Best Natalie Burke Podcasts (2025)

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S9, Ep6: Suzi Ruffell, comedian 44:29

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2M ago44:29

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Comedian, broadcaster and podcaster Suzi Ruffell joins Grace in her east London home. Suzi’s comedy CV boasts an impressive five sellout runs at the Edinburgh festival fringe, appearances on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and The Last Leg. She talks to Grace about family life with her wife, Alice, in Brighton; her struggles with anxiety; her mum…

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S9, Ep5: Babatunde Aléshé, comedian 46:14

3M ago46:14

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Joining Grace on Comfort Eating this week is actor and comedian Babatunde Aléshé. Babatunde stole the nation’s hearts with appearances on Celebrity Gogglebox, and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here. He talks to Grace about how his mum is every bit the Nigerian matriarchal stereotype, the age old debate of who makes the best jollof rice, and how a …

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S9, Ep4: Dave Gorman, comedian 46:01

3M ago46:01

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British comedian Dave Gorman joins Grace for another scrumptious helping of Comfort Eating. Across the noughties, Dave took the British comedy scene by storm, and is known for taking the mundane, adding some sparkle and creating an Edinburgh festival fringe show, a UK tour and a book. Now he is back with a reboot of Dave Gorman: Modern Life is Good…

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RAUL DE LARA : raices / roots 1:02:24

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This is going to have to be part one of many, because New York based Mexican sculptor Raul De Lara has way too many good stories ... Pepe the carpenter ghost, for example!By Danielle Krysa

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S9, Ep3: Pete Tong, DJ 47:43

3M ago47:43

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This week on Comfort Eating, Grace is joined by superstar DJ, King of Ibiza, and namesake of his own rhyming slang: it’s Pete Tong MBE. Pete is one of the most influential figures in dance music; without him, house music and club culture would not be what they are today. He is about to go back on the road in the UK with his 10th year of Ibiza Class…

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Adapting to Change: The 2025 Outlooks on AI, Transparency, and the Next Generation of Investors 39:40

3M ago39:40

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We're back in action for episode 17 of the Kidbrooke Insights Podcast! 😊 Join Natalie and Zaliia as they unpack the key trends shaping the financial industry in 2025. Starting with the ongoing geopolitical tensions, particularly between the US and China, driving global uncertainty and economic volatility. We explore the significant demographic chan…

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S9, Ep2: Ellie Simmonds, Paralympian 47:54

3M ago47:54

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This week on Comfort Eating, Grace is joined by five-time Paralympic gold medalist Ellie Simmonds. At 30, Ellie has hung up her goggles and retired from swimming, but instead of claiming an early pension, she has turned her hand to disability activism and documentary making – in 2024 she won a Bafta for her documentary Finding My Secret Family. She…

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S9, Ep1: Gary Kemp, musician 49:04

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Songwriter, musician and actor, best known as a heartthrob in one of the biggest bands of the 1980s, Gary Kemp joins Grace for a brand new helping of Comfort Eating. Longtime Spandau Ballet fan Grace hears about the good old days: how Gary poured a tin of golden syrup over baby brother Martin Kemp’s head; how there were eels for dinner kept alive i…

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Sadiq Khan, mayor of London 44:53

5M ago44:53

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To welcome in the New Year, Grace is joined by politician Sadiq Khan. Born in south London, to British Pakistani parents, he is one of eight children and was MP for Tooting before becoming London’s mayor in 2016. Now in his third term, Sadiq and Grace talk about how doughnuts fuel him during elections, the art of screwing up a tuna pasta bake, and …

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A Comfort Eating Christmas 29:49

5M ago29:49

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Christmas has arrived at Comfort Eating HQ, so join Grace as she joyfully wallows in her annual Christmas baking session while musing on her favourite Comfort Eating yuletide memories. From multi-Grammy winner Gregory Porter on his mum’s festive cook-ups, to baking extraordinaire Nadiya Hussain on her childhood turkey midnight feasts, plus Craig Da…

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S8, E13: Matt Goss, musician 39:16

6M ago39:16

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Join Grace for a twinkly helping of festive Comfort Eating, where she is joined by Matt Goss, one third of Bros. One of the biggest boy bands of the 20th century, it was a tabloid sensation when the band split. Since then, Matt has broken the US and holds the record as the longest-running British resident artist in Las Vegas. Grace and Matt discuss…

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S8, E12: Paterson Joseph, actor and author 42:58

6M ago42:58

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One of the UK’s best loved character actors, Paterson Joseph, joins Grace for another serving of Comfort Eating. The Beach, Peep Show and Wonka actor looks back at his career and muses on the roles he didn’t get, namely the role of Doctor Who to replace David Tennant in 2010. Paterson remembers his parents smuggling yams in from Saint Lucia, the po…

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S8, E11: Diane Morgan, actor 42:04

6M ago42:04

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Actor and comedian Diane Morgan joins Grace for another helping of Comfort Eating. Diane is best known for playing mockumentary historian Philomena Cunk, droll antihero Liz in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom Motherland, and Mandy in … Mandy. Diane reveals how she keeps a straight face when asking world experts very silly questions, why she was …

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S8, E10: David Gray, musician 40:31

6M ago40:31

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The multi-platinum selling musician David Gray joins Grace this week on Comfort Eating. His breakthrough album White Ladder topped the charts worldwide and sold more than 3m copies in the UK, making it one of the best selling albums of the 21st century. Now with his 13th album, Dear Life, he joins Grace to look back at how music changed his life, t…

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S8, Ep9: Monica Dolan, actor 43:00

7M ago43:00

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Bafta-award winning actor Monica Dolan shares her ultimate comfort food with Grace. Known for playing cardigan-wearing villains, Monica has been described as one of the greatest actors of her generation. She talks about the hell of Covid shopping, how to play a serial killer, and how a weekly Irish stew held her family together during childhood. If…

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S8, Ep8: Phil Wang, comedian 44:04

7M ago44:04

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Funny guy Phil Wang joins Grace this week for another helping of Comfort Eating. Phil has a textbook comedy career: president of Footlights at Cambridge University, graduating with agents sniffing at his heels; sell-out Edinburgh shows; and now purveyor of two Netflix comedy specials. Phil and Grace talk about how to supermarket shop with crocodile…

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S8, Ep7: Vanessa Feltz, broadcaster 40:08

7M ago40:08

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Grace is joined by broadcasting legend Vanessa Feltz. From BBC breakfast to BBC London to LBC, she has graced our airwaves – and our TV screens – since the late 80s. Grace and Vanessa take a trip down memory lane to discuss her granny’s secret Jewish recipes she’ll never pass on, her mother’s ‘bombe surprise’ pudding, and how being in the public ey…

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S8, Ep6: Richard E Grant, actor 41:05

7M ago41:05

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This week on Comfort Eating, Grace is joined by one of the most successful and enduring film stars of the past 40 years: Richard E Grant. The Swaziland-born English actor made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I, and has since starred in the likes of Star Wars, Gosford Park and Saltburn. Richard and Grace chew over the food he a…

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S8, Ep5: Rob Rinder, barrister and television host 38:30

8M ago38:30

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TV presenter Rob Rinder joins Grace in her east London home to share his comfort food. Rob has been on our TV screens for a decade as Judge Rinder on the hit ITV show and, more recently, making documentaries. His 2020 BBC documentary My Family, The Holocaust and Me, about his Jewish heritage, garnered him an MBE for services to Holocaust education …

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S8, Ep4: Leila Farzad, actor 41:51

8M ago41:51

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Joining Grace for a big serving of Comfort Eating is Bafta nominated actress Leila Farzad. Leila is best known for her performance alongside Billie Piper in I Hate Suzie, her Netflix hit show KAOS, and is set to star in the next Bridget Jones film. Grace and Leila ruminate on the moot question of batter versus breadcrumbs, travel back to the Iran o…

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S8, Ep3: Stanley Tucci, actor 37:10

8M ago37:10

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Hollywood royalty Stanley Tucci shares his ultimate comfort food with Grace this week. Born in America to Italian parents, Stanley and Grace discuss his love of Italian food, the lows of British food in the 1980s, and exactly which aphrodisiac he and Meryl Streep ate a lot of on set togetherBy The Guardian

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S8, Ep2: Maisie Adam, comedian 40:30

8M ago40:30

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Maisie Adam joins Grace in her east London home to share her ultimate comfort food. Maisie is a comedian, writer and actress and one of the most exciting rising stars on the UK comedy circuit. Her critically acclaimed comedy sells out theatres across the land, and has bagged her a regular spot on the TV quiz show circuit. Maisie shares memories of …

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S8, Ep1: Rag’n’Bone Man, singer 40:36

8M ago40:36

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Rag’n’Bone Man joins Grace for a new serving of Comfort Eating. Rag’n’Bone Man, AKA Rory Graham, shot to fame in 2016 with his song Human. A couple of albums later, he’s collaborated with an incredible roster of stars, from Gorillaz to P!nk, and his back catalogue has been streamed billions of times. He and Grace discuss how oven chips are always e…

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Revisited – S3 E4: Big Zuu, rapper and TV personality 42:27

9M ago42:27

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The Comfort Eating team is taking a break. So for the next few weeks, we’re looking back at a few of our favourite episodes. In this episode of Comfort Eating, double Bafta winner Big Zuu goes round to Grace’s house for a plate of his ultimate comfort food. They talk about his ‘scandalous’ mother, growing up between extreme wealth and poverty, and …

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Revisited – S3 E12: Natalie Cassidy, actor 44:27

10M ago44:27

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The Comfort Eating team is taking a break. So for the next few weeks, we’re looking back at a few of our favourite episodes. In this episode of Comfort Eating, Eastenders actor and all-round hun Natalie Cassidy pops over for a chat with Grace. She and Grace remember the 90s London club scene, discuss the perils of having a fitness DVD, and how bein…

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Revisited – S1 E2: Nish Kumar, comedian 38:51

10M ago38:51

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The Comfort Eating team is taking a break. So for the next few weeks, we’re looking back at a few of our favourite episodes. In this episode of Comfort Eating with Grace Dent, comedian Nish Kumar tells Grace about some of the most important moments in his life – and the comfort food that saw him through them. They lament the ‘golden years’ of Pizza…

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Revisited - S3 E2: Self Esteem, musician 47:52

10M ago47:52

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The Comfort Eating team is taking a break. So for the next few weeks, we’re looking back at a few of our favourite episodes. In this episode of Comfort Eating, the pop star Rebecca Lucy Taylor, AKA Self Esteem, drops into Grace’s kitchen. Their riotous afternoon includes ‘northern women eating carbs’, the joy of buying expensive jumpers, and some u…

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S7, Ep8: bonus episode – a few of the tastiest bits from all seven series 29:37

10M ago29:37

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This week, Grace takes us on a trip down memory lane to hear some of the best bite-sized tidbits of food tales from seven glorious seasons of Comfort Eating, featuring the likes of Rafe Spall, Scarlett Moffatt and Russell T Davies. We hear the stories of Jay Blades’ school pudding obsession and Russell Tovey’s teenage love of brussels sprouts, and …

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S7, Ep7: Bimini, drag queen 40:02

11M ago40:02

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This week, Grace is joined by east London’s plant-based princess Bimini who shot to fame in 2021, after the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, where they captivated the BBC audience with quippy one liners, high fashion runway looks, and death drops. Although Bimini didn’t snatch the crown, they remain the most-followed UK contestant. Since fil…

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S7, Ep6: Jazzie B, DJ, music producer 35:15

11M ago35:15

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Grace welcomes the legendary DJ, producer and founder of Soul II Soul, Jazzie B, to the podcast. Over a bowl of ‘yellow’ – one of his childhood comfort foods –Jazzie takes Grace on a journey from playing his sound system, aged 12, at a silver jubilee street party for the Queen, to finding inspiration on tour in Japan and Korea, and on to Buckingham…

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Achieving Data-Readiness: A Unified Approach to Sustainability and Analytics 46:54

11M ago46:54

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In our latest episode, Edvard Sjögren, Head of Quantitative Analytics at Kidbrooke, dives into the emerging field of sustainability reporting and analytics. Learn how Kidbrooke is integrating ESG considerations into financial decision-making, helping clients to navigate the complexities of sustainability reporting and strategic planning. Key Topics…

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S7, Ep5: David Harewood, actor 38:02

11M ago38:02

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Joining Grace this week is actor and director David Harewood, who found global fame in the hit CIA-thriller Homeland 13 years ago and hasn’t stopped working since. David was born and raised in Small Heath, Birmingham, where he lived with his older siblings and Barbadian parents. He tells Grace about how his mum kept the flavours of the West Indies …

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S7, Ep 4: Allan Mustafa, actor and comedian 40:33

11M ago40:33

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Allan Mustafa joins Grace to share the dish he turns to for comfort food. Allan shot to fame playing MC Grindah in People Just Do Nothing, his Bafta award-winning, semi-autobiographical mockumentary, which was inspired by his early life in south-west London. Allan talks about growing up with his Czech mum and Kurdish dad and eating the ultimate fus…

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S7, Ep 3: Golda Rosheuvel, actor 35:25

11M ago35:25

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Actor Golda Rosheuvel joins Grace this week to share what she eats when the wigs are off. Golda is best known for her role as the formidable Queen Charlotte in the record-breaking Netflix series Bridgerton. Before Bridgerton fame, Golda’s breakthrough role was playing a female Othello at the Liverpool Everyman, rooting herself as an actor who chall…

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S7, Ep 2: Joanne McNally, comedian and podcaster 35:27

12M ago35:27

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Joining Grace this week is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed comics and host of the award-winning podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me, Joanne McNally. With a number of sell-out shows and tour dates in the US later this year, they discuss how Joanne uses comedy to process difficult periods in her life, how her mum is her favourite cocktail buddy, and what…

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S7, Ep 1: Katherine Ryan, comedian and writer 40:49

12M ago40:49

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Katherine Ryan joins Grace this week to share her favourite comfort foods. The Canadian comedian, writer, presenter and actor is best known for her deliciously wicked comedy, delivered with a side dish of couture. Katherine shares memories from her past, including her father’s attempts to bring Indian food to Canada via Ireland, her difficult early…

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Comfort Eating with Grace Dent is back for more 0:58

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Comfort Eating with Grace Dent is back for a seventh course on 11 June. Join her and celebrity guests as they reveal the comfort foods that have seen them through their lives in series sevenBy The Guardian

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From Spreadsheets to Success with Fredrik Davéus: Transforming Financial Analytics with KidbrookeONE 39:15

1y ago39:15

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For this episode we tuned in to a recent webinar we hosted interviewing our CEO, Fredrik Daveus, as he discussed the transition from conventional Excel-based analytics to unified analytical platforms within the financial industry. We dived into the lifecycle of analytical needs within financial institutions, highlighting the journey from Excel-base…

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The Power to Pitch with Kat Weaver & Katie Dunn 44:43

1y ago44:43

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Today’s guests are Kat Weaver, Founder of Power to Pitch, and Katie Dunn, Partner at Power To Pitch. Power To Pitch is on a mission to help founders better communicate who they are, what they do, and what they need in order to get funded faster. Their goal is to be a part of the solution that raises the mere 1.6% of venture capital that goes to fem…

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S6, Ep 10: Kiell Smith-Bynoe, actor and comedian 39:24

1y ago39:24

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Joining Grace this week is the multi-talented actor, comedian and rapper, Kiell Smith-Bynoe. Long before becoming a household name as the exasperated boyfriend in the hit series Ghosts, Kiell (AKA MC Klayze Flaymz) tells Grace how, as a teenager, he combined his performance skills in the ultimate London arena: the chicken shop. With the taste of su…

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S6, Ep 9: Kiri Pritchard-McLean, comedian 39:56

1y ago39:56

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Welsh standup, podcast host and panel show queen, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, brings her finest bowl of scran to Grace’s house. Over this steaming ultra-value concoction, she reveals how her upbringing on a Welsh sheep farm led to a hankering for performance, humour and cheap noodles. Cutting her teeth on the Manchester comedy circuit and finding solace…

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S6, Ep 8: Tom Kerridge, chef 41:10

1y ago41:10

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Comfort Eating’s culinary standards might have been permanently raised after two-Michelin-star chef Tom Kerridge’s visit. But he’s not exactly one to show off. Growing up in Gloucester, Tom always wanted to recreate the homely meals he’d find at his local pub or at his mum’s on Sundays. With a brief detour on to the acting stage, Tom started his ca…

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The Art of Follow-Up with Jon Weberg 49:17

1y ago49:17

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Today’s guest is Jon Weberg, CEO of Profitalize.com. Jon is a 2X self published author, global speaker, and has worked with and consulted for 5 companies that have each made over $300 million in sales! Learn more about Jon Weberg below: Website Facebook LinkedIn Youtube ∗∗∗∗∗∗ Share this episode on social media & tag us to get a shoutout on the sho…

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S6 Ep 7: Cat Burns, singer 41:26

1y ago41:26

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Platinum-selling singer songwriter Cat Burns cosies up with Grace for a warm plate of nosh and some deep chats. The biggest-selling British female artist of 2022, who won three Brit award nominations after her single Go went viral on TikTok, reveals how she went from shy schoolgirl to stadium gigs in just a few years. While Covid put an end to busk…

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Planting Seeds of Entrepreneurship with Nicole Burke 52:42

1y ago52:42

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Today’s guest is Nicole Burke, Owner and Founder of Gardenary and Wyldlyco. She's making the garden ordinary again by influencing millions of people to love the garden through social media, online courses, books and a certification program! Learn more about Nicole Burke below: Website Instagram LinkedIn TikTok Youtube FREE Weekly Newsletter ∗∗∗∗∗∗ …

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S6 Ep 6: Daniel Foxx, comedian 45:42

1y ago45:42

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Sliding into Grace’s sitting room this week is rising star and multitalented comedian, playwright and musical theatre creator, Daniel Foxx. Bringing his concoction of gunk meant only for solo consumption in the small hours, there’s nowhere left to hide. Buckle up and join Grace and Daniel as they go on a tour of the ins and outs of life in the fast…

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Mastering Six-Figure Launches with Tiffany Uman 27:58

1y ago27:58

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Today’s guest is Tiffany Uman, Founder and CEO of Tiffany Uman Career Strategy Coach Services Inc. Her mission is to empower high-achievers to become the top 1% in their careers so they quantum leap their confidence, growth, and income while learning exactly how to master the workplace! Learn more about Tiffany Uman below: Website Instagram LinkedI…

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S6 Ep 5: Amol Rajan, broadcaster 46:12

1y ago46:12

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It’s tough presenting BBC radio’s top morning news programme, hosting the nation’s brainiest quiz show and being a devoted dad to four young children. But someone’s got to do it. And that person is none other than the broadcaster Amol Rajan. Having risen through the ranks of the Independent newspaper to be its youngest editor at the age of 29 and n…

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Growing a $20M Community with Natalie Ellis 49:48

1y ago49:48

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Today’s guest is Natalie Ellis, CEO of Bossbabe, host of the chart topping Bossbabe Podcast, and an angel investor in some of your favorite female-owned brands, Natalie has grown an online presence of 4M+, generated multiple 8-figures of revenue via organic social media marketing and worked with 100,000+ students! Learn more about Natalie Ellis bel…

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Market Data Aggregation and Investment Product Universe Management: The Pre-Requisites of Successful Digital Transformation Journeys 32:32

1y ago32:32

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For this episode we're thrilled to have Fredrik Daveus, CEO of Kidbrooke, delve into the pivotal role of market data aggregation and investment product universe management in the digitalisation of financial institutions. In This Episode: We explore the strategic development of larger financial institutions within the digital transformation landscap…