Ordinary People Honest Lives

By Gina Patel

Ordinary People Honest Lives features members of the general public sharing their stories to the world.

We all are ordinary people with ordinary lives and we all have a story to tell the world becaus... more

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The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.

Ordinary People Honest Lives episodes:

June 07, 2024 Melanie Holloway
June 2024 is Pride Month and this episode is one of two interviews talking to people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Melanie Holloway talks to our host Gina Patel about the history of Pride, what the month means to her, current challenges facing the community, her coming out journey, allyship and much more.
Things Not To Say to gay people - BBC Three: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/clip/8c17260e-5d2f-4544-b252-edc59e8f71b1
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40min
May 17, 2024 JKC
To mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, Gina talks to JKC about the importance of the day, the personal impact people's hurtful comments, prejudices and judgements can have and how we can become better allies to the community!
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36min
May 06, 2024 Gina Patel
To mark Dying Matters Awareness Week, our host Gina Patel is interviewed by Arveena Kaushal talking about the importance in discussing the topic with loved ones, her personal difference in her culture and the role it plays, her will and final wishes letter following two situations where she thought she was going to die.
Please note there are references to death.
#dyingmatters #awarenessweek #sensitivesubject
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39min
April 26, 2024 Emma Khan
To mark Lesbian Visibility Week, Gina interviews Emma Khan about her journey to coming out, the support from her family and how we can better support the lesbian community.
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17min
April 02, 2024 Arveena Kaushal
To mark World Autism Acceptance Week, Gina speaks to Arveena Kaushal about her lived experience.
Trigger warning
Please note there are references to suicidal thoughts.

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22min
March 18, 2024 Adrian Lamb
Our host Gina talks to Adrian Lamb about his lived experience of ADHD and the perception from others on neurodiversity.

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26min
March 08, 2024 Emily Collinge
Gina interviews Emily for International Women’s Day. Talking all things inclusion, her career journey, role models and much more!
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15min
December 07, 2023 Dr Amo Raju OBE, DL
Every year between the 16 November to the 16 December, both Disability History Month and International Persons With Disabilities Day (3 December) takes place. The theme of the month for 2023 is children and young people and for IDPD is United in action to rescue and achieve the sustainable development goals for, with and by persons with disabilities.
Gina Patel interviews Dr Amo Raju OBE.DL on the barriers and challenges he has faced and continues to, why disability is still considered a stigma in the south Asian community, his honest opinion on people with disabilities being called inspirational by the non-disabled community and talking about his accomplishments, including being awarded an OBE, becoming a Deputy Lieutenant, appearing on the TEDx stage in 2023, his Walk Like a Man autobiography book and winning the Lifetime Achiever Award in the National Diversity Awards 2023. Plus much more!

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48min
November 19, 2023 Arvin Kaushal
Please note there are references to suicide in this episode, some of which may be distressing.
Gina Patel interviews Arvin Kaushal for International Mens Day 2023 which is held on 19 November every year.
This theme this year is Zero Male Suicide exploring the statistics on male suicide rates, the importance of talking about mental health in males in particular the south Asian community and how you can support males who may be struggling as well as if you are a male struggling.

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12min
October 07, 2023 Emma Marrison-Taylor
To mark World Trigeminal Neuralgia Day 2023, Emma Marrison-Taylor shares her lived experience, living with the condition and how we as society can become better people to support those living with the condition.
#trigeminalneuralgia #worldtrigeminalneuralgiaday #sayingitasitis
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14min

FAQs about Ordinary People Honest Lives:

How many episodes does Ordinary People Honest Lives have?

The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.