Indy Laville is a French/Vietnamese musician, currently living in Saigon, where he has played music as a full time job since 2015. His current projects include 'Saigon Soul Revival', exploring themes of late 60's Saigon (The Vietnam War era), and 'Moon Rise City'. We discuss both of these projects and his background, influences and more. You can find out more about 'Saigon Soul Revival', and 'Moon Rise City', and 'Indy Laville', all on Facebook, and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. (Although website coming soon - stay tuned!)

Prinyaka Mehta is an artist and artist designer working in Saigon on a multi-range of creative projects. We discuss her work, practice, background, life in both countries, work with 'Genderfunk', a successful community based project in Saigon, and future aims. You can find out more about Priyanka at @meta_pri on Instagram and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram - (although changes coming soon, more information to come!)

John Gerard Fagan is a writer, initially from Scotland, and is the author of his memoir 'Fish Town', chronicling his experience of living in Japan for six years between 2013-2019. We discuss his background in Scotland, creative writing, reasons for moving to Japan, and the challenges faced through undertaking that journey, including advice for anybody looking to teach in Asia, particularly Japan. We also discuss the volume of short stories which John will be looking to publish in the upcoming months. Keep up the great work, John! You can find out more at www.johngerardfagan.com and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. 

Brent Trotter is a blogger and mental health advocate from Victoria, Australia, running the account 'The Black Dog Community'. We dive into drug use, societal attitudes towards mental health and how they can change, the importance of a fitness routine, and aims for the future. You can find out more about Brent at black_dog_community on Instagram and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. 

Ricky from 'The Gay Narratives Podcast' joins me for Episode 130 to discuss his podcast, key themes, ultimate core mission, and future aims. We also challenge sexuality assumptions, discuss 'the coming out process', and talk about how we can challenge societal attitudes towards the LGBTQ community. You can find out more at 'The Gay Narratives Podcast', on all streaming platforms and Instagram, and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. 

Aidan Martin is an author from Scotland - his first memoir, 'Euphoric Recall', encounters themes such as drug addiction, suicide, mental health and more - we dive wholeheartedly into all of these themes, and we talk about his comeback journey, future aims, importance of creativity, the fulfillment vs pleasure, and what more can be done to handle the drugs crisis. It is a very inspiring comeback story and I was very fortunate to hear it on today's show. You can find out more about Aidan at www.aidanmartinauthor.com and more about ComebaCk at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. 

Madeleine Black is a podcaster, patron of 'Say Women' charity, activist, 2X TedX Speaker, and author of 'Unbroken', which documents her story. Madeleine was raped aged 13, and suffered a lot afterwards - she delves into the immediate aftermath of the attack, problems faced as a result, and how she has used her journey to heal, and her story to help and inspire others, through her book 'Unbroken', her podcast 'Unbroken With MB', and her speaking. Madeleine's strength, courage and story of forgiveness and healing is truly admirable, and I'd encourage you to check this out. You can find out Madeleine's catalogue of work and her story at www.madeleineblack.co.uk and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. 

Erica Schlick is a life coach, author, and glutens-free recipes creator, running the popular 'The Trail To Health' blog, run out of Los Angeles. Her cookbook 'Wandering Plate', is a 28-day plan of healthy paleo travel-inspired recipes that helped her stay healthy after years suffering from Lyme Disease. She has been featured on numerous TV segments, including 'Afflicted', on Netflix, Episode 4. We discuss the comeback from Lyme Disease, how vital her diet and nutrition was in her recovery, her book and blog, and future aims. You can find out more at www.thetrailtohealth.com and more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram. 

Rob Shevlin is the host of the 'In This Life Podcast', aiming to spread awareness of different people's stories, based in Dublin, Ireland. Topics include hate crime, stalking survivors and an interview with Ireland's first same sex married couple. We discuss in depth the six fascinating stories that Robb has had access to so far, thoughts behind starting a podcast and delving deeper into the practice, and future aims. Really enjoyable conversation and essential for aspiring podcasters! Thanks very much, Robb! You can access the podcast at @inthislifepodcast both on Instagram and all podcast streaming platforms, and find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.