Welcome to Pop Culture, the podcast that puts soft drinks at the top of the menu. Helen O'Hara and Kat Brown are arts journalists who don’t drink: Helen's a life-long teetotaller, and Kat is four years sober. Join us as we explore the culture lifting soft drinks out of the dark ages, hear from guests about their favourite non-booze options, and meet the people making things delicious. If you’re fed up of being given elderflower cordial at weddings, this is the pod for you. Send us your non-b ...
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The Method Coaching Podcast, hosted by Irtaza Farooq, will provide you with actionable and relevant advice behind what it takes to build a remarkable body and thrive within all parts of your life, personally and professionally.Irtaza will be bringing you weekly interviews with world-leading experts covering through the hottest topics in the fitness industry on the fields of training, lifestyle, nutrition, business and much more!
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Board Dublin: Non-alc drinks, loads of board games
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Pop Culture is officially international! A little while ago, Helen visited Board Dublin, another fantastic alcohol-free bar with a massive selection of non-alc drinks. By day, you can enjoy food, coffee and interesting drinks upstairs in the bright and airy cafe, as well as delving in to the massive selection of board games on offer (bagsie the Jur…
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Club Soda, or what an Aladdin's cave for non-drinkers might look like
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Kat and Helen are off on another adventure this episode, visiting Club Soda in London. Club Soda is a fantastic resource for those wanting to drink less or not at all: founded almost a decade ago by Laura Willoughby as a sort of non-drinking equivalent to Weight Watchers, a community for non-drinkers, former drinkers or those trying to cut down or …
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EP53: Mindset Over Macros with Cody McBroom
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I'm delighted to have Cody McBroom on the podcast, and this has been one which has been a long time coming! In this episode you can expect topics including: why mindset matters more than macros, body positivity, why you need to "look in the mirror" if you want to get ahead in life, how to live an above average life, and the myths that need to GO wh…
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On this special bonus episode of Pop Culture, your hosts Kat Brown and Helen O'Hara reunite to catch you up on what's been happening since you last heard us, and explain the new plans for the show (we're going fortnightly, basically - or if you're American, every two weeks). We also took the opportunity to try a new tipple we'd been sent. Wednesday…
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Seedlip & seasn's Ben Branson: 'I wanted to close the business every week.'
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Is it overkill to say that Ben Branson basically invented the non-alc drinks space as we have it now? Through his invention, Seedlip, a billion-dollar non-alc industry now exists, bringing quality drinks into restaurants, bars, and homes around the world. Ben tells us the hard truths of launching a new product when you're one person (especially whe…
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EP52: Escaping the Matrix with Natasha Storm
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EP51: How to Go Tee-Total with William Armstrong
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Ready to become the fittest and strongest version of yourself both physically and mentally and unlock your full potential? Book in your Free Transformation Strategy Call to find out how we can help you go from where you are now, to where you want to go with minimal sacrifices and the lowest barrier to change! Book Your Call Here → https://ys3qj9t6u…
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What the hell happened to Lilt? If you were blindsided over its reincarnation as a Fanta drink in 2023, then consumer journalist Rob Brown is here to tell you what happened and why. Plus, cocktails that taste like Yankee Candles (bad) and Blue WKD's reinvention as a 0% drink (erm, good, we guess?) and a lovely mailbag of listener stories and feedba…
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Everything Coca-Cola with Chris Hewitt
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After last week's Fat Duck episode where we learned that fine restaurant had created its own cola in part to tempt Coke-addicted diners into trying something familiar but different, we are thrilled to welcome Helen's colleague from the magnificent Empire Film Podcast, and podcasting's number one Coke fiend, Chris Hewitt, onto the show to talk about…
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Getting curious at The Fat Duck with Melania Bellesini
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The Fat Duck is one of the most creative restaurants in the world – we've paid to go, twice – and since 2018, Head Sommelier Melania Bellesini has made sure its soft drinks have measured up to its vast wine list. We were invited to get the gossip on their non-alc drinks and, unsurprisingly, jumped at the chance! From Melania's attempts at perfectin…
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Listener Richard Kirke emailed in to offer us some explanation of how decisions are made around sweeteners and sugar in soft drinks, and how companies balance them out – especially post-sugar tax. Why Richard? Well, as well as being a composer, Richard glories in the job of beverage technician – he is one of the people who designs drinks and recali…
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Why we love a buzz with Professor David Nutt
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Hello if you've come here from Grazia! If you're listening before Feb 1st, your two favourite pop enthusiasts have written about all things soft and you can read our piece in the current issue. Our guest today is Professor David Nutt, the renowned neuropsychopharmacologist and all-round science legend, who has dedicated much of his career to unders…
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Sober clubbing with DJ Paulette
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There's quite a lot of literal pop culture in this episode, with a lot of talk about film – Helen has a new Shakespeare buddy in Tom Hiddleston and a glorious story involving Coca-Cola from Mia McKenna-Bruce – and of equity and equality in the entertainment industry. Our guest is DJ Paulette: international DJ, legend of the Haçienda, author of Welc…
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Why are non-alcoholic spirits expensive? Chris Bax of Bax Botanics explains all
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We're all about spirits this week – not just because both of us went to see My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican (squee!) but because Helen chatted to Chris Bax of Wetherby craft sprit, Bax Botanics, (those delicious drinks we tried on our New Year episode) about the hows, whys, and whats of making a non-alcoholic spirit. And yes, this includes why …
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Creativity in beer with Mash Gang's Michael Baggs
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Yes, that is indeed a can of cereal milk pale ale – because when you run a craft nolo (no or low alcohol) brewery, you can do anything. We're talking about all things beer this week, and Mash Gang, co-founded during lockdown by our guest, Michael Baggs, has explored where beer can go more than almost any company we can think of. Helen met Michael t…
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Dry January drink recommendations from Helen McGinn (@knackeredmother) & our listeners
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Happy New Year and welcome to the show! Helen and Kat share their Christmas drinks and New Year's resolutions (spoiler: don't do them in January, it's miserable enough) before welcoming the genuinely divine Helen McGinn, wine expert, author, and star of Saturday Kitchen (and, as of Saturday night, Celebrity The Weakest Link!). Helen was a supermark…
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Meet your hosts! Kat interviews Helen about being teetotal
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What's it like growing up teetotal in Northern Ireland? Or studying (and working) in England with booze everywhere you go? In our second bonus episode before the series launches on New Year's Day, Helen tells Kat about her background with not drinking alcohol, having your drink spiked "for a laugh", secrets to getting through boozy celebrations wit…
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Meet your hosts! Helen interviews Kat about being sober
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Before we start the series proper – and you'll be shocked to hear that a Dry January episode *will* be landing on New Year's Day – we have a couple of bonus episodes to introduce your hosts and our aims for the series. Helen and Kat come at soft drinks from different angles. Helen is a lifelong teetotaller, and Kat is four years sober. Helen asks K…
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EP49. Fitness & Parenting, Industry Myths and More with Lucy Moffat
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Today I have Lucy Moffat on the show, she's someone I've known for the longest prior to being in the fitness industry and someone I have a lot of shared values with as well. We cover through a lot of things that doesn't get spoken about enough such as the realities of being in shape as a parent, female fitness advice, restrictive dieting and the di…
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EP48: How to Start Winning Again with Charlie Johnson
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I believe coaching is one of the biggest gifts we have, the ability to hire and ask for help from people that have been there, done it and are able to help you get to where they go is priceless. Charlie is someone that has been a mentor and coach to me over the last year, and has had a huge influence on my development to date, and as much as we oft…
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EP47: Tapping into Stronger Motivation
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EP45: Lifestyle Physique with Micah Katerina
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We have a repeated guest for today's episode, Micah Katerina who is the founder of Lifestyle Physique with her partner Euan Murray. We share a lot of similar values together, and she's the perfect guest to have on to speak about female body recomposition and how to achieve the next level in body and in life. You can connect further with Micah over …
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EP46: How to Crush it in Body & Business with Alex Povey
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I've personally been really looking forward to this chat with Alex Povey for a very long time, and it has been a conversation worth waiting for. Alex Povey is an OG in the mentoring space for fitness professionals, as he helps fitness coaches build a business they're proud of, and become an authority in the space. In this podcast, you can hear how …
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Welcome to Pop Culture, the podcast that brings soft drinks to the top of the menu. Your hosts are Helen O’Hara, film journalist, author, and life-long teetotaller, and Kat Brown, jack of all trades and four years sober. We're arts journalists who don’t drink and love to swap soft drink recommendations and pictures of just... bad drinks menus. In t…
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EP44: Creating Success within Body & Mind with Josef Rakich
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E43: Growing Through Pain with Barry McGuire
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Today we're joined by Barry McGuire on the podcast, who is an Online Coach that helps busy people get into incredible shape, without compromising their work:life balance! Myself and Ben met through a couple mentorship programs over the last couple of years and it was about time to have him on the show! On this episode of the podcast, Irtaza & Barry…
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E42: The Emotional Cycle of Change
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Recap: Consider the “Emotional Cycle of Change” before quitting any goal. Uninformed Optimism Informed Pessimism Valley of Despair Informed Optimism Success & Fulfillment Understanding the five stages is fuel for transformation. Reaction is pain. Anticipation is power.
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E41: The Reality of Body Transformations with Ali Fraser
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E40: Losing the Stubborn Body-Fat (The #1 Personal Strategy I Personally Use!)
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E39: The Drive to Do Better with Troy Sutton
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Today we're joined by Troy on the podcast, who is an Online Transformation Coach based in Dubai. Myself and Troy met through a mentorship program earlier this year and we both connected right away! On this episode of the podcast, Irtaza & Troy discuss: -the mistakes we personally made with our fitness, and our story. -how to find the right people t…
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E38: Mental Health = Physical Health with Mitchie Molina
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Today we have a guest appearance from Mitchie, who is someone I had connected with through one of our members on the program. We discussed a lot of things here amongst the topic of mental health and how that ties in with physical health, Mitchie's background and how she overcame her own struggles over the years, actionable steps to improve your men…
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E37: The 2023 Photoshoot Step-by-Step Process
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E36: Taking your Life to the "Next-Level" with Summer Trenkle
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Today I'm joined with Summer, who was a guest-speaker at our In-Person Fitness Breakthrough Event last year over in Texas, Houston. Summer is someone I've seen grow up into the person she has become today and it's been an incredible journey to see from meeting her 5 years ago through social media and how she's grown and changed personally and profe…
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E34: Deep Dive Into Fitness Goals & Male & Female Expectations w Chenyang Zhao
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E33: Removing the "Deficits" in Life, Azri's Story & Real-World Nutrition Azri Zakariya
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Azri is probably one of the most productive man I’ve met to date, and is someone that I’ve connected from a mentorship together. This is a podcast that I took a lot from, and I know as a listener you will too. If you found value in listening, be sure to follow Azri over at: https://www.instagram.com/azri.zakariya/…
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E32: Photoshoot Prep, Mindset and Values with Julian Sollai
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EP31: Life Talk with Reece Hallard
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EP30 - Be High During Your Lows, and Low During Your Highs [Bonus Episode]
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E29 - Creating a Life By Design with Anthony DeLeon
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Today we have Anthony DeLeon who is a current member on our transformation coaching program, and is a 1-1 client of mine. This is one that was almost hard to even stop because there was so much more on what we could converse on as we both share similar values, world-views and he's someone I'd class as more of a friend, than a client! We discuss Men…
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E27: Our Transformation Step-By-Step Process
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In this solo episode, I cover through the 5 step process of how you can become unrecognisable by the end of the year, and the correct way of transforming your body. This is the exact process we use with our members that I'll share with you, as well as the mistakes I made over the years with my own training and nutrition that you can avoid. If you f…
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E28 - Getting the "Hollywood Actor" Look
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Here I cover through the 3 things you want to look at with your training, and the 3 major shifts with your food that will get you achieving that Hollywood actor, and cover-model look. If you found this useful, make sure to pass it forward and share it with someone else that would benefit!Af Irtaza Farooq
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E25: Healthy Body Transformations with Matty Fusaro
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Today we're joined by the OG of Fitness Youtube, Matty Fusaro who I had the pleasure to be mentored by at an early age upon starting my career in the fitness coaching space. On this episode, we speak a lot about what others don't want to speak about, and we do EXACTLY that. Over the next 50 minutes, we dive into: * Matty's story, and the "Breaking …
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E24: The Concept of "Forced Evolution" with Chris Bradley
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Today we have the pleasure of being joined by Chris Bradley, The Upgraded Coach, who is a business coach for fitness professionals, an author of a best-selling book and an overall high performer in life and business. Chris Bradley is someone that I've been connected through social media for a very long time, and this is the first time we've connect…
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EP23: Choose the hard Right, over the Easy Wrong w Grant Dziak
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This is a conversation I believe many people need to listen to that will allow them to shift their minds and their bodies, as well as changing our lives rather than staying complacent with discomfort. On this podcast, Irtaza and Grant Dziak discuss: - Grant's Story, and his Lowest Points - How it's easy to choose the familiar hell, over the unfamil…
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EP22: Real-World Personal Development with Troy Nixon
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Today we are joined by Troy Nixon, the Head of Performance at High Performance Coach (HPC) Troy is someone that made his way through his own personal transformation, from being completely lost to finding and achieve peak performance and meaning. He's someone that embodies growth as a high value of his, and is someone that helps other professionals …
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EP21: What's Driving Me PHYSICALLY Right Now...
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Today we have a solo episode of something I know will benefit a lot of people that are in the "What Next" place with their body, shape, health and performance. I cover through the 5 things that is currently driving me to push myself to the next level, and share with you some of the things I have seen from coaching 100s of professionals over the yea…
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E20: The "Snapping" Moment with AJ Quimson
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On this episode of the podcast, I had the pleasure of being joined by IFBB Pro Alexander "AJ" Quimson, who I've been connected with through a mutual fitness mentorship. AJ Quimson is someone I wanted to get onto the podcast to explore some of the breakthrough and "snapping" moments he had from being overweight his whole college years to how he chan…
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