Josh is from St Lucia in South Africa, just south of Mozambique, but he lives and works in London. After a while of living in the city, he started to realise how fast paced life can quickly lead to acute stress, leading him to come up with perfect remedy: St Lucia Unplugged.

St Lucia Unplugged offers people the chance to escape to the South African wilderness, staying in a high-end lodge with private living quarters for each guest, while experiencing the safari and wildlife on your doorstep.

This was recorded before my own adventure in St Lucia, with Josh giving me a preview of what to expect, what we’d get up to, and some of his own experiences.

As well as all of the safari and wildlife chat, I take the opportunity to find out about life in South Africa, including what it was like to grow up in the post apartheid era.

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Earlier this year, Sarah Rhind released her autobiography, ‘Scars Under the Jersey’, detailing a life filled with personal challenges, and some incredible personal achievements.

We talk about being in the grips of a serious heroin addiction, and we get an insight into just how that can happen, the difficulty in overcoming it, and the wisdom accrued after leaving that in the past.

Sarah also talks about her new beginnings with the incredible charity Street Soccer Scotland, becoming a professional footballer at the top level in Scotland, representing her country and so much more.

Sarah has achieved some really remarkable things in her life, as you’ll hear in this conversation. But for me, the greatest tribute I can pay her is to reflect on who she is as a person. Despite being dealt a very tough hand at times, she’s warm, open, funny, empathetic, admired by so many, and fantastic to be around. That’s what I define as being successful.

This episode is quite a long one, but each segment is connected to the next, and some conversations are worth spending the time on. Hope you enjoy!

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Six years after his first appearance on Blethered, legendary Scottish songwriter Graham Lyle is back, fresh from being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York alongside Taylor Swift, Alanis Morissette and Gene Simmons.

We talk about that extraordinary night, recognition at home in Scotland, and his recent sit-down with myself and First Minister John Swinney at Bute House.

And I play Graham a new, unreleased song I’ve co-written with Sandi Thom, inspired by Antoni Gaudí and my years living in Barcelona, to get the immediate reaction of one of the greatest songwriters ever to do it.

And as always, there's plenty more.

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