Dr Susie Bennett researches suicide in men at Glasgow University. She is one of the world's leading experts on the topic.

In this episode, I wanted to understand why the biggest killer of men under 50 is still themselves.

This isn’t a conversation about empty slogans or easy answers. We get into what suicidal pain actually feels like, why “men need to talk” often isn’t enough, and how isolation, hopelessness and a lack of real support can build over time.

We also talk about community, male friendship, and why spaces where men feel they belong might matter more than we realise.

This isn't a light-hearted conversation, but it's an honest one, about something we’re still not getting right.

Follow Dr Susie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/male_suicide_research

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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Matt Binge is the founder of Food Review Club - a platform he's built to become one the UK's most popular food critics, with millions of followers, hundreds of millions of views, and a relentless output of content.

On the surface, it’s food reviews. Travelling the country, finding hidden gems, eating great meals.

But it was never just about the food.

In this conversation, we get into what really drives Matt. The reality of building something from nothing, the pressure of constant content, and the chaos that can come with filming in public.

We also go deeper.

Matt opens up about a childhood he describes as chaos, how that shaped his mindset, and the fuel that still drives him today.

We talk about anger, resilience, fatherhood, and why success now looks very different.

This is a conversation about identity, drive, and building a life on your own terms.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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Andy Long is a former England international rugby player. He captained England under 19s and 21s, captaining and playing with the likes of Jonny Wilkinson, Lewis Moody and Ben Cohen.

He is now a performance coach, specialising in mindset and self-awareness.

In this episode, Andy talks about finding his dad dying at just 10 years old, the impact that had on his life, and the drive that took him all the way to his England debut at Twickenham 10 years later, aged just 20.

He opens up about the pressure of elite sport, feeling like a fraud despite reaching the top, and how those experiences shaped the work he does today helping others perform at their best.

We also talk about his close friendship with Alex Gibson, who is living with motor neurone disease, the reality of that diagnosis, and why Andy is taking on the Marathon des Sables in support of Challenging MND.

This is a conversation about resilience, perspective, and making the most of the time you have.

Support Andy's fundraising for Challenging MND by donating here: https://givestar.io/gs/andy-long--marathon-de-sables-2026

Follow him on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/andy_long_impact2/

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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John Myatt is an ice swimming world champion, English Channel swimmer, and extreme endurance athlete who went from a chaotic, violent childhood in Gloucester to achieving things very few humans on earth ever will.

He’s:

- An Ice Swimming World Champion

- One of a small number of people on the planet to complete an official Ice Mile

- A two-way English Channel swimmer, and also part of the first winter English Channel Relay

- One half of the first-ever 2-man, 2-way English Channel swim (a world-first achievement)

- A Guinness World Record holder

- An endurance athlete who has completed extreme challenges including 24-mile continuous swim formats, multi-hour cold exposure swims, and ultra-distance open water events

But that’s only half the story.

While living in a home marked by violence, fear, and instability, swimming became his escape.

A scholarship gave him a shot.

Then he walked away from it all.

For over 20 years.

At nearly 40, feeling lost, drinking heavily, and convinced he’d achieved nothing… he decided to start again.

What followed was a journey into some of the most extreme environments on earth. Freezing water, hypothermia, mental battles, and ultimately… becoming a world champion.

This is a conversation about trauma and resilience. Discipline and obsession. How environments shapes identities and what’s possible when you decide to change your life.

If you enjoy this episode, consider sharing it with someone who needs a reminder that it’s never too late to start again.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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John Gooden is a UFC commentator and broadcaster who has spent more than a decade calling fights around the world.

He's worked cageside for the UFC alongside names like Michael Bisping, Daniel Cormier and Dan Hardy, bringing fans inside the action of mixed martial arts at the highest level.

Before getting there, John’s journey took him through the City, the BBC, electrical work with his father, and years immersed in the UK MMA scene before finally breaking into broadcasting.

In this conversation we talk about that journey, the sacrifices required to stay in the UFC, and what it’s really like sitting cageside calling fights inside the Octagon.

We talk about UFC London, the White House card, his time with Conor McGregor, his thoughts about Dana White, weight cutting, Tom Aspinall, Nina Marie and much more.

Follow John on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/johngoodenuk

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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Jonathan Wolf is the co-founder and CEO of ZOE, a company using large-scale science to understand how food affects our health and the trillions of microbes living in our gut.

In this conversation, Jonathan explains the emerging science of the microbiome, why two people can eat the same food and have completely different responses, and why ultra-processed foods may be driving the modern health crisis.

He also argues that some major food companies have followed a playbook similar to the tobacco industry in shaping public understanding of nutrition - lying to us and the government for their own financial gain.

Before building ZOE with scientist Professor Tim Spector, Jonathan worked at the ad-tech company Criteo, helping to scale the business from a startup into a NASDAQ-listed company with more than $1 billion in revenue.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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Five steps. A few feet.

That’s how close Shaq Brown came to being caught in Channel 4's Hunted.

He went on the run for 21 days with just £50 and no phone.

He had to survive as a fugitive while experts used every tool available to track him.

On Day 3, his partner - brother-in-law Warren - was captured.

For the next 19 days, he was alone.

In this conversation, he takes me inside what it really feels like to be hunted - the adrenaline, the paranoia, the split-second decisions, the sacrifice of comfort, and the instincts that kept him one step ahead.

We get into behind-the-scenes aspects of the show you might have always wanted to know, and Shaq tells me what it was like to be the solo winner of the biggest prize ever won on the show: £110,000!

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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Natasha 'Mo' Hunt and England captain Zoe Stratford OBE are World Cup winners, back-to-back-to-back league champions and co-captains of Gloucester-Hartpury, one of the most dominant teams in English rugby.

Zoe was named World Player of the Year in 2021, and Mo won the RPA Player of the Season Award in 2023.

But this conversation - my first with more than one guest - isn’t just about trophies.

From mopping floors weeks after lifting the World Cup, to balancing 9-5 jobs with elite performance, to walking out at a packed Twickenham in front of 80,000 people, this is a conversation about mindset, leadership and belief.

We talk about:

- The moment Zoe knew they had won the World Cup

- What it really felt like stepping off the bus at Twickenham

- The inaugural women's Lions tour

- The unseen graft behind women’s rugby

- How Gloucester-Hartpury built and maintain a winning culture

- The difference between winning once… and staying on top

- Leadership, difficult conversations and the power of care

- What still drives them now

This is a conversation about standards. About belief.

About building something bigger than yourself.

Mo and Zoe's relationship shines in the chat, and it was a privilege to sit and chat with two legends of the sport.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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