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Brought to you by Penguin. Distance gives you perspective. Bestselling author of Turn the Ship Around! David Marquet and professor of psychology Michael Gillespie show you how to make better decisions by becoming your own coach. Be yourself. Be fully present. Be in the moment. That is the...

Dana Gillespie’s 2021 memoir, Weren’t Born a Man, has been celebrated as "eye-popping" by The Spectator, "scandalous" by The Daily Mail, and "hilarious and moving" by The Times, all of them fitting descriptions that still don’t quite do it justice. It’s the tale of a true artist/adventurer’s life, told with vivid humour, no regrets, and an unflinching eye for detail. Dana’s life so far has been one from which every last drop of love, joy, and ebullience has been wrung.

Anxiety, depression and addiction are the scourge of modern-day living. How are they linked? How do we beat them? According to bestselling author and researcher David Gillespie, we are more addicted than ever before, which is playing havoc with our dopamine levels. This is fuelling epidemic-like...

Psychopaths are everywhere. They are your toxic boss, controlling boyfriend, lazy colleague, annoying mother-in-law and negligent friend - the person who gets away with bad behaviour time and time again. While often superficially charming, they are also rude, aggressive, manipulative...

Most bullies are psychopaths, but not all psychopaths look like bullies. Many blind us with their charm and dazzle us with their success. But they all share a common trait that makes them highly dangerous: they don't have empathy. Research tells us that one in twenty people have no empathy...

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT YOU CAN'T STOP SCROLLING. Powerful tech titans have designed technology to harness your attention and addict your brain. This quest for profit has been at the cost of your time, attention and mental health. The good news is, help is on the way. Bestselling author, corporate...

Ante los desafíos, los grandes líderes no reaccionan. Dan un paso atrás, ganan perspectiva y toman las mejores decisiones para triunfar. Una guía para pensar con claridad y aprovechar cada oportunidad, sin dejarte llevar por tu ego, tus sesgos o tus emociones. ¿Y si existiera una forma de ver tu realidad con claridad, sin el peso de tus propios prejuicios y emociones?

What if there was a way to instantly see your reality with the clarity of a coach – unencumbered by the baggage of you being you? In Distancing, bestselling author and former submarine captain David Marquet (Turn the Ship Around!) and psychology professor Michael Gillespie introduce a powerful...

The podcast where my guests, who are usually fans of Doctor Who come and talk about something completely different!The idea is while our favourite science fiction programme is having a rest, it’s time to see what other TV shows, old and maybe new are out there and worth trying out. Each episode, a special guest will come along and talk about one of their favourite TV shows and we’ll explore why it’s worth your time.

Join our random ultrarunner host David Gillespie as he talks all things ultrarunning! He will talk about the latest happenings in the ultrarunning world, talk to guests and also talk about his own personal training and ultra race experiences.

Destruction, repression, negligence, and indifference have eradicated the vast majority of cinema's early legacy. Studies have estimated that between 75 and 90 percent of all silent films have been lost forever. Despite this, the survival of the medium persists, and long lost films continue to be rediscovered in often bizarre and unexpected places. Ashes to Classics is an effort to record these forgotten histories for posterity, to explore the histories of their creation, discovery, and preservation. Every week we'll be bringing you a new film that was once lost, discussing its merits and ...

A podcast about board games, role playing games and gaming conventions! We bring on game designers, creators, players and game masters to talk about their passion.

With their labile and rapidly developing brains, adolescents are particularly susceptible to addiction, and addiction leads to anxiety and depression. What few parents will know is that what we think of as the most typical addictions and problematic teen behaviours - smoking, drinking, drug...