Stardust Stories - Helpful Hands Podcast with Philip Garcia
Welcome to Stardust Stories, where astrology meets real life with a healthy dose of humour, heart, and a hint of cosmic chaos. Hosted by the ever-insightful Philip Garcia - with a rotating cast of special guests, spiritual mischief-makers, and the occasionally fabulous Jasper Whitlow - this is your weekly escape into all things magical, meaningful, and marvelously unpredictable.
Each episode delves into the deeper layers of life, love, wellness, transformation, and timing, featuring weekly star sign forecasts, soulful conversations, celebrity chart gossip, spiritual insights, outrageous anecdotes, and practical guidance from the worlds of astrology, healing, and beyond.
From soulmate spotting and Mercury Retrograde meltdowns to psychic weight loss tracks, festival love stories gone wrong, and matchmaking through the planets - we explore the beautiful, bizarre and brutally honest side of what it means to live a soul-led life today.
Expect laughter, revelations, occasional eye-rolls, and the kind of honesty only a podcast with spiritual roots and a glitzy edge can deliver.
Whether you're a seasoned mystic or just astrology-curious, there's a seat for you in the cosmic circle.
Subscribe, stargaze, and come along for the journey - we’re rolling the stars and spilling the tea, one fabulous episode at a time.
Stardust Stories - Helpful Hands Podcast with Philip Garcia
The Courage of Conviction: Celebrating Maggie Oliver - Stardust Stories
đź“… Release Date: 31 May 2025
🔥 New episode alert! This is the most powerful podcast episode of the year - and one that everyone in the UK (and beyond) needs to hear.
In this emotionally charged episode of Stardust Stories, hosts Philip Garcia and Jasper Whitlow delve into the true story behind one of Britain’s most extraordinary women: Maggie Oliver - the former Greater Manchester Police detective turned fearless whistleblower, campaigner, and founder of The Maggie Oliver Foundation.
If you watched the BAFTA-winning BBC drama Three Girls or the explosive Channel 4 documentary “Groomed: A National Scandal”, then you’ve seen her story told on-screen. But this podcast gives you the raw truth, the untold emotion, and the courage behind the headlines.
Maggie Oliver risked everything to expose the shocking child sexual exploitation scandal in Rochdale. She blew the whistle on police and institutional failures that allowed vulnerable girls to be silenced, shamed, and ignored. In doing so, she lost her job, faced public backlash, and sacrificed her own well-being, all to fight for the voices of victims who were abandoned by the system.
đź’” This episode is not fiction. This is real. Raw. Relentless.
đź’ˇ Learn how Maggie turned her trauma into activism.
🎙️ Hear how she built a foundation that saves lives.
đź“š Discover why her book Survivors is essential reading.
đź’¬ And find out why "being a little more Maggie" might be exactly what the world needs right now.
Don’t Just Listen - Act.
Visit www.themaggieoliverfoundation.com to:
âś… Support survivors
âś… Donate or fundraise
Survivors - Maggie's Book: https://amzn.to/4jwcHy9
Groomed: A National Scandal: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/groomed-a-national-scandal
Three Girls: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08rgd5n/three-girls
âś… Book Maggie for a talk - https://maggieoliver.co.uk/
âś… Share this story far and wide - https://philipgarcia.com
💬 “If they’d done their job, I wouldn’t still be banging this drum.” – Maggie Oliver
💬 “She didn’t flinch. She fought.” – Stardust Stories
This is not just a podcast episode. This is a movement.
Share it. Save it. Stand with Maggie.
Helpful Hands Podcast Website: https://helpfulhandspodcast.co.uk