Careers Mare

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 episode, he joins Jacob and Jordan to explore his career and discover his extremely fun dream job. Will they be able to work together to solve that ancient puzzle: How did Robin manage to smash a wooden vase?

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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 own graphic design biz, Lasola, plus her cheeky side gigs (and cheeky Nando's). We're also sussing out her dream gig and giving a big ol' salute to General Pants! Have a squiz at Tessa's beaut work on her website here: https://www.lasolastudio.com/

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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, award-winning author and Anglican priest, who joins Jordan and Jacob in this episode to discuss his fascinating vocation, from its origins in India, via the Ethiopian Empire and the Little Gidding community, to the heart of Cambridge.

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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 maths and sing John Mulaney, as well organising comedy nights, pre-show nerves, Abbie's dream job, and the rule of three.

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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 concerns, however, such as buying and selling classic cars, turning hatred of herons into the world's highest-budget comedy sketch, and attempting to solve one of the world's great puzzles: Who is Jimmy Mattress?

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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 dreams of trawlers, to teaching sociology and deconstructing the male gaze, to becoming a qualified massage therapist, to where she is now, as well as time for caring for her parents full-time. As well as all this, we help her to find a dream job which may involve subterranean railways and musical frogs...

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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 the rubble. Learn all about bouncing, stewarding, project-managing, and influencing, as well as Sean's dream job(s?)

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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 husband. Have a listen to Anil's fascinating career and his unexpected dream job.

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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 the North Pole.

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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 witch. Content warning: contains some discussion of surgery and death.

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