Crossing The Pond

Gary's guest this week is Marysue Moses, a dementia educator, consultant, and former memory care coordinator who’s spent years helping caregivers and professionals create richer, more human connections with people living with dementia.

Long before any of that, she was a theatre kid, trained in London, and later working with Minneapolis’s Illusion Theater, co-founded Theatre at Work. Until her own mother was diagnosed with dementia, prompting her to bring that storytelling instinct into memory care.

On the Eve of the release of her new book , Looking Past Dementia’, Marysue joins me today to talk about what theatre taught her about connection, and what dementia has taught her about hope.

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She built a home for other people before she'd fully found one herself.

Leeds → London → six years in Ho Chi Minh City → New Jersey, starting again from scratch. No easy Brit community waiting for her when she landed, so she built one. That's Brits of NJ.

This week on Crossing the Pond, I sit down with founder Katie Hoang to talk about the moves that shaped her, the loneliness that sparked an idea, and what it actually takes to build a community from nothing.

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This week’s Monday Mood reflects on a two-week trip back to England.-Starting with the 18-year-old choosing a Pinewood internship over the ‘traditional’ path everyone expected. -Sweating through a summer I was absolutely not prepared for. 20 odd years and the people who kept the thread alive through all of it. -The importance of being in the right place at the right time. -A birthday in Ireland where people flew across the world to be in one room. -More coffees than I’ve had all year -A mile and a half down a canal track to meet a Lancashire artist.Make the effort for the people who make the effort for you. Spend your energy on the connections that are real. And show up for the people who matter, while you still can.Available now, wherever you get your podcasts. 🎙️#crossingthepondpodcast #imonmeholidays #wigan #essex #liverpoolMusic licensed through Soundstripe.Code: HIPXSBYMH1IIPT7T

This week on Crossing the Pond, I'm joined by Macarena Tracey, who left Chile as a young girl after her father pioneered a life in the US for his family

Macarena spent over twenty years in the fashion industry until recently, when she made a choice to step back from the spotlight and start a quieter chapter in upstate New York.

We talk about all the facets of the fashion world, finding community as a Chelsea fan and what life looks like now, on her own terms.

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In this Monday Mood, we reflect on what World Cup '26 has done to the people who travelled here for it.

He talks about the England supporters who flooded the streets of New York and New Jersey in numbers he wasn't prepared for. About what seeing them did to him, someone who hasn't called England home in over two decades but never stopped carrying it. About the communities that were already here waiting to meet the world.

Portuguese families in Newark, the Scottish-Americans in Boston, the Salvadoran families in LA, the West African communities in Atlanta — and what it looks like when a country made entirely of people who once crossed their own pond is given a chance to show what it's made of.

And about the noise. The political noise, the background noise, the noise that dominates everything right now. And what football does to it when it puts people who would never otherwise share a room into the same stadium for ninety minutes.

Every person who travelled here for the World Cup crossed a pond. Most of them didn't realize it until they arrived.

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This week, we've got a guest whose pond took him from small-town on the east coast of the US all the way to the bright lights of LA 

Cliff Beach.stepped out of his comfort zone before he even knew what a comfort zone was, trading everything familiar for a shot at something bigger. Leading to a career in Music, Public Speaking and authoring his 3-book series, Hustle & Flow

Cliff speaks about the speed bumps in his journey and the version of himself he had to leave behind to become who he is today.

We talk about the people who pulled him through it, why the company you keep can make or break your comeback, and why taking that leap, even the scary one, is sometimes the only way to grow.

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This week on Crossing the Pond, we're joined by Andrew Broadbent, whose journey began in England before taking a leap of faith to the United States in the mid-1990s

What started as a young coach chasing an opportunity abroad evolved into a career of leadership, as Andrew went on to become a Regional Manager with UK Elite Soccer (now Steel Sports) helping guide and support thousands of young coaches as they embarked on journeys remarkably similar to his own.

In this conversation, Andrew reflects on the responsibility that comes with leadership, the lessons learned from managing himself as a young man far from home, and how those experiences shaped the way he mentored the next generation.

Now, decades later, life has come full circle as he watches his own two sons reach the age he was when he first packed his bags and set off into the unknown.

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Twenty-three years in America. No cake. No big post. Just a quiet Tuesday and a number that made me stop.

This week's Monday Mood is four things that all landed in the same week and somehow won't stop talking to each other in my head.

*Asking for help and why it took this long to get comfortable with it.*Breaking habits that served you once but maybe don't anymore.*Why being kind without agenda is never wasted.*And something James Stuart said about the best chapters of your life. Enjoy them fully, but don't get stuck there.

Twenty-three years in, Still crossing. Most of us are.

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My guest this week is James Stuart, a guy who literally crossed the pond as a youngster when his parents brought a little piece of England to Florida in the shape of a proper English pub.

From those early roots, James went on to cut his teeth in NYC's restaurant scene before helping open some of Manhattan's most iconic restaurants and hotels.

Now living in Miami with his wife and two children, he's co-founded CUSTARD, his own hospitality consultancy, writing the next exciting chapter of a remarkable career.

We talk hospitality, hustle, leadership, and what it really takes to build something of your own.

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What does luxury really mean? For Mike Pearson, a man who has built a career in the world of luxury watches, the answer goes far beyond the industry.

In this episode, Gary and Mike explore the quieter luxuries: supportive parents, a career that opened unexpected doors, a life shaped by travel, and a family to come home to.

A warm, honest conversation about recognising the good in your life and not taking it for granted.

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