The Modern Mann

Olly Mann

Olly Mann brings you a monthly selection of incredible life stories, tests out the latest trends, and answers your relationship questions - with Alix Fox, Ollie Peart and guests. 'Best Interview Podcast', British Podcast Awards. New episodes on the 10th. Reach out or buy us a beer at https://modernmann.co.uk.

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Sep 9, 2020 · 1 hr 9 min
What To Expect When You're Transitioning
What’s the reality of male-to-female transitioning on the NHS? Listener Lexi Perry-Weston says the online resources she found didn’t relate to her experiences at all.In this interview with Olly, she explains how she’s been supported in her trans jou...
Aug 1, 2020 · 1 hr 13 min
The Kinetic Effect
The British Army is recruiting gamers, 'phone zombies', and 'selfie addicts' as it broadens its skills for modern military ops. But who are the young men getting these jobs, and what impact does it have on their lives? F...
Jun 30, 2020 · 1 hr 17 min
I Invented Friends Reunited
Four years before Facebook, long before anyone knew what ‘social networking’ was, Julie Pankhurst had an idea...What if, without trawling through message-boards or working your way through The Phone Book, you could reconnect with all your old school...
Jun 1, 2020 · 1 hr 23 min
The Night Before The Meeting
Lottie Woods was in her early twenties when she was sent, alone, to meet a powerful buyer for a high street fashion brand in Guangzhou, China.They went out for a drink. The next morning, they had a meeting. In this interview with Olly, she recounts ...
May 1, 2020 · 1 hr 26 min
How To Be A Dad, Part 6
Comedians Tom Price and Stuart Goldsmith reunite with Olly Mann to compare parenting notes - this time, in lockdown...Can they turn mundane household tasks into games? What kids’ TV shows are best avoided? And how DO you explain the pandemic to a four ...
Apr 1, 2020 · 1 hr 17 min
In The Crowd
Blaine Harrison, lead singer of Mystery Jets, is also a ‘property guardian’, who lives and works in the capital’s empty commercial premises.For a while the entire floor of an office block on London’s Strand was his home. Each weekend he had a front-...
Mar 1, 2020 · 1 hr 11 min
My Dad Was Defrauded
Scammers took £160,000 from Nick’s father in just eighteen months. He believed, in return, they’d send him gold, or stocks and shares, or even come to his home in Cyprus and begin a relationship with him. Instead, they just kept th...
Feb 1, 2020 · 1 hr 23 min
The Candidate
Layla Moran MP is fighting to keep her seat. There are trolls, there are threats, there are hostile journalists. And throughout the journey, as she campaigns in the 2019 general election... we are at her side.In this Modern Mann exclusive, host Olly...
Jan 1, 2020 · 1 hr 13 min
The Mum Who Gave Up Drinking
Clare Pooley gave up a booze-fuelled job in advertising - complete with a bar in the office and a massive expenses budget - when she became a full-time Mum to her three kids.But as she left the ladette lifestyle behind, she didn’t find herself drinkin...
Dec 16, 2019 · 1 hr 2 min
How To Write A Christmas Hit
Slade. Wizzard. Wham!When it comes to Christmas songs, we know what we like, and we like what we know. But is there a magical formula to writing a festive hit? Can a novice, armed with the right chords, instruments and lyrical motifs, unlock the sec...
Dec 1, 2019 · 54 min
Christmas Spectacular 2019
The legendary Foxhole XXXMas Quiz is the high-voltage highlight of our 2019 festive special, as Olly, Alix and Ollie gather round the Yuletide fire with special guest JC Stewart, some VR headsets and a crate of beer. Alix has outdone hersel...
Nov 1, 2019 · 1 hr
In My Defence
Can martial arts save your life? Self defence instructor Kriss Pyke says they can - not just because the moves themselves offer protection in a skirmish, but because the physical confidence you gain deters opponents in the first place.Kriss’ views and ...
Oct 1, 2019 · 1 hr 12 min
Surgery On The Front Line
Adrenalin, stress and composure is in the job description for a trauma surgeon. But how do doctors cope with routinely operating on patients with devastating injuries? Does it ever get easy to deliver difficult news?In this intimate conversation, Olly ...
Aug 31, 2019 · 1 hr 2 min
Porn Messed Up My Brain
Sebastian Schub was 19 when he first experienced erectile dysfunction. But he wasn’t a big drinker. There was no clear medical cause, such as heart disease.However - like most men his age - he was an avid user of porn tube sites.Googling his symptoms,...
Jul 31, 2019 · 1 hr 10 min
Let's Build A Brewery
With zero experience of beer-making, Tommy Barnes quit his safe, corporate London job to start his own beer business. As if that weren’t precarious enough, he located it in the Loire Valley - the heart of French ‘wine country’. In this ente...
Jun 30, 2019 · 1 hr 16 min
Credit The Con
Private Investigator Bob Nygaard specialises in bringing psychics to justice. Fortune-tellers, who offer palm-reading for as little as ten dollars, are a common sight in New York City. But when they swindle their clients out of six-figure sums, it’s ex...
May 31, 2019 · 1 hr 14 min
Air Born
Jen Bricker was abandoned at birth by her biological parents. Due to a genetic defect, she had been born without legs.Her adoptive family showered her with love and self-belief. Inspired by her idol, Olympic gold-medalist Dominique Moceanu, she purs...
May 1, 2019 · 1 hr 16 min
'Pupil A'
Ben used to be a secondary school teacher. He isn’t anymore. In a brutally honest feature interview, he tells Olly his compelling story.Trigger warnings: see end of show notesMeanwhile, in this month's Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart takes Olly - and M...
Jan 8, 2019 · 1 hr 4 min
How To Be A Dad, Part 5 (Season 9, Ep 10)
Tom Price and Stuart Goldsmith join Olly Mann once again to discuss the dilemmas faced by the modern Dad.How can you control a toddler who has no concept of time? Why aren’t Dads as good as Mums at making friends? When does your role as educator imp...
Dec 18, 2018 · 55 min
Christmas in the Vicarage
It’s Christmasssss!... well, nearly: so time is running out for our charity single, ‘The Sounds of Christmas’, to crack the UK festive Top 40.In this week’s Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart reveals the surprise celebrity friends who’ve added their weight to t...