The God Cast with Fr Alex Frost and Guests.
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Fr Alex Frost is the vicar of St Matthew the Apostle, Burnley, where he grew up. He is also the host of The God Cast, a podcast devoted to issues of faith and spirituality, which has featured celebrities such as Stephen Cottrell, Alastair Campbell, Edwina Currie, Dom Joly, George Galloway, Anthea Turner and football legend Lou Macari. Ordained in 2015 after a mixed career working as a football referee, manager at Argos and a stand-up comic, Fr Alex currently sits on General Synod. He is married to Sarah and has three grown up children.
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Steve began as a performer in 1976 on the Northern Working Men's Club Circuit in his home county of Yorkshire. After gaining a degree in Drama and English at the University of Birmingham in 1983, Steve joined the repertory theatre company at Theatr Clwyd. Later that year, Steve auditioned for a new television programme with caricatured puppets and so went on to become a foundering member of the ITV series SPITTING IMAGE, where he provided the voices of many of the programme's iconic characters for over a decade. Steve's work as a voice actor now covers animation, film dubbing, audio books, video games, children's television, commercials and dramatic readings.
A profoundly moving and honest interview with ex Spurs, Liverpool & England footballer Paul Stewart. Paul talks exclusively about the loss of his beloved wife Bev. He describes how child abuse took away the meaning out of winning trophies and his battles with drug and gambling addiction. Please share, his experiences might help someone.
Jamie Hoyland is an English former footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing in midfield in the 1980s and 1990s. He then turned to coaching. He was assistant manager at Rochdale in 2002 and more recently academy manager at Sheffield United. His father Tommy Hoyland had also played for Sheffield United from 1949 to 1961. He now works for Everton FC as a scout.
Chris Hughes is a highly successful hypnotist, he is known for attempting to set a world record for the biggest online hypnosis event. The Social trance live event was exclusively for users of Facebook and Twitter and attracted over 1,000,000 listeners from over 130 countries. This interview offers a fascinating into the world of hypnosis and Chris is frank ans honest about what it is and what it isn't. A must listen for anyone curious about hypnosis.
Pippa Crerar is the political editor of the Daily Mirror. She was previously Deputy Political Editor at The Guardian. Enjoy this highly topical discussion on politics, the church, Boris' curtains and the future of the Labour Party.
Lou Macari played over 400 times for Manchester United and over 100 times for Celtic. He now runs a homeless shelter in Stoke on Trent and homes 45 people. In this interview we talk about his career, plus his exceptional work supporting the homeless people of Stoke on Trent.
Check out this incredible story of the great Levi Roots, from boy to man it is a story of growth, learning and success. The master of sauces shares his career with Fr Alex.
This interview is with Jarel Robinson-Brown. Jarel is a black gay Christian and recently converted to the Church of England from the Methodist church. In February he was controversially in the national news for posting “The cult of Captain Tom is a cult of White British Nationalism” In this interview, we discuss that plus his hopes for gay christians, and the cultural issues within the Church of England as he sees them today. Jarel is due to be ordained into the Church of England this Summer.
This is a fantastic light hearted discussion with West End singer Jodie Prenger. We talk about growing up in Blackpool, the early shows and getting her massive break in into West End Productions. This is a lovely fun interview, enjoy!
1Today, Fr Alex (St Matthew's, Burnley) interviewed the Archbishop of York for The God Cast. Here is that interview with ++Stephen. Please share far and wide x
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Manchester United mens and womens team host Burnley this weekend and therefore a special guest on The God Cast is Chris Casper. Chris, son of Burnley legend Frank Casper, was part of the 'Class of 92' side that dominated youth football. Sadly Chris had his career destroyed by injury and retired at just 24 years old. Chris is now Sporting Director at Salford City. In this fascinating interview, we look back at Chris' career and his current role at Salford. For more interviews visit thegodcast.co.uk
A short podcast reflection by Fr Alex on the journey from Argos to to Altar and beyond.
Deirdre "Dee" Kelly (born 1971) also known as White Dee, is a British TV personality and actor. In 2014 and 2015 she appeared in the TV documentary series Benefits Street and in 2014 she took part in Celebrity Big Brother. She plays Liz in the 2019 film Ray & Liz, directed by Richard Billingham. In this interview we talk about her Roman Catholic upbringing, and growing up in Birmingham. We also hear about Dee becoming a cult TV personality through the Benefits Street series and appearing in Celebrity Big Brother.
This interview is with Sean Wilson who starred in Coronation Street for over 20 years. He left and began a career as an Artisan cheesemaker and artist. In this interview we hear about the Methodist influence upon his life, working with Soap legends and life after being in the biggest soap opera on British television.
This is the second interview in a Coronation Street special. I interview iconic corrie character Curly Watts who was played by Kevin Kennedy for over 20 years. In the interview we discuss Kevin's time in the Street, and lif after working the country's biggest soap opera. We discuss his Roman Catholic upbringing, friendship with Johnny Marr and his charity work with his own charity Kennedy street. You can learn more about the charity here, https://www.kennedystreetcio.org/
This interview with Grace was recorded on 22nd Feb 2021, and we discuss number of political topics from leadership of the Labour Party, the financial impact of Covid 19 and the future of socialist politics going forward. We discuss her younger experiences, and how she become interested in politics plus we take about the endearing side of Boris Johnson.
Peter Duncan (born 3 May 1954, in Chelsea, London) is an English actor and television presenter. He was a presenter of Blue Peter in the 1980s, and made a series of family travel documentaries between 1999 and 2005. This is a really joyful and lovely discussion with Peter who was absolutely delightful when we met via Zoom, over a cup of coffee.
A thought provoking interview with former writer Edwina Currie. In this discussion we talk about many things, Grief, faith, politics, and celebrity. It's well worth a listen with some great content.
The Outspoken Edwina Currie, interviewed last week for The God Cast. Here is that discussion, we talk faith, politcs, clause 28, and much, much more. find more interviews at thegodcast.co.uk
Derek Ross King, MBE (born 21 February 1962) is a Scottish television presenter, actor and writer, best known for being the LA Correspondent for ITV Breakfast programmes Lorraine and Good Morning Britain. Ross was honoured in the 2018 New Year Honours by being appointed an MBE for services in Broadcasting, the Arts and Charity.
If you never watch any of my God Cast's ever again. Please at least watch this and share it. There is a terrible humanitarian crisis occurring in Yemen that desperately needs awareness. If you only ever share one of my post please share this. For those of you who pray, please pray for Yemen. Thank you.
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