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Ep. 430 - Lauren Pattison
Edinburgh Best Newcomer Nominee 2017 and Edinburgh Best Show Nominee 2022, Lauren Pattison is a comedian, actor and writer. Her TV appearances include Stand up for Live Comedy (BBC1, )two episodes of Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, Roast Battle, hosting an episode of Takeshi’s Castle, The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC), The Great Christmas Rant (ITV2), The Blame Game (BBC One Northern Ireland) and internationally on New Zealand’s 7 Days, Australia’s Comedy Up Late and Canada’s The Stand Up Show with Katherine Ryan. As an actor her credits include Drunk History (Comedy Central), Jerk (BBC3) and Climaxed (BBC3). She hosts the critically acclaimed podcast Conversations Against Living Miserably, produced by the TV channel Dave in partnership with the Campaign Against Living Miserably. The podcast has had guests including Richard Gadd, Jenny Eclair, Lou Sanders, Dane Baptiste and Stu Goldsmith. A sought after act, Lauren has provided tour support for Katherine Ryan, Jason Manford, Kerry Godliman, Stewart Francis and Dane Baptiste.
Lauren Pattison is guest number 430 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
For gigs and everything else Lauren, visit - https://www.lauren-pattison.com .
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Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .
Music by Pass The Peas Music .
Artwork by matthewboxall.com .
This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .
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Ep. 541 - Matthew Lorenzo - Sports presenter and film maker for BBC, Sky, ITV, GMTV and Channel 4
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Ep. 540 - Rob Brydon Unedited - over 30 minutes of unheard chat!
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Ep. 539 - Halloween Special - A compilation of our guests from Halloweens past
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Ep. 538 - Beth Rigby - Political Editor of Sky News
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Ep. 537 - Miles Jupp Unedited - over 50 minutes of unheard chat!
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Ep. 536 - Amanda Barrie - Cleopatra in Carry On Cleo, Alma Baldwin in Coronation Street
57:58|Amanda Barrie is a British actress who first gained attention in the 1960s with roles in the classic Carry On films, including Carry On Cabby (1963) and Carry On Cleo (1964), where she played Cleopatra. On television, she became a household name as Alma Baldwin in Coronation Street, appearing regularly from the 1980s to 2001. After leaving the soap, she joined the cast of Bad Girls as Bev Tull, adding another memorable role to her career. She has also made guest appearances in shows such as Are You Being Served?, Doctors, and Benidorm . Amanda Barrie is our guest in episode 536 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Amanda Barrie’s autobiography, I'm Still Here: My 90 Years, is available here - https://www.waterstones.com/book/im-still-here/amanda-barrie/9781917439367 .Follow Amanda Barrie on Twitter/X: @amandabarrie11 . Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram: @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter/X & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter/X: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .
Ep. 535 - Joz Norris - Award winning comedy writer and performer
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Ep. 534 - Professor John Duncan - a pioneer of modern cognitive neuroscience
01:32:09|Professor John Duncan is among the pioneers of modern cognitive neuroscience. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2008 and a Fellow of the British Academy in 2009. In 2012, he was awarded the Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. After completing his education at the University of Oxford in 1976, Duncan worked for two years with Michael Posner at the University of Oregon, and then worked at the Medical Research Council (MRC). As of 2018, he is Programme Leader at the MRC's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge; he is also a Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford. His latest book, The Animal and the Thinker: Instinct, Reason and the Dance of Our Divided Selves, is out now.Professor John Duncan is our guest in episode 534 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Buy John ducat’s latest book, The Animal and the Thinker, here - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/461766/the-animal-and-the-thinker-by-duncan-john/9780753560921.Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram: @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter/X & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter/X: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .