Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Pink Sparkle Podcast!
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| Kate Nash OBE | 16 Aug 2024 | 00:25:37 | |
I chatted to Kate Nash OBE the founder of PurpleSpace about her career, we chatted about an event on employment and recruitment we were both part of last year and we talked about how employers can hire people with a disability and the benefits of employing people with a disability like using reasonable adjustments! | |||
| Epsom Picture House! | 08 Jul 2024 | 00:18:30 | |
Chat with Cris, General Manager of Epsom Picture House Cinema. We chatted about disability access in the cinema & about our favourite films too!
https://www.picturehouses.com/cinema/epsom-picturehouse
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| Mark & Ciara's podcast! | 21 Jun 2024 | 00:31:56 | |
Chat with my husband Mark. We talked about learning disability & difficulties & how we met, our relationship & our wedding day & our hobbies like my podcast!
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| TV GP Philippa Kaye | 17 Jun 2024 | 00:32:00 | |
I chat to TV GP & Dr Philippa Kaye. We chatted health & disability & smear Tests & Screening & charity Eve Appeal which raises awareness of 5 Gynae cancers. I'm a Get Lippy Ambassador!
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| Actress Cherylee Houston | 16 Jun 2024 | 00:37:29 | |
I chat with Coronation Street Actress Cherylee Houston about people with a disability & Media Representation & her character on Corrie & we chatted about this week which is Learning Disability Week 2024!
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| Fiona O'Carroll Mrs Browns Boys | 13 May 2024 | 01:07:52 | |
I chat with Actress Fiona O'Carroll who plays Maria Brown in TV comedy Mrs Browns Boys. We chat about her career, disability,& autism, family & work, Mrs Browns Boys & tea making!
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| Shaun Wallace ITV Chaser | 30 Apr 2024 | 00:31:55 | |
I chat with Shaun Wallace aka Dark Destroyer from ITV quiz show The Chase. He chatted with me about his legal career & being on ITV show The Chase & we had a short fun pink theme quiz!
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| John Verge - CEO Golden Lane Housing | 01 Apr 2024 | 00:25:47 | |
Chat with John Verge CEO of Golden Lane Housing. This episode is about people with a learning disability & housing & the right we have to have a home like anyone else!
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| Actress Juliet Aubrey | 27 Mar 2024 | 00:26:41 | |
Chat with Actress Juliet Aubrey about her career. She has recently been in Radio 4 The Archers & ITV drama ProfessorT in which she plays DCI Christina Brand. We also chatted musicals & family & singing!
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| Nicky Campbell | 01 Mar 2024 | 00:31:37 | |
Chat with Broadcaster & co-presenter of TV Programme Long Lost Family Nicky Campbell about his career & learning disability media representation. Nicky also hosts a Podcast called Different!
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| Ria Lina | 15 Aug 2024 | 00:48:22 | |
I had a fantastic chat with fab Comedian Ria Lina for my podcast recently about her career and she talked about having autism herself. We also talked about comedy and why jokes that are made by comedians could be offensive and hurtful towards people with a learning disability like me.
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| Chesney Hawkes | 24 Jan 2024 | 00:22:13 | |
Chat with Musician & singer Chesney Hawkes about his career, his hit song The One & Only & working with Roger Daltrey!
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| U2's bassist Adam Clayton | 01 Dec 2023 | 00:25:40 | |
I chat with u2's Adam Clayton about being in U2, the band's recent Sphere Vegas shows & he talked openly and honestly about his past addictions & his fab support for Irish Mental Health Charity Walk in My Shoes! #U2 #WalkInMyShoes
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| Simon Mayo | 20 Oct 2023 | 00:22:18 | |
Interview with Radio Broadcaster and book author Simon Mayo. Simon is currently a radio presenter at Greatest Hits Radio!
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| Victoria Derbyshire | 29 Sep 2023 | 00:20:45 | |
I chat with TV Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire about her life, her career & her personal experience of having breast cancer & chat about the big importance of going for screening like cervical screening & breast screening!
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| Lorraine Kelly! | 20 Sep 2023 | 00:30:41 | |
I chat with Award Winning TV Queen & legend Lorraine Kelly about her career, her life growing up in Scotland, her daily ITV show Lorraine & about media representation & her favourite ever interview guests!
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| Adil Ray | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:27:24 | |
I chat with Writer & Presenter Adil Ray OBE about his career. We talked about Diversity & Inclusion & Disability & Media Representation!
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| Gaby Roslin | 01 Jan 2023 | 00:25:50 | |
I Chat with the fab TV & Radio Presenter Gaby Roslin about her career & we chat media representation of people with a learning disability!
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| Actor Stephen McGann | 01 Nov 2022 | 00:50:43 | |
Chat with actor Stephen McGann from BBC drama Call The Midwife. We chatted about Call The Midwife & &:chatted about disability media representation on TV shows!
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| Rob Brydon | 01 Oct 2022 | 00:48:21 | |
I chat with comedian Rob Brydon about his career & of course we chatted abut the TV show Gavin & Stacey & his character Uncle Bryn and yes i did ask him what he thought about what happened on the fishing trip! | |||
| Jon Lee band S Club | 08 Aug 2024 | 00:29:32 | |
I had a chat interview with Jon Lee from pop band S Club.
We talked about their recent reunion & their Good Times Tour, their recent Brighton Pride gig, about LGBT awareness & about how the band paid tribute to their band mate Paul Cattermole who sadly died from an underlying heart condition.
Jon is an Ambassador for the British Heart Foundation to help them raise awareness of heart issues.
https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/who-we-are
Jon and Jo from S Club will also be doing a gig soon at Pizza Express in Holborn!
https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/choose-seats/jon-lee-jo-omeara/1430608
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| Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson | 13 Jul 2021 | 01:25:41 | |
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson talks to me about her amazing life and career in the Paralympics and her career in Parliament and how she has become such an amazing role model to me in my own career in the disability community world!
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| Krishnan Guru-Murthy | 10 Jul 2021 | 00:27:05 | |
Chat with Channel 4 News Presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy. We chatted about his career & learning disability & diversity & media representation of people with a disability
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| U2's The Edge | 12 Jun 2021 | 00:27:39 | |
U2's The Edge joins me for A Podcast chat to talk about u2 & family & charity & his music
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| John Byrne Careers Advisor | 07 Aug 2024 | 00:34:32 | |
I chatted with John Byrne who is the Careers Advisor for The Stage which is a famous theatre performers newspaper which started the career of singers like the Spice Girls. We talked about our work careers, about representation of people with a learning disability within theatre and the media and chatted about our own Irish Connections!
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| Jack Welch disability Advocate | 03 Aug 2024 | 00:27:48 | |
Chat with Jack Welch who is a fantastic disability advocate for people with a learning disability. we chatted about our careers and about our work jobs and we chatted about disability issues like employment! | |||
| Vincent Simone | 14 Jul 2024 | 00:30:58 | |
Chat with professional dancer Vincent Simone about his career, being on Strictly & about his new theatre tour dance show Legends of the Ballroom with other Strictly pro dancers Pasha, James Jordan and Ian Waite!
Web: https://vincentsimone.com/
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| Charity Grace Women | 03 Sep 2024 | 00:27:06 | |
This episode is about this month of September which is Gynaelogical Cancer Awarness Month. I teamed up with Sara from the gynae cancer awarness charity Gracewomen who I am a voluntary ambassador for and with NHS Dr Jay Chaterjee for a joint interview to help spread awareness of the 5 gynae cancers and the importance of checking yourself, booking your smear tests, cancer screening and the early symptoms of different cancers. | |||
| Derek Cooke | 25 Sep 2024 | 00:39:01 | |
Derrek chats with me about living his life with his disability and we talked about what life is like for people with a disability around the world and he told me about his fantastic bags business called Derrek's bags which are for sale on Etsy! https://www.etsy.com/shop/DerreksBags | |||
| Tom Able Magazine! | 20 Sep 2024 | 00:29:00 | |
Tom the editor from Able Magazine met with me for a one off podcast special episode where he interviewed me about how I started my podcast series! | |||
| The Garden Tarts chat | 01 Oct 2024 | 01:01:18 | |
I chat with my lovely u2 fan friends Hillary and Jenny aka The Garden Tarts. I asked them about why they started their podcast, about what their favourite all time u2 albums and songs are and we chatted a bit about what they have learnt about learning disability since having me on their podcast as a chat interview guest! https://www.thegardentarts.com/ | |||
| Martin the DJ! | 27 Sep 2024 | 00:25:25 | |
A chat with a good friend of mine called Martin who is a DJ & he has his own show on Groove London Radio which is an online radio station. He chatted to me about his dreams and goals of becoming a radio DJ and he talked about his life as someone with a disability. We also chatted about media representation of people with a disability / learning disability and why it is important for us to be heard. He also has a fantastic message for other young people with a disability to encourage them!
radio show website: https://www.groovelondon.com/ | |||
| Sinead from B'Witched! ( pop group! ) | 08 Oct 2024 | 00:36:33 | |
I chatted with Sinead from Bwitched about wearing Denim, abut The band's new EP out now which is called Ripped Jeans. We also talked about their career and how the band re-united through the Big Reunion TV show, about me being a fan, about where they got their band name from and fame and why pop concert venues should be accessible for everyone including people with a learning disability like me!
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| Gary Davies DJ | 17 Oct 2024 | 00:27:07 | |
1. we chatted about his career on the radio
2. we chatted about our favourite bands and singers and why we liked them
3. we chatted about my claim to fame being related to u2's The Edge and Gary told me he was a big fan!
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| Rory Bremner! | 23 Oct 2024 | 00:37:52 | |
I had a fab and funny chat with the impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner for my podcast recently. we talked, Fame, ADHD, Learning Disability, Comedy, Our Career and there were some fab celeb impressions too! | |||
| Mencap CEO Jon Sparkes | 06 Nov 2024 | 00:41:04 | |
I took some time out to interview charity Mencap's new CEO Jon Sparkes about what it is like to be a CEO, I got to know about his life and his career, his hobbies and interests, We also chatted about Cornwall, our families, our work careers, his new role as Mencap CEO and we chatted about learning disability and SEND too! | |||
| Gabby Logan! | 06 Nov 2024 | 00:34:11 | |
listen to My conversation with sports presenter & broadcaster, podcaster and presenter and author Gabby Logan! | |||
| Rob Holland NAS Scotland | 04 Dec 2024 | 00:57:46 | |
Chat with my friend Rob Holland who is Director at the NAS Charity in Scotland. We talked about our work, and disability and media representation of people with a disability and much more!
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| Aaron Phipps MBE! | 21 Nov 2024 | 00:27:54 | |
I chatted with Aaron Phipps MBE about living his life with his disability, about all his amazing achievements in his sport which is wheelchair rugby and all his achievements at the Paralympics including winning a gold medal. We also chatted about who our role models are in our lives and about how you can achieve a lot in life and turning a negative into a positive. We also chatted about his own experience of being at the Paralympics in Paris this year! | |||
| Pat Carty Arts Journalist | 17 Dec 2024 | 00:31:33 | |
My chat with Arts Journalist Pat Carty- we talked Dublin, u2, media representation & our careers!
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| Jon Connell! | 15 Jan 2025 | 00:31:45 | |
Chat with Broadcaster and writer Jon Connell. We chatted about why we both love the TV show The Masked Singer, the fun of guessing the celebrities who are masked and who we have guessed so far on the show and we talked about media representation and about our work careers!
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| Denise & Stefan 2024 BGT | 05 Feb 2025 | 00:56:47 | |
Denise and Steffan from the 2024 series of Britain's Got Talent! Episode 100! Denise and Steffan from the 2024 series of Britain's Got Talent chatted with me about what it was like to be on the show, they talked about their lived experience of having visual impairments and we chatted about the importance of seeing people with a disability and conditions on TV shows as role models and they talked future plans too!
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| Presenter Ricky Boleto! | 04 Feb 2025 | 00:40:35 | |
I chatted with bbc reporter Ricky Boleto about our work careers, disability media representation and how important it is!
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| Journalist Camilla Tominey! | 10 Feb 2025 | 00:42:45 | |
I chatted with the journalist Camilla Tominey about, our work careers, The recent Traitors series and disability media press representation and both of our Podcasts and learning disability and how we have both met some of the members of the Royal Family!
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| Steve Lillywhite | 09 Apr 2025 | 00:38:45 | |
I chatted to Steve Lillywhite CBE who is a British Music Producer about his career working in the music industry as a music producer. He told me about when he worked with u2 on their singles and albums and how he got to work with other bands like The Rolling stones. I also told him about why I started my Podcast! | |||
| Hayley Newman! | 09 Apr 2025 | 00:24:30 | |
For this episode, I chatted with my lovely friend Hayley Newman & her wonderful daughter Natty who has Downs Syndrome. They chatted with me about their relationship as mum and daughter, we chatted about how important it is to see people with a disabiliy in the media like Natty and myself. We also talked about our favourite ice-cream flavours, chatted about the film Frozen and our favorite colours! | |||
| Sally Phillips! | 11 Apr 2025 | 00:53:06 | |
For this episode of my Podcast, I am joined for a chat by my lovely friend and actress Sally Phillips. She is currently starring in a wonderful new BBC Sitcom show called Austin which you can now watch on BBC I-Player!
We chatted about the recent final Bridget Jones Movie Mad About the Boy & her character Shazza. We also chatted about the world of learning disability and why we need to see more people with a learning disability being seen positively in the media like TV and film & she talked about her own experience of becoming a mother to her son Olly who has Downs Syndrome and what he has achieved!
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| Dr Grace Spence Green | 16 Jun 2025 | 00:25:03 | |
My chat with Junior Doctor Grace Spence Green. She became a person with a disability in 2018 after she was involved in an accident. She has written a fab new book called To Exist As I Am and you can buy it online from book stores like Waterstones! https://www.waterstones.com/book/to-exist-as-i-am/grace-spence-green//9781800814486?utm_source=awin&awaid=3787&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22647730732&gclid=CjwKCAjwgb_CBhBMEiwA0p3oODI0UTAVGWF2JV27AWVcXkPDEApmsWcYsryYsSE7XGSxvtbElbanORoCEbcQAvD_BwE | |||
| dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir! | 18 Jul 2025 | 00:16:05 | |
This episode of my podcast is very special. I chatted with Gareth and John from the Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir.They told me all about how the choir formed many years ago and we chatted about some of their past concerts and we chatted about some of the songs that they perform in their concerts. We also paid a lovely tribute to my uncle who was a long standing member of the choir. If you would like to know more about the choir, please go and check out their website. They are looking for new members too! https://dublinwelsh.com/ | |||
| Alistair Barrie | 29 Jul 2025 | 00:48:01 | |
I chatted with Comedian Alistair Barrie who I met at an awards ceremony. We chatted about his comedy career, cancel culture & why it's not ok to make offensive jokes about people with a disability. He told me about his kids who both have a disability & what he's learnt from them & we chatted about disability too. He told me he knew Chris who won Strictly last year & I said I would like to do Strictly to represent people with a learning disability like me! Please go & check out Alistair's career on his website! https://www.alistairbarrie.com/ | |||