Yorkshire Talks

TV personality and sports star Danika Priim has had two stellar careers....and counting!

For six years she was a key player  the rugby pitch with Bradford Bulls and Leeds Rhinos, as well as representing her country for England.  Today she is a familiar face as a sports commentator on Channel Four, Sky and the BBC and was a key member of the Olympic commentary team this summer.  

However her journey hasn't been easy.  In this episode of Yorkshire Talks Danika tells Matt and Christine about her own challenging childhood and the emotional wrench and identity crisis she felt when she stopped playing the sport she loved and being a woman in a traditionally "man's world". 

Danika also talks about her her own difficult upbringing led her into an early career teaching children from troubled backgrounds, a job she loved, how she trained as a dancer and also how her first job age 11 led her to meet her heroine the Spice Girl Mel B.  Its a warm and fascinating chat with an incredible woman.  

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Welcome to Episode 5 of Yorkshire Talks.. the podcast that talks to a new generation of Yorkshire folk, with a different story to tell.

This week Matt and Christine chat to presenter, broadcaster and DJ Stephanie Hirst about her extraordinary and inspiring life. 

In a powerful interview, Stephanie opens up about the internal torment she felt since childhood, which led her to become the successful woman she is today, all while having a career in the public eye as a much loved radio host from Yorkshire.

Stephanie is witty and honest about the realities of her life growing up in the South Yorkshire traditional heartlands, and her message to “Believe Achieve”, which she advocates through public speaking, is empowering and moving.

Steph, an unashamed radio geek and car nerd, is funny and very entertaining as she regales Matt and Christine with anecdotes from her life.. and tells us about the objects which are most special to her. 

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Andrew Simister was a successful Yorkshire businessman when his life changed in an instant.

Andrew was hit from behind by a wagon as he stood by his motorbike on the hard shoulder of the A64 in 2022.

He was catapulted into the middle of the busy carriageway and was lucky to survive.  In the end Andrew needed his leg amputating and has since tried to re build his life, becoming an international Padel playing champion and  a vocal campaigner for Disability Action Yorkshire.  

He tells Matt and Christine how he coped, how he is trying to turn his experience into a positive force to help others with disabilities and how he now feels he wouldn’t change what happened to him because of the new meaning it has brought to his life. 

Links: 

https://www.disabilityactionyorkshire.org.uk/

https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/health/i-refused-to-be-a-victim-says-inspirational-harrogate-amputee-who-has-returned-to-sport-after-losing-leg-in-road-crash-4503229

https://www.mattjameson.co.uk/

https://www.christinetalbot.com/

https://chapter81.co.uk/

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What actually goes on behind the scenes of a reality show? This week Matt and Christine chat to Matt’s good friend Marilyse Corrigan. The two first met as co stars on the hit Channel Four reality show “Married at First Sight UK” (MAFSUK)

We hear what it’s really like to meet someone for the first time at the altar and marry in front of millions of people from two of the very few people who really know!

Not only will Matt and Marilyse be recounting their time on MAFS, but we hear more about Marilyse’s personal and amazing life story, from being born into the famous Batley Variety Club Empire (her dad Jimmy brought all the major UK stars to Yorkshire in the sixties and seventies), her Dad winning the lottery, to donating a life saving kidney to her ex! #MAFSUK

Find out more in our third episode!

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This week Matt and Christine talk to Rachel Woolford, born and bred  Leeds lass and winner of this year’s The Apprentice on the BBC. 

We find out what really happens when Lord Sugar says “You’re hired” and why Rachel felt she won the show. 

She also tells of the difficulties she faced dealing with her sudden exposure to fame, online trolls and how her first few months, post winning The Apprentice, was not the happy experience she expected. 

We discover more about Rachel’s growing business venture as owner of two (soon to be three!) fitness studios in Yorkshire 

https://northstudioleeds.co.uk/ 

Also is Lord Sugar really is as terrifying as he seems? Will he be joining Rachel for a workout?

LISTEN and WATCH to find out!

Links https://northstudioleeds.co.uk

https://www.mattjameson.co.uk

https://www.christinetalbot.com

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Episode One Danny Malin and Sophie Mei Lin.

Unlikely friends Matt Jameson and Christine Talbot launch a

brand-new podcast, and You Tube channel “Yorkshire Talks”.

Each week they’ll be talking to Yorkshire people and showing off the quirky side of God’s Own County.

In this first episode they chat to You Tube sensation Danny

Malin, the host of the hugely popular “Rate My Takeaway”

channel. Barnsley born Danny and his team launched “Rate

My Takeaway” during Covid and the channel now has over a

staggering 750 thousand subscribers. Danny starts each

episode with his catch phrase “Now then Guys – how ya doin?” as he travels the country (sometimes the world) with his trusty fold up table and Yorkshire humour, trying out takeaways of every kind and getting to know new people along the way.

He joins Christine and Matt with his wife Sophie and baby girl Athena. Danny opens up for the very first time about the

difficult challenges in his life including emotional and mental health hurdles, online trolling and juggling a busy, blended family life

Christine is a well-known face on TV in Yorkshire and

Lincolnshire having fronted the regional ITV news fand other programmes or 30 years. Charity worker, host and presenter. Matt hit the headlines as one of half of the first LBGTQ couple on the hit Channel 4 reality show “Married at First Sight UK”.

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A brand-new podcast focussed on all things Yorkshire launches this month – with listeners and viewers treated to a regular dose of the unusual, poignant and downright quirky stories from across the county.

“Yorkshire Talks “brings together the talented pairing of reality TV star and presenter Matt Jameson with the award-winning broadcast journalist Christine Talbot.

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A brand-new podcast focussed on all things Yorkshire launches this month – with listeners and viewers treated to a regular dose of the unusual, poignant and downright quirky stories from across the county.

“Yorkshire Talks “brings together the talented pairing of reality TV star and presenter Matt Jameson with the award-winning broadcast journalist Christine Talbot.

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