Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett
Episodes
I Don’t Speak to My Family with Shaheen Hashmat
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shaheen Hashmat left her family home aged 12 feeling she needed to escape, fearing a forced marriage. Initially she kept in touch, until deciding to b...
Life, Love and Sex in an Open Marriage with Deepa Paul
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Deepa Paul grew up in the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic country where she was expected to meet one partner and stay with them for life. She fo...
Escaping the Manosphere with Will Adolphy
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Will Adolphy followed male influencers to figure out how a real man should look, feel and act. Now he helps men and boys escape the influence of the o...
AI Stripped My Clothes Off with Jess Davies
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On New Year's Day, Jess Davies woke up to discover an image of her in a clingfilm bikini had been created by Elon Musk's AI tool Grok and posted to X....
From Prison to Playwriting with Ric Renton
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ric Renton shares how reading the dictionary in prison aided his writing career. Following a school life, he describes as “absent” and a violent...
My Husband Died Alone at Dignitas with Lottie Clarke
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lottie Clarke shares her husband's story and explains why she thinks UK law on assisted dying should change. The couple were happily married for 19 ye...
Fatphobia and Weight Loss Jabs with Billie Bhatia
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion writer Billie Bhatia talks about her experiences of living in a bigger body, fatphobia and the cultural, social and personal impact of weight ...
Art, Pain, Womanhood with Tracey Emin
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dame Tracey Emin discusses love, feminism, and making art after losing her bladder to cancer, ahead of the opening of her largest ever exhibition. E...
My Breast Cancer Surgeon Mutilated Me with Deborah Douglas
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah Douglas is one of the many victims of disgraced Birmingham surgeon Ian Paterson, who maimed many of his patients. After a breast cancer diag...
My Brain Surgery with Maribou State’s Chris Davids
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Davids of electronic duo Maribou State discusses suffering from a rare brain condition, how it affected his passion for making music and the sur...
Postpartum Psychosis with Laura Dockrill
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Laura Dockrill discusses the extreme delusions and psychotic breakdown that she suffered after her son's birth. She shares how she got beyond t...
Surviving a Daughter's Death with Jason Watkins
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On the morning of New Year's Day 2011, actor Jason Watkins' two-year-old daughter Maude died. He and his wife had taken her to hospital the previous d...
I was Strip Searched by the Police with Dr Koshka Duff
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Koshka Duff was arrested and detained in 2013 after offering a legal advice card to someone being stopped and searched.Dr Duff was then subject to ...
I Lost My Voice on Live TV with Polly Evans
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After BBC local news anchor Polly Evans found herself unable to speak while doing a live broadcast, she disappeared from screens overnight. Polly ha...
Life Without Children with Caroline Stafford
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After years of trying to have a baby and unsuccessful IVF treatment, Caroline Stafford and her husband decided to build a future without the thing tha...
I Was Dead for 40 Minutes with Patrick Charnley
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After a cardiac arrest brought on by a hereditary heart condition and the stress of work, Patrick Charnley was clinically dead. He came back to life a...
My Baby Stopped Breathing with Archie Bland
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Archie Bland talks about his son, Max, who nearly died one night when he was just seven weeks old. Archie shares the extraordinary ordeal...
I Survived a Witch Hunt with Tulisa Contostavlos
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tulisa Contostavlos spent a decade fighting court battles, from an ex releasing a sex tape to being caught up in an elaborate tabloid sting. She share...
Shot in the Manchester Synagogue Attack with Yoni Finlay
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yoni Finlay was shot as a synagogue in Manchester was attacked on Yom Kippur, 2 October 2025.The synagogue was Yoni's place of worship, but it had als...
My Best Friend Had My Baby with Georgia Barrington and Daisy Hope
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When she was 15, Georgia Barrington discovered she has been born without a womb. Then her best friend, Daisy Hope, made her an extraordinary promise t...
Being Unlikeable with Katherine Ryan
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Katherine Ryan has learned not to care about not being liked as she’s risen from single mum on the poverty line to become one of the most successful...
Strictly Changed Me with Chris McCausland
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Chris McCausland discusses how he got past perfectionism and blindness to dance on live TV in front of millions of viewers.Chris explains how...
Perimenopause is a Thief with Kate Thornton
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Barnett talks to her friend, journalist and presenter Kate Thornton, about something she’s been experiencing but has never spoken about publicl...
Introducing… Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From presidents to popstars, award-winning broadcaster Emma Barnett has interviewed thousands of fascinating people live on radio and television. But ...