Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett Podcast
Experiences that have reshaped lives. Bold questions, unexpected truths, lots of tea... Emma Barnett invites you into her world for deeply human conversations.
Episodes to download
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Art, Pain, Womanhood with Tracey Emin
Yesterday
Tracey Emin discusses love, feminism, and making art after losing her bladder to cancer.
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My Breast Cancer Surgeon Mutilated Me with Deborah Douglas
Last Friday
Deborah Douglas is a victim of a disgraced surgeon who maimed many of his patients.
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My Brain Surgery with Maribou State’s Chris Davids
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Chris Davids of Maribou State discusses suffering from a rare brain condition.
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Postpartum Psychosis with Laura Dockrill
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Writer Laura Dockrill on the extreme delusions she suffered from after her son's birth.
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Surviving a Daughter's Death with Jason Watkins
Fri 30 Jan 2026
In 2011, actor Jason Watkins' two-year-old daughter Maude died from undiagnosed sepsis.
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I was Strip Searched by the Police with Dr Koshka Duff
Fri 23 Jan 2026
Dr Koshka Duff on her "terrifying" experience of being strip searched by the police.
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I Lost My Voice on Live TV with Polly Evans
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Why BBC local news anchor Polly Evans disappeared from screens overnight.
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Life Without Children with Caroline Stafford
Fri 9 Jan 2026
How you can build a future without the thing that you want the most.
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I Was Dead for 40 Minutes with Patrick Charnley
Fri 2 Jan 2026
After a cardiac arrest, Patrick Charnley was clinically dead. He came back a changed man.
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My Baby Stopped Breathing with Archie Bland
Fri 19 Dec 2025
Journalist Archie Bland on his son, Max, who nearly died when he was just seven weeks old
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I Survived a Witch Hunt with Tulisa Contostavlos
Fri 12 Dec 2025
N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos discusses a decade of fighting court battles.
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Shot in the Manchester Synagogue Attack with Yoni Finlay
Fri 5 Dec 2025
Yoni Finlay was shot as a synagogue in Manchester was attacked on 2 October 2025.
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My Best Friend Had My Baby with Georgia Barrington and Daisy Hope
Fri 28 Nov 2025
How a teenage promise for a friend born without a womb was fulfilled over a decade later.
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Being Unlikeable with Katherine Ryan
Fri 21 Nov 2025
Katherine Ryan shares how she’s learned not to care about not being liked.
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Strictly Changed Me with Chris McCausland
Fri 14 Nov 2025
The comedian discusses how he got past perfectionism and blindness to dance on live TV.
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Perimenopause is a Thief with Kate Thornton
Fri 7 Nov 2025
Emma talks to Kate Thornton about something she’s never spoken about publicly before.
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Introducing… Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett
Mon 3 Nov 2025
Emma reveals more about the bold, honest conversations coming up in her new podcast.
