The Sod's Law Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

It’s our FINAL episode of Sod’s Law, and I’m joined by my partner-in-everything Victoria to top it all off with a review of some of our favourite episodes!

This has been the best three years of our lives so far, and to everyone who’s listened, contributed, written in and even given us criticism, we want to send you a HUGE and resounding thank you!

During the last 150 weeks our lives have been forever changed by the people we’ve met or spoken to on this podcast, and if you’ve joined us along the way by listening or watching, we hope you’ve enjoyed them too.

We have no idea if or when we’ll be coming back to the world of podcasting, but in the meantime, make sure you have a fantastic day and thanks for listening!

Timestamps for the clips we chose to highlight are as follows:

00:07:48 - The Best and Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Me w/ Sandy Lewis (Ep #13)

00:12:05 - Relentless IVF w/ Lewis Vaughan-Jones (Ep #19)

00:21:32 - Closing Ranks w/ Leroy Logan (Ep #36)

00:28:25 - Adventure and Aviation w/ Amanda Harrison (Ep #77)

00:35:31 - Plastic Surgery and The American Dream w/ Dr Sheila Nazarian (Ep #87)

00:41:30 - Surviving Domestic Abuse w/ Abi Blake (Ep #134)

00:45:15 - Surviving the Indian Ocean Tsunami w/ Ani Naqvi (Ep #137)

00:55:12 - Trauma, Rinse and Repeat w/ Mike Herz (Ep #6)

00:57:46 - Cancer and Creativity w/ Jeffrey Knopf (Ep #17)

01:02:05 - CANcer not CAN’Tcer w/ Iain Ward (Ep #41)

01:06:08 - Cancer, Euthanasia and Existential Rage w/ Josh Linz (Ep #91)

01:20:09 - It’s Okay Not to Be Okay w/ Esther Marshall (Ep #73)

01:25:03 - Reclaiming My Story w/ Ben M Freeman (Ep #148)

01:26:43 - Run, Orange, Run! w/ Sally Orange (Ep #99)

01:34:59 - Trying to Be OK w/ Shiggi Pakter (Ep #50)

01:46:03 - Acting and Accidental Activism w/ Tracy-Ann Oberman (Ep #84)

01:50:09 - The Last Nazi Hunter w/ Efraim Zuroff (Ep #49)

01:55:29 - Postcard to a Little Boy: A Kindertransport Story w/ Henry Foner (Ep #62)

02:01:46 - The Jewish Palestinian w/ Mark Halawa (Ep #74)

02:08:26 - The Long Night w/ Noemie Lopian (Ep #111)

02:19:11 - Fighting Monsters w/ Major Andrew Fox (Ep #140)

02:23:12 - Behind Enemy Lines w/ Daniel Berke (Ep #90)

02:25:05 - The Afghan Interpreter w/ Rafi Hottak (Ep #147)

02:32:15 - Supporting Ukrainian Refugees w/ Tzvi Sperber (Ep #120)

02:38:57 - Injustice and Immigration w/ Hillary Walsh (Ep #143)

02:44:24 - Strictly Choreography w/ Dame Arlene Phillips (Ep #20)

02:50:12 - Theatre and Breaking the Mould w/ Louis Hartshorn (Ep #11)

02:52:36 - Musical Royalty w/ John Altman (Ep #39)

02:56:10 - Acting and Accidental Activism w/ Tracy-Ann Oberman (Ep #84)

03:00:20 - Capturing Rock and Roll History w/ Danny Clifford (Ep #24)

03:02:31 - Rock Stars Don't F**king Smile! w/ Danny Clifford (Ep #65)

03:17:57 - Freestyle Rap God w/ Chris Turner (Ep #3)

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This week I am talking with David Baddiel…

David is an English comedian, presenter, screenwriter, author and self described Jewish atheist, who as well as being the co-writer of the de facto anthem of English football, has written a highly acclaimed book, Jews Don't Count, that largely highlights the double standards extensively employed (either knowingly or unknowingly) by anti-racists or progressives when dealing with antisemitism.

For the last 30 years or so, if it wasn’t his regular appearances on top UK comedy shows like Taskmaster or 8 Out of 10 Cats, or growing up reading his incredible children's books, or drunkenly singing Three Lions anytime there’s a whiff of the England football team winning a match, you couldn’t not be aware of some aspect of David’s work living in the UK.

Twitter - @Baddiel

Instagram - @therealbaddiel

Amazon.co.uk - Jews Don't Count

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This week I’m talking with Major Andrew Fox.

Andrew a retired paratrooper in the British Armed Forces who is a strategic, leadership and boardroom advisor drawing on 30+ years' experience leading military and inter-agency teams at home and in international crises from Sarajevo to Raqqah.

He is also understood to be the most senior army officer yet to disclose his struggles with mental health after returning from war.

The main reason I had the opportunity to speak to Andrew is due to his involvement in a charity, called Azadi, which was formed as an urgent crisis response to the brutal Taliban takeover of Afghanistan exactly one year ago.

In the last year Azadi have assisted thousands of targeted Afghans to evacuate and resettle, taking a tailored approach to each person or family.

Twitter - @Mr_Andrew_Fox

azadicharity.com

greenonenterprises.com

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This week I’m talking to Tal Rozenbaum.

7 years ago, after only a few months of marriage, he lost his wife, Nava, after a tragic car accident. We talk about what happened and how it has impacted his life and mental health.

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This week I’m talking to Jude Rose, and we're talking about taking back control of one's own self-identity.

Jude lived a life where their identity was in the hands of others; with regard to being forced to adopt certain religious practices and forced into a marriage and having children at a young age.

Then after going through therapy, Jude was, for the first time, able to actually think about their desires and wants out of life. Not long later Jude came out as gay, the marriage came to an end, and most recently has been able to come out as non-binary, living as authentic a life as they want.

This is a conversation that I came to with some trepidation as I’ve never spoken to a non-binary person before and wanted to come at it from as naive an angle as possible, without being offensive, and Jude made this very easy…

Jude's Blog on QueerMunity

Jude's Insta

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This week Im talking to Dr Robert Rozett, Senior Historian at Yad Vashem who was also Director of Libraries there for 25 years.

I linked up with Rob after chatting with Yad Vashem, who were putting me in touch with a Holocaust survivor, and I strongly recommend you give them a Google if you don’t know what they do and what they’re about - check out yadvashem.org or @yadvashem on all the social media places.

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So this week my guest is PhD Candidate and Russian History expert, Pietro Shakarian. 

I invited Pietro on the show to talk about the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh or Artsakh war that started last summer and has barely been covered by the Western mainstream media..

Between the 27th September and the 10th November 2020 over 100,000 Armenians have been displaced, nearly 4000 killed, and many sites of Armenian cultural and historical significance have been taken, damaged or destroyed. 

Pietro was kind enough to come on to talk me through the history of not only the region where the conflict has taken place, but the why’s and the how’s and also the implications on the people who have lived there for generations who are now refugees.

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To find out more about Northern Powerhouse Media’s extensive range of products, go to npmedia.co.uk. Use promo code SODSPOD for a 50% introductory discount on your first order.

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Happy New Year everyone!

YES it’s finally here - the episode that should’ve come out three weeks ago but due to facial surgery, being disorganised and many other rubbish excuses is now here for your listening pleasure!

We have for you our first year of the Sod’s Law Podcast in review, that will be unsponsored, unfettered AND with the most special of special guests; None other than my partner in life and podcasting, my wife, my significant other, my favourite person on the planet - Victoria Ellenrosenbogenberg!

It was the perfect opportunity to change things up a bit - you’ll notice the new intro music which will be staying going forward. Also from next week a completely different sponsors format will be introduced, which will make the episodes even more enjoyable to listen to.

This was a lot of fun for to record, as Victoria’s been swearing for over a year that she’d never come on the mics. Not only did she agree to come on for this special episode, I think she enjoyed it enough to be a regular feature!

Thank you so much for supporting us throughout our first year on the airwaves!

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This week my guest is comic writer and lovely human being, Steph Cannon.

Steph grew up as an only child has her father had cancer as a young man, which meant to start a family he and his wife had to use a sperm donor to conceive. 

Years later Steph discovered that not only did she have biological siblings out in the world, but that there were literally dozens of them, all from the same donor…

FB: facebook.com/insym

Twitter: twitter.com/SCannonwrites and twitter.com/InsymCreations

Website: insymmetrycreations.com

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This week my guest on the podcast is James Lindemann…

I didn’t really know much about James before this conversation, although we’ve seen each other pretty much every morning dropping our kids at nursery, or at the school bus stop for the last couple of years now. With this in mind he’s always come across as a unique fella.

He’s been through many traumas in his life, like the suicide of his father or struggles with mental health, yet has somehow come out with a positive attitude and his head held high. 

This is one of the conversations that I feel really grateful for having - it’s raw, it’s honest, and I hope that this will help anyone struggling with mental health issues see that there can be a light at the end of tunnel.

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