“Where is the governance? What is the security? What is the protection around this? I was not comfortable.”
When nurse Bernadette Rochford asked awkward questions about an NHS database at work, she says she found herself belittled, bullied and ignored.
Identified as a whistleblower, she went on to face years of meetings, investigations, and two employment tribunal claims.
In this compelling conversation with Olly, Bernadette recounts how she lost her job, her savings and two court cases - but eventually found validation in a new role protecting other whistleblowers.
She considers what happens when organisations close ranks instead of listening, and why the real answer to whistleblowing isn’t punishing individuals, but fixing the systems that allow the problems to grow in the first place…
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Meanwhile, in the Zeitgeist: Chinese cars are suddenly everywhere, but are they any good?
Ollie Peart investigates how brands such as BYD, Chery and Geely offer tech-packed motors for dramatically less than their European rivals.
Then, he heads to the Formula E championships at London’s Excel - to witness electric supercars in action.
Finally, thanks to our friends at Krazy Horse in Welling, our intrepid pair go for a spin in the tiny Microlino EV, a Swiss quadricycle that you enter through the front and which feels considerably more exciting than its top speed may suggest…
Is this the future of urban transport - or just a glorified second car that happens to be brilliant fun?
Got a trend you’d like to challenge Ollie to test out on a future edition of the show? Fill out our Feedback form, or join our Discord.
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Elsewhere, down the Foxhole, Alix Fox advises a listener who wants a clitoral orgasm via oral sex - but doesn’t know how to get her new partner to give it to her.
What practical ways can cunnilingus become more comfortable and enjoyable?
How long should women expect their partners to go down on them? Is it too clinical to set timers?
And can saliva enhancers, sexy lighting and toys like the Svakom Klitty and LELO Ora 3 assist? Alix has the answers…
If you have a question of sex and relationships for Alix to answer in a future edition, head to our Feedback form - you can remain anonymous if you wish.
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Finally, our record of the month:
‘In Motion’, the latest banger from The Snuts.
It’s from their forthcoming album 'Joy In Short Moments', out in October 🎸
Thanks for listening!
We’ll be back with something new on October 10th - in the meantime, thanks for your help supporting the show with your beer money and/or reviews!
