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☃️ Christmas
Join Olly Mann and the gang for our bumper festive extravaganza Featuring: Live music from Sons of Town Hall the Victorian-inspired duo from the Madmen Cross The Water podcast join us to serenade the season with their folksy harmonies - and test thei
Playback: The Brothel Brothers
Being a landlord means trusting strangers to live in your house.Try as you might, you can't know everything about them. Sometimes, you just have to rely on an instinct that your tenants are good people. Until, that is, you get a knock on the door from t
What Happened To My House?
Trashed rooms. Plastic sheeting. Dodgy ductwork. When Mike Senior returned to his rental property in Cambridge, he uncovered a scene straight out of a crime drama.In this interview with Olly, he reveals how some tenants from Gumtree turned his Dream Hom
Playback: My Dad's Assisted Death
Medically assisted dying is legal in Canada, where over 10,000 people end their lives through euthanasia each year, and over 80% of applications are approved.Robin Farr, from Calgary, watched as her Dad, Mike, developed a rare lung disease that limited h
Speaking In Tongues
Sarah McCammons upbringing was steeped in evangelical cultureraised as a Charismatic Christian in Kansas City, Missouri, she asked God for salvation at just two years old.Soon she was street witnessing, trying to convert strangers to her mega-church
Playback: Exposing Psychic Fraudsters
Private Investigator Bob Nygaard specialises in bringing psychics to justice. Fortune-tellers, offering palm-reading for as little as ten dollars, are a common sight in New York City. But when they swindle their clients out of six-figure sums, its ex-NY
When People Disappear
In a missing persons investigation, the initial hours and days are crucial.Establishing a relationship with the missing persons family, absorbing their behavioural characteristics, and managing media interest in the story are all essential parts of the
PLAYBACK: How To Be A Dad, part 1
Scratch mittens, strained relationships and GP-sanctioned fingeringNine years ago, comedians Stuart Goldsmith and Tom Price joined Olly to discuss their impending fatherhood.What impact will it have on their respective relationships?Why does society
How To Be A Dad, part 10
Playing with knives, navigating the Dad Race at Sports Day, and getting a backstreet assessment for dyslexia are on the conversational menu as comedians Tom Price and Stuart Goldsmith reunite with fellow father Olly Mann to discuss the pleasures and p
Playback: Micronesia's Got Talent ⚽
Paul Watson realised he would never play football for England - so attempted,instead, to be recruited by the worst international team in the world. His quest lead him to Pohnpei, Micronesia;and, although he never realised his dream of becoming an intern