My Career So Far

On this episode, we talk to continuity announcer and current newsreader on Absolute Radio Breakfast Show, Andrea Fox, about Dave Berry, her time on Jack FM, and impressions of Dolly Parton!As always, this episode contains strong language.

Expect plenty of laughs as in this episode, Ciara & Soph (because someone forgot to book the time off work!) chat with comedian & broadcaster Matt Richardson about his time on The Xtra Factor, Jack FM, how he deals with hecklers, and his various first class trips!This episode contains some strong language and adult themes.

Merry Christmas! On this episode, we talk to a man who not only is a great presenter but an amazing impressionist in Chris Marsden about how he got into radio (with our longest answer to a question ever!), his YouTube Channel and his impressions of Disney XD characters and Pedro Pascal. This does contain strong language, and we apologise that the audio quality isn't up to the usual standard; it seems like Santa's elves got into our audio interfaces!

Andy Goulding joins us for this episode as we discuss his time in local & national radio, the scent of car stickers, and we meet a woman called Linda who is taking her bins out!

In this episode we talk to one of Barnsley's most well-known voices Matt Foister about getting a call he will never forget while working at Homebase, the experience of presenting in the Capital cafe and his folder of rejection letters! This episode does contain strong language, but it's worth it for the amazing stories its included in!

We're back for series 2! And what better way to start than with a man who knows the North West and North Wales like no other, it's Ben Sheppard! He tells us about his student radio days, the amazing charity challenges he's completed over the years, and we chat to him about his famous TV presenter namesake!

It’s the series finale! And what better way to go out than to interview a member of Shock’s alumni Hawkesworth about her first ever radio show, the differences between student and professional radio and the importance of hearing female voices on the radio. (Apologies for the audio issues in this episode, we’ve tried to fix it as best as possible but the mics weren’t our friend during the recording)

In this episode we talk to the Queen of the East Midlands Jo Russell about being a local celebrity, the time her and her co-presenter Twiggy had a diversion named after them and what celebrity Josh looks like!

We're back for 2025 and there is no better way to kick it off than with someone who has done radio in a fair share of places! We talk to Magic Early Breakfast presenter Paul Hayes about his time in Canada and Dubai, presenting on his home station and a situation involving his bosses at Global and a pizza!

In the last episode of 2024, we speak to the former king of Galaxy evenings (and one of Ciara's radio heroes), Dave Kelly, about split transmitters, the time when he had two major contracts on the same desk and Australian Radio. This one is definitely for all the anoraks out there!

In this episode, we talk to Yorkshire breakfast legend Danny Mylo about his relationship with co-host Rosie, what social media platform his old boss removed him from and what listener (and Shock's Head of Tech) Alex Foreman's favourite moment from the Mylo and Rosie show is!As always, this episode does contain strong language and adult themes!

We're back for episode 2 with a big one! This time we talk to Yorkshire radio royalty Stephanie Hirst about how she started in radio, her Galaxy days and there's even some content for the radio anoraks too! This episode (even though it is very long) was a really special one for us to make and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did! This episode does contain strong language and adult content (If that wasn't already obvious!)

Welcome to My Career So Far! On our first episode are two people who know how to broadcast to the North West, Adam Weighell and Lou Taylor! We talk to them about how they started in radio, what it's like to work together, and we reveal to Adam that he's TikTok famous! This episode does contain strong language and adult themes (we don't say it's the uncut version for nothing!).