All Episodes
Things Musicians Don't Talk About — 121 episodes
111. Jessica Duchen: activism, power and politics
110. The future of TMDTA
109. Surviving ballet: Louise Bennett on change in the industry
108. The Break Down: predicting, reflecting, replying.
107. Thangam Debbonaire & Eleanor Turner: The Political Musician | Live at RSM
106. Lizzie Ball: Classical Music for Contemporary Society
105. Dr Anna Bull: class and classical music
104. The Break Down: Depression, donors and misogyny
103. The Break Down: Saudi Arabia, Hopelessness & Activism
102. Ophelia Gordon: living though anorexia and divorce
101. Jessica Curry: when things fall apart
100. We listened to our old episodes… and immediately regretted it
99. Lauren McQuistin: eating disorders in classical music (live)
98. Performative workaholism, surviving criticism and intuitive eating
97. Jamie Barton: embodying pride
96. Back again, but different
95. Meditation for musicians: calming the inner critic
94. Meditation for musicians: connecting with your audience
93. Meditation for musicians: reconnecting with your instrument
92. Meditation for musicians: pre-performance anxiety
91. I wasn’t as good at the cello as I thought I was
90. Lucy Humphris: embracing otherness
89. Rigid control, guilt and returning to exercise
88. Beyond the 'woman' conversation: Gillian Moore and CN Lester Live at RSM
87. Emily White on grief, teaching and the joy of letting go
86. Book Club: anti-psychiatry and doublings
85. Mark Brierley on being seen, classical music marketing and the origins of RSM
84. Musical theatre and emotional regulation
83. The ambition trap and entering into stagnation
82. Linton Stephens on living authentically with a public platform
81. Jalayne Mitchell: Classical Wellness
80. Grief, talent and ethical dilemmas
79. The unedit: my 2017 nervous breakdown
78. Matthew Barley on psychosis and healing through ayahuasca
77. London Podcast Festival with Ayanna Witter-Johnson
76. Laure Chan: bridging cultures and breaking norms
75. Blog Special | What if I continue putting on weight forever?
74. Returning to places of trauma
73. Ruth Philips: non-violence and the art of rest
72. Q&A: TMDTA origins, music schools & workplace politics
71. Chloé van Soeterstède: conducting through pregnancy & motherhood
70. Queerness and power abuse in classical music: Tár & Maestro
69. Zygmund de Somogyi: burnout, belonging, and community in composition
68. Callas, fatphobia and surviving sexual assault
67. James Partridge: childhood nostalgia
66. Jess Hands: when music soothes
65. Simon Höfele: breaking the norm
64. Gavin Higgins: Tourettes, OCD and surviving opera
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63. Koshka Duff - Abolishing the Police
62. If Lewis Capaldi was a classical musician
61. Aaron Akugbo: BBC Proms, art and identity
60. Paul Denegri: multi-faceted by accident
59. Post-nap epiphanies
58. Gosia Garstka: the stigma of suicide
57. a May Q&A: behind the scenes of the podcast
56. Emily Ashton: on getting arrested & musical protesting
55. Kathryn Williams: the flautist on life as a single parent & discrimination at work
54. Back by Popular Demand: arts cuts, audition burnout and performance anxiety
53. Joe Hastings: Music Minds Matter
52. Ingela Onstad: on being more than 'just' a singer
51. Kate Kennedy: the biographer on how playing injury can lead to eating disorders
50. Three in A Bar: podcast twinning
49. Katy Ehrlich: the uncut edit
48. Betty Makharinsky: on life as a singer and organising the Vache Baroque Festival
47. Hannah French: living & working with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
46. Guy Withers: behind the scenes of Waterperry Opera Festival
45. Cliodhna Ryan: panic attacks on stage
43. Declan Costello: vocal health and injury
42. Rosie Bennet - Part 2 surviving anorexia
41. Rosie Bennet - Part 1 surviving anorexia
40. 10k Q&A
39. Vic Isfryn: pregnancy discrimination
38. Rakhi Singh: a new path
37. Cara Houghton, CUKSN and Burnout
36. Jocelyn Lightfoot: identity and grief
35. The One Where They Actually Record Everyone in the Same Room
34. Frances Wilson, The Cross-Eyed Pianist
33. Ollie West: depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation
32. December chats - medication, rejections and whether art is a way of life
31. Anil Umer, live at the Royal Academy of Music
30. Bob Hughes (in full)
MIAW 2021 - Angela McCuiston
MIAW 2021 - Murphy Robertson
MIAW 2021 - Songeun Choi
MIAW 2021 - Bob Hughes
MIAW 2021 - Sophia Kannathasan
MIAW 2021 - Peter Regan
MIAW 2021 - Francesca Leo
29. Clare Hammond: the terror of post-natal depression
28. Ellie Consta: conforming no more
27. Laura van der Heijden: anxiety on stage
26. Lauren McQuistin: addiction, opera and sobriety
25. Melissa Brown: the long haul of OCD
24. Sexuality and relevance in classical music
23. How are you really? Leaving music college, fearing suicidal thoughts, body image and more
22. Raye Harvey
Mental Health Walk 5- Making decisions in instability, degree endlessness
Mental Health Walk 4- Vulnerability hangovers and the news
Mental Health Walk 3- Power abuse, my story
Mental Health Walk 2- Why I hate mindfulness and why I don’t hate being self-compassionate
Mental Health Walk 1- Where I'm at, disordered practice, self destruction
20. Channa Malkin
19. Matt Frost
18. Ella Taylor
17. Hannah Fiddy
16. Nikita Bazil
15. Rebecca Toal
14. Happy New Year!- Plans for a new season and where have I been?
13. Maria Nikitidou (classical music vs low incomes part 3)
12. Emily Adams (classical music vs low incomes part 2)
11. Fionnuala Ward (classical music vs low incomes part 1)
10. Matt Geer
9. Richard Adam Lewis
8. Elena Urioste
7. It's ok to be angry/sad right now
6. Laura Serra on performance psychology
5. Laura Armstrong
3. Jasmin Allpress
2. Frank Horvat
1. Welcome! How we practice in a hard time