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Arts & Life

Episodes (134 available)


41 min

Arts & Life

That's After Life! with Esther Rantzen, who has sadly died at 86

Listen to That's After Life! with Esther Rantzen, who has sadly died at 86.
Esther Rantzen hosted a conversational podcast series called That’s After Life!, which launched in 2021.

Co-hosted alongside her former That’s Life! colleague Adrian Mills, the show featured unscripted chats with celebrity guests, listener emails, and a strong focus on supporting charities and good causes.


1 hour 4 mins

Arts & Life

Clutterbug Podcast – How To Clear Clutter with Cas Aarssen

If you like cleaning and/or need to declutter, this podcast is for you.


48 mins

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More Rosebud – Gyles's Diaries episode 46 – Amazon Music

It's Tuesday, so we have another delicious slice of Gyles's diaries for you. It's 1979, and his son Benet is learning to ride his pony, Tonka; Gyles is learning to drive at the ripe old age of 30, and Michele is giving birth to their third child: Aphra. Plus some fun Gyles and Harriet chat, a brilliant email from Gemma O'Connor about nerves and stage fright, and the usual brilliant observations about British life at the end of the 20th century from Gyles's diary.


1 hour 7 minutes

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Dr. Joyce Harper - Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me This? On Sound Baths and Yoga

Dr. Joyce Harper is Professor of Reproductive Science at the Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, author, public speaker, scientist and host of the podcast Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me This?

Together with expert guests and people with lived experience, this podcast offers practical tools to help you build a life of good health and happiness.

In this episode, Joyce interviews Debbie who is a spiritual coach, certified grief recovery specialist, teacher of multiple Yoga lineages, menopause coach and much more.

Debbie is a certified in many types of yoga and is accredited by the Yoga Alliance, with over 25 years' yoga experience. Debbie is also trained in Mental Health, and Occupational Safety and Health.


23 mins

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The Science of Happiness - How to unwind by doing mindful gardening

Everyday activities, such as cleaning and gardening, can be sources of joy and opportunities for mindfulness.


14 minutes

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Just One Thing with Micheal Mosley, Get Gardening

Micheal dons some gardening gloves and gets grubby. Micheal learns from Dr Hannah Holscher as she explores how gardening can boost the microbiome, benefitting our health, and wellness.


25 minutes

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Complex with Kimberly Wilson - How to deal with health anxiety.

In the psychology podcast, Kimberly asks her guest, clinical psychologist Dr Kirren Schnack, what health ananxiety really means, why people struggle with it, and what ways there are to manage it.


Arts & Life

The Food Chain – Nigella Lawson: My life in five dishes (BBC World Service)

The internationally-acclaimed food writer and TV cook Nigella Lawson, tells her life story through five memorable dishes.


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