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Jenson Button is a former F1 world champion and one of the greatest racing drivers of his generation. Jenson grew up as part of a motor-racing-mad family under the guidance of his father, John, arriving at Williams as a 20 year-old, to being written off by some as a playboy and his fight back to the very pinnacle of his sport winning the world championship with Brawn GP in 2009
Since retiring Jenson owns a team in the electric off-road series, Extreme E will help revive Radford, the famed British coachbuilding outfit.
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We have brand new content up in our FREE members club THE HIGH PERFORMANCE CIRCLE! On the Circle this month:
* Exclusive Podcast with Chrissie Wellington - 4 x Ironman World Champion and Global Lead for Health & Wellbeing for parkrun.
* Keynote with former England Rugby Sevens captain Ollie Phillips
* High Performance Boosts with British Wheelchair Tennis Champion and Paralympic medal winner Jordanne Whiley MBE, Olympic Gold medal winning rower Ben Hunt-Davis and adventurer Levison Wood.
Go to www.thehighperformancepodcast.com
A big thanks to our founding partners Lotus Cars for their continued support. Thanks also to GIVEMESPORT - the exclusive sports partner of the High Performance Podcast. To gain further access to editorial and social content from the Podcast click here https://www.givemesport.com/podcast
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We launch Series 6 with the ‘Manx Missile’ Mark Cavendish, cycling’s greatest sprinter of all time.
Mark sprinted into the history books on Stage 13 of the Tour de France in 2021, by equalling Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins at the Tour, a record that has been held since 1975.
It has been an extraordinary comeback for Mark, arguably one the greatest in sports history, as he has battled depression, illness and injury.
Get the notebooks ready, and listen to Mark speak like he’s never done before on his lessons and learnings of high performance.
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Thank you to our founding partner Lotus Cars who are back for the new series! Lotus we love you, and wouldn’t be here without you! Check them out at lotuscars.com
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Thanks also to GIVEMESPORT - the exclusive sports partner of the High Performance Podcast. To gain further access to editorial and social content from the Podcast click here https://www.givemesport.com/podcast
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Everton fan Tony swallows his pride to let Liverpool legend, pundit and good mate Jamie Carragher on the show.
As they sit down to chat all things anger, Carra reveals some of his earliest frustrations as a kid came from being way better at football than the rest of the kids at school. He wanted to win so badly he would get sent off for speaking too harshly to the ref or his team mates. That drive and determination to win took him right through his long career at Liverpool FC. However, he admits that playing for the team where he grew up added untold pressures, his competitiveness was too much for his fellow players and it eventually led him to consult a sports psychologist.
As well as offering incredible insight into his career, Jamie reveals some of the locker room punch-ups he witnessed over the years, tells Tony which manager wound him up the most and how he feels footballers have gone soft. He even tells all about what winds him up as a pundit.
P.S. Don't mention Gary Neville!
Producer: Mike HoltBooker: Charlie CopseySocial Media: Lucy OlivaExecutive Producer: Alice Lloyd
An Orion Publishing Group production for BBC 5 Live and BBC Sounds.
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Former world champion boxer Tony Bellew meets one of his comedy heroes as he gets to ask Ricky Gervais what makes him angry.
From people eating loudly in restaurants, to waiters sniffing, men yawning loudly on aeroplanes to seeing dogs being yanked on the lead, Ricky admits small things make him angry every day.
He reveals what happened 30 years ago that made him the angriest he’s ever been and why an incident with his mum and brother helped turn him into an animal activist. To Tony’s surprise Ricky also turns out to be a fan of his and describes a charity boxing match as the hardest thing he’s ever done. Packed with laughs and surprises, you don’t want to miss this episode.
Producer: Mike HoltBooker: Charlie CopseySocial Media: Lucy OlivaExecutive Producer: Alice Lloyd
An Orion Publishing Group production for BBC 5 Live and BBC Sounds.
