The Centre Stone

In this conversation, Will and I chat about how you make a passion your career over some glasses of stunning wine. It's rare that you can combine something you genuinely lovely doing with the thing you have to do every day to live your life. Will is so well informed about wine and we chat right down to the basics like what it actually means to cork a wine! We talk: - Turning a passion into a career - Natural v Traditional Wine - Wine Snobbery - Corking- Why does a waiter ask you to taste the wine? - I've forgotten as I drank too much wine. If you're interested in finding out more then visit www.lovewine.je and their shop is just by Longueville Manor. 

In this conversation, Paul and I discuss running and how he came to turn a good way to lose weight into a passion for endurance sports into a passion for organising trail running races and creating a community of people who are keen to support and help put these races together. Paul is a genuinely lovely guy and throughout the conversation his passion and enjoyment in what he does was evident. Trail Monkey is a genuinely inclusive environment which gives people a perfect way to complete their first trail races and go on to do amazing things with running in some instances. The number of people who have been impacted by Paul's dedication is growing by the event.  We talk: - Paul's journey into running and endurance events - 'Arc to Arch', the triathlon to end all triathlons! - Why we run? - How he came to setup Trail Monkey - Why you wouldn't want to run naked - The community of volunteers - What's next for Trail Monkey? Check out: www.trailmonkeyjersey.com 

In this conversation, Bethan and I discuss the genesis of the idea behind the 'Jersey Local Food Challenge' as well as 'HedgeVeg'. Bethan is somebody that is clearly in tune with the way that food is produced and distributed in Jersey, she is also incredibly passionate about her topics. The Local Food Challenge encourages islanders to eat locally in a gradual and sustainable way and HedgeVeg provides the tools to make this a heck of a lot easier. We discuss: - The Jersey Local Food Challenge: https://jerseylocalfoodchallenge.weebly.com- https://hedgeveg.je- Local v Convenience - Food Sovereignty & Growing our own vegetables- Sustainability - A LITTLE on Veganism In this episode I chose to support: Sprouts Farm Club https://www.thefarmschoolinitiative.comJust William market stall https://www.facebook.com/justwilliamjsy/ SCOOP, The Sustainable Cooperative food shop https://www.facebook.com/scoopjersey/

In this conversation I host Jennah Smart, a professional musician and all round lovely person. Jennah has been navigating the world of freelance music for some time now but no period has been quite as challenging as the first half of 2020. The pandemic has forced music and arts venues into a tailspin, with social distancing requirements requiring many to close their doors until the end of the year or even into 2021. We discuss: - Why we love music? - The state of the music industry currently - The 'Leave no-one behind' policy that leaves freelance musicians behind in many cases- How Jennah got into music- The life of a professional musician A link to the petition reference in the mid-show trail: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/332353I also made a decision to support Jersey businesses (whilst nobody is paying me to advertise!) and in this episode I chose: - The Jersey Local Food Challenge: https://jerseylocalfoodchallenge.weebly.com- Love Wine: https://lovewine.je- Trail Monkey: Jersey https://trailmonkeyjersey.com 

In this conversation, I host Dave Edwards, a digital giant in Jersey. Dave and I track the formation of fetch.je, the website that was founded just before lockdown and connected the public with: restaurants, cafes, farm shops, fisherman and other types of retailer. We discuss: - Fetch.je- Localism Vs Globalism - Diverse influences- Cargo - Protecting the local high streetPlease visit www.fetch.je to find out more and if anybody needs to get in touch with Dave he can be reached at: Dave@fetch.jedwe.dev 

Wow, I cannot believe I am finally at this point...After a few weeks of sorting out equipment, software and frankly building up the courage, here we are! Welcome, to the Centre Stone Podcast! This is the introductory episode and I hope that it finds you well, any feedback please let me know: Twitter: @thecentrestone1Facebook: The Centre Stone Podcast