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Performance People — 195 episodes

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James Cracknell | The Crash, the Coma and the Comeback

2

Mary Earps | Role Models, Resilience And What Comes Next

3

Most People Don’t Need Surgery. They Need This Instead | Dr Cuan Wayne Coetzee

4

How Matchroom Executive Emily Frazer Is Building Nine-Ball Pool Into Their Next Big Success Story

5

Kate Cross | Challenging the “Dinosaurs” Who Held Women’s Cricket Back

6

Inside Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s Gamble | Wrexham Director Shaun Harvey

7

Recovery, Stress and the Science of Longevity | Dr Tamsin Lewis

8

Inside Max Verstappen’s Training Regime with F1 Performance Coach Bradley Scanes

9

Thomas Hal Robson-Kanu | How a Herbal Blend Saved his Football Career and Inspired a Booming Business

10

Oisin Murphy | 5x Champion Jockey on Alcoholism, Sacrifice & the Price of Greatness

11

Is AI Making You Less Intelligent? | Neuroscientist Dr. Tommy Wood

12

Harvard Trained Researcher Dr. Elie Abirached: 'I Spent Years Testing Bio-Hacks. 90% Were Useless.'

13

James Haskell Unfiltered | Relationships, Relentless Reinvention & The Truth About Fame

14

Why Silver Isn't Enough | Matt Weston

15

From Outsiders to Contenders | Pat Sharples

16

Dylan Fletcher | Dropped from SailGP: The Moment That Changed Everything

17

David Howden | The Underdog Mindset Behind a Global British Powerhouse

18

Aimee Fuller | Pressure, Injury and Walking Away from the Olympics

19

Iain ‘Goobs’ Jensen | Resilience, Recovery and Returning Home

20

Performance People 2025 Wrapped | Insights, Lessons & Funnies from Elite Sport

21

Ben Ryan | Inside Brentford FC’s Data-Centric Performance Approach

22

AI and the Future of Human Performance with Pete McKnight

23

Ben Ainslie | The Future of the America’s Cup & A Treble for Emirates GBR

24

Sir Jimmy Anderson | Bazball, Ben Stokes’ Leadership and the Secret to Staying Elite at 43

25

Matthew Syed | Beckham, McIlroy & the Mindset of Elite Performers

26

From Prince Harry’s Invictus Games to the Winter Olympics | Vicky Gosling OBE, CEO of GB Snowsport

27

Joan & Michelle MacDonald | The Viral Fitness Story Redefining What 79 Looks Like

28

Inside Team Brady | Emma Kimiläinen and Sam Coleman on E1 Racing and the Team Built to Win

29

Alistair Brownlee | What Elite Performance Really Takes - the Grind, the Graft and the Gains

30

Abi Burton | I Woke Up From a Coma… and Won the World Cup

31

The New Science of Gut Health and Peak Performance with Dr Megan Rossi

32

Turner Twins' Wild Expedition | Can George Mallory’s Kit Still Work Today?

33

Ted Kravitz | The F1 Insider on Verstappen, Hamilton and the McLaren Pace Race

34

George North | Mindset, Longevity and a Concussion Crisis

35

From Federer to LeBron: Longevity Lessons for Midlife Fitness | Dr Peter Tierney

36

How to Win | Inside Northampton Saints’ Premiership Rugby Triumph with Head Coach Sam Vesty

37

How to Age-Proof Your Brain | 3 Keys from a Leading Neuroscientist

38

Max Verstappen’s Performance Coach on the Three Traits That Win Titles

39

Tammy Beaumont | Handling Pressure, Doubt, and the Aussies

40

The Midlife Sleep Test: 7 Clues You’re Not Getting the Rest You Need

41

Dame Sarah Storey | From Bullied Schoolgirl to Paralympic Legend

42

Jacquie Beltrao | Grief, Grit and the Olympic Dream

43

What You Can Learn From How Sports Teams Approach Jet Lag And Travel Fatigue

44

Inside Sport’s Greatest Comeback | How The 2013 America’s Cup Was Won With Ben Ainslie, Jimmy Spithill and Russell Coutts

45

The Science Behind Peak Performance | A User’s Guide to Better Sleep

46

Alfie Hewett | The Secrets Behind a Career Defining Wimbledon Win

47

Inside Williams F1 | Boss James Vowles on Silverstone Folklore, Rejection and Winning Cultures

48

Wimbledon Uncovered | Chair Debbie Jevans on Tradition, Innovation and honouring Andy Murray

49

Ed Chamberlin | What I learned from Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and AP McCoy

50

Katie Boulter | How a Family Crisis Changed her Perspective on Wimbledon, Life and Tennis

51

Jamie Chadwick | When Will Formula One Get Its Next Female Driver?

52

Hayley McQueen On Her Father Gordon’s Dementia Battle And What It Means For Football

53

How To Recover Quicker From Life’s Setbacks | Annalie Howling

54

Simon Thomas | Coming Back From Anxiety and Grief to Take a Second Chance at Life

55

Fin Smith | Life And Leadership As England’s Breakthrough Rugby Star

56

The 10 Habits That Define How You Live, Feel and Perform | Chris Tombs

57

David Jones | Behind the Scenes With the Host of Sky Sports Football

58

Simple Ways To Optimise Your Sleep And Recovery For Better Performance | Peter Tierney

59

Mike Tindall | Performance Secrets From Inside England’s Greatest Rugby Moment

60

Chemmy Alcott | Inside The Extreme Life Of A Downhill Skier

61

How to Use Your Circadian Rhythm to Live Longer, Healthier and Happier | Professor Russell Foster

62

What You Can Learn From F1 Drivers About Age-Proofing Your Brain | Dr Tommy Wood

63

Natalie Pinkham | Life Lessons From Inside the Formula 1 Circus

64

Gabby Logan | On Living With Loss and Embracing Mid-Life

65

Inside The Mindsets And Routines Of Two Olympic Champions | Live Episode With Ben Ainslie + Hannah Mills

66

The Small Changes Which Make The Biggest Difference To Your Sleep | Anna West

67

What You Can Do Right Now To Increase Your Healthspan | Matt Roberts

68

A Quick Guide To Optimising Gut Health For Performance | Megan Rossi

69

Tim Henman | How To Better Handle Pressure In Sport And In Life

70

How Learning How To Lose Can Teach You How To Win | Steve Magness

71

Martin Keown | How Arsene Wenger’s Approach To Performance Changed My Life

72

Geraint Thomas | How I Went From Support Man To Tour de France Winner

73

Performance Tips From Team GB’s Lead Psychologist | Jess Thom

74

Reflections From Top Athletes featuring Lewis Hamilton, Ben Ainslie, George Russell, Gary Neville and more

75

How Data Helped Win The Premier League | Ian Graham

76

How Crushing Disappointment Helped Castore Disrupt The Sports World | Tom Beahon

77

The Rugby Player Who Turned Personal Disaster Into a New Life of Purpose | Ed Jackson

78

At The Heart Of a Media Storm For Doing The Job You Love | Jacqui Oatley

79

Leadership Lessons In Life And Sport From The 37th America’s Cup | Ben Ainslie

80

George Gregan | It’s The Work No One Sees That Makes a Champion

81

How To Turn Sleep Into a Performance Advantage | Professor Russell Foster

82

Why Failure Is Another Word For Opportunity | Brett Gosper

83

When Life Throws You A Curveball, Hit It Out The Park | Adam Jones

84

Eliud Kipchoge | How I Broke The Two-Hour Marathon Barrier

85

How I Became Kitesurfing’s First Olympic Champion | Ellie Aldridge

86

Turning Disappointment Into Gold | Hannah Mills

87

How We Turned Around The 1999 Champions’ League Final | Gary Neville

88

The Inside Story Of The Race Of The Century | John Bertrand

89

My Journey From Obscurity To Formula 1 Team Boss | Toto Wolff

90

The Importance Of Breaking Down Your Big Dream Into Smaller Steps | George Russell

91

The Decision That Changed My Career | Sir Lewis Hamilton

92

Inside One Of Sport’s Greatest Ever Comebacks | Sir Ben Ainslie

93

Paris 2024 | The Key Performances From Week Two | Prof. Greg Whyte

94

Paris 2024 | The Key Performances From Week One | Prof. Greg Whyte

95

How to Live a Life Without Limits | Craig Wood

96

The Power Of Proving People Wrong | Helen Glover

97

Reflections From A Life Covering Extraordinary Sporting Moments | Matt Dickinson

98

Locker Room Stories With A Wimbledon Legend | Tim Henman

99

Why Wimbledon means so much to Andrew Castle

100

How Formula One Is Helping Win Back The America’s Cup | Sir Ben Ainslie and Toto Wolff

101

How To Stay Fitter, Younger And Stronger For Longer | Matt Roberts

102

How To Turn Difficulties Into Opportunities | Lewis Moody

103

What It Feels Like To Be a Favourite At Your First Olympics | Emma Finucane | Paris 2024

104

Why Seeking Out Discomfort Could Make Us More Fulfilled | Michael Easter

105

The World Champion Runner That Doesn’t Like Running (But Loves Racing) | Jake Wightman | Paris 2024

106

Understanding How Mental Illnesses Lie To You | Bryony Gordon

107

Why It Pays To Make Friends With Fear | Laura Crane

108

Is Fear Holding You Back From The Career Switch You Need? | Beth Potter

109

Is How You Breathe Helping You or Hurting You? | Stuart Sandeman

110

What Athletes Do To Smash Their Goals | Zharnel Hughes

111

What Do You Really Want From Life? | Alex Kergall

112

Turn Obstacles Into Opportunities | Philippa Langley

113

How to Make Success a Habit

114

Are Children in the Nordics Really Happier Than in the Rest of the World?

115

Women are Organisational Legends

116

Think you know how to sleep? Think again.

117

How to: Get Time Back

118

What Does It Take to Become a Leader in Business?

119

How to: Be Proactive

120

What Is Ethnobotany and How Can It Improve Your Performance?

121

How to: Change

122

Do you believe in second chances?

123

How to: Problem Solve

124

Why Didn’t I Think of This?

125

How To: Habit Stack to Change Your Life

126

How You Can Optimise Your Health, Mind and Performance With The Gut Health Doctor, Dr Megan Rossi

127

Ella Mills - The Highs and Lows of Building Deliciously Ella, a Business That’s Connected Millions

128

How a Shocking Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis Changed Sport Scientist Drew Harrisberg’s Life for the Better

129

Paula Radcliffe on Why Running Has Given Her an Outlet From Trauma...

130

Why Sharing a Bed Is Good for Gut Health According to Zoe Founder Tim Spector

131

The Muscle Expert Dr Gabrielle Lyon on Making Skeletal Muscle a Priority for Prosperity and Longevity.

132

Why Sleep Is Like a Bank Account and We Mustn’t Overspend by Professor Greg Whyte OBE

133

A ‘catastrophic’ last day at school, 20 years in the SAS, a primetime tv show. Jason Fox’s journey laid bare.

134

Why Mercedes F1 Technical Director James Allison Is Enjoying Life Back in the Fast Lane

135

How Experimental Treatment Gave Alix Popham His Life Back After a Dementia Diagnosis at 40

136

The Performance Coach: How to Sleep Better/Recover Faster, Plus the Red Flag Around Tech Wearables

137

How Sky News presenter Sarah Jane Mee has learned to ration her news intake on a daily basis for self preservation

138

Acast CEO Ross Adams on What It Takes to Manage the Largest Global Podcast Company?

139

Astronaut Chris Hadfield: Snakes at 10,000ft , Simulating His Own Death & 50m YouTube views

140

Why Letting the Camera in Worked for Richard Hammond | Performance People

141

Why Sky Sports Formula 1 Presenter Natalie Pinkham Can’t Sleep

142

The America's Cup Special - A Year Out | Performance People

143

Kristin Harila + Tenjen ‘Lama’ Sherpa: How a Teacher Smashed a 14 Peaks Record

144

Georgie + Ben debrief on John Amaechi OBE + Peter Carroll | Performance People

145

John Amaechi OBE + Peter Carroll: Why Sleep Hygiene Matters, How to Win in the Workplace and Overcoming Adversity. Best-selling Author and NBA Star Turned Psychologist John Amaechi Reveals All.

146

Georgie + Ben debrief on George Bamford + Leo Bamford | Performance People

147

George Bamford + Leo Bamford: How George Bamford Turned a Rebellious Side Hustle into a Watchmaking Empire

148

Georgie + Ben debrief on Chris Robshaw + Camilla Kerslake | Performance People

149

Chris Robshaw + Camilla Kerslake: Enduring Rugby World Cup heartache, being broken by the music industry and building resilience.

150

Georgie + Ben debrief on Stanley Tucci + Monique Eastwood | Performance People

151

Stanley Tucci + Monique Eastwood: The Hollywood Workout | Performance People

152

Performance Hacks | Helen Glover + Steve Backshall

153

Performance Hacks | Alastair Campbell + Fiona Millar

154

Performance Hacks | Michael Johnson + Coach Hart

155

Performance Hacks | Chris Kamara + Ben Shephard

156

Performance Hacks | Lewis Pugh + David Becker

157

Performance Hacks | Jeremy Clarkson + Kaleb Cooper

158

Performance Hacks | Fran Millar + David Millar

159

Performance Hacks | Eddie Hearn + Barry Hearn

160

Performance Hacks | Toto Wolff + Susie Wolff

161

Performance Hacks | Tommy Fleetwood + Clare Fleetwood

162

Performance Hacks | Dame Sarah Storey + Barney Storey

163

Performance Hacks | Sir James Dyson + Jake Dyson

164

Performance Hacks | Lesley Paterson + Dr Simon Marshall

165

Performance Hacks | Sam Warburton + Chris Tombs

166

Performance Hacks | Kenton Cool + Jazz Cool

167

Performance Hacks | Mo Farah + Tania Farah

168

Performance Hacks | Hannah Mills + Nick Dempsey

169

Tommy Fleetwood + Clare Fleetwood: Why golf is mental | Performance People

170

Kenton Cool + Jazz Cool: Could you climb Everest? | Performance People

171

Dame Sarah Storey + Barney Storey: In Tandem | Performance People

172

Sir James Dyson + Jake Dyson: A Life of Failure/Success | Performance People

173

Sam Warburton + Chris Tombs: Dragons + Lions | Performance People

174

Lesley Paterson + Simon Marshall: Highlands to Hollywood via the Western Front | Performance People

175

Hannah Mills + Nick Dempsey: Changing nappies, perceptions + sustainability | Performance People

176

Mo Farah + Tania Farah: Mo Fear: What’s next when Mo stops running.

177

performance 10: Chris Kamara + Ben Shephard: Authenticity + Compassion

178

performance 10: Jeremy Clarkson + Kaleb Cooper - Wit + Straight Talking

179

performance 10: Helen Glover + Steve Backshall: Opportunity + Grind

180

performance 10: Alastair Campbell + Fiona Millar - Strategy + Rigour

181

performance 10: Michael Johnson + ‘Coach’ Hart - Commitment + Focus

182

performance 10: Fran Millar + David Millar: Grit + Heart

183

performance 10: Lewis Pugh + David Becker: Courage + Endurance

184

performance 10: Toto Wolff + Susie Wolff: Leadership + Discipline

185

performance 10: Eddie Hearn + Barry Hearn - passion + sacrifice

186

The good bits and not so good but quite funny bits from S1

187

Chris Kamara + Ben Shephard: An unbelievable diagnosis and an undeniable bond.

188

Helen Glover + Steve Backshall: The Incredibles

189

Alastair Campbell + Fiona Millar. Surviving politics, depression and family.

190

Michael Johnson + Coach Hart: The inside track on a gold medal winning partnership

191

Fran Millar + David Millar - Life before and after a doping scandal

192

Jeremy Clarkson + Kaleb Cooper: Behind the Scenes on Diddly Squat Farm

193

Lewis Pugh + David Becker - The Speedo diplomat

194

The thoroughbred and the donkey with Toto + Susie Wolff

195

Riding the merry-go-round with Eddie + Barry Hearn