General Talk

Jan 30 2025 39 ep. 31 mins 12
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General Talk is a regular podcast from the Army Benevolent Fund featuring interviews with guests from the British Army, past and present. The podcasts give an expert insight into the military's ever-changing role in the modern world and how we, as the Army’s national charity, promote the welfare of our soldiers, veterans and their families

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39: Episode 39: Academy Sergeant Major Dan Cope

Jan 30 2025 23 mins  
The Academy Sergeant Major joins host, Harry Bucknall, to talk about ‘Dan's Running Challenge’, and what it takes to become one of the Army's senior soldiers.

38: Episode 38: Alix and Brenda Hale

Dec 20 2024 27 mins  
In a special Christmas edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall chats to our ambassadors, Brenda Hale OBE, and her daughter Alix.

37: Episode 37: Army Apprentices Part 2

Jul 31 2024 47 mins  
July’s edition of General Talk is the second of two episodes looking at the Army Apprenticeship Programme.

36: Episode 36: Army Apprentices Part 1

Jul 04 2024 27 mins  
Harry Bucknall, the host of our General Talk podcast, visits Marchwood Port, Southampton and learns about the unique maritime nature of the privates’ roles as trainee Port Operators and the transferable skills, and civilian qualifications they are gaining as apprentices.

35: Episode 35: Lt Gen Tom Copinger-Symes

Apr 25 2024 29 mins  
Host Harry Bucknall talks to Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes CBE, Deputy Commander UK Strategic Command.

34: Episode 34: Coldstream Guards Sarajevo 1994

Mar 20 2024 33 mins  
In this edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall and guests remember the Band of the Coldstream Guards playing for peace in Sarajevo 30 years ago.

33: Episode 33: Daz Keelor

Feb 26 2024 27 mins  
Daz Keelor, former soldier and Cornwall veterans’ welfare campaigner, looks back on his Army career, his love of rugby and the RAOC’s amalgamation into the Royal Logistic Corps in the early 1990s.

32: Episode 32: Anthony Loyd

Jan 10 2024 45 mins  
Harry Bucknall talks to Anthony Loyd, The Times’ senior foreign correspondent, about reporting wars and conflicts.

31: Episode 31: Sir Lindsay Hoyle

Dec 12 2023 31 mins  
In this Christmas edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall talks to the Right Honourable Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, about life in politics.

30: Episode 30: Mark Harding

Oct 12 2023 17 mins  
Army veteran and award-winning fundraising campaigner, Mark Harding, talks about his work for military charities and overcoming a serious injury sustained in Afghanistan.