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Kat Ronson is a British actress, comedian, podcaster and creative. Featured on Missguided, Wonderland Magazine and known for her standup specials and hilarious social media content. She also creates videos with BLANK alumni Katrina Robinson. Check out their videos here: https://www.instagram.com/katandkatcomedy/?hl=en Kat spoke to Giles and Jim about acting, exposing creepy DMs on social media, agents and Jim's weird broken toe. Get more from the BLANK Podcast at patreon.com/blankpodcast Massive thanks to our patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @katronny blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Hoggart is a British-American stand-up comedian and actress, best known for starring in Almost Royal, a faux-reality show on BBC America, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, an American political satire show on TBS. She has also hosted her own show It's Personal with Amy Hoggart, on truTV. Amy spoke to Giles and Jim about Washington, DC, getting into comedy and acting, interviewing MAGAs and pregnancy. Check out Amy's podcast here: https://shows.acast.com/femanism Massive thanks to our patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @amy_hoggart blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mehreen Baig is a former teacher and British television presenter. She has presented several documentaries on topics relating to Britain's Asian and Muslim communities. Her show Glow Up Your Grades helps support many pupils with their GCSEs every year. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUn2zTSlKmGBQ-qnL8iDEtg Giles and Jim talked to Mehreen about her time as a teacher, the challenges of the education system in the UK, her move into broadcasting and her book Hidden Lessons - Growing Up On The Frontline Of Teaching. Buy a copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hidden-Lessons-Growing-Frontline-Teaching/dp/152938303X Massive thanks to our patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @mehreenbaig blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louise Minchin is a TV presenter, journalist, author and athlete. She presented the UK’s most successful morning television programme BBC Breakfast for two decades and at 45 was inspired to take up triathlon after a BBC Breakfast challenge. Three years later she represented her age-group in the World and European Championships. Louise spoke to Giles and Jim about getting into journalism, the perils of live television, and writing and researching her new book. Pre-order Louise's new book 'Fearless: Adventures with Extraordinary Women' here: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/fearless-extraordinary-adventures-with-courageous-women-louise-minchin/7277897?ean=9781399401180 Massive thanks to our patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @louiseminchin blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Rupy Aujla is a trusted NHS GP and food expert behind the bestselling Doctor’s Kitchen – a collection of over 100 recipes that put flavour and nutrition first. Dr Rupy is an International Health and Wellness speaker and regularly delivers lectures and talks at many international events including TEDx, The Royal Society of Medicine, The Royal Society of Culinary Arts, BBC Good Food etc. Dr Rupy is also a Sunday Times bestselling author  BBC Presenter and regularly appears on national television. He has a number one rated podcast, The Doctor’s Kitchen, with over 12 million downloads to date, over 295,000 Instagram followers and a million YouTube views. In January 2022 he successfully launched The Doctor’s Kitchen App, a personalised nutrition and healthy eating app. Dr Rupy spoke to Giles and Jim about gut health, growing up and getting into medicine, the influence of his family and his nutrition mission.  COOKS is Dr Rupy's fourth book and follows his bestsellers, Doctor’s Kitchen 3-2-1 (2020), Eat to Beat Illness (2019) and The Doctors Kitchen (2017), and is available to buy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dr-Rupy-Cooks-Healthy-Flavour/dp/1529148839/ref=asc_df_1529148839/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=606879936666&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17057741905474065191&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045878&hvtargid=pla-1694412554799&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 Massive thanks to our patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @doctors_kitchen blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Molly McKew is a writer and expert in information warfare specializing in U.S.-Russia relations. She served as an adviser to then-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili from 2009 to 2013.  We spoke to Molly about weaponising narratives, the dangers of basically everything online...and cats. Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @MollyMcKew blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabeth Mcafferty is an actress and journalist, she has starred in Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) and Dumbo (2019) and her work has been published in VICE, The Guardian, Dazed and The Independent. We talked to Elizabeth about getting into acting via body doubling, approaching stories with compassion and seeking out the stranger stories in life.  PLUS extra chat with Elizabeth over at patreon.com/blankpodcast Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @elizabethmccaff blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lucy Ann Beaumont is a British actress, writer, and stand-up comedian. Well known for her comedy series Meet the Richardsons, and Hullraisers. Lucy's 2014 debut show at the Edinburgh Festival, 'We Can Twerk it Out' was nominated for that year's Best Newcomer Award. We talked to Lucy about how amazing grandparents can be, using challenging life experiences to inform your creativity, and trying to break into comedy. If you enjoyed listening to Lucy go and see her on tour!  Tickets are on sale now https://lucybeaumont.co.uk PLUS extra chat with Lucy over at patreon.com/blankpodcast Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @LucyABeaumont blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pauline Cox is a nutritionist who co-founded Sow & Arrow in 2018 with a mission of creating easy-to-access information on health and wellbeing as well as a place to get convenient healthy food on the go. She is a functional nutritionist, passionate about food and nutrition, and also writes articles about health and well-being, particularly women's wellbeing. Pauline spoke to Giles and Jim about her own health journey, the challenges that face getting nutrition information out against fast food advertising, and her new book, Hungry Woman. Pre-order Pauline's book here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452747/hungry-woman-by-cox-pauline/9781529199109 PLUS extra chat with Pauline over at patreon.com/blankpodcast Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @sowandarrow_ blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zoiey Smale is an internationally acclaimed inclusion activist, her 20-year career in sport has seen her move from Athlete to Inclusion consultant, where she now works with amateur and professional sports organisations. Zoiey is a qualified coach across various disciplines and adjudicating official. She is also a podcaster and presenter. We talked to Zoiey about the power of sport in building communities, the incredible work and impact of coaches at grass roots level and the ongoing work of promoting inclusivity and diversity at all levels of sport. PLUS extra chat with Zoiey over at patreon.com/blankpodcast Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @zoieysmale blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Due to scheduling issues we are unable to bring you a new episode this week so instead we have delved into the archives to bring you a Classic Blank episode with Gary Lineker. Gary is in the new this week after being suspended by Match of the Day for refusing to apologise for tweeting his political views. Gary spoke to us way back in 2018 about his twitter usage and you can hear him talk about that at 50:05 in this episode. Gary Lineker is a former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. He holds England's record for goals in FIFA World Cup finals, with 10 scored and is England's third highest top scorer. His media career began with the BBC, where he still presents the flagship football programme Match of the Day since the late 1990s. He has also worked for Al Jazeera Sports, Eredivisie Live, NBC Sports Network and currently hosts BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League. Gary very kindly invited Giles and Jim to his house in South West London back in 2018 for a cuppa and a chat about all things BLANK. We talked about making big decisions at a young age and the feeling of getting to a point where you're confident in what you do. Gary also talked openly about those moments off the field, including when his first son George was diagnosed with leukaemia as a child, had affected him and how football helped him through that time. With Christmas just around the corner, Giles and Gary share some cooking tips while Jim ponders what a waterbath is. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @garylineker blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kimberly Hart-Simpson is an actor best know for appearing in Hollyoaks and Coronation Street. She spoke to Giles and Jim about auditions, growing closer to her mum, Naked Attraction, making up new phrases and loads more. Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @kimberly_h_s blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy 200th podcast to us! To celebrate reaching this massive milestone we picked some clips from our favourite episodes and chatted about some of the stories behind them. Thanks so much to everyone who has listened to us over the past four and a half years. Sponsored by Gousto. Head to gousto.co.uk and use code BLANK for 60% off your first box + 25% off all boxes for two months. Full episodes: John Motson https://audioboom.com/posts/7927595-john-motson Jon Ronson https://audioboom.com/posts/7827989-jon-ronson Dawn French https://audioboom.com/posts/7827945-dawn-french Sanjeev Bhaskar https://audioboom.com/posts/7827959-sanjeev-bhaskar Wim Hof https://audioboom.com/posts/7827914-wim-hof Dame Kelly Holmes https://audioboom.com/posts/7827940-dame-kelly-holmes David Harbour https://audioboom.com/posts/7827955-david-harbour Vicky McClure https://audioboom.com/posts/7828302-vicky-mcclure @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy blankpodcast2018@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Chapman is an award winning barber, author, public speaker, global barber director and international educator. We talk to Tom about his love of WWE, his journey into hairdressing via being a musician and founding The Lions Barber Collective, which started as a group of international barbers raising awareness for suicide prevention. PLUS Ad free, extra content with Tom for our patrons at patreon.com/blankpodcast Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @herestommy blankpodcast2018@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Simpson CBE is an English foreign correspondent and world affairs editor of BBC News. He has spent all his working life with the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including thirty war zones, and interviewed many world leaders. We talk to John about his 50-plus years at the BBC, the scary moments when his life was in danger, reporting from the frontlines and trying to find the humanity in such a troubled world. PLUS Ad free, extra content with John for our patrons at patreon.com/blankpodcast Tickets to Jim's February show here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/jim-daly-football-and-fatherhood-9th-feb-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202302091830 Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @johnsimpsonnews blankpodcast2018@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Gower is an actor and musician. Best known for his role as "Bonnie Prince" Charles Edward Stuart in "Outlander" and for playing Nick Cutler, the vampire solicitor in season 4 of "Being Human, he's also appeared in Carnival Row and Black Mirror. Andrew is also lead singer of The Gustaffsons. We talked to Andrew about his love of football and how it often compares to acting, going through drama school and how we need to reframe failure. PLUS Ad free, extra content with Andrew for our patrons at patreon.com/blankpodcast Tickets to Jim's February show here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/jim-daly-football-and-fatherhood-9th-feb-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202302091830 Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @TheAndrewGower blankpodcast2018@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martin O'Neill OBE is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. His distinguished playing career included winning two European cups with Nottingham Forest and was capped 64 times for Northern Ireland. As a manager he has won two league cups with Leicester, he was the most successful Celtic manager since Jock Stein, winning 213 games in his time there. He has also managed Wycombe Wanderers, Aston Villa, Sunderland and Nottingham Forest. We talked to Martin about his early football memories, the highs and lows of playing and management and the story of how he acquired Eusebio's shorts! PLUS extra content with Martin for our patrons at patreon.com/blankpodcast Buy Martin's book On Days Like These here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Days-Like-These-Life-Football/dp/1035008467 Tickets to Jim's February show here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/jim-daly-football-and-fatherhood-9th-feb-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202302091830 Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @moneill31 blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonnie Langford is an icon of British stage and screen. She came to prominence as a child star in the 1970s, when she had a notable role in the TV series Just William and went on to play companion Mel Bush in Doctor Who and Carmel Kazemi on EastEnders, for which she won the 2016 British Soap Award for Best Newcomer. She has also appeared in various musicals in the West End and on Broadway, including Peter Pan, Cats, The Pirates of Penzance and Chicago. Bonnie chatted to Giles and Jim about being a child star and navigating that journey, being resilient, the secrets of what happens on set on a soap opera and plenty of animal analogies. PLUS extra content with Bonnie for our patrons at patreon.com/blankpodcast Tickets to Jim's February show here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/jim-daly-football-and-fatherhood-9th-feb-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202302091830 Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @bonnie_langford blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martin Owen is a British Film director and Producer. Martin's film directing credits include The Loneliest Boy in the World, Twist, Killers Anonymous and Exec producer on Save the Cinema. We talk to Martin about growing up in the North East, his love of football and 80's film and TV and we find out what it's like for a director on set. PLUS extra content with Martin for our patrons at patreon.com/blankpodcast Tickets to Jim's February show here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/jim-daly-football-and-fatherhood-9th-feb-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202302091830 Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @martin0wen blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Makin, AKA School Night Vegan, is a vegan food expert, author and influencer. We talked to Richard about his vegan journey, food trucks, San Francisco, Finders Keepers, Regina Blitz, and lots more randomness. Pre-order Richard's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anything-You-Can-Cook-Vegan/dp/152663841X PLUS extra content with Richard for our patrons at patreon.com/blankpodcast Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm, Vicki, Julianna Williams, Rachel Bowen, Witnessthebigness. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @schoolnightvegan blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices