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General Talk
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General Talk is a regular podcast from the Army Benevolent Fund featuring interviews with guests from the British Army, past and present. The podcasts give an expert insight into the military's ever-changing role in the modern world and how we, as the Army’s national charity, promote the welfare of our soldiers, veterans and their families
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41: Episode 41: General Dame Sharon Nesmith
Mar 31, 202500:28:20Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the ABF’s podcast, General Talk, Dame Sharon reflects on the balancing act of parenting while serving at the highest levels of military leadership.
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40: Episode 40: 25th Anniversary of the lifting of the Armed Forces LGBT ban
Feb 26, 202500:31:23Tap to summarizeJoining host, Harry Bucknall, to discuss this anniversary and share their experiences are: Ed Hall, Chair of Fighting With Pride; Brigadier Clare Phillips CBE, Deputy Military Secretary and Chair of the Army LGBT+ Network; and Guardsman Wez Guren, serving with the 1st Battalion, the Irish Guards.
Transcribe →39: Episode 39: Academy Sergeant Major Dan Cope
Jan 30, 202500:23:42Tap to summarizeThe Academy Sergeant Major joins host, Harry Bucknall, to talk about ‘Dan's Running Challenge’, and what it takes to become one of the Army's senior soldiers.
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38: Episode 38: Alix and Brenda Hale
Dec 20, 202400:27:45Tap to summarizeIn a special Christmas edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall chats to our ambassadors, Brenda Hale OBE, and her daughter Alix.
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37: Episode 37: Army Apprentices Part 2
Jul 31, 202400:47:26Tap to summarizeJuly’s edition of General Talk is the second of two episodes looking at the Army Apprenticeship Programme.
Transcribe →36: Episode 36: Army Apprentices Part 1
Jul 4, 202400:27:40Tap to summarizeHarry Bucknall, the host of our General Talk podcast, visits Marchwood Port, Southampton and learns about the unique maritime nature of the privates’ roles as trainee Port Operators and the transferable skills, and civilian qualifications they are gaining as apprentices.
Transcribe →35: Episode 35: Lt Gen Tom Copinger-Symes
Apr 25, 202400:29:51Tap to summarizeHost Harry Bucknall talks to Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes CBE, Deputy Commander UK Strategic Command.
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34: Episode 34: Coldstream Guards Sarajevo 1994
Mar 20, 202400:33:08Tap to summarizeIn this edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall and guests remember the Band of the Coldstream Guards playing for peace in Sarajevo 30 years ago.
Transcribe →33: Episode 33: Daz Keelor
Feb 26, 202400:27:48Tap to summarizeDaz Keelor, former soldier and Cornwall veterans’ welfare campaigner, looks back on his Army career, his love of rugby and the RAOC’s amalgamation into the Royal Logistic Corps in the early 1990s.
Transcribe →32: Episode 32: Anthony Loyd
Jan 10, 202400:45:21Tap to summarizeHarry Bucknall talks to Anthony Loyd, The Times’ senior foreign correspondent, about reporting wars and conflicts.
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