Anja Baak

From the family home in the Highlands of Scotland, Anja Baak runs a classic small business, Great Glen Charcuterie. Here she talks about family, food waste, hard work, imagination and much more.

Anja Baak. Ep 2. What I Think About When I Think About Food.

Olia Hercules

This is a new series in which I talk to people who work with food; there will be chefs, writers, producers, growers and stylists. My first guest is writer and chef Olia Hercules whose new book The Sumer Kitchen is one of the most warmly received of 2020.

Olia Hercules. Ep 1. What I Think About When I Think About Food.

The final part of Series 1 of Outdoor Voices features answers to some simple questions from a gardener and chef, some artists and food producers and a green wood worker. This is about nature and our relationship with it. I hope you enjoy it.

Outdoor Voices. Ep 6.

This is a short lockdown series in which I question people who work outdoors about why they do what they do and what nature and being outside means to them. There are answers from a gamekeeper, a shepherd, an artist or two and a green wood worker.

Outdoor Voices. Ep 5.

Part 4 of a short series in which I talk to people who live and work outdoors. In this edition I have contributions from a gamekeeper, an environmental artist, a shepherd and a forager. These are the voices of people who work alongside nature.

Outdoor Voices. Ep 4.

This is a short lockdown series in which I ask people who work outdoors why they choose to do so and what they love about living close to nature. I talk to a warden on a remote island, a forager, a shepherd, a game keeper, an environmental artist and many more people who spend their lives in the great outdoors.

Outdoor Voices. Ep. 3.

This is a short series about people who live and work outdoors. In this remotely-recorded lockdown series I talk to people who have chosen to live as close to nature as possible, from a forager to an environmental artist and from a warden on a remote island to a shepherd, these are the voices of the outdoors.

Outdoor Voices. Ep. 2.

Outdoor Voices. Ep. 1

This is Part 6 (and the final part of Series 1) of Cover Stories, in which my guests dial in their stories about a cover version of a song that has had a profound impact on them. This is about people and music and friendship and life. I hope you enjoy it.

Cover Stories. Pt 6. Stories About Songs.

Cover Stories is about people's relationships with that most storied type of song, the cover version. In this episode my guests dial in their tales of frozen New Year's Eve parties, weddings and long-held passion. There's the Falklands War, friendship and much more.

Cover Stories. Pt 5. Stories About Songs.

In Mavericks I talk to people who have swum against the tide and done something truly unusual and inspiring. From famous comedians to chefs to authors and campaigners, this is about doers and creators. There's no agenda; I just talk to people that will, I hope, interest you.

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The Mavericks Podcast.

Peter Buchanan-Smith founded the American retailer Best Made Co a decade ago. His first product was an axe; an axe so beautiful that it became a globally recognised icon of contemporary design. Best Made grew to become one of the most exciting retailers in the world, selling serious gear to outdoors people everywhere. Charlie and Peter chat about Best Made Co, travel, axes, retail, Scotland and Canada in the week that Peter announced he was leaving his beloved company.

Ep. 44. Peter Buchanan-Smith

Johnnie Boden

Johnnie Boden founded his eponymous company in 1991 and has since worked tirelessly and with massive passion to turn it into a world-beating clothing brand. Charlie and Johnnie talk about hard work, life/work balance, design, family, music, corporate culture, sacrifice and fun. This chat is at once educational and inspiring.

Ep 31. Johnnie Boden.

Roger Phillips

Roger Phillips really is an icon; he's a legend in a number of fields and a true maverick. Roger is perhaps the world's greatest expert on mushrooms but that's just one feather in his very large cap; he has authored around 50 books, he's a prolific painter, an original thinker and a fire ball of energy and charm. In this conversation we touch on subjects as wide ranging as what it's like to be a conscientious objector, cooking offal and it's impact on family life, identifying mushrooms, trees and flowers and much more.

Ep. 41. Roger Phillips.

Priscilla Woolworth is an environmental activist, author, sustainability champion and small holder. Today she lives in Upstate New York on a small farm where she works to develop her ideas and theories about living a 'better' life. But things were once very different for Priscilla; she started her adult life at the epicentre of Hollywood. Charlie and Priscilla talk about change, development, sustainability and much more.

Ep 45. Priscilla Woolworth.

Dan Kieran

Dan Kieran believes he has discovered the future of publishing. And he may well be right. As the CEO of Unbound he is changing the way books are brought to readers and in the process he is creating a large and dynamic company that produces wonderful books. Dan has also written a number of best sellers including the brilliant Crap Towns. Charlie and Dan talk about Dan's career, his agoraphobia, his ability to raise vast sums of money for his company by telling stories and about his new book. Dan will be speaking at 2018's Good Life Experience.

Ep 27. Dan Kieran.

Michael Townsend

Charlie and Michael Townsend Williams chat about how personal tragedy encouraged Michael to change his life (from a stressed, fast-burning-out, alcoholic advertising executive) and become a breathing and yoga guru. They talk about the way that Michael trains people to be more productive and happier by slowing down and focusing on themselves. On this journey Michael has written the best-selling book Do: Breathe and launched an App.

Ep 24. Michael Townsend Williams

Valentine Warner

Valentine Warner is a chef, enthusiast, artist and writer. In fact, he's a true polymath; restless, clever, creative and a true original. On the eve of the publication of his new book The Consolation of Food, Charlie and Valentine chat in front of a live audience at The Good Life Experience.

Ep. 48. Valentine Warner.

Episode 1 of a special series. This is a slow podcast in which several guests dial-in their answers to some simple questions. It's a podcast about good, optimism and love. It'll cheer you up, make you think and help you to figure out how our world can (and will) improve.

Love In the Time of Coronavirus. EP. 1

The Young Enterpeneurs features chats with three people who have started businesses in their twenties. None of them know if what they are doing will work financially, but they feel certain that they are doing something right with their lives. Charlie speaks with them about the hard work, the pain, the joy, the money, what their parents and friends think and what they want to achieve. This is a relaxed but informative episode featuring three true mavericks.

Ep 33. Young Mavericks. The Entrepeneurs, 1.

Chris Roberts and Rob Evans are a graphic designer and photographer respectively. Together they have created the remarkable With Love Project which is part hobby and part commercial enterprise. They have travelled the length and breadth of Britain to create two wonderful crowd-funded books that chronicle the heritage makers that so inspire them. Charlie, Chris and Rob sat down around a smoky campfire for breakfast in The Highlands and this episode is the result of that chat. Bird song, tumbling river and plenty of smoke included.

Ep 34. The With Love Project.

Steve Chapman

Steve Chapman is an artist, writer, speaker, consultant and silent podcaster. He is endlessly engaging and restlessly creative and is -also-endlessly making art, much of which he gives away for nothing; a lot of what Steve does is counter-intuitive, as you'll find out in this conversation. His work has hung alongside artists such as Shrigley and Picasso and he'll be the first ever Artist in Residence at The Good Life Experience, 2020.

Ep. 52. Steve Chapman

Love in The Time of Coronavirus is a special series where guests dial-in their thoughts on three questions asked by Charlie. This is a slow podcast full of thoughtful, considered optimism and warmth that will cheer you up during the global lockdown of 2020.

Love in the Time of Coronavirus. EP. 2

This is Caroline and I talking about bringing up our children in the Highlands and how this informed our festival, The Good Life Experience. It's a conversation that we recorded with Chris Roberts of the (brilliant) With Love Project.

Ep. 36. The Good Life Experience and The Great Outdoors.

Anja Dunk is a true polymath; she is an author, cook, artist, mother, expert in fermentation and lots more besides. And, what's more, she rarely talks of her skills and absolutely never shouts about them. This conversation was recorded at Charlie's new venture Camp Glen Dye in late October where Anja was one of the lead educators. Warning! Very croaky voice.

Ep. 50. Anja Dunk.

Alex Gregory

Alex Gregory MBE won Olympic gold in two successive Olympics. Not bad! But that's just the beginning; he's been (almost) lost in a frozen ocean, written a book about spending time with his children outdoors, won every world championship rowing has to offer, overcome huge (often self imposed) obstacles and much more. And yet he remains ambitious and self effacing. We chat about all of this and start scheming a project in Scotland in 2019.

Ep. 40. Alex Gregory MBE.

More tales and conversations from this year's Good Life Experience. This is the final part of my special series recorded over the course of one long, cheerful, super-friendly, life affirming weekend of music, craft, ideas, outdoor rampaging and cooking over fire. I hope you enjoy it.

Ep. 39. The Good Life Experience Special. Pt 3.

Hilary Gallo

Hilary Gallo has just published his latest book, Fear Hack, which helps its readers identify and deal with their fears. It's an engaging and vital book which supports his wider work in helping individuals and companies to fulfil their potential. Hilary has been a lawyer at one of Europe's biggest law firms, a jewellery designer, a high level corporate negotiator and has written other books. He's an interesting man.

Ep. 42. Hilary Gallo.

Charlie Williams

This is Edition 2 of my mini series, The Young Mavericks. It's an interview with a young band manager, Charlie Williams, whose father I worked with in the music industry 25 years ago. Charlie is managing some exciting and successful new bands with focus and passion. There are lessons here but most of all it's a good story. I hope you enjoy it.

Ep 35. Young Mavericks, Edition 2. Charlie Williams.

Tom Herbert

Tom Herbert has been an author, television personality, chef and public speaker. But he's given almost all of this up to follow his faith and work in an area that he, at last, finds truly rewarding. Charlie and Tom talk about fame, money, faith, charity and loads more. Tom remains one of the most charismatic and original voices in British food and -drum roll- this is his story.

Ep. 51. Tom Herbert

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