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In our second Christmas special we are joined by professional gift-wrapper, Louise Lewis, who runs her own teaching and consulting business and has come to the attention of ITV's This Morning for her…

Alighting at Platform 26 is broadcaster, voiceover artist, event host and writer David Sheppard, and you had better be sure that he is minding the gap. Listen to hear all about his working life, from…

Earwax removal technician, comedian and Boy from F.U.D.G.E. Jasper Marshall used to be a shy boy. A lot of working face-to-face with customers sorted that out, and now he's our latest guest. Find out…

In this bumper episode we talk to historian, teacher, author and YouTuber Sean Munger about his time as a real estate lawyer during the financial crisis, his work in climate change consulting, and hi…

OooooOOOOooo!!! It's our first Hallowe'en special and our guest is the spooktacular actress Rosalind Blessed. Dare ye enter the podcast episode of mysteries? How does Roz keep so positive in such an …

It's the series one finale, and our very special guest is BBC war correspondent, UNICEF Ambassador and former independent MP for Tatton, Martin Bell OBE. Martin takes Jacob and Jordan through his tim…

What's it like performing with your comedy heroes? What does an agent do? Would Sharon's dream job involve wearing a fake beard? All these questions and many more are answered in this episode with st…

Oak. Mahogany. Sycamore. Wood you guess what all of these have in common? If you can't then that's pine, because our guest Jamie Radford is here to help! Better known as @thegreatnorfolkcarpenter, th…

It's Hexagon Hughes, I mean Hudson Hexagons, I mean Hudson Hughes! Today's guest is filmmaker, comedian and editor Hudson Hughes! Listen to find out about the feature film he made in his garage, his …

Hallå där! Kom in! Leadership expert and self-leadership trainer Patrick Stahl joins us for this episode, in which we discuss the impact of psychological safety, how artifical intelligence is changin…

Robin Harris is an actor who has cycled across Great Britain performing Shakespeare, exploded into a shower of goo in a Lynx advert, and played a young version of his ancestor C. S. Lewis. In this ep…

Strewth, we're going global with our first-ever international chinwag, and we're yarning with the Aussie legend herself, graphic designer Tessa Stirling! Tessa's giving us the lowdown on juggling her…

What sort of working life involves caring for the mentally ill, lecturing in economics, and inspecting the neatly piled-up bones of a hermit monk? It could only be Robert Van de Weyer, an economist, …

It's back to school for Jacob and Jordan this episode, as comedian Abbie Edwards takes them through her day job as a teaching assistant. Listen to find out all about teaching young 'uns to spell, do …

Jordan, Jacob and this episode's guest Alex Matthews explore the technical challenges behind broadcast news, covering royal events, party conferences and public hostility. There are other pressing co…

Welcome to Toumaranke Kunda (the House of Outsiders)! Chris Sylla, a community musician specialising in West African drumming and dance, takes Jacob and Jordan through her journey from childhood drea…

Will a 900-year-old building collapse on rakish raconteur Sean Gilbody before he can dox Paul McCartney? For this episode it is Jacob and Jordan's mission to find out, and, possibly, to pull him from…

Our guest in our first episode of 2024 is journalist Anil Dawar, whose career has featured vans crashing into flower stalls, knives being thrown in anger, and a dressing-down from a celebrity chef's …

Have you ever wondered how a person ends up being Father Christmas? In this very special Christmas special, Paddy Hanrahan takes Jacob and Jordan through his fascinating journey from South Africa to …

Junior doctor and former lagoon custodian Dr George Cooke takes Jacob and Jordan on a journey through his career from dairy farming to clinical radiology. If you can guess his dream job, you are a wi…