Ellie Simmonds - Being different is a superpower.
Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds OBE has won five - count ‘em - Gold Medals. Amazingly, her first two were at the age of 13 and she’s set two world records. But she happily admits she learned more ‘f...
28 Aug 202443min
Guenther Steiner - F1 made me an absent father
The first thing Guenther Steiner said when he walked into the HTF studio was: ‘Recently your guests have been Shania Twain and Salman Rushdie, are you sure you want me and haven’t made a mistake?’ Thi...
21 Aug 202444min
Ade Adepitan - ‘At 16 I’d seen more violence than anyone should ever see’
TW: contains references to racist abuse and racially-aggravated violence. This is probably one of my favourite episodes of all time, and I don’t say that lightly. The former championship wheelchair ...
14 Aug 202451min
Pat Cummins - 'My mother’s death taught me cricket isn’t as important as family'
Considered by many as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, the Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins is extremely well-placed to tell me how he wins but also how he’s been shaped by losing. B...
7 Aug 202441min
Elif Shafak - ‘There’s only one thing that scares me - and that’s indifference’
I could listen to Elif Shafak speak for HOURS. The eloquence of this woman! She speaks like most of us would aspire to write. I cannot get over it. Shafak, the Turkish-British author, combines ferocio...
31 Jul 202444min
Danny O Donoghue - ‘I’m finished drinking, I’m finished smoking, everything’
Danny O’Donoghue is best known as the lead singer of The Script and a former coach on singing talent show The Voice. But the last year of his life has been overshadowed by personal tragedy: the death...
24 Jul 202444min
Introducing How To Write a Book: Episode 1 - The Idea (Part 1)
In this first episode of How to Write a Book, Elizabeth Day’s new podclass series, hosts Sara Collins, Sharmaine Lovegrove and Nelle Andrew discuss coming up with ideas. Just where do ideas for boo...
22 Jul 202434min
Sara Cox - ‘it made me feel a bit of a failed mum’
Sara Cox is a broadcaster and author. You might have grown up with her on Radio 1’s iconic Breakfast Show. You might remember her being one of the first so-called ‘ladettes’ (and if you do, we talk ab...
17 Jul 202449min
