In this podcast, the crash test dummies meet Lou Channon; the driving force behind a Brighton based community gospel choir open to all.

Over two decades, the acclaimed 'Brighton Goes Gospel’ choir has grown from just a handful of like minded people - with a love of gospel - to over a 140 strong membership.

Lou talks about the choirs' first small get-togethers, to their numerous live performances, concerts and shows. She also talks about the logistical and personal management of such an organic endeavour as it grows. Plus, the skills she personally had to develop in order to manage the choir as became more popular. We also talk about the sheer pleasure, delight and overwhelming sensation of wellness that comes from singing within a choir. 

If you'd like to find out more about the choir, just type in Brighton Goes Gospel in the YouTube search bar. There are numerous performance films and clips of the choir in action. 

https://www.facebook.com/brightongoesgospel/

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A great giggle from the get go, the final episode of series one joins the non-geniuses back to where it all started, as they revisit Gary Grant and his bees. Things are very different in the height of the honey making season. The bees are active, and their numbers have grown. Dressed in fabulous, all in one white numbers for protection, the pair finally get close to these hard working little honey makers. 

Gary - as always - is on great form and shows Rodney and Tanya around his ever-growing bee estate portfolio. He now has a couple of new hives, and a bee hotel he created from an old wooden table leg. They get up close and personal, as Gary literally reveals a hive of activity. He also talks the intrepid idiots through his honey collection and bees wax making process. We say intrepid, because one of the hosts is a big wuss when it comes to flying black and yellow insects. Apparently, just the mention of ‘Sting’ can make him break out in a sweat.

They say “you should never go back,” particularly if you dinned and dashed. But that doesn’t apply here, as we learn even more about these fascinating creatures in the company of this hilarious host and his growing bee empire. They said they’d come back and they did, plus they got to play dress up. The second visit was as good as the first, that’s for sure. The question is, will there ‘bee’ a trilogy? Did you get that? Did you see what I did there?

There are several pictures of the visit on the podcasts instagram page, if you'd like to see just how close they got.

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In this episode, our guest has appeared in more than 30 films and television series’, alongside such Hollywood luminaries as Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren. He’s been in numerous commercials ranging from sci-fi, action and adventure to costume dramas and has even made it into the Harry Potter movies! And yet, many of the A listers wouldn't know his name or even remember him. Chris Hemmings is what they call in the business, a Supporting Artist, or to give it its more commonly used title, a film extra. Chris gives us the low down on the SA world within the UK and tell us what it’s like to be on set with big name actors and movie stars. He’s a great storyteller, and will keep you hooked with amusing anecdotes of miss steps and mayhem caused by other 'over enthusiastic' supporting artists. He also talks about his experience starring in a Belgium TV commercial. Oh, and did we mention he’s got a fantastic voice over voice and a moustache that makes him look like Lord Kitchener? No?… Well we just did.

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In this episode we meet Debbie Flack, who volunteered to act as an eyewitness to the daily struggles and unjust treatment the Israelis are subjecting the Palestinians to on a daily basis. Now, we know what you’re thinking, not a funny topic, and what are the two village idiots doing, wading into geopolitics? Rest assured, there are plenty of laughs in this episode; thanks mostly to the quality of our guest, and several flocks of sheep. You’ll come away more informed about the Israel Palestine conflict, which was honestly not our intention, but is no bad thing.

We talk about Debbie’s personal journey, her motivation, and the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) the organisation behind the trip. (Not easy for Tweedle Dum to say….)

There are some brilliant blogs by EAPPI volunteers, the links below. They give voice to ordinary Palestinian’s about how life is severely restricted for them under the Israeli occupation. We’d urge you to read just one or two to give you a better idea of what the organisation does, what they stand for and why they’re trying to help. As usual, with The looking For A Third Podcast, this is a fascinating, engaging and funnier episode than you might think. The halfwits do a great job of walking the line between downright silly and somewhat serious.

https://www.eyewitnessblogs.com/

https://www.eappi.org/en/

https://www.quaker.org.uk/our-work/eappi

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This week’s guest Laura Heywood is unusual for the podcast, because she has been a British, European and World champion. It’s rare we talk to people who can call themselves world class, and delightfully Laura insists we don’t. She’s been a winning competitor in the field of Obstacle Course Racing for several years now, and really is a bit of a legend in the sport. Like most of the people on our show, OCR is just a thing she’s into, because she has a full time job as a London fire fighter. We talk all things OCR, her experiences within the London Fire Brigade, and how balancing all that plus family life is harder than scrambling over a cargo net, wading through chest deep muddy water and traversing wet, cold and slippery monkey bars. And if that’s not tough enough for you, she also talks about being a competitor on Ninja Warrior UK. Go Laura!

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 Jim Higham is a runner who came to running relatively late after spending time working abroad in Africa. By his own admission he's become a little addicted to it. He gets restless if he can’t get a tiny run in of at least 10k a day. Now, to normal people in a city, it's about a 20 minute car ride or a 30 minute bus journey, and around 6.2 miles too long a walk. He normally clocks up over 40 miles a week, gets through three pairs of running shoes a year, and an awful lot of vaseline… Stop! It’s for his nipples... Stop! That sounds way worse.  He wrestles with his addiction all whilst maintaining a full-time job and family life. But here’s the irony. Impressive as his stats are, he’s not even the best runner in the family. His wife regularly competes and wins regional distance races, and I’m sure - to Jim’s annoyance - wins just a little too regularly. In this revealing episode we discover his passion for rhinos, distance running and his most epic experience yet: running across Kenya. Oh, and we didn’t even mention, he’s not a bad photographer either.

 jimhighameventsphotography.com

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 Edi Mandala is an amazing self-taught, ever evolving artist, with a remarkable back catalogue of mosaic art works and commissions. His home is adorned with some painstakingly intricate mosaic artwork that really deserve their own retrospective show at some point in the future. However, like all true artists, one medium isn’t enough, and he’s now moved on to create a mash up of spoken word poetry, artwork and social commentary, alongside his current multimedia project 99 Bigots, of which more in a moment. Edi is also working on a children’s book based on an old piece of driftwood he found washed up on a beach. He juggles all this whilst holding down a job with Brighton Buses as a driver. Oh, and he’s also given away all of his trousers and has become an avid kilt wearer.

99 Bigots is online activism, and is a mixed media project encompassing audio, artwork, poetry and literature. The goal is to take on the language of hate speech, bigotry, racism and discrimination; satirising the words most commonly used and the view points most often taken when people choose to discriminate. Edi Jay Mandala calls himself an ARTIVIST, an artist activist challenging both sides of the divide to come together somewhere in the middle.

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99Bigots site can be accessed via the link below
https://site-9218809-9986-4299.mystrikingly.com/ 

Photo’s of Edi’s mosaic work can be found on Instagram at: #thelookingforathirdpodcast  

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The dynamic dunces are back to talk to the enlightening Miles Borman, a self-styled mens health fitness and wellbeing guru. An advocate of fasting he regularly goes without food for 24 and 48 hours. He talks us through the how, when, why and where of fasting. Plus his personal philosophy, approach and shed's light on the numerous benefits of going without food for set periods. Miles also talks about what it was like to fast for 7 days on a remote hill side in Portugal, his longest fast to date.

Always entertaining the conversation is engaging and illuminating with an individual who has unique insight into a subject they're passionate about. The idiots are their usual convivial selves, asking all the right questions between bouts of silliness, and never straying too far off topic. 


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The crash test dummies that claim to be hosts of the show, are joined in this episode by UK and Eastbourne based comedian Claire Carty. Now don't worry about it if you've never heard of her. All you really need to know is that she's very funny, funnier than the male crash test dummy that hosts the show, and she'll be on your screens some day soon. She's that good!

Claire talks about her early years and origin story, and why she finally decided to give stand-up comedy ago. Based in the south east of the UK, Claire also talks about her inspirations for material, gigging on the south coast, he goals and her personal process to handling the nerves, as well as tips and tricks for getting better. 

If you like comedy and stand-up comedy in particular, then this is a must listen to episode. It's full of revealing insight into what performers do, how they do it to get it better, before it gets to you.

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In the very first episode of The Looking For A Third Podcast, the Mensa rejects talk to Gary Grant a long suffering friend of Tanya's about his passion for bee keeping. Gary talks about the how, when, where and why he got into bee keeping, but goes on to talk about the fascinating behaviours, the societal structure and the greater wider world of bee keeping. However, he is unable to do this without several puns, and despite Rodney's best efforts to avoid them, once Tanya gets going he's fighting a loosing battle. "Bee" prepared (see I just did it) to groan a bit once the two get going in the open episode of of series 1.

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