Hello friends,

Merry Christmas to you all! Here’s a very special bonus episode of the OneTrackMinds podcast, with a very festive theme.

Just one guest on today’s show, although her list of achievements is so long that its a wonder she could easily cover for two or more… She is Meganne Christian, a materials scientist, atmospheric physicist and a member of the European Space Agency, which means she’s a proper, bona-fide astronaut…

Meganne told this story on stage at WOMAD festival in summer 2023, and we asked her back to tell it again at Wilton’s Music Hall in February this year. As you’ll soon discover, it’s best listened to at Christmas time…

Unfortunately, due to rights reasons, we can’t play our storytellers’ chosen songs in the podcast, but you can listen to them by following these links:

White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin

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The OneTrackMinds Podcast is presented by Adam Shakinovsky and Kristian Brodie, and produced by Haresh Patel for VERYFINE Ltd.

Thanks to all of you for listening this year - wherever you are and whoever you’re with, we wish you the happiest of Christmases. We’ll see you again in 2025.

KB.

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Hello Friends,

It’s time for the penultimate episode of the first series of the OneTrackMinds podcast, and we’re featuring two stories from our Hidden Tracks workshops to round off the year.

Our first guest is Alex Romeo, who spends most of her time in theatres, working to make shows accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences in her roles as a captioner and access consultant. She is an occasional scribbler, amateur photographer and professional redhead.

And after the break, we hear from family therapist Nina Gotua. A native of Belgrade, Nina is now based in London, and took part in our Hidden Tracks workshops in 2023, performing her story on stage at Riverside Studios, before reprising it at our MainStage event at Wilton’s Music Hall earlier this year.

Unfortunately, due to rights reasons, we can’t play our storytellers’ chosen songs in the podcast, but you can listen to them by following these links:

Seven by Jamie Lawson

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Something Wild by Lindsey Stirling and Andrew McMahon

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The OneTrackMinds Podcast is presented by Adam Shakinovsky and Kristian Brodie, and produced by Haresh Patel for VERYFINE Ltd.

Thanks for listening - we’ll be back again for our bonus Christmas episode on Christmas Eve.

KB.

Next Show - March 3rd 2025 | Tickets Here

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Hello friends,

This week on the OneTrackMinds podcast, we feature two stories about the life-changing impact of songs by iconic black artists.

Our first guest is the human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. Born in Australia, Peter’s incredible, selfless and tireless work has made him a veritable national treasure here in the UK, and his portrait now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

After the break, we hear from poet and author Vanessa Kisuule. A multi-time poetry slam winner, Vanessa is a former Bristol City Poet, Glastonbury Poet in Residence and TEDx Speaker. You can find out more about her work by visiting her website. https://www.vanessakisuule.com

Unfortunately, due to rights reasons, we can’t play our storytellers’ chosen songs in the podcast, but you can listen to them by following these links:

To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Nina Simone

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Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

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The OneTrackMinds Podcast is presented by Adam Shakinovsky and Kristian Brodie, and produced by Haresh Patel for VERYFINE Ltd.

Thanks for listening - we’ll be back again next week with more stories about life-changing songs.

KB.

Next Show - December 12th | Tickets Here

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Hello friends,

Welcome to this week’s episode of the OneTrackMinds podcast, featuring two very energetic stories about two classic rock songs.

Our first guest is the poet and author Salena Godden. The author of six books, including the poetry collection Pessimism Is For Lightweights, and the novel Mrs. Death Misses Death, Salena is one of the country’s most vibrant and essential literary figures.

Our second storyteller is actor, author and comedy legend Doon Mackichan. Best known for the groundbreaking sketch comedy show Smack The Pony, Doon has appeared in countless classic British comedies, including The Day Today, Toast Of London, Alan Partridge and Plebs. Her memoir, My Lady Parts, was published in 2023.

Unfortunately, due to rights reasons, we can’t play our storytellers’ chosen songs in the podcast, but you can listen to them by following these links:

Xanadu by Rush

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The OneTrackMinds Podcast is presented by Adam Shakinovsky and Kristian Brodie, and produced by Haresh Patel for VERYFINE Ltd.

Thanks for listening - we’ll be back again next week with more stories about life-changing songs.

KB.

Next Show - December 12th | Tickets Here

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Hello friends,

Welcome to this week’s episode of the OneTrackMinds podcast, featuring two very moving stories about loss and resilience.

Our first guest is the novelist and campaigner Stella Duffy. Stella was born in London, but spent her childhood in New Zealand, and that country’s culture has had a big influence on her approach to life, as you’ll hear in her story. As well as publishing seventeen novels, she’s also the founder of the Fun Palaces campaign, an annual festival of culture designed to increase access to the arts.

After the break, we hear from actor and artist Rufus Wright. His screen credits include Quantum of Solace, Rogue One and Operation Mincemeat, while his work in theatre has seen him cast as both David Cameron and Tony Blair in Peter Morgan’s stage play The Audience.

Unfortunately, due to rights reasons, we can’t play our storytellers’ chosen songs in the podcast, but you can listen to them by following these links:

Nightswimming by R.E.M.

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Calling Me by Charlie Winston

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The OneTrackMinds Podcast is presented by Adam Shakinovsky and Kristian Brodie, and produced by Haresh Patel for VERYFINE Ltd.

Thanks for listening - we’ll be back again next week with more stories about life-changing songs.

KB.

Next Show - December 12th | Tickets Here

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Hello friends,

**EDIT - an earlier version of this post went out with a faulty audio file. Thanks to Michael Hayes for pointing this out to us. Here it is again, but without an advert interrupting Alicia’s story. Thanks for bearing with us.**

Welcome to this week’s episode of the OneTrackMinds podcast. Over the past two weeks, we’ve featured stories about mothers, stories about fathers, and now, rounding off the trilogy, we present to you two stories about parenting in a slightly oblique manner…

Our first guest is film and TV director Alicia MacDonald. As well as being responsible for a body of terrific commercials and advertisements, Alicia is one of the most exciting young TV directors in the UK, having worked on a huge array of brilliant comedy projects, including Outlaws, Pure, Flack and Sisters. She’s also directed Lena Dunham’s forthcoming Netflix series Too Much, and her feature film debut, CC: Emily is currently in the works. You can follow her on Instagram.

Then, after the break, it’s yet another story from Kristian Brodie. Kristian is a Film Producer, Development Executive and Writer, who is also the founder and co-host of OneTrackMinds. He’s not averse to writing about himself in the third person if it comes to it, although he’d like it to be known that he does find it somewhat awkward…

Unfortunately, due to rights reasons, we can’t play our storytellers’ chosen songs in the podcast, but you can listen to them by following these links:

Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight by The Spaniels

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Exile by Taylor Swift (featuring Bon Iver)

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The OneTrackMinds Podcast is presented by Adam Shakinovsky and Kristian Brodie, and produced by Haresh Patel for VERYFINE Ltd.

Thanks for listening - we’ll be back again next week with more stories about life-changing songs.

KB.

Next Show - November 14th | Tickets Here

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Hello friends,

Before we get into this week’s episode of the OneTrackMinds podcast, a quick reminder to all of you in London that tonight is our Hidden Tracks show is taking place at 7:45pm tonight at the Purcell Room as part of the Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival. Featuring five stories from graduates of our Hidden Tracks storytelling workshop, and one story from our special guest, comedian Sofie Hagen. There are only a handful of tickets left, so if you want to come along and witness an awe-inspiring night of music and storytelling, act now! Tickets are just £15.

Right then, on to more pressing matters, namely this week’s podcast, which features two stories about mothers.

Our first guest is the comedian and actress Katherine Parkinson. Perhaps best known for her role as Jen Barber in classic sitcom The I.T. Crowd, Katherine has recently been stealing the show in the glorious new adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals on Disney+. Katherine told this story at our recent show at Kings Place back in September.

Our second guest is one of our first ever Hidden Tracks graduates, Alice Martin. A lawyer, based in Switzerland, Alice first told this story at our Hidden Tracks spin-off show at Omeara in London Bridge, before we invited her on to our MainStage show at Wilton’s Music Hall in June 2019.

Unfortunately, due to rights reasons, we can’t play our storytellers’ chosen songs in the podcast, but you can listen to them by following these links:

Forever Young by Joan Baez

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Singin’ In The Rain by Gene Kelly

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The OneTrackMinds Podcast is presented by Adam Shakinovsky and Kristian Brodie, and produced by Haresh Patel for VERYFINE Ltd.

Thanks for listening - we’ll be back again next week with more stories about life-changing songs.

KB.

Next Show - November 14th | Tickets Here

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Hello friends,

Welcome to this week’s episode of the OneTrackMinds podcast, which features two stories about the songs that remind our storytellers about their fathers.

Our first guest is the magician, speaker and business coach Richard McDougall. Richard has told this story a couple of times for us at OneTrackMinds, including at one of our very special choir shows, where our guests’s chosen songs are reinterpreted and performed by the brilliant community choir Camden Voices. Richard’s story is one of our favourites, and it’s included in our first anthology of stories.

Our second guest this week is another multi-time OneTrackMinds storyteller, Dara McGarry. Dara works in animation, and as well as having credits in Production Support roles on huge animated feature films like Meet The Robinsons, Tangled and Ron’s Gone Wrong, she’s also contributed her brilliant skills as a voice-artist on Frozen and Bolt among others.

Unfortunately, due to rights reasons, we can’t play our storytellers’ chosen songs in the podcast, but you can listen to them by following these links:

You’ll Never Walk Alone - as performed by fans of Liverpool FC at Anfield.

Stayin’ Alive by The Bee Gees

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The OneTrackMinds Podcast is presented by Adam Shakinovsky and Kristian Brodie, and produced by Haresh Patel for VERYFINE Ltd.

Thanks for listening - we’ll be back again next week with more stories about life-changing songs.

KB.

Next Show - November 14th | Tickets Here

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Hello friends,

Welcome to this week’s episode of the OneTrackMinds podcast. This week on the show, we have two bona fide musicians, sharing their stories about the song that changed their lives.

Our first guest is Jack Garratt, a British singer-songwriter and former winner of the Critics Choice award at the Brit Awards. His story, which he told at Wilton’s Music Hall in February of this year, culminates in a quotation that we’ve borrowed as the motto of our show:

You can listen passively, and have a good time. Or you can listen actively, and change your life.

Our second guest is the composer, photographer, writer, filmmaker and, yes, musician, Barry Adamson. Barry was a founder member of cult post-punk band Magazine, and his subsequent career has seen him work with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, and David Lynch. His latest album, Cut To Black, is out now.

Unfortunately, due to rights reasons, we can’t play our storytellers’ chosen songs in the podcast, but you can listen to them by following these links:

What A Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers

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Without You by Harry Nilsson

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The OneTrackMinds Podcast is presented by Adam Shakinovsky and Kristian Brodie, and produced by Haresh Patel for VERYFINE Ltd.

Thanks for listening - we’ll be back again next week with more stories about life-changing songs.

KB.

Next Show - November 14th | Tickets Here

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Hello friends,

This week on the OneTrackMinds podcast, we’ve got two stories that deal with disappointment and the self-confidence that comes from bouncing back from it.

Our first story comes from journalist and author Nell Frizzell. Nell is very much a part of the OneTrackMinds touring party, having joined us on the road to tell her story on many occasions. She’s the author of several books, including the novel Cuckoo which was published in August.

After the break, we hear from comedian Pauline Eyre. Over the years, Pauline has told many stories on the OneTrackMinds MainStage, but this one, which she told at Wilton’s Music Hall in January of this year, is my absolute favourite…

Unfortunately, due to rights reasons, we can’t play our storytellers’ chosen songs in the podcast, but you can listen to them by following these links:

It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue by Them

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Liability by Lorde

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The OneTrackMinds Podcast is presented by Adam Shakinovsky and Kristian Brodie, and produced by Haresh Patel for VERYFINE Ltd.

Thanks for listening - we’ll be back again next week with more stories about life-changing songs.

KB.

Next Show - November 14th | Tickets Here

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