest - but it was also the year the nation fell in love with Radio 1 presenter Jordan North. Jordan joined for a long chat about his time on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, his love of radio and growing
Read → January 06, 2021Listen
talkRADIO: Amanda Prowse and Josh Hartley on Mental Health and Depression
Author Amanda Prowse and son Josh Hartley joined me on talkRADIO to talk about their new book – The Boy Between – in which they chart Josh’s experience with depression and how Amanda stepped in to help. It’s a story of a mother’s love, but it also takes on some
Read → January 06, 2021Listen
talkRADIO: Patrick Hutchinson – Everybody Versus Racism
In the summer of 2020, in the heat of the Black Lives Matter protests, an image of Patrick Hutchinson made the world stop and pay attention.
Read → November 14, 2020Listen
Leave Means Leave: former government advisor on Cummings departure and life in Whitehall
Dominic Cummings has departed Downing Street, just five months after the government threw their credibility under the bus to save him, they've thrown him under a bus too. I'll resist the temptation to suggest that it has '£350m for the NHS' written across it. I spoke Catherine McLeod - former special
Read → November 14, 2020Listen
Road to the White House – One Week to Go
With just over a week to go, the stakes are high. In this week's episode of the Road to the White House, US commentator Edward Hardy and Greg Swenson from Republicans Overseas battle it out over the final presidential debate. A much more subdued affair, the final debate focused much more on
Read → October 25, 2020