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Elaine Kinsella is a scholar based at the University of Limerick in the heart of the Emerald Isle. There, she has been involved in key research around the renaissance of heroism and has authored or co-authored some of the key papers which are helping us to navigate our way through this complex and fascinating area of study.
THE HERO FORGE PODCAST SERIES ANDY FISHER Daniele Bolleli is a writer, martial artist, history professor and is perhaps best known as the host of ‘The Drunken Taoist’ podcast and ‘History on Fire’ – two shows which have garnished him much deserved praise and respect. He is the author of ‘Not Afraid’ and ‘On the […]
Episode description Jo Edwardes is first and foremost an old and dear friend – he and I go back to our teenage years when we wooed women, planned world domination and spent too much of our time posing in highly questionable outfits! Jo is a respected authority in the Social Enterprise space and is currently […]
Episode description Sam Morris is the creator of a unique mentoring program called ‘Zen Warrior Training’. When he was just 24, Sam experienced a catastrophic event which was to shape the rest of his life. Paralysed from the waist down, Sam had a choice to make: to give up, or discover the tools and skills […]
Episode description Scott Allison is Professor of Psychology at the University of Richmond and is one of the leading researchers in leadership and modern heroism studies. He has published numerous books including ‘Reel Heroes’, a study of heroism on the silver screen, and more recently the ‘Handbook of Heroism and Heroic leadership’. Scott has presented […]
THE HERO FORGE PODCASTS . Produced by Andy Fisher Marcus Alexander is the author of a series of children’s fantasy novels and has presented talks to more than 1,600 schools across the globe, garnering an international following. Marcus is a renaissance man in the trust sense of the world; he has been a professional chef, […]
Caspar Craven was a successful business man with three young children and every reason to double down on his comfortable life in the city. So what possessed him to take his family with him on a two year sailing odyssey around the world? What did he learn on that voyage and how is he now […]
THE HERO FORGE PODCAST SERIES ANDY FISHER Episode description In this episode I interview Dave Rendall, author of ‘The Freak Factor’, speaker, out-of-the-box thinker and regular contributor to the Hero Roundtable. If you are searching for the super hero within you and want to join the “Everyday Hero” movement then head over to The […]
Duncan Slater was on patrol in Afghanistan as part of Operation Pather’s Claw in 2009 when his vehicle drove over a roadside bomb. The explosion threw him from the vehicle, breaking nearly every bone in his body. After more than a year of complications during rehabilitation, he made the decision to have both legs amputated. […]
Episode description Having successfully completed the trek to the South Pole, double amputee Duncan Slater could easily have rested on his laurels, but instead he decided to take on an even more daunting challenge – the Marathon Des Sables. Touted as the toughest land race on earth, participants cover 252km through some of the most […]
