Pt 2: What Actually Happens to Our Body When We Drink Alcohol? | Professor Charles Knowles
In part two, Professor Charles Knowles unpacks the effect alcohol actually has on our bodies, how alcohol impacts our brain function and why a challenge like Dry January can be hugely beneficial to ou...
13 Jan 35min
Pt 1: The Truth About Why We Drink Alcohol | Professor Charles Knowles
Charles Knowles is Professor of Surgery at Queen Mary University of London, and a recovering alcoholic who has written about his experience with addiction in his new book ‘Why We Drink Too Much: The H...
12 Jan 31min
Pt 3: The Hardest Part of Sobriety - and How to Get Through It | Clare Pooley
In part three, Clare Pooley shares some of the best lessons she’s learnt from over ten years of sobriety, to help encourage you through your own Dry January journey.Plus, Clare and Dr Alex George disc...
7 Jan 18min
Pt 2: Navigating the First 30 Days Alcohol-Free | Clare Pooley
In part two, Clare Pooley opens up about the feelings of shame that surrounded her early days of sobriety, and how starting her blog helped navigate the initial period of alcohol-free living.Plus, Cla...
6 Jan 36min
Pt 1: Why Dry January Could Change Your Life | Clare Pooley
Happy New Year Stompers! To mark Dry January, we’re releasing a special mini-series exploring what alcohol-free living is actually like, to hopefully encourage you to give it a go yourself in 2026.Thi...
5 Jan 32min
Pt 3: Are Men and Women’s Brains Really Different? | Professor Gina Rippon
In part three, Professor Gina Rippon unpacks whether there are any tangible differences between male and female brains, what brain imaging can tell us about autism and how stereotypes and early childh...
31 Dec 202522min
Pt 2: Understanding Autism in Women and Girls | Professor Gina Rippon
In part two, Professor Gina Rippon explains how autistic women have been historically overlooked, the ways autism presents differently in women compared to men and how the ‘male spotlight’ effect has ...
30 Dec 202529min
Pt 1: Are More People Autistic Nowadays? | Professor Gina Rippon
Gina Rippon is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive NeuroImaging at Aston University, and is a leading researcher in understanding how autism shows up differently in women and girls.There seems to be a con...
29 Dec 202526min
