Matthew Collins

As the magnetic frontman of James, Tim Booth has spent more than four decades turning raw emotion into some of Britain’s most loved music - from Sit Down and Laid to a run of acclaimed new records.Tim joins James O’Brien to trace the unlikely journey that led him to the band: a d ...  Show more

From growing up on a Gloucester council estate to becoming one of Britain’s best-known culinary success stories, Tom Kerridge has built a career defined by resilience, risk and an enduring belief in people.Tom joins James O’Brien to discuss his unlikely path into hospitality, fro ...  Show more

Moya has a big theory for Ash – but the script goes out the window when they start talking about the far-right violence engulfing the UK and unpacking their own emotional reactions to English racism. After that: playing matchmaker with the first batch of Missed Connections. Conte ...  Show more

Shots ring out at a church guarded by gunmen in Lagos, Nigeria. Behind the blacked-out windows and high walls are secrets. In a pub in Oxford, England, a woman comes to us with a story. Hosts Charlie Northcott and Yemisi Adegoke investigate the cult of TB Joshua. Please note, som ...  Show more

This episode is perhaps the dearest thing to me at the moment. It is not for sensitive ears. Warning: graphic depictions of violence and abuse. I urge anyone who can hear it to listen closely as these events are very real and very present.ربما تكون هذه الحلقة هي أعز الاشياء بالنس ...  Show more

At 14, Christian Picciolini went from naïve teenager to white supremacist -- and soon, the leader of the first neo-Nazi skinhead gang in the United States. How was he radicalized, and how did he ultimately get out of the movement? In this courageous talk, Picciolini shares the su ...  Show more