I'm Glad You Exist

On today's episode I'm joined by Callum Black - globetrotting karate blackbelt.

Callum has lived in Tokyo the past 8 years and in that time has learnt a thing or two about what it means to be a gaijin (outsider) in one of the most culturally different countries in the world. He's also a championship winning karate black belt with views on competing at 'karate's equivalent to the superbowl' in the near future.

He's a fascinating man with lots to say about the realities of living thousands of miles away from home, assimilating into another countries culture and why his passion and dedication towards karate has helped with both of those things.

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You can find Callum on IG @black_callum_89
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You can find me on IG @johnliot and my personal website is JohnLiot.com
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Music by 'Sizzlebird' 

Opening track - 'I'm Glad You Exist'
Closing track - 'Lost Lands'
Album: Horizons

Bandcamp - https://sizzlebird1.bandcamp.com/album/horizons

Guess who's back, back again, IGYE back, tell literally everyone.

I think I've used that opening line before... oh well, no one reads these anyway.

LORNA ASHCROFT is on the podcast!

We're chatting about Lorna's late-in-life ADHD diagnosis (which is relative compared to those who are getting their own diagnosis after well past their 50's), and how mapping it backwards she can see how an adolescence of complications could've been better understood as the trappings of ADHD, but instead became all too common masking traits and a sense of being 'less than'.

ADHD diagnosis amongst adults are becoming more and more common, although the infrastructure to get these important tests done are still far from acceptable in terms of time and access to professionals. 

If you're interested in learning more about ADHD then there'll almost certainly be local resources available to you, and a conversation with your GP is always recommended. I'm also informed TikTok has a huge ADHD community, so if you're on the tok, go check that out!

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You can find Lorna on IG @lorna_ashcroft_nowicki
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You can find me on IG @johnliot and my personal website is JohnLiot.com
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Music by 'Sizzlebird' 

Opening track - 'I'm Glad You Exist'
Closing track - 'Lost Lands'
Album: Horizons

Bandcamp - https://sizzlebird1.bandcamp.com/album/horizons

On today's episode of IGYE I'm joined by comedian, voice-over-artist and podcaster extraordinaire, Tawny Platis.

IMPORTANT NOTICE (14/06/2025): Death is Hilarious is now defunct at the website has been compromised. Do NOT visit it.

Tawny hosts the fantastic, Death is Hilarious podcast (now defunct), which serves as a safe space for those going through grief or the morbidly curious to learn more about how grief can manifest in a person's life and how to navigate it. If that sounds 'a bit much' and quite heavy for a podcast, fear not, because if Tawny was to receive any criticism from her work around death it'd be more likely to be that she isn't taking it seriously enough. But that's the crux of her identity and why her podcast is so wildly popular - in approaching grief with complete honesty and sincerity, Tawny, learnt that humour was integral to her ability to process and manage the intense emotions that come with losing a loved one.

We chat about the inception of her podcast, the story of love and loss which took her down this path and why, if you're suffering with grief, comedy could be an option, but maybe don't go straight into writing stand-up material about it!
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You can find Tawny on IG @tawnyplatis
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You can find me on IG @johnliot and my personal website is JohnLiot.com
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Music by 'Sizzlebird' 

Opening track - 'I'm Glad You Exist'
Closing track - 'Lost Lands'
Album: Horizons

Bandcamp - https://sizzlebird1.bandcamp.com/album/horizons

On today's episode I'm joined by London-based singer-songwriter, Sam Walwyn.

If you feel like you're noticing a trend in my guests here, it might be interesting to know that, completely by chance, I'm taking it turns to interview members of a friend group.

You'll hear a bit more about that in the episode itself, but suffice to say, when it comes to the heroic origin stories of musicians, apparently my hunger is not yet satiated.

Sam talks to me all about where his career in music began, whether he's surviving or thriving and how a life-threatening illness changed his perspective on everything.

You can find Sam on all the socials, especially TikTok, by searching his name Sam Walwyn.
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You can find me on IG @johnliot and my personal website is JohnLiot.com
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Music by 'Sizzlebird' 

Opening track - 'I'm Glad You Exist'
Closing track - 'Lost Lands'
Album: Horizons

Bandcamp - https://sizzlebird1.bandcamp.com/album/horizons

On today's episode I'm joined by 20 year old photographer and rapper, Louis Walker aka $kywalker.

Louis is a former pupil of mine and is about to graduate from University. What makes that interesting is that Louis is part of the cohort that had a global pandemic ruin one of the most fascinating personal development periods of any young person's life. We talk about that, how music seeped its way into Louis' creative work and eventually emerged as his main outlet and passion, as well as how mental health due to the pandemic took him to some very dark places.

You can find Louis on IG @skywalkerbabyyyy and his Spotify by searching $kywalker
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You can find me on IG @johnliot and my personal website is JohnLiot.com
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Music by 'Sizzlebird' 

Opening track - 'I'm Glad You Exist'
Closing track - 'Lost Lands'
Album: Horizons

Bandcamp - https://sizzlebird1.bandcamp.com/album/horizons

We're back to back with chats from fascinating women on IGYE

Today's guest is artist-activist, Ally Zlatar.

Ally is a Canadian-born artist currently doing a residency in Jersey with ArtHouse Jersey. She's touring her project 'The Starving Artist'; a candid, honest and often brutal selection of self-portraits that focus on and reveal her reality of living with an eating disorder.

For Ally, her activism is in the form of conversations brought about through using her work as a medium for questions and awareness. She visits schools to chat to students about what eating disorders are, expelling misconceptions and facilitating growth around the subject.

It was such a treat to have Ally on the podcast to talk about her artistic process as well as the importance of the subject matter she focuses on.

You can find Ally on IG @allycardone and her personal website is https://allyz.cargo.site/
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You can find me on IG @johnliot and my personal website is JohnLiot.com
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Music by 'Sizzlebird' 

Opening track - 'I'm Glad You Exist'
Closing track - 'Lost Lands'
Album: Horizons

Bandcamp - https://sizzlebird1.bandcamp.com/album/horizons

IGYE is back!

After it's annual HouseGuys hiatus, the show where I don't rate people on arbitrary scales returns. We're back and we're sexier than ever.

To make good on that last sentence, today's guest; Sara Silverstein

Sara is a breathwork coach living in Philadelphia, who has worked as far abroad as Bali (funnily enough, encountering and making friends with some people from Jersey!) and promotes sexual wellness for both females and males. She's also a reformed alcoholic and a big advocate of not giving a good god damn what others think and living for yourself. Such is our conversation today, where Sara takes me into the conversational world of BDSM, including topics of consensual play, the difference between being dominated and degraded and loads of other fascinating nuances to the kink scene.

If not openly apparent by now, this is not a podcast for the shy of listening. Topics include heavy sexual overtones, candid mentioning of sexual violence and drug abuse.

You can find Sara on IG @sarasilverstein and her personal website is SaraSil.com
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You can find me on IG @johnliot and my personal website is JohnLiot.com
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Music by 'Sizzlebird' 

Opening track - 'I'm Glad You Exist'
Closing track - 'Lost Lands'
Album: Horizons

Bandcamp - https://sizzlebird1.bandcamp.com/album/horizons

SEASON FINALE!!

Probably, anyway. There's still the Season 2 cast wrap-up show Q&A thing, otherwise known as Episode 11. We're not sure at the time of typing this whether we're going to review that one, but we'll see.

In terms of canonical episodes though, that's Season 2 concluded.

'Had some laughs, killed some time' - in a year as turbulent as 2021, we hope (Ollie and I) that we've given you something away from the madness of the world and given you a chuckle via the escapism of two men who should really know better at this point.

So, let's hog-tie this season and put it out to pasture. Will we be back for Season 3? Will the Housewives themselves be back for number 3?! Only the future will tell, but for now, it's time to review Episode 10 and the second series in totality.

Thank YOU for coming along for the ride. We love you.

Join co-hosts Ollie Watts and John Liot as they tediously flick through the inflight magazine of reality TV and check in at the 1 Star hotel of drama.

Follow the lads on Facebook @ fb.com/realhouseguysjsy and on Instagram @johnliot / @ewelywewts

Once more into the fray good listeners, once more.

But hark, the journey isn't one we set upon alone - no, this week we're joined by BLOODY JANE RAYNER?!

That's right, of 'Jane and Andy' fame (aka Jandy), we have the Real Housewives Season 1 stand-out herself, the one we're not allowed to hate because of her naughtiness, but can because of her cuteness.

Who knows why Jane has chosen to join myself and Ollie in something most experts are terming, 'Career Suicide', but she has, and we had a laugh doing it!

Join co-hosts Ollie Watts and John Liot as they tediously flick through the inflight magazine of reality TV and check in at the 1 Star hotel of drama.

Follow the lads on Facebook @ fb.com/realhouseguysjsy and on Instagram @johnliot / @ewelywewts

BAYS, BREASTS AND ALFRED HITCHCOCK?!

Say what you will about this podcast, but a lack of variety ain't something we lack.

It's episode 8, it's the big drama show episode - finally Karen and Margaret spill the tea, and the tea is some screenshotted-supposed-to-be-deleted Whatsapp messages.

Poor Mia, she didn't need this. And on her birthday of all days...

Join co-hosts Ollie Watts and John Liot as they sample the free entrée of reality TV and get terrible indigestion as a result.

Follow the lads on Facebook @ fb.com/realhouseguysjsy and on Instagram @johnliot / @ewelywewts