In June 2022, Olly, Alix and Producer Matt got together with Auddy for a live webinar about how we put together the show, modestly entitled ‘How To Make A Hit Podcast’.
If you’re interested in starting up a show of your own, the session should give you a few tips, from structure and rhythm to research and sustainability.
You can browse our top tips here, or watch the whole one-hour video below 👇
Reggie Nelson grew up on an East London council estate to alcoholic parents.
With drugs and violence all around him, he underperformed academically, and felt the only career options available to him were “music, football or crime”.
Quintin Price grew up in India, with a cook, butler, and driver.
His father was an international banker; his mother a committed philanthropist.
After boarding school and University, he went into banking himself, and became an executive at BlackRock.
Then, one afternoon in 2014, their lives crossed paths.
In this eye-opening interview, they tell Olly what happened next.
Reggie’s book, Opening Doors, is out now, and is also available as an audiobook.
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Reggie Nelson, Olly Mann and Quintin Price, June 2022
Meanwhile, in the Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart investigates self-publishing sensation Substack.
Can he master the platform and become a blogging billionaire?
With the help of music recommendation newsletter Flowstate.fm, he attempts to decode the ingredients to create the perfect Substack crowd-pleaser.
But are his views ‘controversial’ enough?
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Elsewhere, in the Foxhole, Alix Fox has been unpicking the complex intersection of faith and sexuality with muslim comedian Sadia Azmat, whose memoir, Sex Bomb, is out now.
Then, she answers our listener question of the month, courtesy of Mann-fan Craig in Baltimore, who is TTC* with his wife, and wants to know whether the underwear he is wearing could be affecting his fertility.
(*’Trying To Conceive’. You can have that acronym on us.)
With the help of Joshua Shoemake, founder of cooling underwear company Snowballs, Alix discovers how scrotal temperatures can make all the difference to procreation - and comes up with a novel suggestion to make the whole process a little more… romantic.
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Finally, our record of the month is the anthemic I’m Insecure, from Lauran Hibberd’s debut album ‘Garageband Superstar’. Enjoy!
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… And we’ll see you again on July 10th!
Last night, Olly, Alix and Producer Matt joined Meera Kumar, Auddy's Content Development Executive, for a webinar about ‘How To Make A Hit Podcast’. And, if you missed it, here it is!
Among other things, we discuss how we create the show, how we clear our music, and the joys of surprising our audience. Enjoy!
Pippa Till gave up her job as a TV edit assistant to follow her dream of selling food at festivals, in her very own food truck.
But she had no food, no truck - and no business plan.
Armed with nothing more than derring-do spirit, a pile of debt and a sackful of scones, Pippa spent the next few years attempting to master her profit margin, ace her marketing, and bake the perfect cream tea.
And then 2020 happened…
Pippa’s business can be found at https://www.sconetomorrow.com
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Also catching up with Olly is brewer-turned-author Tommy Barnes (star of our 2019 episode, ‘Let’s Build A Brewery’).
When we last spoke, Tommy had abandoned a steady job in the media to try his hand at beer-making in the Loire valley. How have the last two years treated him? And what IS a ‘beer-neutral brewery’?
Tommy’s new book, ‘Trouble Brewing in the Loire’, is out now.
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Meanwhile, in the Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart investigates the University of Salford’s project to develop a universal sound for e-Scooters.
Can he create a noise that perfectly matches his scootering speed and thrust? Can he channel his inner Hans Zimmer and match the medium with melody?
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Elsewhere, down the Foxhole, Alix Fox celebrates the creation of the most accurate 3D model of female anatomy ever, and advises a listener whose partner gets frisky in his sleep.
Is he suffering from sexsomnia? If so, does this excuse him from his actions? And just how common is this condition?
CONTENT WARNING: rape, non-consensual sex.
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Pippa Till, Olly Mann and a SCONE, May 2022
The price is right: £5 for a tea and scone
Pip’s £13,000, 1981 Citroën HY
Olly with Tommy Barnes in the Loire Valley, 2019
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Finally, our record of the month comes from East London singer-songwriter Murkage Dave and his new track, ‘World I Want To Live In’, out now:
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This episode is sponsored by:
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• LISTENERS LIKE YOU. If you can afford to buy us a beer each month to say thank you for making you a free 1hr+ magazine show each month - please do. We rely on your support.
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Charlotte Henry’s brother Alex was just 20 years old when he was charged with murder, attempted murder and GBH for a gang-related incident that lasted just 47 seconds.
Even though he did not know the victim, and did not issue the fatal blow that killed him, Alex had run towards the scene of the crime with his friend Cameron Ferguson, who was armed with a knife.
Alex was charged under ‘joint enterprise’ laws - since overturned by the Supreme Court in instances of murder. But he remains in prison to this day.
In this interview with Olly, Charlotte - now a criminal defence lawyer - re-lives the moment she became aware her brother’s teenage truancy was escalating into something more troubling - and explains why, ten years on, she’s still campaigning to exonerate him.
You can view Charlotte’s petition (now closed) here.
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Meanwhile, in the Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart tries his hand at making vegan milk.
Can his soaked oats match brand leader Oatly for flavour? Is it really more environmentally friendly to drink rapeseed oil than cow’s milk? And is rice always nice?
Olly finds out - in the taste test from Hell...
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Elsewhere, down the Foxhole, Alix Fox weighs up the pros and cons of getting a ‘Prince Albert’.
Is it worth the discomfort to achieve greater sexual pleasure? What’s in it for your sexual partners?
And why ARE penis piercings named after Queen Victoria’s consort, anyway? Alix reveals all…
The Foxhole is sponsored by Handy - a WiFi-enabled sex toy for men, designed and developed in Norway. For free express shipping, use our code ‘Foxhole' at TheHandy.com.
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Finally, our record of the month is the loud-and-proud ‘Dangerous’ from indie funsters The Mysterines. Go stream it! 👇
Olly Mann and Charlotte Henry, April 2022
Alex Henry, around the time of the crime
Ollie gets ‘milking’
Ollie’s finished ‘milks’
The Taste Test
This episode is sponsored by:
• Wine52, the wine discovery club. For a FREE case of their delicious wine visit wine52.com/mann and just pay for the postage.
• Stitch Fix, the personal styling site that sends you great clothes to try on at home. Get started today and get 20% off when you keep all five items at at StitchFix.co.uk/mann
• LISTENERS LIKE YOU. If you can afford to buy us a beer each month to say thank you for making you a free 1hr+ magazine show each month - please do. We rely on your support.
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… And we’ll see you again on May 10th!
