Established in 2015, The Modern Mann is a monthly magazine show focussed around amazing real-life stories that resonate with the way we live our lives in the modern world.
Stand-out encounters I’ve had on the show include interviewing Jim Finch, who developed Tourette’s after a car accident and now campaigns for medical cannabis to be available on the NHS; Ken, Kevin and Martin, armed forces veterans discharged from the military for being gay; and Adam Campbell, who triggered his own wife’s death in an avalanche.
In 2019, the show won ‘Best Interview’ at the British Podcast Awards for my conversation with Martha Adam, ‘What Nobody Tells You About Rape’. The show has also twice been nominated for the Best Podcast award at the UK Radio Academy Awards (ARIAS).
My co-hosts are Ollie Peart, who tests out listener-submitted trends, and Alix Fox, who answers listener questions about sex and relationships. The show finishes with - what else? - a song. Over the years we've championed great recording artists like British Sea Power, Glass Animals, Mystery Jets and Los Campesinos!
“An astonishing, thoughtful and comical listen”
“The questioning is both intelligent and provocative in a gentle way, moving the conversation along in an impactful and compelling manner. An interview podcast of the highest order.”