Welcome to Episode 8 of Stayin’ Alive with Jesse Smith, a podcast about creative people and how they navigate through the highways of the creative arts industries.

To discuss the issues facing the arts sector I was very grateful to be able to chat with Tom Watson – former deputy leader of the Labour Party and former Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. He also had a major role in the News International Phone Hacking scandal by bringing events at the News Of The World Public.

Tom retired from Politics in November 2019 and is now the Chair of UK Music. UK Music are an umbrella organisation that represent the music industry by working with The Musician’s Union, Help Musicians, PRS, PPL and many other industry bodies and lobby the government on their behalf with a collective voice.

Personally, Tom speaks openly about how he managed to reverse his Type 2 Diabetes condition through diet and exercise and published a book about it called Downsizing that we discuss in the pod.

He was a true gent and I really hope you enjoy our conversation. My guest for Episode 8 of Stayin’ Alive is Tom Watson.

Thanks again to Tom Watson, I’d also like to give a special mention and thanks to my great friend Tom Wilcox.

For more on Tom or to buy his book Downsizing visit https://tom-watson.com/

Next week’s guest is one of the greatest sidemen in the history of rock and roll. He was long time guitarist of David Bowie, John Lennon & Yoko Ono and has also collaborated with the likes of Robert Smith, David Coverdale, Glen Matlock and Jim Diamond. So make sure you hit subscribe and look forward to my conversation with Earl Slick.

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