Pathways to Triumph
Influences, turning points and lessons from the lives of some interesting people.
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- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Hilary Briggs
Hilary Briggs read Engineering at Cambridge. She had a varied and successful career as a production manager and managing director. She discovered an appetite for triathlons and became a European and …
00:28:55 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
John Fullwood
John Fullwood was born with severe sight deficiency and is now completely blind. He gained two degrees and worked as a Systems Engineer in Mathematical Modelling. He tells us how he plays chess, row…
00:27:52 |
Thu 01 May 2025
Terry Rockell
Terry Rockell is Director of Security at the Ritz Hotel in London. He was born in 1961. He served 29 years in the London Metropolitan Police where he was a detective in the Flying Squad and worked i…
00:49:16 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
David Arundale
David Arundale is a Yorkshireman who supports Manchester United. He has had a long and successful business career and a distinguished service in the Catenian association where he has held many positi…
00:34:29 |
Tue 17 Dec 2024
Jane Casey
Jane Casey is a bestselling crime writer who was born and brought up in Dublin. She has written twelve crime novels for adults (including ten in the Maeve Kerrigan series) and three for teenagers (th…
00:23:40 |
Tue 17 Sep 2024
Gwynne Evans
Paul Sloane interviews Gwynne Evans OBE about his childhood, his rugby playing days and his career in the Civil Service where he rose to a high rank in the Department of Education and worked with Mar…
00:21:42 |
Tue 06 Aug 2024
Maria Franzoni
Maria Franzoni's parents were Italian immigrants who came to England. She has built a sucessful speaker agency business. She tells stories about her life, who she has met and lessons she has learnt.
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00:22:57 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
Dimis Michaelides
Dimis is an amusing and fascinating speaker. His talks involve creativity, innovation, humour and magic. He is the author of The Art of Innovation: Integrating Creativity in Organizations.
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00:17:16 |
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Philip Anderson
Philip Anderson was highly successful in business and had a wonderful family life. He was struck down with a wasting condition in his muscles which has left him in a wheelchair and without the use of…
00:29:32 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
Farouk Massouh
Interview with a doctor telling the story of his journey from a village in Syria via Moscow and Abu Dhabi to becoming a leading keyhole surgeon in England.
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00:38:32 |
Mon 04 Mar 2019
Celia Delaney
Comedian, MC, songwriter and speaker Celia Delaney shares some stories about her journey from a Sheffield comprehensive school to Oxford University and the Edinburgh Fringe.
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00:28:02 |
Tue 23 Jan 2018
Peter Dorling
Peter was on the staff of the BBC for 40 years. He began in the BBC’s overseas services with audiences of 100 million people when he read the news. He then transferred to BBC Television News where he…
00:31:35 |
Fri 10 Nov 2017
Gordon Tredgold
Gordon is an author and speaker on leadership. He shares some stories from his life and lessons on 360 degree leadership.
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00:33:24 |
Sun 05 Nov 2017
Henry Coop
14 year-old Henry Coop describes his first year at England's top boarding school, Eton.
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00:18:31 |
Sat 21 Oct 2017
Ajaz Ahmed
Ajaz Ahmed is an entrepreneur, author, CEO and founder of innovation marketing agency AKQA with offices around the world and many top clients.
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00:18:50 |
Mon 09 Oct 2017
James Corrigan
Major James Corrigan (born 1924) joined the Durham Light Infantry at the age of 17. He took part in the Sicily landing and the D-Day landing. He was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the Legion…
00:28:07 |
Thu 14 Sep 2017
Jeremy Nicholas
Broadcaster, author and speaking coach, Jeremy Nicholas talks to Paul Sloane. He tells stories of some of his great interviews including when Brian Clough punched him and when he annoyed Christopher…
00:31:45 |
Mon 04 Sep 2017
Pam Warren
Pam Warren became famous as the Lady in the Mask after she suffered horrific burns in the Paddington Train Crash. She tells Paul Sloane the story of how she recovered and became an eminent author an…
00:24:52 |
Thu 17 Aug 2017
Richard McCann
At the age of five Richard McCann lost his mother; she was the first victim of the notorious Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe. Despite other tragic incidents, drugs and prison, Richard turned his li…
00:24:17 |
Mon 07 Aug 2017
Mike Roycroft
Paul Sloane interviews Brigadier Mike Roycroft. In a 30 year career in the British Army Mike rose to the rank of Brigadier. He served in Germany and Northern Ireland. He shares stories and lessons fr…
00:37:10 |
Thu 27 Jul 2017
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