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Jeff Tieku opens up about ten years working as a prison officer, revealing the reality of life behind bars, from violent attacks and prison riots to dealing with some of the country's most dangerous criminals. What started as a job he never expected to do for so long became a decade that exposed him to things most people would never experience.

Jeff shares some of the most shocking incidents he witnessed, including prisoners being stabbed with homemade weapons, officers caught bringing drugs and phones inside, and the bizarre story of an inmate who cooked his own faeces in a kettle before throwing it at another prisoner. He explains how prison riots begin, what happens when officers are sent in to regain control and how he became known as someone who could handle difficult situations and build relationships with inmates.

After ten years, Jeff eventually reached a point where he had seen too much. He opens up about how the job affected his mental health, changed his attitude towards violence and left him feeling institutionalised, even outside prison. Despite everything, he has no regrets about the people he helped and hopes to be remembered as an officer who genuinely made a difference.

This is the eventful life of Jeff Tieku.

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Andrew Threadgold sits down with Dodge Woodall to share how a 20-year career in medicine came to an abrupt end after he was investigated by the General Medical Council, and how what seemed like the worst moment of his life ultimately set him on the path to building a multi-million-pound property empire.

Andrew explains the incident that led to the investigation, after he signed cremation paperwork when a second doctor failed to turn up for a funeral. What followed was a referral to the GMC and the end of his career as a doctor. At the time, he thought it was the worst thing that could have happened to him. Looking back, he now sees it as the turning point that changed everything. He talks through how he found his way into property, began building his portfolio and went on to own more than 100 properties.

The conversation explores Andrew's transition from medicine into entrepreneurship, including acquiring GP practices, building a physiotherapy business and developing a portfolio of businesses and property. He shares the lessons he has learned along the way, the opportunities that came from an unexpected career change and how one of the most difficult periods of his life became the beginning of something much bigger.

From being a practising doctor for two decades to becoming a multi-million-pound entrepreneur, Andrew's story is a reminder that sometimes the moment you think everything is falling apart can lead you in a completely different direction.

This is the Eventful Life of Andrew Threadgold.

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Ibrahim Alfa Jnr opens up about a life that took him from boarding school at six years old to the front line of the techno scene, through years of crime, addiction and repeated spells in prison, and to a brush with death that led to the most honest record of his career.

Born in England to Nigerian parents and raised by foster parents in Chichester, Ibrahim was sent to boarding school at just six, with his mum paying for his care and his schooling. He was eventually asked to leave, and after losing contact with his mother for around 25 years, the foster parents who raised him both passed away when he was in his early 20s, leaving him very much on his own. He became a dad at 18, and soon after, with a tape of one track and a few pounds to his name, he walked into a Brighton record shop. That led to his first record being released, and the start of a career that has taken him to around 30 countries. But when the label side of the business collapsed and his family life fell apart, he moved to London and turned to commercial theft, shoplifting and drug dealing to survive. Heroin became his drug of choice. By his own count he was arrested around 60 times, spent time in Pentonville, Wormwood Scrubs and a Polish jail, and describes an entire decade of his life, roughly 30 to 40, as being completely in the grip of the criminal justice system. He also talks about the six weeks he spent locked in a cell for 23 hours a day with a volatile cellmate, and the day he was arrested at a Jobcentre appointment.

Now in his late 40s, Ibrahim has been out of prison for almost ten years and is, in his own words, pretty much teetotal. A few years ago, he suffered a pulmonary embolism followed by a heart attack, and was told to prepare for the worst. He made his latest album, Infinite Black Inside, believing he would never hear it released. Instead, it gathered attention across the world, and he’s now booked for Primavera Sound, launching his own label and putting together an art exhibition in Frankfurt to mark 30 years of making records. He reunites with Dodge after 34 years apart, reflects on the regrets and the lessons, and shares the story of a daughter who wrote to him every week while he was inside.

This is the eventful life of Ibrahim Alfa Jnr.

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James Kerr, author of the global bestseller Legacy, sits down with Dodge Woodall to talk about what the All Blacks taught him about leadership, culture and building teams that perform when it matters.

Born in New Zealand and now based in the UK, James explains how he got inside the All Blacks camp in 2010 and what he saw there: a group of leaders with no ego, a culture built on connection, and a belief that people “rise to a challenge if it’s their challenge”. He talks through the ideas that shaped his work, from the difference between discipline and self-discipline, to why words create worlds, to the idea that every person wants a meaningful role in something meaningful. He also shares how Legacy went from a book he was just happy to finish in a Scottish pub, with a £15,000 advance, to a number one bestseller that opened doors in elite sport, the military, business and government. Along the way, James covers why culture is a force multiplier, how his work took him to Leicester City after the death of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and what makes a leader like Harry Redknapp so memorable.

He also opens up about the craft of writing, his upcoming book Ethos, and why he believes the best teams are the ones where the hard things can be said out loud. Dodge brings his own take from building a festival and a business, and the pair even discuss what it takes to build a culture inside a club like AFC Bournemouth.

This is the Eventful Life of James Kerr.

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Jamie Roberts opens up about a life that saw him become a British & Irish Lion, win a Grand Slam with Wales, play 94 Tests and qualify as a doctor, all while squeezing everything he could out of a career that took him around the world.

Called up for the 2009 Lions tour of South Africa aged just 22, Jamie was named player of the series even though the Lions lost. He talks about the brutal second Test at Loftus, the silent dressing room afterwards, and the moment Warren Gatland called him out in front of 70 people for chasing fame over rugby. He also shares the story of being pulled up on stage to play guitar with the Manic Street Preachers in front of 80,000 people.

But rugby was only half of his life. Jamie spent eight years studying medicine alongside professional rugby, sitting his final exams in the same week Wales played England in 2013. From there he played in Paris, London, Bath, Cape Town, Newport and Sydney before retiring in 2022. Now a resident doctor, he speaks openly about the pressure, the sacrifices and why he believes growth lives outside your comfort zone.

This is the Eventful Life of Jamie Roberts

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