Blank Podcast with Giles Paley-Phillips & Jim Daly

Fiona Murden is a psychologist and author, her books include Mirror Thinking and Defining You. She is also CEO of Oka Life, and innovative new app that matches people to mentors through behavioural science We talked about Fiona's work on psychology, behavioural science, the power of mentoring and her new app Oka Life, that matches mentors to mentees For more information on Oka Life and where to download go here: https://oka.life 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 @the_connected_psychologist blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mita Mistry is a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapist & Coach, Acupuncturist and author. We talked about Mita's journey into helping people, the rudiments of acupuncture, the challenges of trying to rest in the modern world and how to combat social anxiety. Buy Mita's books here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Mita-Mistry/author/B0B1P24Z11?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true 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 @mitamistry blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Poppy Gibson is a Senior Lecturer whose key interests involve children's psychological development and mental health and wellbeing. We talk about the UK education system, the positive aspects of social media, what it means to be a doctor and what we will do in a robot uprising! 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 @poppygibsonuk blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bibi Lucille is an actress, comedian and writer. Her latest show 'Meat Cute' is currently on at the Edinburgh Fringe. Tickets are available here: bit.ly/3QilFEC We talked about getting into acting through unconventional routes, comedy, losing your religion and imagining James McAvoy greeting you at the Pearly Gates! 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 @bibi_lucille blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special episode where Giles and Jim - just them - sit down for a chat. Among this episode topics were movies, DeNiro vs Pacino, 90s music and more. 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 blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Annabelle Knight is a sex and relationship expert and novelist who has appeared on many TV programmes such as This Morning, Loose Women and Big Brother's Bit on the Side and is currently the Flirt Expert on ITV's Love Island, is resident Sex and Love expert for online retailer Lovehoney. She has written three books and her debut novel, The Endless Autumn, was a number one bestseller. Annabelle spoke to Giles and Jim about her journey into sex and relationship advice, old mobile phones, social media, dating apps and her creative writing process. 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 @MissBelleKnight blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louise Boyce is a fashion model, content creator, podcaster and mother of three, known by her hilarious online sketches about motherhood, which have earned her hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of views. Louise spoke to Giles and Jim about writing her book; Mama Still Got It, online trolls, the modelling world and dads taking ages on the toilet. Buy Louise's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mama-Still-Got-Louise-Boyce/dp/0008561842/ 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 @mamastillgotit_ blankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

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