115 Miles

In this episode, we discuss the all too familiar story of a black footballer, Vinicius Jr, being racially abused by an opposition team's fans in Spain.

We dive into what sanctions should exist to drive this out of the stadiums and in doing so, we explore whether it's a wider societal problem in both Spain and other European countries. 

Although the incident happened a few weeks back, the issue is sadly not going away anytime soon.

It's so appalling that we still need to be having these conversations in 2023, but overt racism still exists in plain light and there is so much work is still to do.

And if you think it's just isolated to football, think again. It's just that 'the beautiful game' is under the spotlights of TV.

We hope you're sitting comfortably because it's about to get uncomfortable...

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As a special episode for Mental Health Awareness Week, we're delighted to bring another Co-Host session to you!

Joining us in the the studio is Ed Jenneson. A renowned employment lawyer and a specialist in neurodiversity, Ed shares his own journey around his own diagnosis, his relationship with anxiety and his sobriety.

Together we explore this year's Mental Health Awareness Week theme, Anxiety, where we dive in from a very personal perspective into a wider viewpoint around the workplace and society.

It's a special episode - we're grateful to have Ed's wisdom and experience, and if you listen closely enough, you might even hear his Robbie Williams impression!

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This is a really special episode for us! For the first time ever, we have invited our friends to join our conversation as co-hosts.

Eugene, Fran and Nadia are the wonderful hosts of the Social Matters podcast, as well as being social workers and Inclusion consultants.

Amongst the many(many) laughs, we have some serious conversations about workplace culture, society, the Tories (surprise!) and the impact of over a decade's worth of cuts to children's support services.

We're going to give you fair warning - the Social Matters crew bring the same high level of madness and energy as us, so it's going to be a raucous listen!

We'll be doing more Co-Host Sessions - watch this space 👀

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In this episode, we reflect on the Labour Party's recent 'attack' ads on the Tory party, which feels like a departure from their approach over the last few years.

This led us to exploring whether being nice ever wins the day against those who bring a more hard edged approach.

As ever, we dive into tough stuff that we know people think about, but don't always feel comfortable to talk about.

We hope you enjoy the listen!

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Do you have persistent feelings of inadequacy, self-doubt and fears of being exposed as a fraud?

If the answer is yes, then you could one of the many millions of us that suffer with Imposter Syndrome.

According to YOUGOV, 66% of Britons find it difficult to receive praise or compliments from others.  Around 57% downplay their achievements and criticise themselves more than others criticise them.

Imposter Syndrome is real and for many people, it prevents them from moving forward in their lives.

In this episode of 115 miles, we go deep on this topic, both from a personal exploration and also how it might show up for others.  Josh shares his framework for acknowledging and addressing feeling like an imposter and how to move through it.

We really hope it might help those people who suffer from it in a debilitating way and give them some perspectives on how to move forward.

As always - we are super grateful to all our listeners for showing up. Please do follow, like or comment as it genuinely makes a difference to our reach and will help us to continue to push the boundaries of our conversations.

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Apparently, the average friendship lasts 17 years.

• Are you still friends with people from school?
• Who is in your closest circle?
• What makes a good friend?

In this episode, we (Josh and Has) go deep on friendship. We explore what the difference is between being mates and being great friends.

We also explore judging people on the tube, how we're misunderstood and how we're doing on our words of the year.

Hope you enjoy!

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At the time of publishing this episode, we are three centuries away from Gender Parity according to the UN Secretary General.

We live in a world, where less than 1% of venture capital money in the UK is invested in all female founder teams, compared to 89% in all male teams.

A world where 1 in every 10 women globally between the ages of 15-49 was subjected to subjected to sexual and/or physical violence by an intimate partner.

On Wednesday 8th March 2023, International Women’s Day, we, Josh and Has, ask what’s the point of it?

We explore topics like oppressive structures, male fragility and inter-sectionalism.

We ask what can we do as men to accelerate the change?

Spoken and seen through our lens as partners, fathers, colleagues, friends and allys, we try to bring both empathy and compassion to the conversation.

We’re proud to have these conversations on 115miles and push beyond the boundaries of our comfort zones.

As always, please come and find us @115milespod on Insta and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. You might not think it, but it really makes a difference.

Ok…let’s head into the episode.

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We (Josh & Has) start the show looking at tearing down some opinions - either popular ones we disagree with or ones of ours we know will be unpopular. This conversation definitely takes us down a few rabbit holes...

We then go into the topic of whether texts written in the past should be re-written for the modern age - specifically we discussed Roald Dahl's works being re-edited and published.

This was a deep conversation - with introspection, contradictions and pause for thought - are we simply not understanding the needs of this next generation?

We hope you're sitting comfortably because it's about to get uncomfortable...

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If you’ve ever worried about a friend, loved one, family member, partner who you think is on the edge of addiction, this episode is for you.

In this latest 115 miles, we (Josh and Has) discuss how a light-hearted bit of banter led us both to a bit of soul searching and then ultimately some positive action for Josh.

We talk about how we’re all faced at some time or another with feeling helpless around how to tackle a difficult conversation with someone that might be triggering or met with confrontation.

We dive into some ways to explore it sensitively and compassionately – whilst acknowledging things like projection and judgement may be present.

In a more lighthearted bit, we also discuss who we’d have at our dream dinner party. Living or Dead, famous or not – the big question for all our 115miles community though  - whose party would you rather be at mine or Josh's?

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If you've ever watched Room 101, you'll love the start of this episode. You'll get an insight into our (Josh & Has) pet peeves and what triggers our crankiness. You may or may not agree with the choices though!

The big topic this episode is understanding how trauma or traumatic moments feed our adult lives, using Has' recent exploration into his own childhood as a basis for this important conversation.

Vulnerable, open and emotional - we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording this episode.

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