BBC Radio 1 presenter Matt Edmondson joins Dr Alex George this week to share the realities of getting his dream job at 18 and then losing it...

In part 1, Matt discusses how he achieved his presenting dreams from endless persistence, why he got fired from CBBC and what pulled him out of his subsequent depression. 

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