Kurt Charnock has taken on some of the toughest running and cycling challenges, and lived to tell the tale.

He sees every challenge as an adventure, yet to us mere mortals they are momentous tasks of endurance, hardship and being so far out of our comfort zone it‘s in a different time zone. The trials and tribulations Kurt has been willing to put himself through, would make members of the armed forces question his sanity. A true adventurer that keeps upping the anti and who travels from John o’Groats to Land's End as a warm up for crossing the North American Continent.

If you’ve thought about taking on a huge physical challenge, and wondered what it takes, this is a great interview with someone who’s been through it and done it on a monumental scale. Kurt talks about the mindset, training, conditioning and other preparations needed to get the job done. It’s a fascinating subject and an enthralling tale of sheer grit, determination and single mindedness.

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The first sunshine of the year saw our hosts Rodney and Tanya out of the studio and on the road, to experience the annual celebration that is the Portsmouth Chilli & Gin Festival.

Located within the old walls of Fort Purbrook just on the outskirts of Portsmouth, the festival drew more than 2000 visitors per day. The grounds were packed with over 40 different vendors, selling and giving away samples of bespoke gin, rum, chilli sauce blends, spreads and pickles. There was also plenty of entertainment, live music and great food trucks and stalls.

Our hosts are in the heart of the action in this extended episode of the festival talking to everyone from security and first aid staff, to the organiser and performers. There’s a real atmospheric vibe and feel to this location episode, along with genuinely, warm and delightful interactions with the festival public and vendors alike. They also say hello to a previous guest and finally get to sample some of their products.

We’ll see if either of them is brave enough to take part in the chilli eating competition and learn a few tricks of the trade in order to go the distance. There are also one or two very good practical tips for how to deal with the aftermath of the rather heated battle!

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Karissa Kwok

Karissa Kwok is going to be a CEO and a titan of business someday if the Law, her chosen area of study doesn’t work out. She’ll be firing the likes of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, or tying them up in legal knots if they cross her. Karissa has built up a very healthy business selling plushies. Now I know you don’t know what they are, but the kids do and her handmade plushies are in demand. So much so that, let’s just say this young entrepreneur may have to employ some podcast hosts to help pick up the slack in the orders. Plushies are soft, cuddly, tactile crocheted animal toys that make great gifts for children of all ages.

Karissa is the founder of "Classynfancy" a crochet and jewellery business she set up while still at school with the aid of the children’s business fair. Her products can be seen and purchased across social media and are available world wide. At the time of the interview Karissa was preparing for end of year exams for her first year of A’ levels. That’s right… this budding Deborah Meaden is only 17!

Now, I know what I was doing at 17 and it wasn’t turning my parents into board members and setting up shell corporations. Ok I’m getting carried away, but she has made more money than a premier league footballer tips their hair stylist. If she keeps going at this rate, she might be able to acquire X and turn it back into Twitter. She has a head for business and creates the plushies herself, all while studying for A’ levels.

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Henrietta Fernandez

For the first time in this series the show hits the road and goes wild foraging with food forager Henrietta Fernandez and her hired hound for the day Woody. Our hosts go routing through the undergrowth, leaf picking and twig tasting to find some tasty morsels that are growing through the concrete or flowering in the forest. Now, it can’t be emphasised enough that you really need an expert and someone who knows what they’re doing, and what they’re looking at when foraging.

Henrietta takes our intrepid pair through some of the does and don’t of foraging. Finds some dangerous and poison plants, as well as some more tasty, wholesome and healing plants to. Tanya obviously eats everything in sight when prompted to. Whereas Rodney struggles to keep up, take photos, juggle the recording equipment, make friends with Woody and ask intelligent questions. Which as you’ll hear from the episode, isn’t always his strong point. But together they create a great episode of the podcast, where it’s almost impossible to not learn something new.

This episode of the show was recorded on location at Hove Lagoon, west along the seashore from Hove Lawns and Stanmer Park, just north of the city of Brighton. There will be loads of photos on Instagram of our time with Henrietta and Woody, and you’ll be able to view them via the Instagram link below.

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A local stand-up comedy legend is what you call a comedian that’s been around a while and managed to survive and thrive. This accurately describes our guest Kevin McCarron with more than 30 years under his belt. He’s done it all from one man shows, club comedian and numerous visits to the Edinburgh Fringe. In his chat with the duo he freely and openly talks to our hosts, both of whom have a vested interest in learning as much as they can from his experience. Both of whom are themselves budding stand ups.

There’s the origin story, his arrival in the UK in the 70’s and early 80’s and his re-educating himself and becoming a philosophy professor. Also, his experience, and lived experiences with addiction a, subject he’s become quite an authority on, plus a load of jokes too. Kevin also talks about his association with legendary comedy promotor Laughing Horse comedy, which he had a hand in its creation. There’s no hiding the fascination and respect the hosts have for their guest, as they like you get to peak behind the curtain and see the inner workings of a fellow comedian.

Even if you don’t know who Kevin McCarron or you’ve never heard of him. Trust us if you like clever smart intelligent comedy, you’ll like this interview. Even if you prefer dick, fart and arse jokes there’s plenty in this episode you’ll like to.

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Stephen Dixon

In this episode our hosts talk to mild mannered financial adviser Stephen Dixon about his passion for growing chillies. He not only grows, cultivates and nurtures chillies, his passion for chillies goes much deeper than that. He’s also a bit of a Victor von Frankenstein, as he’s also had ago or two at cross pollinating different plants in order to create even hotter chillies.

Stephen’s love of all things chilli doesn’t stop there, he also runs a chilli called sauce company called Hot Pods selling his hot sauce blends all over the world. It’s fair to say that chillies have become a bit of an obsession for him over the years. So much so that he also attends chilli festivals up and down the country, as well as running chilli eating competitions. Ironically, he’s a bid of a sadist when it comes to inflicting the hot heat flavours on unsuspecting hot sauces lovers. He will happily real you in, then hit you with a hot sauce that deadens the taste buds on the devils tongue.

If you want to know anything and everything about chillies, this episode is going to leave you with a warm burning sensation in your mouth, that’s for sure. Oh, and you’ll also learn how best to put out the fire should you be foolish enough to indulge.

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Brighton and Hove Albion football club has spurned at least 8 different podcasts separate to the official podcast run by the club. Joe Sayers is the host of the ‘Albion Obsessed’ a fan lead podcast, for the fans by the fans. We talk about the obsession and fanatical nature of being a football fan, as well as fan dress sense and kit faux pas. We talk about the personal and generational link to the club, his reasons for supporting the club and also just how much he spends on it to pursue and support the club.

As a fellow podcaster with more than 2.5 thousand followers, we also talk about the business, the construction and difficulties of podcasting. We discuss his reasoning behind entering such a niche and crowded podcast space, why he thought he could do something different, better and more uniquely than what was already out there, as well as his successes and ambitions for the podcast. We also learn a thing or two from him about podcasting.

This is an intriguing episode if you have ever wondered what goes on in a football fans head. What drives them, what makes them take it so personally and what makes them so committed to watching an ever-changing and inter changing number of players perform each week. With no other real connection other than a win.

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There’s no polite way to put it, but Laura is nut’s about rollercoasters. She’s on them in her lunch break and would ride them all weekend if she were able to. A season pass holder to the Palace Pier in her adopted hometown of Brighton, it’s fair to say she may have even moved there just to be close to the fun fair at the end of the pier. Either way she’s on first name terms with the operators of the rides, and often request for them to be made to go faster.

On here bucket list is a world tour of rides and theme parks across the globe. Although the thing that sparked her fascination and interest, were last century steam powered rides mostly powered by traction engines. She has a date with the Blackpool’s Big One in her future and has already concurred Chessington World of Adventure and past her driving test at Lego Land. However arguably the countries most famous theme park Alton Towers is yet to have Laura cross its threshold, although by the time this episode is aired who knows. A serious fan of fun fair rides and an adrenalin junkie, she explains her fascination, what her favourite rides are, what she likes and get from going on the same rides again and again. She also mentions the ride she hates, which is a little surprising.

Tanya and Rodney also have a couple of anecdotes they share about their own thrill-seeking adventures, as well as their own scary ride experiences. As always there are laughs a plenty in this entertaining episode of a subject not too often mentioned in everyday conversation. None the less it’s fascinating and revealing chat about the thrill seeking benefits of scaring the crap out of yourself.

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