Gemma Skinner is an award winning lash technician who is also a keen pole dancer and a model. Gemma joins Jason to discuss her love of pole dancing, being body positive, the role of the media in framing perceptions about bodies, her modelling as well as love of tattoos and life as a vegan.

Instagram @gemmavrose

Beauty Instagram @gemmarosebeauty_

West End Pole @westendpole

The Iconic Studios @theiconicstudios

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Royston Youth Action is a community development organisation based in the Royston area of Glasgow. Royston is an incredibly racially diverse area with attendees to Royston Youth Action coming from an array of national backgrounds. The Youthy – as it is commonly known – is run by a host of youth workers and volunteers who strive to ensure the young people who attend are guided on a path towards becoming responsible citizens. Mark Nitkowski is one of the youth workers at Royston Youth Action and he joins me today to discuss the tremendous cause he represents.

Royston Youth Action links:

- Twitter

- Instagram

- Facebook

- Summer Programme 2021 Fundraiser

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Soryia Siddique is a Glasgow city councillor for the Southside Central ward which includes the Govanhill area. Soryia joins Jason to discuss:

• Her teaching and lecturing career prior to entering politics

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Dev Sahni is the Head of Media at Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions, one of the two premier boxing promotional companies in the United Kingdom.

Dev speaks to Jason about his route to Queensberry via Boxnation, best fights he has covered live, working under boxing legend Frank Warren, MCing at a recent fight night, interesting characters he has interviewed and upcoming fights both within the Queenberry stable and further afield including the heavyweight triangle of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, honing in on the trilogy between Wilder and Fury. Dev and Jason also discuss the recent rise of celebrity boxing events such as Floyd Mayweather v Logan Paul.

Dev Sahni - twitter

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Michael Gallacher is the performance analyst of the Women and Girls' Teams at Glasgow Rangers Football Club. Michael joins Jason to discuss his route into the video and performance field of elite level football.

After that, Michael and Jason take an in-depth look at the 2020-21 Scottish Women's Premier League season and how it played out for the three main teams: Glasgow City, Celtic and Rangers. They go through the transfers made by the teams as well as analyse the matches that took place between the three teams. Celtic and Rangers entered the season as full-time teams for the first time and were not able to overthrow Glasgow City, who won their fourteenth title in a row on the final day of the season.

The end of the episode also features a short interview with Glasgow City midfielder Hayley Lauder who spoke with Jason after the final game of the season.

Michael Gallacher - twitter

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Colette Mullen is the owner of the Glasgow-based boutique Esperanza Style and joins Jason to speak about her life, career and her business.

Colette discusses her route into the fashion industry having graduated with a first class degree in international fashion branding. She evaluates the (lack of) preparedness she felt when applying for jobs in her field due to the limited effectiveness of certain university modules. Colette talks Jason through her graduate positions and how she put the building blocks in place for Esperanza Style during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. She speaks honestly about the challenges facing small businesses like Esperanza Style in terms of finances, promotion and how the Instagram algorithm acts as a barrier to such a small boutique.

You can find Colette and Esperanza Style on the links below.

Esperanza Style - website

Esperanza Style - Instagram

Colette Styling - Instagram

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John White is an 18-year-old Conservative activist from the east end of Glasgow. Traditionally a  heartland for Labour and now a stronghold for the SNP, it could be said John and his party – in that area at least – are fish out of water, although the recent election results may suggest this is slowly changing.

John speaks to Jason about his reasons for being a Conservative party member, his experiences campaigning and he discusses the positive case for the union. John and Jason discuss the recent Scottish election result and whether the campaign led to a single-issue independence vote. John also chats about meeting some of the prominent Tory MPs including the current Prime Minster Boris Johnson. As well as being a political activist, John speaks about the charities he has helped to run and set up for the benefit of others in his area and further afield.

John White can be found on Twitter @JohnWDWhite and by searching John White on Facebook.

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Jordan Clements is the Chef of Tiree. He joins host Jason to discuss:

- abuse he suffered as a child and adolescent

- his education as a chef

- working with some well-known chefs such as Jason Atherton and Gordon Ramsay

- the use of hard drugs to enable chefs to work long hours and the pressures chefs find themselves under

- why he has chosen to ply his trade on Tiree and the Scottish islands

- his plans for Tiree and the Scottish islands this summer

Warning before listening: the early part of this episode contains discussion about sexual crimes committed against a child, please be aware of this before listening.

The Chef of Tiree - website www.thechefoftiree.co.uk / instagram @discoverchefjordan

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Lorenna Losa is a mental health advocate from the Netherlands who is also battling BPD. As part of BPD Awareness Month, Lorenna joins Jason to speak about the impact BPD has had on her life, from her teens to the present day in her mid twenties. Lorenna speaks about her symptoms of BPD, how and why she chooses to be so open about her mental health as well as the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on her mental health. Aged 11, Lorenna was also diagnosed with scoliosis and discusses how she manages this on a day to day basis. More recently, Lorenna was involved in a car crash and chats about her path to recovery.

Lorenna Losa twitter @lifewithlorr and instagram @thisislorr

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