Unfiltered with Oli Dugmore

My guest today takes us on a journey to where time and space end, the heart of a black hole.

He's been described as a rockstar of theoretical physics, who’s credited LSD with sparking his interest in the subject. 

And, his work on the quantum loop theory of gravity has seen him pick up where Einstein left off, featuring in his new book, White Holes.

My guest today is Carlo Rovelli. 

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My guest today is the great-great-grandson of a Baronet and the great-nephew of a Lord, who once had a posh-off with Jack Whitehall and Francis Boulle. 

Perhaps, then, it wasn’t a surprise when he found himself in the cast of Made in Chelsea for 18 seasons.  

But he’s not just a TV personality. While he may have been born an heir to a slice of the McVities fortune, he chose to found his own confectionary empire.  

My guest today is Jamie Laing. 

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My guest today is a comedian, whose regular appearances on Live at the Apollo and Mock the Week turned him into a household name before his thirtieth birthday.  

His stand-up has been described as “verbally virtuosic” and his sets as “lightning-paced, gag-dense, precision-delivered”. 

My guest today is Rhys James. 

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My guest today is a boxer. 

By 17, he was an Olympic silver medallist; by his mid-twenties, he was a world champion, fighting in Vegas and earning millions. 

But this isn’t Hollywood and he isn’t Rocky. He said: “one day I looked at my bank account and it was all gone.”

Last year, he retired, ending his 27 year boxing career with a record of 40 fights and only six losses. 

Since then, he has written an autobiography, Amir Khan: Fight For Your Life, to show - and I quote - “there’s more to me than knocking other guys’ lights out.”

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My guest today was a politician.

His CV reads like the diary of an eccentric colonial administrator and, while a member of the House of Commons, he went viral for a speech about hedgehogs.

Since being purged from the Conservative Party by Boris Johnson, his influence and wealth has only grown.

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My guest today is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, whose coverage of the most significant moments in 21st century US history has seen him arrested and tear-gassed. 

His first book They Can’t Kill Us All is a compilation of his reporting on the Black Lives Matter movement, and his latest release American Whitelash provides a nuanced and human account of how the forces of white power retaliated against the presidential victory of Barack Obama, helped to propel the rise of Donald Trump, and resulted in multiple racially-motivated murders.

Wesley Lowery, welcome to Unfiltered. 

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My guest today is an international drag sensation, who's won hearts and minds during their multiple TV show appearances in Australia, the UK, and the USA. 

The blonde bombshell’s rise to stardom was propelled by their appearance on Ru Paul’s Drag Race Season 6. And, in 2018, they faced off with Ann Widdecombe to become the winner of Celebrity Big Brother UK.

But, the challenge of loving themselves in a heteronormative world wasn’t always so easy. 

Singer, drag queen, all round entertainer. You may know my guest as Courtney Act, but today they are here as Shane Jenek.

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My guest today is a footballer.

Born in Leeds and raised in poverty by his mother and grandmother while his father spent recurring stints in prison, he began his professional career as a midfielder at Leeds United, where he was dubbed the “Yorkshire Pirlo”. In 2020, he started every game for England at the Euros.

A big money move to Manchester City followed, but injury has meant nearly no match time. 

Gareth Southgate says: “He is a super player”, but “inevitably it’s not a situation that can continue forever.”

His best friend says: “[He’s] never let the football, the fame, the money, get on top of him.” 

My guest today is Kalvin Phillips.

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My guest today is a fighter.

Born in Atherton, he started learning traditional martial arts aged seven. Now, standing at six foot five, weighing 18 stone, he sits fifth in the UFC’s heavyweight rankings. 

But the path to a successful MMA career for a British heavyweight is not an easy one. Speaking about that journey, he said: “There were some days I had 20 quid and had to decide am I going to feed the kids or am I going to put fuel in the car to go and train”

He was undefeated in the UFC, with all kinds of cash bonuses for first round finishes, until a freak injury in his last fight blew his knee apart. A year later, he returns to the Octagon.

My guest today is Tom Aspinall.

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When her career began in Holland, aged just 14, she was too young to sign the contract herself. 

Since then, she’s become the all-time leading scorer in the Women’s Super League; scored more goals for the Netherland’s than any other player, man or woman; won the Euros; played in a world cup final; and signed a quarter of a million pound contract extension with Arsenal F.C. earlier this year - although that is according to the Daily Mail, so who knows.

Despite all the success, she came close to retirement at the age of 18.  

Ian Wright says: “She’s the best number 9 in the world and she is the best number 10 in the world. There’s not many players that can do that.”

Our guest today is Viv Miedema.

Presenter: Oli Dugmore

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Production: Shawnee Linstead and Joel Dunn-Wilson

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