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We talk to remarkable New Zealand based businesswoman, and solo mother of two, Jennifer Del Bel. We hear how a meeting with a father and his daughter Emma, a young woman with Down’s Syndrome, would change everything and lead to the launch of a
We talk to former NFL player and founder of the Adaptive Training Foundation, David Vobora. We hear how a career curtailing injury, and a chance meeting with a man who had lost parts of both arms and both legs, altered the trajectory of David’s
We talk to Tokyo-born, London-based artist and graphic designer, June Mineyama-Smithson (aka Mamimu), a true creative soul on a mission to inject optimism into the world through her art. We hear about June’s collaboration with neuroscientist Dr
We talk to Andy Young, founder and inspiration behind ‘My Outsourced IT’ and a man with a noble vision to equip disadvantaged homes with free laptops and tablets. We hear how Andy is connecting the disconnected by repurposing donated equipment,
We talk to Dutch designer, innovator and nature lover Matilde Boelhouwer. We hear how she has merged creativity with entomology and engineering to develop ‘Insectology: Food for Buzz’. We also hear how her awareness of a declining insect popula
We talk to Marie, founder and CEO of ‘The Choir With No Name’, and with Sal, Liverpool choir member and ambassador. We hear how their work is giving many homeless people a much-needed sense of identity, community and belonging. We also hear how
We talk to local gym owner and community-driven philanthropist, Adam McCreevy. We hear about the life stories and personal experiences that have inspired him to make a life-changing impact on other people’s lives, including moving from his fami
We talk to best-selling author and keynote speaker Marc Wallert. We hear how Marc and his parents were taken at gun point and held hostage by a terror group for 140 days in the Philippine jungle. We also hear how Marc survived this ordeal throu
We talk to plane crash survivor, motivational speaker, humanitarian and spiritual guru, Tulsi Vagjiani. We hear about the tragic incident that took the lives of Tulsi’s family and left her with 45% burns to the face and body at such a young age
We talk to Will and Denia, two members of an exceptional organisation, Free Movement Skateboarding. We hear how Will, Denia and this Athens based team are using skateboarding to support and integrate refugees and marginalised young people. We a
We talk to a remarkable young woman who is paralleling her studies with a project to combat loneliness. We hear how Nina Andersen is connecting pupils in schools with care home residents through ‘Community Senior Letters’. We also hear how this
We talk to Trewin Restorick, founder and CEO of environmental change charity ‘Hubbub’. We hear how he is revolutionising the way environmental messages our communicated to all of us, in our everyday lives. We also hear about three of Trewin’s f
We talk to Sarah Common, co-founder of ‘Hives for Humanity’. We hear how this Vancouver based not-for-profit society is connecting people to nature, community and themselves, through bees and the culture of the hive. We also hear from two membe
On this episode we do things a little differently by talking with our own team to bring you our review of the first year of ONEOFTHE8 and the real-life stories we’ve shared from 28 inspirational guests from all across the globe. Artists, artisa
We talk to a man whose appetite for new cultures and fresh experiences led him from Europe to Australia, where he began to combine his passion for people and their human stories with his love of photography. We hear how Dino Serrao is making th
We talk to a man whose love of the natural world means that he is dedicated to giving something back to his beloved ocean. We hear how Naude Dreyer is doing this by rescuing hundreds of injured Cape fur seals in his native Namibia. We also hear
We talk to a gifted sportsman whose talent for tennis not only shaped his childhood, but also led him to venture from his loving family home in Germany to take up a university scholarship in Atlanta, Georgia. We also hear how he overcame his st
We talk to a man who has endured untold setbacks and even tried to take his own life, yet David Tovey has come through it all to become an independent artist, campaigner and founder of One Festival of Homeless Arts. We hear how a chance meeting
We talk to London based businessman, and one of the small number of people to have walked to the North Pole, Joey Worlidge. We hear about his epic adventure, and how he prepared for it mentally and physically. We also hear how Joey and his team
We talk to Dubai based mental health warrior Anna Marie Lopes. We hear how she became drawn into a controlling and abusive relationship that was impossible to escape without the help and kindness of others. We also hear how that help came, and
We talk to a young man who became the best in the world at his sport at the tender age of just 16. We hear how Alex Mason turned his hobby into his profession and became crowned Slackline World Champion. We also hear how Alex believes fear and
We talk to director, designer, animator, filmmaker, author and speaker Gavin Strange. We hear how his love of toys, his fascination with characters, and his belief in ‘side-projects’ are living proof that with true dedication, passion can becom
We talk to former US college tennis player, now writer, rapper and musician Ravi Patel. We hear how the sound of his native London resonated with the young Ravi, and how after his spell in the US, he returned home to launch his career in music.
We talk to International Divers Hall of Fame member, cave diver, photographer, writer and speaker Jill Heinerth. We hear how this intrepid explorer became one of the first ever to dive inside an Antarctic iceberg, and how she almost didn’t live
We talk to helicopter pilot and member of ‘The Flying Bulls’, the Red Bull aerobatics team, Aaron Fitzgerald. We hear how as a young boy growing up in Wenatchee he developed a fascination with flying that would lead to a spectacular career. We
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