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• My Book That Got Pulled Last-Minute | Matt Willis

  October 5, 2026 · 30 min

  For Matt Willis, addiction was never the real problem. It was the solution to a pain he didn't know how to deal with. In this solo episode, Matt talks about Mending, his new memoir tracing his lifelong relationship with addiction…

• Professor David Nutt: Psychedelics, Depression & The War On Drugs

  September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

  Matt Willis sits down with Professor David Nutt, one of the world's leading experts on drugs and the brain, to answer a question so many people carry in silence: why can't I just stop? David explains how addiction changes the brain, why…

• The Moment Window Kid Broke Down Over Losing Himself To Alcohol

  September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  Musician and internet personality Window Kid, aka Greg, built a career around being the life of the party, until drinking nearly cost him his life. After being hospitalised with severe pancreatitis, Greg was faced with a reality he…

• “I Know I’m Going to Die of Dementia” | Jordan Adams

  September 14, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  Mental health and dementia advocate Jordan Adams grew up watching Frontotemporal Dementia slowly take his mum away. Years later, a genetic test revealed that he carries the same mutation. Jordan shares the unique grief of losing someone…

• "I Hated Myself for What I'd Done" | Ben West, on Losing His Brother

  September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

  Mental health campaigner Ben West was 17 when his younger brother Sam took his own life. In a single night, everything changed. Ben shares the guilt he carried afterwards, the conversations he wishes he'd known how to have, and how he…

• The Race Across The World That Helped Alfie Watts Process His Grief

  August 31, 2026 · 52 min

  Race Across the World star Alfie Watts knows how much can change in a day. At 16, during the lowest point of his life, he made a decision to stay for “one more day”, then another. Years later, Alfie looks back at that version of himself as…

• The Constant Chaos That Made Me Keep Drinking: Preston from Ordinary Boys

  August 24, 2026 · 52 min

  Musician and songwriter Preston sits down with Matt to explore fame, addiction, and the long road back to himself. Preston shares how a four-storey fall from a hotel balcony in Denmark led to months in a wheelchair, an OxyContin…

• How James Haskell Survived Injury, Divorce and Grief & Came Out Stronger

  August 17, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

  Former England rugby star James Haskell explores life with unmedicated ADHD, the pressure of rugby's “tough guy” culture, and finding a sense of identity beyond the sport. James shares what it was like to navigate elite rugby without ADHD…