Introducing the Guests…

This new Podcast series – The Seven Questions to Create your Future – has two halves.

In the first, social entrepreneur and author, Trevor Waldock, discusses the questions he believes are critical in helping teens navigate their way through life. Following each episode with Trevor, there will be a follow up episode involving a group of three teenagers debating and chatting about what they have learned from Trevor’s ideas and the impact and influence it has had on them. 

So this episode gives you the chance to meet the teenagers and understand their background, thoughts and ambitions before they dive in to the seven questions. 

Please bear in mind that we have been busy at Talking Teenage Life completing our GCSE’s and so this episode, along with some others, were recorded prior to us sitting our exams.

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/XtrMgEeSgtb

The Seven Questions to Create your Future

How are you feeling about your future? Does it feel overwhelming and uncertain? Do you have any idea where you want to be or what type of person you want to become?

Everyone has these uncertainties, especially during the current state of the world with climate crises, economic difficulty and a war in Europe. Sometimes as teenagers the future is a scary place especially when you have to make decisions at 13/14 and then again at 15/16 for learning subjects even when you have no clue what career path you want to follow. It can feel daunting. It can feel overwhelming. This worry is enlarged when careers guidance at school is next to no help at all.

However, with help of author and social entrepreneur, Trevor Waldock, this new podcast series will provide young people with seven simple questions that will act as a compass, guiding you in the right direction. Giving you tools in order to create a future you can thrive in.

Will these seven questions actually make your future clearer?

Join three other teenagers also answering these questions and following Trevor’s guidance on how to delve deeper into these questions in order to gain the most from them. They are starting the conversations we want to create so that you have access to help and guidance even if it’s not provided by the adults in your life.

What do I love? Where do I want to change the world? What am I actually good at? What do I want to do? Why do I want to do it? What three areas must I focus on? Where am I at right now?

That’s all this series is – answering seven simple questions.

These seven questions could create your future.

These seven questions might challenge you.

These seven questions will empower you to choosing the right path for your future.

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/6QYcR1IX4sb

Let’s Talk About … Leadership

Where are all the inspirational leaders of today?

Just in the last couple of days, a man, who up until recently was one of the most powerful people in the world, was banned from Facebook for the foreseeable future from inciting riots on Capitol Hill. Donald Trump was one of the most important leaders in the world and now has been removed from all social media. How does the former president of the United States of America, with such huge world influence, seem to lack the ideal leadership traits a good leader should have?

Can we all leader or are there really those who are born leaders? Should leadership skills be taught in schools? Why is there a lack of inspiring political leaders today?

In this podcast episode we delve into trying to answer those questions and have realised that some people can be born leaders but anyone and everyone can be a leader in specific situations. We talk about how we feel leadership should be taught in schools as should other life skills as well. We also chat about how the current political leaders might actually have some good leadership traits but could need to use a few more to keep control over their country.

Hopefully you will be able to learn a lot from my guests as we talk about leadership in this episode and just remember, we are all leaders and have leadership skills.

So, where are all the inspirational leaders of today? They may be all a lot closer than you realised, just look into a mirror…

https://anchor.fm/rose-courteen/episodes/Lets-Talk-About—–Leadership-e11bfsr

Jen Lambra-Stokes Podcast Live

Jen Lambra Stokes

Imagine racing across the world for around 54 days and then being a few seconds short of winning £20,000? 

Jen Lambra-Stokes was part of the BBC Race Across the World series with her husband Rob. In this podcast, she talks about her amazing experience of travelling across South America with a TV film crew in tow to catch some of the most amazing adventures of your life.

I loved watching the programme and I loved chatting to Jen in this podcast. She has an amazing sense of fun and a brand new perspective on life.

This is a Talking Teenage Life episode that is not to be missed!!

https://anchor.fm/rose-courteen/episodes/Jen-Lambra-Stokes-egl2ir

 

Stuart Dunn Podcast Live!

Having grown up in Shrewsbury, Stuart’s dream as a teenager was to be a football commentator on his home town team. Now in his 40’s he has commentated on over 1,000 games for Shrewsbury Town on Radio Shropshire. He has seen them promoted, relegated and play at Wembley three times. In this podcast we talk all things football, of course, but also about how you make your teenage dreams come true.

It was great to talk to Stuart and, having had a career as a journalist and in radio, he has a natural ease in front of the microphone.

I learnt a lot from him in our conversation which you can download here:

https://anchor.fm/rose-courteen/episodes/Stuart-Dunn-e3g6mt

 

Helen Piddock-Jones Podcast Live

So we are officially launched!

You can listen to the first ever Talking Teenage Life podcast which has gone live today. We talk to Helen Piddock-Jones who went from being a barrister to becoming the Phantom Flan Flinger on children’s TV programme, Tiswas.

Here’s the link for you to listen …

https://anchor.fm/rose-courteen/episodes/Helen-Piddock-Jones-e33o59

Introductory Podcast Launched!

Hi everyone!

Just to say that I’ve launched my first podcast, which is a bit of an explanation of what “Talking Teenage Life” is going to be all about, in case you didn’t know! It includes some clips from interviews I’ve already done – I’ve currently got four that I’m finishing editing and one that it uploaded and will be available from next Sunday – 3rd March.

Now although I’ve uploaded the podcast today I have to wait for the nice people at Apple and iTunes to approve my podcast before you can find it there. It will hopefully be available soon, so keep an eye out for it so you can then subscribe.

However, if you keen to hear it now, then you need to click on the link below to get a sneaky early preview:

https://anchor.fm/rose-courteen/episodes/Introductory-Episode-e39uhn/a-aas7od

Please do let me know what you think. I’d love to hear your feedback and, as it’s my first attempt, I am sure there are loads of things that I could improve on.

So here we go – let’s get talking teenage life!

Zoe Bolton

I’ve known Zoe for pretty much all my life and she is now about to embark on an adventure spending a year in Africa working with a Christian organisation called Hands at Work.

There is so much to admire about Zoe and you will find her interview fascinating and enlightening. We talk about faith, university choices and how to deal with your parents splitting up. Zoe is only just out of her teenage years and into her early twenties but she is very wise.

Enjoy our conversation here:

https://anchor.fm/rose-courteen/episodes/Zoe-Bolton-e3c08c

 

Introduction to “Talking Teenage Life”

Thanks for joining me!

So we are now up and running and I’m really excited. I’ve managed to get some fairly basic podcasting equipment together and I’m learning the ropes with editing. I’ve got a pair of headphones, a couple of mics, a mixer and I’ve downloaded some software to make the podcast happen.

What could possibly go wrong!

Most importantly, I’ve found some guests willing to talk to me about their teenage years.

And what a fascinating group I’ve found to be in my first, few podcasts.

I’ve been talking to a lady who became the first ever female President of the Lawn Tennis Association. She was on court to present Andy Murray with his Wimbledon trophy!

Then I met the lady who started out as a barrister and ended up on children’s TV. She became famous as Tiswas’s phantom flan flinger – I know – I’ve never heard of it either but my parents were hugely impressed that I’d interviewed her!

Throw in an interview with a radio commentator who has already covered over 1,000 games for his favourite team, plus a girl in her twenties who is about to head off on an African adventure for a year, and you can see why I’m excited to share these stories.

So here is my introductory podcast that will get you into the feel of what they are all about. Click on the link below to download the introductory podcast:

https://anchor.fm/rose-courteen/episodes/Introductory-Episode-e39uhn/a-aas7od

You will find all my podcasts as a blog on my website, but better than that why not subscribe through your normal podcast provider.

I’d love to hear you feedback and ideas too by the way.

Hope you enjoy listening to my guests and I “talking teenage life!”

Bye

Rose