Category Archives: Bravery

Relentless, by Dean Stott

Dean Stott: Relentless: From SBS To World Record Breaker

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dean Stott, former British Special Forces soldier, adventurer, philanthropist, author, international speaker, and two time world record holder. Ira Pastor comments: Today we have the honor to be joined on the show by Mr. Dean Stott, former British Special Forces soldier, adventurer, philanthropist, author, […]

Mayor Zafari Ghafari bestowing an award

Mayor Zarifa Ghafari: Fighting for women’s rights, security, universal access to education and economic development in a war-zone

Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Mayor Zarifa Ghafari, the first female mayor of Maidan Shahr, capital city of a province in Afghanistan and voted as one of the BBC 100 Women of 2019. Andrea Macdonald comments: The current war in Afghanistan began with the United States invasion on 7 October 2001. It has cost […]

Tilly Lockey, Credit Christopher Owens @thisischrisjo

“Bionic Girl” Tilly Lockey, the Real Life Alita

Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Tilly Lockey. Tilly Lockey, the girl who is making prosthetics cool and her father Adam Lockey, recently spoke with Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme. They discussed Tilly’s incredible journey to becoming a worldwide spokesperson for prosthetics and meningitis awareness. Tilly Lockey is not your average 13 year old girl. […]

Tamara Rojo, photographed by Karolina Kuras

Tamara Rojo, Lead Principal Dancer and Artistic Director, English National Ballet

 Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director and Lead Principal Dancer for the English National Ballet. Tamara Rojo ideaXme’s mission is to Move the human story forward!™. In today’s interview, this concept of movement takes on a literal meaning of moving the human body forward. We explore the new, evolving and […]

Ted picture Mindy

Blast off to a Better Life: Dr. Mindy Howard Astronaut Trainer Explains How!

Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Dr. Mindy Howard, astronaut trainer. Listen to this interview to discover Dr. Mindy Howard’s path to becoming an astronaut trainer. Learn of her current role as astronaut trainer for Blue Abyss and AdvancingX Career Astronauts. Moreover, hear her advice for Yumna Majeed, for B.S (Hons) in Medical Laboratory Technology […]

Status Row 3 credit Robin Skjoldborg

What Makes the Brave, BRAVE? Status Row Explains

Amy Jones ideaXme bravery ambassador and founder of Recollect interviews team Status Row, a trio of incredibly brave and relatively inexperienced female rowers who rowed 3,000 miles in The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2018. Her objective is to discover, what made them so brave? Bravery moves the human story forward. We make progress as a […]

Using the power of art and science to fight climate change

Using the Power of Art and Science to Fight Climate Change

Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Ben Whitehouse, artist and founder of SkyDay who talks of his global mission and citizen art work, launched on 21 September 2017 and installed on the International Space Station in 2018 to tackle climate change. ideaXme asks why and how he is using the power of art and science […]

Caroline Dubois

Caroline Dubois, Boxing Gold Medalist Youth Olympics 2018 Talks of Tokyo

Mica Moore, ideaXme sports ambassador, interviews boxer Caroline Dubois. On 18 October 2018, Caroline Dubois, 17 won boxing gold in the women’s lightweight boxing category at the Youth Olympics, Buenos Aires against Porntip Buapa, Thailand and is now unbeaten in 35 fights. Shortly after Caroline won gold, Mica Moore, bobsleigh Olympic finalist 2018 and ideaXme […]

You don't want to think, I wish. You want to think, I tried it. I learnt on the way!

“You Don’t Want to Think, I Wish. You Want to Think, I Tried It. I Learnt on the Way!”

  First published on 6 June 2016. Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme, interviews Rety Lubala Lulando, Gregorio Davico and Shaurya Pandey, students who are part of the leadership team at Westminster Business Consultants (WBC). Three go getting students have something important to share with you. Listen to their human stories and their views on the […]