The 5 Best Unfiltered with James O'Brien Podcast Episodes
1) How Bill Browder became Vladimir Putin's No. 1 enemy
Bill Browder is Vladimir Putin’s No. 1 enemy. Armed with a true life story cut straight from a bestselling thriller, listen as Bill grippingly recounts his tale from Red Notice in an extraordinary int...Show More
2) 41 - Adam Deacon: trauma, Kidulthood, spiralling down and climbing back
Adam Deacon broke into the British consciousness with his star-making turn in Kidulthood. But while his own movie Anuvahood won him a BAFTA, it led to a bleak period in his life that took over the hea...Show More
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I could have recommended pretty much any of these interviews, they’re all so brilliantly incisive. James is great at finding commonality bet...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) John Amaechi talks race, breaking the NBA, and homosexuality in sport
Few British psychologists can also boast a successful career in the NBA, but John Amaechi can. In this enthralling and thoughtful interview with James O’Brien, John recounts his struggles growing up b...Show More
John Amaechi talks race, breaking the NBA, and homosexuality in sport
1:02:19 | Feb 12th, 2018
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4) Lord Alf Dubs: escaping the Nazis and fighting for refugees
As the Nazis closed in on Prague, a six-year-old Alf Dubs was carried away from his native Czechoslovakia on the Kindertransport rescue operation that saved 669 predominantly Jewish children. In a re...Show More
5) Fern Brady
By her thirties, she was a successful comedian, making regular TV appearances. But, away from the public eye, she was searching for answers: answers to why she had never quite “fitted in” and, more pr...Show More
6) Michael Cheika
My guest today is one of the most recognisable rugby coaches in the world. A Rugby Union player turned coach, and only man to have won the major domestic competition in each hemisphere, he curren...Show More
7) Carol Vorderman
My guest today likes to describe herself as “just an old bird with an iPhone”. But there’s no need to be so humble. From Countdown to drawing the ire of members of the Conservative governmen...Show More
8) Max Fosh
To call him, simply, an ‘internet prankster/comedian’ would be accurate, but perhaps a disservice. He ran for London Mayor, competed in Mr Universe with no training, and became the richest man in...Show More
9) AJ Tracey
You can’t tell the story of UK Rap without mentioning Dizzy Rascal, Wiley, Stormzy and my guest today. Born and raised in a street that would provide the name of his debut record’s smash hit, Lad...Show More
10) Frank Lampard
As a footballer, his record speaks for itself. But, his career as player-turned-manager is a knot of competing narratives. A Romford-boy-done-good, a manager dealt a string of poor cards, or a pl...Show More