Gobsmacked!
A Gobsmacked moment is one where the trajectory of our life changes perhaps forever. In a series of candid interviews, Catherine Williamson delves into those life flipping moments with her guests.
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62: When the Care System Isn’t Caring (opens the original)
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Imagine being moved more than 100 times as a child. Seriously, just think about that. Those moves weren’t simply between foster homes or children’s homes. They included squats, hospitals, refuges and other places that, for a time, had to serve as somewhere to be. This episode features Terry Galloway, and Terry came to Gobsmacked through Diane Bialek, who basically said, “You need to talk to this man.” She was right. Diane and our host, Catherine Williamson, were school friends in Nottingham. The
61. You've Already Won - Part II (opens the original)
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You’ve Already Won – Simon Dyson (Part Two) How do you finally find your purpose after 23 years of searching? In the second and final part of this Gobsmacked! conversation, Simon Dyson takes us to the breaking point of his endurance race, and more importantly, what happened next. How the extraordinary hospitality he experienced on the hardest days of his ride helped him discover exactly what he wants to give back to the world. The result is Billy's Farm of Hopes and Dreams - a deeply personal, d
61. You've Already Won - Part I (opens the original)
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You’ve Already Won – Simon Dyson (Part One) How does a lad from Coventry end up building a life in Detroit… and why would he choose to ride one of the toughest endurance races on the planet? In this compelling first part of a two-part Gobsmacked! conversation, Simon Dyson tells the story behind a life that could so easily have gone another way. It’s raw. It’s funny. It’s uncomfortable. It’s hopeful. Running quietly through it all is the late Matt Gallagher. Matt and Simon were friends whose path
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