DEBBIE WILLIAMS's Podcast
DEBBIE WILLIAMS's Podcast
A Conversation with My Brother
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In this special episode, , my brother, Sean, reflects on his favourite episodes for season 3 and beyond. Please feel free to get in touch to share your favourite episode. Enjoy!
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Welcome to Storytelling. This week I invite my brother Sean to reflect on his favourite episodes for season three. Enjoy. Hello, Sean, and welcome to the podcast.
SPEAKER_01Many thanks, Debbie.
SPEAKER_00Sean, we've come to the end of yet another season. You have some favourite episodes, don't you?
SPEAKER_01I do. I would say that season three was a very good season actually, as well as many of the episodes were in season two. But yeah, there were quite a few really liked was speaking of culture, which you had some guests there that were very interesting. Some of my favourite ones really, Claudia Douglas from season two, Harris, Jani, and Deliogan. I enjoyed that conversation.
SPEAKER_00What specifically did you enjoy about that conversation? Because it was over two episodes. And did you manage to listen to both episodes?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I did actually. I did manage to listen to both of those episodes and I enjoyed the conversation immensely. But to be honest with you, I really uh enjoyed Claudette Douglas's uh conversation. And I uh remember her from a previous uh episode that uh she did with you uh a poetic memoir, which was one of my favourite episodes in season two, really. And for me, she was definitely the star of that season, and very much uh it was nice to see her hear her voice again. In speaking of culture, it's made me uh go back and listen to that episode again, as well as uh Kelly Open's episode as well, which I really did enjoy, and it was the episode called A Slave Ship Called Jesus, which I found to be very uh engaging and very informative as well. So I did enjoy that episode as well. And you know, I liked Harry's Jani, I liked his episode as well. I believe that episode was Harry's story. Yeah, Harry's story, that's right, yeah. Very, very, very good as well. So I think it was good to get those uh three very engaging persons that you interviewed in the past, and I I found them uh that was it was good to listen to them again, really.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I think what really worked with that episode was the fact that all three had written their autobiographies and they had very different perspectives about culture and and bringing those perspectives together and having that discussion really made that episode work.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it did, and I felt that the contributions in all of the episodes, in the episodes, in that conversation and in the previous episodes were very, very, very informative indeed. So yeah, it was good to actually have all three of their perspectives in one place, and it was it was good. It was a very good, very good episode, very good two episodes, in fact.
SPEAKER_00You contacted me almost straight away after hearing the episode Living with a Stammer. What did you enjoy most about that episode?
SPEAKER_01So the episode with uh Living with Stammer with uh Brian Skelton I found to be very engaging, and it was a very deep uh conversation, and it was interesting that he uh went over his past life, past experiences, talking about being bullied and his two suicide attempts. It led me to to really think about all of the episodes in uh season three. I felt that the progression from season one, two, and three has led to a situation where all of the episodes can help other people, even with a slave ship called Jesus or Living with a Stammer. Even a previous episode with Peter Leverson when he was talking about time for everything. I mean, these all these episodes are episodes that if you listen to them, that you can get something from them and you can actually take something positive away from it. So, yeah, Living with a stammer was very, very, uh very good episode. I I felt that that episode in particular would be something that you could help other people with as well. And it was I think quite admirable that he was to share that with you, something that many people would find difficult to express themselves with. So hats off to uh Brian Skelton with that particular episode.
SPEAKER_00Yes, and I'm sure Brian would appreciate your thanks there and and an endorsement of that episode because it's something that he's trying to share to help other people, and I'm sure that episode has helped others.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, if you remember, he I think in that court uh in the in that particular episode he was talking about how the Starfish project changed his life. Again, it was to actually go back and listen to that and to actually though episodes like that can help people, you know. So yeah, he that was a very good episode as well. So as well as uh Peter Levison's minister of uh South Norwood Baptist Church. I mean, it's in in that particular episode as well. I felt that that was um very good episode as well. And again, an another episode in which you can get some wisdom and uh take something from it as well. Just look, I would say that was a more of a reflective episode, really, and uh one of hope and one of we can get some form of inspiration, but more of a reflection. So I thought that that was a very good episode. And uh and a slave ship called Jesus, I thought Denny's recounts he was talking about his his book, his historical accounts of the Jesus of the Beck, the English slave trade. I found that to be very informative, his storytelling very, very engaging. So yeah, I thought that that was the particular episode was very engaging as well, very apt, and uh I definitely did enjoy his uh conversation, hearing him again in the episode speaking of culture. But I've got to say, for me, one of the main personalities that I really did enjoy was definitely Claudette Douglas. And that previous episode in season two, when she wrote Poetic Memoir, she recounted two great poems and even sung a song. I think that was my most entertaining uh episode of all. So it's again that was it was very good to to hear her voice again in speaking of culture. Very, very good, very, very good episodes indeed.
SPEAKER_00Sean, there are some other episodes that you wanted to mention that are not necessarily from season three, but there's some from season two that you wanted to also reflect upon.
SPEAKER_01I've got a few episodes that I would like to reflect upon. They were mainly in season two, to be fair. The Reading Miracle with uh Craig Collins and Dr. Barry Schwartz. I really enjoyed the high intellectual content of that episode and the level of information that was given. Very uh inspirational as well. I felt that that was good, and I believe that they were talking about items related to this dyslexia and educational methods that they were developing. That led me to also remember Trevor Henson's episode, Empowered with Dyslexia, and I felt that that one needed to be mentioned as well, in which he talked about his early years as a young man looking to uh follow a dream and ended up in IT. And but I felt that that particular episode and that his story was um also very interesting, very engaging. And there were other episodes in season two that I particularly liked the story with Elaine Joseph, II child helping the uh community. That was the one that was entitled. One in which, when I listened to it, I sort of had in my mind maybe I'll I'll call her like an angel of the community helping young adults within the community, and and I enjoyed her recounting and telling us her journey in helping these young people. I also felt that the episode related to poems for Pearl with Diane Wilson was very, very good, and one in which, as we do get older, we should really be thinking, at least just think twice about the future. So I felt that that was a very deep, very spiritual episode, one in which it was very, very engaging indeed. So you Debbie for bringing to us these very engaging, very interesting, very spiritually gifted and guests that you've had in the past.
SPEAKER_00Thank you very much. Sean one of the things that I tried to achieve is by having guests who had a story to share, something that others could benefit from hearing. And there'll be some takeaway for the listeners, even if it's not for them directly, it may be someone they know. And I'm really thankful for the guests who have come on to actually share their stories.
SPEAKER_01Well, I think that you should be proud that of the episodes that have been produced in the past within season two, well, in all the seasons, in fact, I think they've all been all engaging. So, Debbie, you're following Family History episode. I mean, I understand that you had a guest, Paul Crooks.
SPEAKER_00Yes, that's right. I mean, I met Paul during one of his webinars on how to trace family, and he did so much research over a 13-year period in terms of tracing his family, and he spends a lot of time, effort, and energy sharing that knowledge with others, and it was a blessing to have him on the podcast just to describe his journey, describe what people need to do and look for in terms of tracing family history. That was really beneficial to many listeners, and lots of people will go on further to take his advice and to check his website out in terms of tracing their family history. Sean, there are so many guests that we could talk about in season three. What final words would you like to say?
SPEAKER_01All the episodes were special in season three. There was an array of guests, all of which were engaging, and I really do look forward to season four.
SPEAKER_00Thank you very much, Sean, and thank you very much for being a part of this podcast episode.
SPEAKER_01Many thanks, Debbie.
SPEAKER_00It'll be really great to hear what your favourite episode is for season three. Please leave any comments on the website, Debbie Williamspodcast.com.