The Unexceptionals

This episode, hosts Ciara Jack (@_ciarajack) and Anita Ncube (@anitancubed)are interviewing Chris; a first year junior doctor. We chat to him about the weirdest things he's found in body holes, how variable the day-to-day is for him and just how difficult it is to have relationships (friendship and otherwise)when working for the NHS.

*DISCLAIMER: We do talk about some serious mental health situations in this episode.

[Recorded May 2019]

This episode, hosts Ciara Jack (@_ciarajack) and Anita Ncube (@anitancubed) are interviewing Matty; an environmental technician (i.e. clears up fly-tips). We chat to him about the weirdest things he's found at a fly-tip, define the term 'tyre biter' and the types of the abuse that people in his job face.

[Recorded April 2019]

This episode, hosts Ciara Jack (@_ciarajack) and Anita Ncube (@anitancubed) are interviewing Rachel; a pharmacist (i.e. a legal drug dealer). We chat to her about her day-to-day responsibilities as a pharmacist, what it means to be a young-adult member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and how natural doesn't always mean safer.

This episode, hosts Ciara Jack (@_ciarajack) and Anita Ncube (@anitancubed) are interviewing Fran; a real life food photographer! We chat to them about the glamourise side of taking pictures of packaged food, what the recorder has to do with the Women's institute and how much they loves cats!

*DISCLAIMER: We do talk about mental health, depression, self-harm and eating disorders in this episode.

[Recorded March 2019]

This episode, hosts Ciara Jack (@_ciarajack) and Anita Ncube (@anitancubed)are interviewing Wedaeli (@FKAchibs); an all-round journalistic force of nature! We chat to her about her podcast The Diss(ability) Track [@DissabilityT], her life with Crohn's and how social media can warp reality.

[Recorded March 2019]

This episode, hosts Ciara Jack (@_ciarajack) and Anita Ncube (@anitancubed)are interviewing Rob; an improv comedian! We chat to him about his recent adventures with dating apps, why people are SO into Warhammer and painting figurines and his recently evolving sexuality.

[Recorded January 2019]

This episode, hosts Ciara Jack (@_ciarajack) and Anita Ncube (@anitancubed) aren't interviewing a guest. This special episode sees the pair spending some time with some trusty bottles of gin. The pair discuss in more detail why they started this podcast, their previous insecurities and that buzzword from 2018 - 'Imposter Syndrome'.

[Recorded December 2018]

This episode, hosts Ciara Jack (@_ciarajack) and Anita Ncube (@anitancubed) are joined by Jake: a trainee doctor! We discuss his journey leading up studying medicine, why he spent his college years shredding in a Pink Floyd band and how he copes with entering a career that's a notoriously difficult one.

[Recorded December 2018]

This episode, hosts Ciara Jack (@_ciarajack) and Anita Ncube (@anitancubed) are joined by James: a Mixed Mathmuscian Philosophunkist! We discuss his equal love of maths and music, why he's as an active member of his employers PRIDE committee and how our friendship group is a privileged one.

[Recorded December 2018]

This episode, hosts Ciara Jack (@_ciarajack) and Anita Ncube (@anitancubed) are joined by Abraham: the founder of Black History Month events in Norwich & Norfolk. We discuss his reasons behind starting one of the biggest cultural events in the whitest corner of the Earth, why he wore a banana costume in the middle of the city centre, and the trials and tribulations that came with taming his mane.

[Recorded November 2018]