Real Life, Real Stories… with Darren Checkley

June 19, 2013

http://media.blubrry.com/richardbarnes/p/richardbarnes.com/podcasts/podcast-12-darren-checkley.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:13 — 57.0MB) | Embed Darren Checkley is a top class personal trainer living in Coventry UK who has been changing peoples lives for many, many years. He has crafted out a successful business and very much in demand for what he does so well. He recently

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Terrorism will never be an answer.

May 30, 2013

In May 2013 a 2 minute video I posted via Facebook received over 82,000 Likes and 122,000 shares. It was a news story of an Imman from London, Ajmal Masroor, speaking out against the terrorists that killed Lee Rigby in Woolwich, London. A week later I’ve learned some very important things about our world.

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Real Life, Real Stories… with Steve Rowe

May 8, 2013

http://media.blubrry.com/richardbarnes/p/www.richardbarnes.com/podcasts/podcast-11a-steve-rowe.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:53 — 45.7MB) | Embed There were two things that prompted me to ask Steve Rowe if I could interview him. The first, his passion for doing the same thing for over 40 years. The second, his humour in facing the prospect of having his leg amputated.

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How one man changed the world

April 17, 2013

Mohamed Bouazizi is a name that few know. Just a apple seller in a Tunisian market refusing to accept corruption any more. He set himself on fire as protest when the authorities refused to do the right thing. What followed this was the Arab Spring where oppressed people stood up and said that their voices

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