Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

By: Global
  • Summary

  • Award-winning LBC presenter and best-selling author James O’Brien hosts a series of compelling conversations with fascinating people from the worlds of politics, news and entertainment. These are thoughtful conversations with a curious and interested interviewer. For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com
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  • James Rebanks: The shepherd who tells the stories of ordinary, extraordinary people
    Nov 8 2024

    Growing up on a Lake District farm that had been in his family for centuries, James Rebanks always knew his place in the world. School wasn't for him - he felt his teachers looked down on farming and his grandparents worried education might lure him away from the land. By the age of 15, he had left school with just two O-Levels to work full-time on the family farm. But in the evenings, a new world opened up to him as he read through the books on his mum's bookshelves.

    Inspired, James began reading everything he could. In his twenties, he went to night school and then got a place at Oxford University where he graduated with a double first in history. Today, James is a bestselling author, telling the stories of the "nobodies" - ordinary people living extraordinary lives, who like him, are deeply rooted in the land. A farmer and a writer, James has managed to carve out a unique space as both a man of letters and man of the soil.

    His latest book, The Place of Tides is available now.

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    59 mins
  • Hanif Kureishi: A freak accident left me paralysed - and it broke me
    Nov 1 2024

    "I really need a future. What happened to me is so dark and so depressing that I've got to believe in something."

    On Boxing Day 2022, Hanif Kureishi's life changed forever. The acclaimed novelist and playwright had a fall that left him paralysed, a single, shattering moment that split his life in two. In this episode, Hanif tells James about the life he lived before the accident and what's happened since.

    Hanif has written about this extraordinary experience in his new book, Shattered, a deeply personal account of the accident and its profound aftermath. Shattered is available to buy now.

    This episode contains offensive language and sensitive topic discussions including racism. Listener discretion is advised.

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    59 mins
  • Michel Roux: Cooking for presidents, kitchen battles and continuing the family legacy
    Oct 25 2024

    One of Britain’s most celebrated French chefs, Michel Roux Jr is restaurant royalty. Born into the legendary Roux family, his father and uncle, Albert and Michel Roux Snr founded Le Gavroche, the first British restaurant to earn three Michelin stars.

    Determined to follow in their footsteps, Michel left school at 16 to begin a pastry apprenticeship in Paris and later trained under the legendary Alain Chapel. Despite his father’s attempts to bring him into the family business, Michel initially resisted working at Le Gavroche. When he finally joined, it proved to be extremely tough but rewarding. In this episode, Michel talks about growing up at Fairlawne - grand country estate, the pressures of living up to his family's legacy and why he's left behind his "angry chef" persona.

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    58 mins

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Another excellent production from James O'brien

Along with his books these podcasts are similarly outstanding. Breaking into and humanising his guests.

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I really enjoyed learning more about Keir and his earlier education/career. He strikes me as a perfectly normal family man, with a genuine desire to work for this country and serve us all. Thank you James, I too hope he will be too busy soon ;)

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Never miss an episode

It never matters my existing opinion of the interviewee. There will always be something new I learn, and a perspective I may not have considered

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