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The Money Gym

Nicola Cairncross

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In this entertaining and eye-opening podcast, Nicola Cairncross interviews well-known entrepreneurs and investors and asks them to go back in time and give their younger self, their very best money tip. Nicola Cairncross is the author of the classic book "The Money Gym" which shows you how to get control, make more money and become financially free. Nicola has been described by one Amazon reviewer as "...finally, a Kiyosaki for Brits!" and the book has changed the lives of thousands of peopl ...
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Earth Cast

Olivia Taylor

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Earth Cast is a platform for discussions about bridging the resource gap between people and planet. Olivia Taylor (@olivia_earth) interviews a series of changemakers, thinkers, and disruptors who problematise nuanced sustainability topics and explore possible future imaginaries. Earth Cast's vision is to create accessible, free, and inclusive educational resources which aim to shed light on diverse climate narratives. Together we will discover fresh perspectives and the most useful levers in ...
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Welcome to the HortWeek Podcast where we bring you news and views on the most important topics of the day for UK horticulture professionals. For more visit https://www.hortweek.co.uk/podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Write Club The Podcast | For Aspiring Writers, Published Authors & Readers Everywhere

Write Club The Podcast | For Aspiring Writers, Published Authors & Readers Everywhere

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A weekly show for aspiring writers, published authors and readers everywhere. Join Stephanie Rouse, Theresa Stoker, Heather Worsley , Linda Jack Werlein, Pat Woolfe & Nicola Cairncross each week where they'll share guest readings and interviews, along with what they're reading, what they're writing, what it's really like to be a writer. You can join in the weekly "Name the Novel" quiz and find out "What's On The Bedside Table?". If you like what you hear, come and join our community! Firstly ...
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Voices from Oxford

Oxford University

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Voices from Oxford features interviews with staff and students at the University. The inspiration for Voices from Oxford came from Alastair Cooke's famous 'Letter from America', broadcast for many years by the BBC. Like that programme, we take an event, a story, or a person in the news and build a broadcast around that.
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This week's guests are James Cairncross and Angela Lewis from the Midlands Parks Forum which has its annual conference on the 17th of October at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Highlights include keynote speaker Dr. William Bird, a GP who contributed to a select committee report on access to green space who will speak on health be…
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In Season Two, Episode 7 of Thank You Five, Omaha native Courtney Stein Cairncross drops by the green room to discuss her extensive career (30+ years) in dance and theater. Courtney's journey includes education at California Pacific College of Performing Arts and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, along with international studies in New York and …
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🎙️In this episode of season 4, Freediving in Africa, Olivia Taylor speaks to Zandile Ndhlovu about her ocean exploration, global storytelling, the Black Mermaid Foundation, conquering fear, marine careers and conservation, the free fall, shark week, and so much more! 🌍 Season 4 | Freediving in Africa 🎙️ This podcast was produced by the team at Zapo…
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🎙️ In this thought-provoking episode of season 4, Freediving in Africa, Olivia speaks to John McCarthy about his observations of the Sodwana dolphins, the humpback whale migration off the coast of South Africa, freediving as play, passion and purpose, and so much more! 🌍 Season 4 | Freediving in Africa 🎙️ This podcast was produced by the team at Za…
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🎙️ In this exciting episode of season 4, Freediving in Africa, Adrian speaks to Matt Stow about his journey of becoming a professional deep safety competition diver and his top tips for keeping safe in the water. Matt talks about what he has learnt from the vibrant diving communities in Egypt and South Africa, spearfishing, and so much more! 🌍 Seas…
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Both our guests on the HortWeek Podcast broadly agree with the reasons for a peat ban and agree there is a need to reduce carbon emissions to help fight climate change. But they are not equally convinced a peat ban is the way to do it. In the 'for' corner is cosmos and hollyhocks national collection holder and lobbyist Jonathan Sheppard. Sheppard s…
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🎙️ In this thought-provoking episode of season 4, Freediving in Africa, Olivia speaks to Dr Nasreen Peer and Dr Nelson Miranda. They discuss their marine work through Argonaut Science, the 2024 AIDA freediving World Cup in Sharm el Sheik, the importance of ocean inclusivity, the greatest barriers to recreational freediving, and so much more! 🌍 Seas…
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ICL's Sam Rivers digs down into Integrated Pest Management and speifically IPM planning. Sam describes what the current situation in the industry is with regards to IPM planning and details the 'hierarchy of control', which includes cultural, biological, physical and chemical methods. He gives examples of the different types of controls and talks a…
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🎙️ Meet the dynamic 3x freediving national record holder from Cape Verde 🇨🇻 Tatiana Mendes! Adrian Ndayambaje hosts Tatiana and discusses everything from learning how to swim at age 20, competing in her first freediving competition, imposter syndrome, setting records, addiction recovery and, so much more! "I decided to compete, despite being terrif…
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In Season Two, Episode 6 of Thank You Five, I sit down with Bill Kirby, resident creative and technical director at the Blue Barn. Bill shares his rich background, from his origins in England and Pennsylvania, to his extensive education and career in theater. We discuss Bill’s Quaker upbringing, his early passion for theater and sound design, and h…
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In this powerful episode of season 4, Freediving in Africa, Adrian Ndayambaje interviews Bevin Reynolds about resilience, finding your 'why', performance anxiety, rest and recovery, and so much more! Bevin is a 9x South African freediving record holder, peak performace coach, and a member of the Molchanovs Athlete Team 2024. This podcast was produc…
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GroundsFest 2024 took place10 - 11 September at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Initial visitor numbers from day 1 (unaudited) of 4,738 were 40% up on last year, the show’s inaugural year. The podcast was recorded on day 2 of GroundsFest amongst the hustle and bustle of the show. HortWeek senior reporter Rachael Forsyth spoke with Chris Bassett, eve…
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Alan Down is a gardening broadcaster and writer and current HTA president, shortly to be replaced by Will Armitage after two eventful years. He studied at Cannington and Pershore College of Horticulture and after a spell working Germany, he developed and managed Hillier Nurseries' container grown and seed propagation nurseries for nine years. For t…
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In Season Two, Episode 5 of Thank You Five, Murphy Scott Wulfgar (fka as Scott Kurz), drops by the green room (also recorded in my backyard - it was a beautiful evening) to reflect on his 30-year career in Omaha theatre, notably with the Brigit St. Brigit Theatre Company. Murphy delves into his vast work as producer, director, and performer, and di…
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A Sussex native, Susan Raikes, the new director of Wakehurst, Kew's wild botanic garden in West Sussex (she joined in June) was familier with the garden since childhood. "We're Kew's younger, bigger and wilder sister and very much a botanic garden with a purpose...a site of horticultural and scientific excellence and a living laboratory where groun…
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GroundsFest 2024 takes place on the 10 and the 11 of September at Stoneleigh Park, in Warwickshire. The free annual event is a must-attend for grounds staff, greenkeepers, landscapers, designers & architects, gardeners, local authorities, estate managers and contractors. It combines indoor business and education opportunities with outdoor demonstra…
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HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsors MorePeople. This episode was recorded on location at Ball Colegrave where the great and the good from the horticultural industry gathered to celebrate 30 years of the Colegrave Foundation. In this episode Neville St…
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This week's guest is Angus Soft Fruits' breeding program director, Lucy Wilkins. Angus Soft Fruits sells to the major multiples in UK, food service and wholesale and also exports fruit around the world to Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Angus is launching two revolutionary raspberry varieties: AVA™ Monet and AVA™ Dali - so named because they are,…
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In Season Two, Episode 4 of Thank You Five, I welcome Scott Working, theater program coordinator and instructor at Metropolitan Community College, to the green room (on location at the Shelterbelt Theatre). Scott shares with us his expansive career in theater, including the founding of the Shelterbelt Theatre, his time in LA pursuing screenwriting …
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Edwin Meijer from Green Solutions speaks about the dos and don'ts of loyalty programmes for garden retailers. Edwin speaks about the role of smartphones in loyalty campaigns as the older generation uses social media more. Research from KPMG showed that more than 80% of the consumers expect a mobile-based loyalty programme. If you retired aged 65 in…
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Matthew Bent of Bents Garden and Home and Plants for Europe's Graham Spencer speak to HortWeek about the visitor experience at Four Oaks Trade Show. Four Oaks is the UK’s leading international exhibition for the whole of commercial horticulture. From production to point-of-sale, the breadth of exhibits on display is the show’s strength, attracting …
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In Season Two, Episode 3 of Thank You Five, Breanna Carodine stops by the green room (literally - we recorded in my backyard) and shares her journey from acting to directing. A member of the Omaha Community Playhouse Directing Fellowship's inaugural class, Breanna highlights her directorial debut with 'Lasso of Truth' and her subsequent successful …
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Sales development executive at Collier Turf Care Sally Jarrett is not a football fan but as stories of divot-strewn pitches she has sympathy for grounds keepers under the spotlight during the Euros tournament held in Germany last June. "When football pitches are getting ready for big tournaments, they undergo a lot of work...it could be that some o…
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This week's podcast guests are leaders in the UK fruit growing sector: Alana Deakin, the new chair of the NextGen Fruit Group and head of operations at Hall Hunter and Oli Pascall, MD of Clockhouse Farm and the NextGen past president. They talk about their key takeaways from a recent visit to the USA including ag-tech, driven in part by scarcity an…
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In Season Two, Episode 2 of Thank You Five, seasoned theater professional Kevin Barratt drops by the green room to share stories from his rich career as an actor, director, and fight choreographer. Covering his extensive work across various theaters, including the Omaha Community Playhouse and numerous others in Nebraska, Kevin recounts his roots i…
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The author of The Ethical Carnivore, Louise Gray takes a journalistic approach to questioning trusims about fruit and veg being better for you and the planet. Mike Berners-Lee wrote about the carbon footprint of 100 things in 2010's How Bad Are Bananas. As many businesses attempt to go carbon neutral, ethical and environmental sourcing is more of a…
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Tayshan Hayden-Smith's Wikipedia entry tells you he is a professional footballer from Ladbroke Grove, London. Nicknamed the "English Neymar" Tayshan had a burgeoning international career underway until the Grenfell Fire in 2017 took 72 lives from his local community. A quest for healing led him into the world of horticulture and his non-profit orga…
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In Season Two, Episode 1 of Thank You Five, I interview Kerron Stark, also known as “Mr. K,” the creator and host of Omaha’s live action educational preschool television series 'Mr. K's Clubhouse'. Kerron shares with us his personal background, and the early influences that shaped his love for performing and teaching. He discusses the development p…
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This week's guest on the Horticulture Week Podcast is Glendale head of development, estate services, Deric Newman, The podcast was recorded shortly after the Perennial Quiz in February. HortWeek editor Matt Appleby and Deric, both on the 'Horticulture Geeks' team, discuss how they fared. Deric talks about his role and about Glendale's current busin…
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This episode we hear from Peter Wessel and Shaun Herdsman from Modiform. Modiform offers solutions in the field of growing, transport, and packaging systems for the horticultural sector based on recycled raw materials. As one of the first horti-packaging companies to start looking into the recycling of plastic, Peter and Shaun talk about how and wh…
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Former Defra secretary of state George Eustice says there should be a new generation of UK fresh produce glasshouse production post-election, with a Defra strategy to support that. The retiring Conservative MP believes more can also be done on labour shortages. He supports a needs-based policy so sectors with shortages have sector-specific visas, a…
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Trees, arguably, have never been so popular and Sarah Lom, chief executive of the Tree Council is enjoying their moment in the sun. Applications to the Tree Council's small grants fund [under £500] have doubled in the last 12 months. National Tree Week at the end of 2023 reached an estimated 30 million people and a schools programme is helping enga…
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HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsors MorePeople. At a time when horticulture needs to encourage a new wave of young people to come into the industry, this podcast is designed to highlight the multiple and varied career opportunities available. Hear fro…
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🎙️ In celebration of World Oceans Day 2024, Earth Cast (Olivia Taylor) spoke with trail-blazing Rwandan freediving champion, Adrian Ndayambaje, about his journey from first learning to swim, to inspiring others to jump into the water. In this episode, we talk about the importance of accessibility and inclusivity in pools and the ocean, the intersec…
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HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsors MorePeople. At a time when horticulture needs to encourage a new wave of young people to come into the industry, this podcast is designed to highlight the multiple and varied career opportunities available. Hear fro…
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Renowned plantswoman Claire Austin, who has recently written a book called Peonies, a personal collection of 350 species, has revealed the secrets behind growing the increasingly popular herbaceous, intersectional and tree peonies. Austin, who owns the only retail nursery that also has a pub on site, in Sarn, mid-Wales, talks about the appeal of pe…
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HortWeek editor Matt Appleby speaks with ICL's Andrew Wilson, Matthew Miller, Steven Chapman and Sam Rivers to preview Hort Science Live. ICL Hort Science Live explore the latest technologies and management practices growers need to produce quality resilient plants in sustainable media. Wilson will lead the ‘How to rethink plant nutrition’workstati…
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HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsors MorePeople. At a time when horticulture needs to encourage a new wave of young people to come into the industry, this podcast is designed to highlight the multiple and varied career opportunities available. Hear fro…
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Ready for an encore? Season 2 of Thank You 5 is coming this summer to shine a spotlight on Omaha's vibrant performing arts scene. I'm diving into more interviews, stories, and behind the scenes glimpses to celebrate the creativity buzzing in our city. Whether you're a seasoned theater goer or just curious about what's happening on stage, we've got …
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David Richardson is director of horticulture at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) and leads a team of almost 850 horticulturists responsible for the maintenance and gardening of more than 2,400 sites across 50 countries. He speaks to HortWeek about how the CWGC will be at the heart of many D-Day events in the UK and France, and is a glo…
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Chris Baines is one of the UK’s leading independent environmentalists and an award-winning writer and broadcaster. A trained horticulturist and landscape architect, he spent some years practising and teaching landscape design but has spent most of his career a professional adviser to Government and other bodies including the National Trust, Nationa…
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Biostimulants and legislation is the topic for this week's podcast with ICL. ICL's Sam Rivers says there is confusion about what biostimulants are: micro-organisms that when applied to plants stimulate natural processes. They are not replacements for nutrition or IPM but can help overcome issues in plant production. Different types of biostimulants…
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The second part of this conversation with Fargro's managing director, explores drones, sustainability and fairness in the supply chain. Fargro's interest in drones is part of a number of projects on data-driven decision-making for protected horticulture "to try and give a holistic view for agronomists and growers so they actually get some actionabl…
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HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsors MorePeople. At a time when horticulture needs to encourage a new wave of young people to come into the industry, this podcast is designed to highlight the multiple and varied career opportunities available. Hear fro…
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HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsors MorePeople. At a time when horticulture needs to encourage a new wave of young people to come into the industry, this podcast is designed to highlight the multiple and varied career opportunities available. This wee…
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Fargro managing director Richard Hopkins speaks to HortWeek about spring optimism, the upcoming general election and peat, water, border inspections and crop protection. He says growers should talk to policymakers using policy asks from the HTA, AIC and NFU. Key issues are peat, plant health, plant protection products and water. On crop protection …
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HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsors MorePeople. At a time when horticulture needs to encourage a new wave of young people to come into the industry, this podcast is designed to highlight the multiple and varied career opportunities available. Hear fro…
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ICL's Sam Rivers discusses the key issue of water quality with HortWeek editor Matt Appleby. We discover why water quality is so important and what characteristics you look at to determine water quality. Sam gives vital information on how you determine your water chemical properties and why is conductivity so important. He also relays important ins…
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HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsors MorePeople. At a time when horticulture needs to encourage a new wave of young people to come into the industry, this podcast is designed to highlight the multiple and varied career opportunities available. Hear fro…
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Four Oaks Trade Show is the UK’s leading international exhibition for the whole of commercial horticulture. From production to point-of-sale, the breadth of exhibits on display is the show’s strength, attracting a broad visitor base. The event takes place on a 23-acre nursery site in Cheshire UK, close to the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope, covering …
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