The New Mind

They Changed 90s Music Forever: Oasis, Nirvana, Snoop Dogg & The Untold Stories….
This week, I’m opening The New Mind Podcast archive & bringing back two extraordinary conversations with two men who witnessed music history being made from completely different sides of the industry.
These interviews were originally released when The New Mind Podcast was much smaller. Since then, the audience has grown enormously, so many of you will never have heard them.
They’re simply too good to stay buried in the archive!!
So this episode features former Island Records Managing Director Marc Marot & legendary broadcaster & presenter of Channel 4’s The Word, Terry Christian.
Marc Marot spent his career at the heart of the international music business. He began at Blue Mountain Music, associated with the catalogues of Bob Marley & U2, before becoming the youngest Managing Director of Island Records at just 29.
His career put him alongside some of the most important artists & movements in modern music, with Island during his tenure associated with artists including Ice Cube, NWA, Pulp, The Cranberries, Tricky, Stereo MC’s, P.M. Dawn, Nine Inch Nails, The Orb, PJ Harvey & many more
Marc takes us behind the curtain of the record industry, sharing what happens when extraordinary talent, enormous personalities, money, ambition, creativity, pressure & fame collide.
Then there’s Terry Christian….
For millions who grew up in Britain during the 1990s, Terry was the unmistakable face of Channel 4’s The Word, one of the most controversial, anarchic & culturally significant youth television programmes of its generation.
Long before YouTube, TikTok, Instagram or Spotify could launch an artist overnight, television could change a career.
The Word became a platform for artists who would go on to dominate global music, including Nirvana, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Jamiroquai & Oasis, whose appearance performing Supersonic became their first television performance.
Terry takes us back inside that extraordinary period of British culture & talks about music, television, fame, class, controversy, celebrity & what was really happening behind the scenes.
One man was helping shape music from inside one of the world’s most influential record labels.
The other was helping put a new generation of artists in front of millions of people.
Together, their stories offer a remarkable window into an era before algorithms, influencers & social media, when record labels, television, radio, magazines & a handful of cultural gatekeepers could help determine what the world heard next.
If you love 90s music, Britpop, Oasis, U2, Nirvana, hip hop, music documentaries, music industry stories, Channel 4’s The Word or hearing what really happens behind fame, this episode is for you.

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What happens when a life shaped by addiction, chaos, trauma, self sabotage, & destructive patterns reaches breaking point? 
More importantly, what does it actually take to rebuild from the inside out?
In this powerful episode of The New Mind Podcast, l sit down with Lord Ashley Phipps-Warren, author of The Inner Upgrade series, for an unfiltered conversation about addiction recovery, personal transformation, resilience, accountability, purpose, & the psychology behind lasting change.
Ashley shares the realities behind his journey through addiction & rebuilding a meaningful life. Rather than offering clichés or quick fixes, this conversation explores what genuine transformation looks like when someone chooses to confront themselves honestly.
Together, Ella & Ashley explore how trauma shapes identity, why people become trapped in self destructive cycles, how the brain adapts to adversity, the importance of discipline over motivation, & why healing begins with radical self awareness rather than external validation.

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What happens when someone grows up believing crime is a way of life?
This week I sit down with Chris Booth, a man whose life has been shaped by crime, addiction, prison, violence, family legacy, and consequence. 
Chris began committing robberies at 15 years old, before spiralling into drug addiction and spending decades behind bars.
This conversation doesn’t offer easy answers. 
Chris speaks openly about the choices he made….He’s rutally honest throughout. 
This isn’t a celebration of crime. It’s an unfiltered exploration of trauma, identity, addiction, family patterns, personal responsibility, and the psychology behind a life lived outside the law.
If you’re interested in true crime, criminal psychology, addiction, rehabilitation, trauma, prison life, forensic psychology, or understanding the human mind, this is an episode you won’t forget.
In this episode you’ll discover:
* The psychology behind growing up in a criminal environment
* How childhood shapes identity and decision making
* The reality of prison life in the UK
* Drug addiction and the cycle of offending
* Intergenerational crime and family legacy
* Why some people change and others don’t
* Trauma, accountability, consequence, and personal responsibility
* Honest conversations about life behind bars

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Brad Donovan’s life has been shaped by violence, prison, bare knuckle fighting & choices that many people will judge at face value. 
Yet when you look beneath the surface, a very different story begins to emerge. 
One of childhood trauma, survival, emotional pain, ADHD, impulsivity, rejection, fear & a nervous system that’d adapted to danger from an incredibly young age.
When children grow up believing the world’s unsafe, their brains don’t develop around connection. They develop around protection. Hypervigilance replaces trust. Impulsivity replaces reflection. Anger becomes armour. Risk becomes normal. 
For many children living with trauma & ADHD, the path towards violence isn’t planned. It’s adapted.
Brad shares what life’s really like inside the prison system, why prison often teaches people how to become better criminals rather than helping them understand themselves & how the little boy inside him never actually disappeared. He simply learnt to survive in the only ways he knew.
This conversation isn’t about removing accountability. It’s about adding understanding….
Because if we want fewer victims, fewer offenders, fewer children growing into adults consumed by violence, addiction, crime & emotional pain, we’ve got to start asking different questions. 
As a psychotherapist specialising in trauma, I explore the neuroscience behind behaviour, emotional dysregulation, attachment, adverse childhood experiences & why so many people’re punished for adaptations their brains made to keep them alive.
This episode will challenge your beliefs about violence, criminality, masculinity, rehabilitation, trauma & what real healing actually looks like.
Because every violent adult was once an innocent child.

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This week, I’m absolutely delighted to welcome back one of my favourite guests, the brilliant Emmanuel Sonubi, for his THIRD appearance on The New Mind Podcast.
Emmanuel is one of the most exciting comedians in the world right now. A stand up comedian, writer & storyteller whose honesty, intelligence, warmth, & razor sharp humour have earned him a devoted following across the globe. 
Having toured the UK, Australia, & New Zealand with his hugely successful Life After Near Death tour, he’s now taking the show across Europe, continuing to captivate audiences wherever he goes!!
Every time Emmanuel joins me, I know we’re going to laugh, but what continually surprises me is just how much depth sits beneath the comedy. 
Whilst he’s undoubtedly one of the funniest people you’ll ever listen to, he’s also one of the most thoughtful, insightful, & emotionally intelligent people I’ve had the pleasure of knowing.
Following a near death experience that profoundly changed his perspective on life, Emmanuel brings a wisdom, humanity, & authenticity that makes every conversation with him unforgettable. He has a remarkable ability to find meaning in life’s most difficult moments, transforming adversity into something that not only inspires others but encourages us to look at ourselves a little differently too.
In this episode, we explore life, death, resilience, purpose, fear, gratitude, success, connection, & what it truly means to be alive. It’s a conversation filled with laughter, honesty, vulnerability, perspective, & those rare moments that make you stop for a second & reflect on the things that really matter.
Emmanuel possesses an extraordinary gift. He can have you crying with laughter one moment & quietly contemplating life’s biggest questions the next, often without you even realising the shift has happened.
This isn’t simply a conversation with a comedian. It’s a conversation with someone who’s walked through one of life’s most profound experiences & returned with a deeper appreciation for living, loving, laughing, & making the most of the time we’re given.
I adore this man, I always leave our conversations feeling inspired, & I genuinely think this might be our best episode yet.
I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed recording it.

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