Andy West is a writer and author who teaches philosophy in prisons. His book, The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Learning to be Free, is a memoir in which he discusses the lessons he has taught in prison and growing up with family ...

Over the last few months, assisted dying has been a hot topic of conversation in the UK news media. The ethics and practicalities have been extensively debated. Kevin Yuill is emeritus professor of history at the University of Sund...

In August 1930, Max Baer fought Frankie Campbell in a boxing fight that ended in tragedy, with Campbell losing his life due to injuries sustained during the fight. Baer was charged with manslaughter, yet was eventually acquitted of all charges....

What does being tough mean? Is it more than physical strength? Is it sorely innate or can we develop toughness?Olympic weightlifting coach Greg Everett has written a book called Tough: Building True Mental, Physical & E...

Baggage Claim is a content creator and film & culture critic. We discussed whether the term 'woke' is overrated, what has happened at Disney, the feminisation of men and patronisation of women in modern culture and society at l...

In 2012, while in Somalia to research a book on privacy, journalist Michael Scott Moore was abducted by a gang of local pirates and kept in captivity for 977 days. Soon after, the pirates demanded a ransom of 20 million dollars for his release....

Kara Goucher grew up with dreams of running in the Olympics. Invited to join the Nike Oregon project, it felt like the opportunity to compete and win a medal at the Games would be realised. She competed at the Olympics, World Championships and ...

Mirin Fader is a senior staff writer for The Ringer, writing long-form, human-interest sports features. She’s the New York Times best-selling author of the book, Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion, about Giannis Antetokounmpo and h...

Dr Donna Lyon runs a support group in Melbourne to help women who suffered from abuse when they were a child. The support group is called Left Write Hook and uses boxing and writing as a way to help women overcome the complex trauma they are go...

Forensic science has been around for many centuries. With each decade that passes, forensics techniques used to identify perpetrators of crime become ever more sophisticated. This has also been reflected in the number of crime dramas on televis...

There are people currently under Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP). These are a form of indeterminate sentence introduced which took effect from 2005 and abolished in 2012. Despite their abolishment, there are people still i...

Niamh McAnally is an author, keynote & corporate speaker. Two years ago, her book Flares Up: A Story Bigger Than The Atlantic, about two men who rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic, was published by Pitch. She has recently re...

Irvin Muchnick is an independent journalist and author who specializes in sports muckraking. He has written for Sports Illustrated, People, The Washington Monthly, and the Sunday magazines of the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, among ...

Diane Foster is an award-winning American actress-singer-dancer-producer based in Los Angeles. She directed and starred in the horror film Easter Bloody Easter, which was released earlier this year, and produced and starred in the ...

Pablo Escobar's criminal activities and subsequent passing have given him a mythical status that his crimes should not have.During his time as the world's most notorious drug lord, he saw himself as a Robin Hood figure, building facilit...

Emma Hardy is a mother who decided to homeschool after discovering what they had been taught. Alongside this, she is also taking the gym she attended to court. The reasons for this are in her crowdfunder, which is linked below.&nbs...

Timandra Harkness is a writer and presenter. She has presented many programmes for BBC Radio about technology and how it interacts with society. She has written a new book called Technology is Not the Problem, arguing that the prob...

Dave Haslam is a DJ, writer and journalist who has recently written books on an array of people such as Courtney Love, Haring, Sylvia Plath and Pablo Picasso. We discussed Manchester's culture renaissance, Grace Jones spending time...

The knockout. A sudden and concussive end to a sporting contest that is unique to combat sports. No single action in sport can turn the path of the contest so suddenly in the losing person's favour, than a punch that causes unconsc...

Why do a high percentage of African Caribbean people between the ages of 50 and 60 own their home? Why are British Nigerians doing so well academically? What can young black people in the UK learn from the success stories of black people years ...

Birth rates are declining, ageing populations around the world are increasing and currently, this shows no signs of stopping. One of the world's pre-eminent demographers', Dr Paul Morland has written extensively on this subject, in...

In his new book Death of a Boxer, Pete Carvill explores the psychology of those who choose to fight and what draws them towards this most dangerous of pursuits. We discuss the story of Mike Towell, why people choose to box and what...

This episode features our first returning guest, George TheTinMen. With nuance and articulate discussion, we discuss many issues concerning men - from whether men's mental health is taken seriously, to men having their own spaces a...

Neil Davenport is a sociology teacher and critic who has recently written a letter of liberty for the Academy of Ideas in the UK, defending pubs and the pub trade. I spoke to him about how the purpose of pubs has historically been ...

From Somebody Up There Likes Me to Rocky series to Raging Bull, cinema has long been fascinated with boxing - both the boxers themselves and the characters that make up the sport.I spoke to writer and author David Curcio about his lates...