Sound of Silence

This episode's guest is Hilary Gallo.  Hilary is a serial ex-man, a speaker and an author who is interested in natural growth.  His first book "The Power of Soft" explores how to get what you want in life without being a ... and his latest project "Fear Hack" is all about making fear our friend.   He is an avid sailor who once sank a 30 foot yacht.   Recorded at Faber Creative, Bloomsbury, London.

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This episode's guest is Stella Duffy.  Stella is a writer, director and performer who has written 16 novels including Room of Lost Things, State of Happiness and London Lies Beneath.  She's written and devised 14 plays and over 70 short stories including several for Radio 4 and her solo show Breaststrokes was both Time Out and the Guardian's Critic's Choice.  She is co-founder and co-director of Fun Palaces, an ongoing campaign for cultural democracy that promotes culture at the heart of community and community at the heart of culture.  Recorded in Deptford, London.

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This episode features special guest Khurshed Denhugara.  Khurshed is a friend and supports Brentford Football Club.   Recorded at the Royal Academy, London.

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This episode's guest is Pip Stewart.  Pip is an adventurer, journalist and presenter who has cycled from Malaysia to London, paddled the entire length of the Essequibo River in Guyana and travelled from the mouth of the Amazon to the Pacific coast of Lima to document the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.  As a journalist and presenter she has worked with the likes of the BBC, CNN, Al Jazera and the South China Morning Post and in 2018 she found herself in a relationship with a flesh-eating parasite and is now campaigning to raise awareness of leishmaniasis,   a neglected tropical disease that effects around 1 billion people.  Recorded at Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex.

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This episode's guest is Lee Simpson.  Lee is an improviser, a Comedy Store Player, one of Paul Merton's Impro Chums and a founder of Improbable.  He's also been a croupier, a cinema projectionist, a breakfast show DJ and has written many plays and appeared in many sitcoms and panel shows.  He once did a very poor poodle act at the London Palladium and his real name is Len.  Recorded backstage at The Comedy Store, London.

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This episode's guest is Lena Peters.  Lena is a ceramic artist and storyteller whose interest in folklore, history and mythology inspire her work.  Her acclaimed collection "Secrets of the Hidden North" combine ceramics and stories that imagine the results of an archaelogical dig near Hadrian's Wall.  She recently exhibited at David Gill in London with "Saints and Spirits", a strange menagerie of shrine statues.   Recorded at the British Museum, London.

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This episode's guest is Dave Birss.  Dave is an influential speaker and writer who tours the world to talk about creativity and innovation.  He is the author of six books, very few of which are still available in the shops and in the past he's had various roles as a farm hand, a vet assistant, a university lecturer, a musician and was once paid to be a nude model.  Recorded in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern, London.

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This episode's guest is Ola Odumosu.  Ola is a storyteller and an activist who is interested in community and the power of stories in helping people be seen, heard and understood in society.  She is particularly passionate about enabling invisible kids to be seen and to shine.  Ola used to be a scientist but is now more interested in tackling tough subjects with a lightness, depth and sense of play and mischief.  Recorded in the chapel of House of Saint Barnabus, London.

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This episode's guest is Keith Johnstone.  Keith is a director, playwright and teacher who is internationally regarded as a pioneer of improvisational theatre.  He is co-founder of the legendary Loose Moose Theatre Company which he formed in 1977 and his books "Impro" and "Impro for Storytellers" have become much cherished essential texts for those who are interested in spontaneity and creativity.  Recorded in Raynes Park, London.

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This episode's guest is Nick Parker.  Nick is the founder of creative agency "That Explains Things", a former radio joke writer and Viz cartoonist and the author of the acclaimed cult classic "The Exploding Boy."   Recorded in Bermondsey Street, London.

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