Martin Kent a.k.a 'Ace' is the guitarist and songwriter for British rock band Skunk Anansie. Skunk Anansie formed in 1994 and would become one of the biggest rock bands in Britain and Europe during the 90's. Martin is also Professor of Music Industry at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. We chatted about songwriting, how to keep a band together for 30 years, and what happened the time Lemmy from Motörhead orchestrated his stag party.

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Pat Pattison is a Professor at Berklee College of Music. He he has been teaching Lyric Writing and Poetry for over 50 years. He has written four books on songwriting, one of which titled "Writing Better Lyrics" has sold more copies worldwide than any other book about songwriting. Several of his students have won Grammies, including John Mayer and Gillian Welch. Visit www.patpattison.com for more.

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Rou Reynolds is a musician and songwriter, best know as frontman of British rock band Enter Shikari. We chatted about their new album, how he recovered from a pandemic induced bout of writer's block, and relief as a songwriting stimulus.

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Gary Keane is a musician, producer, and songwriter. We ranted about careers in the music industry, authenticity, signing to a record label, and star signs.

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Bob Sapp is an American mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler, actor, and former American football player. He is most famous for his career in K1 kickboxing, where his larger than life personality and enormous stature attracted record breaking audiences to his fights. We chatted about his illustrious career, staying in shape in your 40's, managing finances, and what REALLY happened with Mike Tyson.

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Ranting about A.I. songwriting, the music of the Irish Travelling community, band names, and other pressing matters.

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Damian Browne is an explorer, TEDx Speaker and former professional rugby union player.

Damian has just succesfully completed an expedition that saw him row from New York to the West coast of Ireland. This is his second time as a guest on the podcast, having joined us last year to talk about how he contracted Covid while climbing Mount Everest.

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Michael Galinsky is an American filmmaker, cinematographer, photographer, and musician. He joined me to chat about his documentary "All The Rage" which chronicles the work of Dr. John Sarno. Sarno cured countless people of chronic pain, most commonly backpain and his treatment methods were simple - read a book. Check out previous episodes with Blindboy or Rant #9 for a bit more context!

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Andrew Gold is an award-winning BBC and HBO journalist. He hosts the podcast On The Edge with Andrew Gold where he interviews an array of controversial and fascinating guests. We chatted about: his time spent with an exorcist in Argentina, telling secrets, interviewing a pedofile, UFO's, TikTok, and much more!

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Nicola Tallant is an Irish investigative crime journalist. She has been voted Irish crime journalist of the year three times and is author of best selling book and podcast "The Witness".

We chatted about:

• Joey "The Lips" O'Callaghan who became Ireland's youngest person to enter the witness protection programme
• The inner workings of the Kinahan cartel
• The implications of recreational drug use
• Tracking down John "The Coach" Traynor in the UK
• The sado masochistic crimes of Graham Dwyer
• The definition of evil....

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