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The Longest Battle
by Emma Martins
Inspiring interviews with people who've overcome huge adversity, hosted by me Emma Martins. As part of my rehabilitation from a brain injury 10 years ago,I have created this series to help other people going through their own traumas and life battles.This podcast is the product of two years of challenging myself to organise, research, and meet my contributors. I have enjoyed meeting every one of the show’s different fascinating guests, each with varying degrees of severity of personal problems. But all have overcome huge challenges and inspirations with their incredible stories. I hope you will enjoy The Longest Battle and will be inspired as much as it has helped me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Heather Mills
Heather Mills was working as a model at the time she lost her leg 26 years ago. She talks openly about her story from her Northern beginnings, to promoting her vegan lifestyle and businesses, and about how she deals with living her life in the limelight. If you would like to donate to the...
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John Lawson
John Lawson was working for Gordon Ramsay in Australia, aged 32, when he had a brain tumour and nearly died. After many years of working abroad as a celebrity chef, he beat all the odds and he tells us how he coped with the trauma and moved on to open his own restaurant back home in Leigh on Sea....
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Josie Horton
British Judoka Josie Horton, who competed at the Barcelona Olympics, lost her leg after being run over by a bus in Islington in 2016. She is an inspirational lady, who defied the odds after a near death experience, but got back to teaching judo within two years. If you would like to donate to the...
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David Butler
David Butler was injured in an unexploded bomb blast, aged 11. His lifelong passion is motorsport and he is the only disabled driver to have an International Race and Rally Licence. He was the youngest person ever to have been the subject of This is Your Life in 1962, was awarded an MBE in 2010…
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Tom Skelton
Comedian Tom Skelton is partially sighted and does comedy shows about sight loss. Eight years ago he started to lose his sight during a show but has continued being a stand-up comedian. He talks about his disability as part of his performance now with only 5% of his sight. Tom works with the…
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Vanessa Doabry
Vanessa is an amazing lady who has suffered her whole life with bendy joints due to Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. She started competing in the shotput only in 2015 and has experienced a meteoric rise to the top of her sport winning Gold at the European Championships in Berlin in 2018. She inspired me...
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Georgie Morrell
Georgie is a partially-sighted actress, comedian and blogger. She has a multitude of trades, in spite of losing her eyesight for one year. She talks a lot about living as a young person with sight loss and gives a lot of support to the RNIB. If you would like to donate to the Silverlining Charity...
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Kiko Matthews
Kiko is a British long-distance rower. She currently has the record as fastest female to row the Atlantic, solo and unsupported. Kiko suffers from Cushing’s Disease but is always up for the next expedition! If you would like to donate to the Silverlining Charity it will be very much appreciated....
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Alex Corbisiero
Alex was a Rugby Union International prop who had to retire at only aged 30 after suffering sustained injuries and has had to figure out his new life. Thankfully he has been able to work in the sport he has always been passionate about. Now living in the US working in the media, he talks openly...
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Maddog McGuinness
Paul Maddog McGuinness is a guitarist who played in the Pogues and the Popes, who got knocked over by a car in Stoke Newington in 2013, resulting in a brain injury. He still struggles with walking, although The Popes has a new album coming out this year. He is a true trooper, nothing will hold…
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Trisha Goddard
Trisha Goddard is a chat-show legend, who has had her own shows in the UK and US. She is currently living in Connecticut and appears on various celebrity UK shows. I knew Trisha from working with her at ITV Anglia and she kindly agreed to talk to me for the podcast. She talks frankly about her...
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Maryam D'Abo
Maryam is a very successful actress, her biggest role being a Bond Girl starring alongside Timothy Dalton in “The Living Daylights” in 1987. Ten years ago she had an aneurysm which caused her to have a brain injury. She feels very lucky to be alive and talks to me about being a Bond Girl and…
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Inspiring interviews with people who've overcome huge adversity, hosted by me Emma Martins. If you would like to donate to the Silverlining Charity it will be very much appreciated. All donations from this podcast will go towards Emma taking part in her next Goodwill Silverlining Mission to…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Inspiring interviews with people who've overcome huge adversity, hosted by me Emma Martins. As part of my rehabilitation from a brain injury 10 years ago,I have created this series to help other people going through their own traumas and life battles.This podcast is the product of two years of challenging myself to organise, research, and meet my contributors. I have enjoyed meeting every one of the show’s different fascinating guests, each with varying degrees of severity of personal problems. But all have overcome huge challenges and inspirations with their incredible stories. I hope you will enjoy The Longest Battle and will be inspired as much as it has helped me.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Emma Martins
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Inspiring interviews with people who've overcome huge adversity, hosted by me Emma Martins. As part of my rehabilitation from a brain injury 10 years ago,I have created this series to help other people going through their own traumas and life battles.This podcast is the product of two years of...
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