The Reset by Sam Delaney
Episodes
Damon Minchella
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is the musician Damon Minchella – legendary bassist, founding member of Ocean Colour Scene, and a man who lived th...
Peter Hooton
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Reset, I’m joined by Peter Hooton – frontman of The Farm, co‑founder of legendary Liverpool fanzine The End, writer, activist a...
Professor Paul Eastwick
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week I’m chatting to Professor Paul Eastwick, one of the world's top thinkers on love, attraction, and relationships, and the author of “Bond...
Jason Williamson
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
New year, new series. My first guest on The Reset in 2026 is Jason Williamson from Sleaford Mods. Known for his furious, funny and brutally honest lyr...
Josh Connolly
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Connolly had a chaotic childhood. By the time he hit his twenties, he was contemplating suicide. Now, he is one of the country’s most influenti...
Elliot Sweeney
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elliot Sweeney has been a psychiatric nurse for over two decades. Now he has written a book about his experiences: ‘We Don't Use Words Like Cra...
Ziyad Marar
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ziyad Marar draws on psychology, philosophy, literature and even the films of Quentin Tarantino to demonstrate the strange business of noticing things...
Callum Goodall
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Reset is back after a hiatus! Thank you for your patience; it’s been a busy year.Throughout September, I will be backing the Stay Tuned 2025 cam...
Paul Harrington
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Harrington has lived a life that is familiar to many Reset listeners: getting into trouble as a kid, raving hard in his teens and twenties, devot...
Sean McNicholas
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean McNicholas overcame a traumatic childhood to become a successful club entrepreneur. But the high life burnt him out and, eventually, he decided t...
Andy Manston
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Manston has spent a lifetime raving. With partner Danny Gould he built Clockwork Orange into the definitive Ibiza club brand. But all the partyin...
Leon MacFayden
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a young police officer, Leon MacFayden experienced extreme trauma that forced him out of his job and tormented him for the next twenty years. After...
Dee C.Lee
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dee C. Lee is a soul singer, pop icon, and trailblazer. In the 1980s, she first found fame as part of Wham! Then, she jumped ship to take a starring r...
Ruby Wax
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ruby Wax has been raising awareness of mental health issues and fighting stigma for decades now. She shares her own experiences to help others. I was ...
Ruth Whippman
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Whippman is a writer and author of ‘Boy Mum - Raising Boys In An Age Of Toxic Masculinity.’ It’s a great read by a mum of young lads who wa...
Lucy Da Silva
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After recovering from alcoholism, Lucy Da Silva gained a masters in psychotherapy and now specialises in the use of ketamine and psychedelics in the t...
Steve Mann
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Mann is the UK’s top dog trainer, a great broadcaster and a prolific author. His new book, ‘Another Day, Another Collar - Confessions Of A D...
Charlie Hyman
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Hyman started Bloomsbury Football in London to provide top level coaching and facilities to everyone, whatever their background, resources or ...
Dr Natalie Cawley
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
OCD, addiction, toxic relationships…Dr Natalie Cawley encountered patients with all of these issues and more during her first year working as a psyc...
Daniel Reisinger
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Reisinger is an Australian born, award-winning filmmaker. His new movie ‘& Mrs’ is a romantic comedy-drama starring Aisling Bea and Tom...
Richard Tyler
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Tyler is a former west end star turned therapist. A few years back, he received a shock cancer diagnosis and was given just three months to li...
Tom Kerridge
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Kerridge grew up on a council estate in Gloucestershire before working his way up through the restaurant business and opening the Hand And Flowers...
Adrian Durham
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A revealing and honest chat with one of my broadcasting heroes. Adrian talks about a life in football, the pressures of life on the road, the family s...
Allie Bailey
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Allie Bailey thought that running would save her from her demons. She started running to stop drinking but found herself addicted to both things simul...
Janey Lee Grace
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Janey Lee Grace is best known as a broadcaster on BBC Radio 2 - especially as the long-time co-host of the legendary Steve Wright In The Afternoon sho...
Three Dads Walking
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Mike, Tim and Andy lost their young daughters to suicide they felt lost, alone and engulfed by grief. Then they found each other, became firm fri...
David Charkham
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After finding fame as a child actor in the sixties, David Charkham fell foul of showbiz temptations and sank into addiction. After seeking treatment a...
Andy Cope
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Cope has a Phd in positive psychology meaning he gets to actually call himself a doctor of happiness. A prolific author, in-demand speaker and fo...
Joshua Flethcher
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Fletcher is a therapist - but not the weird type. Down to earth, funny and plain-speaking, he is on a mission to show people that therapy isn’t...
Gary Stevenson
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Stevenson left his trading career behind - after if almost sent him mad. He became the youngest trader in the city of London and soon he was...
Dave Wilson
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dave was polishing off a bottle of vodka a night in his late forties. His career and his relationship were on the verge of collapse. But he thought he...
Louis Weinstock
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Louis Weinstock is a psychotherapist who specialises in working with young people. He joined me to talk about his new book, in which he outlines ...
Luke Turner
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Turner is co-founder of the excellent music and culture site The Quietus and a contributor to the Guardian, NME, Vice and many more.As a child, L...
Paul Danan (Part 2)
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
They call him Paul 'Dangerous' Danan for good reason. Compulsive, obsessive and adventurous, Paul often finds himself in exciting but life-threatening...
David Brooks
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you really get to know someone? How do you show them that you see and understand who they really are? This is what David Brooks, best-selling a...
Darian Leader
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are we all riddled with animalistic sexual urges that only society’s manners stop us from acting upon? Or is sex a bit more complicated and nuanced ...
Jules Evans
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jules Evans is a writer, historian and practical philosopher. His first book, ‘Philosophy For Life - And Other Dangerous Situations’ was...
Jordan Paterson
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Patterson is an addiction counsellor grew up with an alcoholic dad who collected him from school drunk. He knows about the pain and insecurity ...
Peter Wharmby
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Wharmby was 34 when he got diagnosed as autistic. Suddenly, big aspects of his life finally started making sense: including his struggles with m...
Daan Heerma Van Voss
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When doctors tested award winning novelist Daan Heerman Van Voss for stress hormones, they found a record breaking level in his bloodstream. This effe...
Barrie Rice
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Barrie ‘Baz’ Rice was a veteran of New Zealand’s SAS before joining the world of the private security contracter. In 2004, his firm - Blackwater...
Katerina Georgiou
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Katy Georgiou is a practising psychotherapist and host of the excellent music and mental health podcast Sound Affects. How does music impact our ...
Congressman Adam Smith
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Congressman Adam Smith seemed to have everything sorted: a high-flying political career plus a loving wife and kids. Then, in his forties - seemingly ...
Noel McDermott
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Noel McDermott has been a mental health professional for over 25 years. You may have heard me as a recent guest on his excellent Wellbeing Show. A reg...
Danny Wallace
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Best-selling author, much-loved columnist and ubiquitous presenter: Danny Wallace is the epitome of the freewheeling Renaissance man. But on this week...
CHUCK D
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this special centenary episode I am joined by one of my all time heroes: hip-hop pioneer and voice of a generation, Chuck D. We spoke about the re...
Susanna Hoffs
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Susanna Hoffs scored a series of hits in the 1980’s with her all-girl band, The Bangles. She has since become a solo artists and recently published ...
Simon Waterson
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Waterson trains some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, from Daniel Craig to Tom Hiddlestone to Chris ‘Captain America’ Evans. He joined me ...
Glen Oliver
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Glen Oliver was leading a pretty conventional life until a weekend in Ibiza changed his worldview forever. He quit his job in the police force and sta...
Rob Owen OBE
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Owen is an extraordinary bloke. In his late thirties he quit a well paid career as an investment banker in order to run St Giles Trust - a charity...
Dr Thomas Curran
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Thomas Curran is a social psychologist at LSE and author of brilliant new book ‘The Perfection Trap.’ In it, he examines our increased obsessio...
Jonathan Harding
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Harding is the author of the critically acclaimed book ‘Soul’ - a fascinating look at how elite athletes are often forced to sacrifice th...
Tyler Slade
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Slade was stuck in a well paid job that he hated. It’s a story that so many blokes can relate to. After the stress got too much for him, he ma...
Alex Messenger
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Alex Messenger was 17 years old he was attacked in the Canadian wilderness by a 600 pound grizzly bear. It was an incident that changed his life ...
Melissa Day
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Day is a psychotherapist specialising in mens’ mental health and ‘inner child therapy.’ In this fascinating and useful chat, she offers ...
Tom Davies
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last month I appeared on the Proper Mental podcast and was really impressed by host Tom Davies. Like many of us, he went through some tough times, esp...
Marvin Sordell
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marvin Sordell was one of England’s brightest young stars: a first-teamer at Watford, he was selected for England Under 21’s and Team GB at the 20...
George Pointon
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
George Pointon became a Twitter sensation (@georgepointon_) when he started documenting the weird and wonderful outpourings of his primary school pupi...
From the archive - Jason Flemyng
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
**FROM THE ARCHIVE - ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN MARCH 2021**This week I chatted to the actor Jason Flemyng - star of everything from Lock Stock And Two S...
Simon Gunning
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Gunning gave up a successful career in the media to take on the role as CEO of CALM, The Campaign Against Living Miserably. The charity is commi...
Sir Robin Millar
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Robin Millar is one of the most successful record producers of the past fifty years. His sound dominated the charts in the 1980’s, with the like...
Matt Pink
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Like so many lads, Matt Pink was immersed in the work hard, play hard lifestyle -putting ambition and partying above his own mental health. But when p...
Alex McClintock
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex McClintock had struggled with mental health issues for most of his life. The pressures of work and parenting caught up with him and almost led hi...
Christian O'Connell interview Sam Delaney
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Broadcasting legend Christian O’Connell sits in as host for this special episode in which I answer his questions about my new book.‘Sort Your Head...
From the archive: Adrian Chiles
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast was originally released in 2021This week I spoke with broadcaster and writer Adrian Chiles about booze, mental health and his recent ADHD...
Gordon Smart
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon Smart lived a fast paced and successful life in newspapers for many years. But as he reached 40, the stresses and strains of life started to ca...
From the Archive: Peter Bleksley
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From 2021...He was one of the world’s top undercover cops, dealing with the Mafia and the IRA. Then it all got too much and the pressure overwhelmed...
Shaun Ryder
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
My guest for this first ever episode of the podcast was Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder, who opened up to me about drugs, addiction, friendship and...
Geraint John
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Geraint John had been with his wife Deb for 17 years. Four months ago, she dies of pancreatic cancer. Now, he is learning to live a new life without h...
Martin O'Neill
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Martin O’Neill has been a top level manager for over three decades. From Leicester City to Celtic, Aston Villa to the Republic Of Ireland, he has le...
KRIS HALL
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kris Hall had a great career in hospitality, a happy family and lots of friends. But something was wrong: he felt stressed and unhappy, didn’t know ...
Gary Farrow
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Farrow has been an entertainment industry legend for five decades, steering the careers of Elton John, George Michael and numerous other supersta...
Phil Hilton
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Hilton is a writer, journalist and a publishing legend, having launched and helmed some of the biggest magazine brands of the past three decades....
JP Smith
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PJ Smith is a spoken word artists and reovery worker from Liverpool, widely known as his alter-ego, Roy.A former addict, his stories are powerful and ...
FREE trial to Club Reset
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Club Reset goes out every Friday to paid subscribers. For a fiver a month you get access to this plus bonus newsletters and other stuff. Give it a go ...
David Chidgey
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Chidgey had enjoyed a successful and fast paced career in the TV industry for 30 years. Then, in his fifties, he decided to change direction com...
Darren Blewitt
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Darren Blewitt looked destined for first team success at his boyhood club, West Ham. But when they suddenly rejected him after 12 years he was left in...
Dan Flanagan
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When my kids were little I’d take them to places like Rhyme Time in the local church hall. It was kinda fun for them but also a bit lonely (I was al...
Paul Minter
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Minter fought in Iraq and Afghanihstan, narrowing escaping death on several ocassions. He enjoyed military life but trying to readapt to civilian...
The Secret Drug Addict
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Secret Drug Addict is a a Twitter legend - dishing out sage advice, life changing wisdom and brilliant support to the recovery community and ...
Jonathan Asser
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Asser worked as a psychodynamic counsellor inside prisons, helping g some of the most violent men in the system. He went on to write the 2013...
JOHNNY DAUKES
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Daukes was the victim of sexual abuse during his adolescence. It took him several decades to understand just how deeply the experience had impa...
James Brown
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
James Brown created one of the greatest magazines of all time: when it launched in the 90’s, Loaded was revolutionary - inclusive, smart and funny. ...
PTSD Special with 'Soldier T'
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Soldier T served in the British army for over two decades. After witnessing a horrific war crime in Bosnia, his developed severe PTSD. He spoke to me ...
Club Reset taster episode!
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A free taster of my new weekly podcast for paid subscribers to the Reset Extra. If you like it, why not upgrade! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Max Dickins
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is the writer, comic, broadcaster and author of ‘Billy No Mates - How I Realised Men Have A Friendship Problem.’Studies sh...
Irvine Welsh
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Irvine Welsh became a spokesperson for the rave generation when he first published Trainspotting. But his books are about more than drugs and parties:...
@ExWHUEmployee
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The man known simply as ‘Ex’ became a Twitter phenomenon within the football community. But success came with a price: constant abuse from trolls....
Todd Von Joel
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Von Joel is an actor whose credits include Eastenders, Holby City and Silent Witness. He is also a good pal, with an uncanny and disarming abilit...
Olive Burkeman
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In his new book, Oliver estimates that the average human will enjoy four thousand weeks of life. Once we accept that our time here is limited, he says...
The Reluctant Carer
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Reluctant Carer was 48 when he found himself divorced, in professional strife and living back at home with his elderly parents. Becoming their ful...
Chip Somers
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chip Sommers is one of the best regarded names in addiction therapy. He has helped countless people turn their lives around with his down to earth and...
James McMahon
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
James McMahon was a star writer at the NME before becoming the editor of Kerrang magazine. But while his career was flying high he was wrestling with ...
Bill Gardner
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
During the seventies and eighties, when football violence in England was at its height, Bill Gardner became a legend. First at his club West Ham, then...
Daniel Lavelle
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Lavelle left care aged 19 and experienced homelessness not long after. His new book ‘Down And Out - Surviving The Homelessness Crisis’...
David Whitehouse
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About A Son is the brilliant new book by David Whitehouse, about the brutal murder of 20-year old Morgan Hehir in Nuneaton in 2015. Told from the pers...
Simon London
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Simon London spent the early years of his life in a children’s home before going on to conquer the London media scene. He went from Fleet Street jou...
Nick Hancock
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Hancock was a fixture on TV in the nineties and synonymous with the laddish culture of the times. But temptations were plentiful and he wound up ...
Dr Richard Vincent
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Richard Vincent is a psychologist who works at Alain De Botton’s School Of Life. The school’s new book, ‘Mental Illness - What Can Calm, Reas...
Mike O'Hara
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike O’Hara’s career in the RAF was flourishing. But he was secretly overcome by anxiety and depression. He spoke to me about the challenge of adm...