Hidden Figures Podcast

Episodes

1. 11

   #011 - Hidden Figures Podcast - Paul Davis - 450 games for Arsenal FC

   "You have to find a way to build yourself up because there are always things chipping away at you" I sat down with Football Legend Paul Davis who played 450 games for Arsenal over an 18yr career! We discussed growing up in South London, playing his debut at 17 in the N. London Derby, racism in...

   Jun 20, 2020

   1h 32m
2. 10

   #010 - Hidden Figures Podcast - Veronica Martin - COO of Aleto Foundation

   "Don't compare yourself to the other person... Stop competing with this phantom and spend time with yourself" In this episode (dropped a year after the interview), I sit down with Veronica Martin, a woman who has spent her life dedicated to developing, coaching, mentoring and helping young people...

   Nov 14, 2019

   1h 05m
3. 12

   #012 - Hidden Figures Podcast - David Lammy - Labour MP

   "Don't run before you can walk, you have to attend to yourself before you can attend to others" In this episode, I sit down with the MP for Tottenham, David Lammy and discuss growing up in Tottenham, his parent's troublesome marriage, racism experienced at school in Peterborough, going to…

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   Oct 29, 2019

   47m
4. 9

   #009 - Hidden Figures Podcast - Gbenga Hassan - Partner in Nigerian Private Equity Firm

   "If I could rewind the clock, I'd say think bigger, because everything I've dreamt about, I've achieved" In this episode, I sit down with my uncle, Gbenga Hassan, a Partner in a Nigerian Private Equity Firm and discuss living back and forth between London and Lagos, always being driven to become...

   Aug 6, 2018

   1h 42m
5. 8

   #008 - Hidden Figures Podcast - Yvonne Rhoden MBE - Retired Police Officer & England Netball Coach

   "We don't fail, we learn... and then we grow" In this episode, we sit down with Yvonne Rhoden MBE, a retired met police officer and discuss growing up in East London to Jamaican parents, dealing with racism and the National Front, joining the police service, dealing with racist colleagues, the...

   Jul 23, 2018

   1h 47m
6. 7

   #007 - Hidden Figures Podcast - David McQueen - Public Speaker & Serial Entrepreneur

   "It's better to be hungry for success than thirsty for attention" In this episode we sit down with David McQueen, a motivational speaker and serial entrepreneur and discuss growing up in Stonebridge, Harlesden, Pan-African Schools, crime within the black community, meeting and interviewing…

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   Jul 16, 2018

   1h 59m
7. 5

   #005 - Hidden Figures Podcast - Dele Ogun - Founder of First Black-Owned City Law Firm

   "The negatives can be turned into positives, depending on how you embrace it" In this episode, we speak to Dele Ogun, the founder of the first black-owned city Law firm and hear about his experience of moving from Lagos to London, having dyslexia, his university experience, being the first black...

   Jul 9, 2018

   1h 46m
8. 4

   #004 - Hidden Figures Podcast - Paul Anderson-Walsh Pastor & Ex-CEO of Steven Lawrence Foundation 2

   "As black people, we don't perceive ourselves as CEOs because we see ourselves as the help" In Part 2, Paul discusses being mixed-race, being groomed for sexual assault, starting a sports agency with clients like Dwight Yorke and John Fashanu, miraculous testimonies, becoming CEO of the Steven...

   Jul 2, 2018

   1h 58m
9. 3

   #003 - Hidden Figures Podcast - Paul Anderson-Walsh - Pastor & Ex-CEO of Steven Lawrence Foundation

   "The God of religion is a prick and that's not the God that I know and love" Paul Anderson Walsh is a Diversity & Inclusion Consultant, Pastor, former CEO of the Steven Lawrence Foundation and Author of 3 books. In Episode 3, we sit down with Paul as he describes being abandoned at birth, growing...

   Jun 25, 2018

   1h 39m
10. 2

    #002 - Hidden FIgures Podcast - Comfort Momoh MBE - FGM Campaigner

    "If I won the lottery today, I'd give it all away to charity" Comfort Momoh has an MBE for her work in campaigning against Female Genital Mutilation and helping to reverse the effects of the surgery. In the 2nd episode, we sit down with Comfort and learn about the horrors of Female Genital...

    Jun 18, 2018

    51m
11. 1

    #001 - Hidden Figures Podcast - Michelle Levy, Angel Investor

    "If you're broke making $100 a week, you'll be broke making $10,000" Michelle Levy is an Angel Investor who pools money amongst the black community and invests in entrepreneurs, businesses and real estate in countries in the Caribbean, South America and the US. In the first episode we discuss the...

    Jun 11, 2018

    1h 17m