What I Wish I'd Known

Minnie Driver is an actor and musician who has released three studio albums and was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Good Will Hunting. Rachel and Alice meet Minnie in a south London apartment to talk to her about her new memoir "Managing Expectations", her unconventional unconventional childhood, the shock of coming to terms with fame and overcoming sexism in the industry from Harvey Weinstein.

Fawcett: www.fawcettsociety.org.uk

Gingerbread: www.gingerbread.org.uk

Acting for Others: www.actingforothers.co.uk

This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is a 16 time Paralympic medallist and now sits as a Cross Bench Independent Peer in the House of Lords. Rachel and Alice visit Tanni in the Palace of Westminster to talk to her about growing up with spina bifida and overcoming derogatory comments from strangers in the street as a child to become one of Team GB's most decorated Paralympians.

Scope: www.scope.org.uk

Shine: www.shinecharity.org.uk

WheelPower: www.wheelpower.org.uk

This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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Justin Webb is a broadcaster who has spent almost four decades at the BBC; from North American Correspondent to co-presenter on Radio 4's Today programme. He joins Rachel and Alice in the studio to talk about the impact never meeting his father had on him, the mental health struggles that he experienced his step-father suffer from, and the bullying he faced at boarding school.

Mind: www.mind.org.uk

NSPCC: www.nspcc.org.uk

Kidscape: www.kidscape.org.uk

This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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Ugo Monye is a broadcaster, Question of Sport captain and former England international rugby player. Rachel and Alice welcome Ugo to the studio to talk about his father leaving the family home, being racially abused at nursery and overcoming social class structures at school to succeed on the pitch.

NSPCC: www.nspcc.org.uk

Wooden Spoon: www.woodenspoon.org.uk

Show Racism the Red Card: www.theredcard.org

This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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Times Journalists Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson return to talk to even more extraordinary people about how they overcome moments in their early lives achieve great success. This series they are joined by the likes of England and British & Irish Lions star Ugo Monye, Academy Award nominated actor Minnie Driver and Michelin star chef Tom Kerridge.

New episodes every Monday.

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Peter Kyle MP is a Labour politician and the Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland. He sits down with Rachel and Alice to discuss his life-long tussle with dyslexia, growing up as as a gay schoolboy under Section 28, and coming to terms with his mother's departure when he was a child after running away with his father's best friend.

NSPCC: www.nspcc.org.uk

Stonewall: www.stonewall.org.uk

British Dyslexia Association: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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Dame Rose Tremain is the multi award-winning novelist and former Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. Rachel and Alice join Rose in her home to talk about her difficult life at boarding school in France, defying doctors with her cancer treatment and growing up with a mother who she doesn't think ever loved her.

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NSPCC: www.nspcc.org.uk

Action for Children: www.actionforchildren.org.uk

Voices in the Middle: www.voicesinthemiddle.com

This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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Rob Rinder MBE is a barrister, broadcaster and host of Judge Rinder. He speaks to Rachel and Alice about how homophobia, anti-Semitism and his grandfather's experiences during the holocaust informed who he is today.

Buttle UK: www.buttleuk.org

Stonewall: www.stonewall.org.uk

Jewish Blind & Disabled: www.jbd.org

This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org

Producer: Lucy Ditchmont

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James Rebanks is a British author and farmer. Rachel and Alice join him at his farm to discuss his childhood acting out at school to shake off his rural roots, leaving school at 15, and how the death of his grandfather forced a rift between him and his father.

Right to Succeed: www.righttosucceed.org.uk

The Princes Countryside Fund: www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution: www.rabi.org.uk

This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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Huma Abedin is an American political staffer who worked as Hillary Clinton’s top-advisor for 25 year. She speaks to Rachel and Alice from America about how her childhood in Jeddah, coming to terms with her father's death, and her husband's sexting scandal - not only destroyed their marriage but potentially damaged Hillary's bid to become President.

Fumble: www.fumble.org.uk

Runnymede Trust: www.runnymedetrust.org

Macmillan Cancer Support: www.macmillan.org.uk

This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org

Producer: Ben Mitchell

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