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Cats have 9 lives. Fred Rutman has at least 20. One night in May 2009, he died - three times. That summer, he died another 17 times.  Find out how this incredible story led to a new life of intermittent fasting.  You will be surprised at the results.

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/repeatedly-dead-fred/.

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Here’s the definition of insanity for you: throwing in a good job, leaving behind a salary and travelling 10,000 miles across the globe to follow a hunch, a seed of an idea.  Then driving around the States turning up in a bar to interview complete strangers and asking them deep personal questions about themselves.  That’s what Ken did. Find out how he got on.

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/the-jar/.

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Can you imagine selling all your worldly possessions, your house, your car, your furnishings and reducing your ownership of ‘things’ to a 22-inch suitcase and a backpack? Well, that’s exactly what today’s guest did, leaving Arizona to travel the world as a digital nomad.  Find out how she did it.

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/the-arizonian-nomad.

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Having previously spoken to near-death experience witnesses, I was keen to uncover how science viewed this extraordinary phenomenon.  I tracked down data scientist David Gerrelli. I wasn’t expecting what I heard.

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/better-the-devil-you-know.

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Can you imagine what it’s like to breathe through someone else’s lungs?  Alastair Henry does.  In 2020 he had a double lung transplant at the age of 75. He’s only too aware of his responsibility to the donor, to make the best of this gift of extra life. Alastair shares his story and thoughts on organ donation.

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/double-trouble/.

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How are your communication skills these days?  No, I don’t mean public speaking or standing up to make a presentation.  How are you communicating with your spouse, your children, and your postman?  Brenden Kumarasamy, the founder of MasterTalk and top communications coach, shares some simple tips for us all. He’s a blast, by the way.  His comments on introverts are hilarious (and I’m one!)

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/extroverts-dont-need-any-help/.

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Have you ever wondered if Margaret Thatcher ever met Sir Winston Churchill?  If you search, you’ll find that nobody really knows.  However, one person does know; Edmund Murray, Churchill’s last bodyguard.  Also, What happened when Winston Churchill demanded to see his bodyguard’s latest paintings?

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/edmund-churchill-and-thatcher/.

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Edmund Murray was Winston Churchill’s last bodyguard and as such he witnessed situations and events like no other. What happened when Mrs Onassis, Maria Callas and Jackie Kennedy ended up on the yacht Christina at the same time?  What really happened to Churchill’s budgerigar?

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/edmund-churchill-and-onassis/.

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Have you ever found a handwritten inscription behind an old bathroom cabinet and not stopped to read it? In that case, you may be kicking yourself by the time you’ve finished listening to the series of events which uncovered the life of one of Winston Churchill’s closest confidants - his last bodyguard.

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Have you heard of secondhand embarrassment? Imagine you’re sitting on a train next to a toilet with an automatic opening door.  And then, for no reason, it starts to open.  Think this could never happen?

For more information, check out show notes at https://www.battingthebreeze.com/secondhand-embarrassment/.

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