The Longest Day Podcast

May 22 2024 11

The Longest Day Podcast artwork

The Longest Day is a podcast that shares stories of resilience, determination and candour.

We are convinced that people matter, and that conversations count. The Longest Day is a series of conversations with a variety of guests, who all candidly share their experiences with us - however tough.

As they look back on their longest days, our hope is that it will empower you to look forward. We hope their stories will be a part of shaping yours.

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

S4E4 Leah Wilkinson

May 22 2024 24 mins

Leah Brown host of The Longest Day Podcast interviews Leah Wilkinson, British Olympic hockey player, on not being selected to be on the 2012 GB Olympic team.They discuss their formative years at Repton and what it looks like to navigate an uncharted path. In addition to supportive parents and colleagues, in her longest days Leah has herself to rely on. Her skills of how to bounce b

S4E3 David McQueen

May 15 2024 32 mins

On this week’s episode, have a listen to the conversation between Leah and David McQueen on his longest day and how he learnt how even if there are things beyond his control, he can manage the ones that are within it. It was a day when he and his wife, as ethnic minorities, experienced a lack of care in the maternity hospital. Calmly, he told the doctors of the need of his wife w

S4E2 Dr Lynn Robson (Oxford University)

May 08 2024 22 mins

On this week’s episode, Leah talks to Dr Lynn Robson, Dean of Regent’s Park College, Safeguarding Lead, Director of the Visiting Student Programme and Tutorial Fellow in English Literature. Lynn’s longest day encompassed the COVID pandemic, from its announcement to its conclusion by the end of which she was exhausted and unable to carry on. All her roles during that time were

S4E1 Caroline Sabourin

May 01 2024 26 mins

Welcome to our fourth Season’s first episode!Listen to Leah’s conversation with Caroline Sabourin who enjoys a 30-year career in organising Motorsports events globally while running a Sports Car Championship of 60 international teams. Caroline’s longest day was in 2000 when during the Australian Grand Prix, at the final race, one of the cars went sideways and was thrown in th

S3 E12 - Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE (Stemettes)

Mar 27 2024 26 mins

This week, Anne-Marie Imafidon is Leah’s guest on The Longest Day. She is a keynote speaker, presenter, and co-founder of Stemettes, the enterprise inspiring the next generation of women into STEM roles. As a leader, Anne-Marie is all things to all people: she will never ask someone to do something she wouldn’t or couldn’t do herself. One of the advantages of this approach is

S3E11 - Professor Lucy Easthope (After Disaster Network)

Mar 20 2024 25 mins

In this week’s podcast, Leah welcomes Professor Lucy Easthope, the UK’s leading authority on recovering from disaster. During the COVID pandemic she advised the Prime Minister’s Office, governmental departments, and charities. She is author of When the Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss, and Hope from an Expert in Disaster. Her longest day was waiting for the invasion of Ira

S3E10 - Professor Fiona Ross CBE

Mar 13 2024 28 mins

Professor Fiona Ross CBE’s longest day was the day when an accounts misconduct by a senior member of staff transpired. Because she believed that a person’s exit from an organisation is important, she safeguarded the person’s dignity, confidentiality, and boundaries even if it meant that some thought she was to blame. Fiona took it well with equanimity as a leader. Since she w

S3E9 - Zoiey Smale (Inclusive Employers)

Mar 06 2024 27 mins

This week’s episode’s guest is Zoiey Smale, senior inclusion, diversity, sport consultant and internationally acclaimed activist. Sport was Zoiey’s first love. She believes in what it can bring to the world. But her dilemma as a young woman in medical school at University of Oxford was whether to drop out and work in sport as a coach or carry on living a lie and not become he

S3E8 - Alex Rieder (ex Wasps)

Feb 28 2024 21 mins

Leah talks to Alex Rieder on this week’s podcast. Alex is a retired, professional rugby player who played for Wasps. He works as an Account Manager for the IT company, Computer Centre. On Alex’s longest day he sustained a shocking and severely dislocated knee injury during a game. Thanks to the other team’s A&E specialist doctor, they were able to set his knee back in pla

S3E7 - Dr Charlie Easmon MBBS MRCP MSc (Your Excellent Health Service)

Feb 21 2024 19 mins

Leah speaks to Dr Charlie Easmon MBBS MRCP MSc Public Health DTM&H DOccMed DFPH CTH FRSPH, an experienced doctor, entrepreneur and professional speaker, about his longest day while running a private business specialising in health screening and travel vaccinations for corporate and government clients. He talks about the importance of mentorship, the temptation to grow too fast