Sound of Silence is the world's first silent podcast featuring special guests. Each episode is recorded face to face with a special guest and captures the silence that arises between the guest and podcast host Steve Chapman. The podcast began in the summer of 2018 and will feature a total of 100 episodes. This episode features the collected silence…

This is the final episode of Sound of Silence. For the last two and a half years I've had many ideas about how to mark the end of this project. Maybe I'd get a really famous guest on for the final episode. Or invite that random bloke on Twitter who said that this was a stupid idea on the day that I started the project. Or gather 100 people together…

This episode's guest is Eddie Izzard. Eddie is an award winning comedian, film, TV and stage actor, political activist and marathon runner. Since his 1993 West End debut he has performed a number of critically acclaimed shows including Unrepeatable, Glorious, Dressed to Kill and Force Majeure which became the most extensive comedy tour ever perform…

This episode's guest is Jayde Adams. Jayde is an award-winning comedian and proud Bristolian described by Dawn French as "the 3rd funniest woman in the world." Her debut Edinburgh Fringe show Jayde 31 was nominated for Best Newcomer in 2016 whilst her critically acclaimed The Ballad of Kylie Jenner's Old Face" was filmed and released worldwide on A…

This episode's guest is Robert Twigger. Robert is a polymath who is entranced by the idea of polymathy. He is the author of 12 books including Angry White Pyjamas, The Extinction Club, Voyageur and Micromastery. He is also an adventurer who headed an expedition to northern Borneo, made the first exploration of the Western Desert using a hand-hauled…

Sound of Silence is the world's first silent podcast featuring special guests. Each episode is recorded face to face with a special guest and captures the silence that arises between the guest and podcast host Steve Chapman. The podcast began in the summer of 2018 and will feature a total of 100 episodes. This episode features the collected silence…

This episode's guest is Olia Hercules. Olia is a London-based Ukranian chef and food writer known for her cookbooks, columns and tv work. She trained at the renowned Leiths school of food and wine and went on to work as a Chef de Partie in a variety of restaurants including Ottolenhi. She is a regular food writer for the Guardian and has appeared o…

Sound of Silence is the world's first silent podcast featuring special guests. Each episode is recorded face to face with a special guest and captures the silence that arises between the guest and podcast host Steve Chapman. The podcast began in the summer of 2018 and will feature a total of 100 episodes. This episode features the collected silence…

This episode's guest is Stephen Wright. Stephen is an artist known for his distinctive paintings, sculptures, memory boards and the extraordinary House of Dreams. The house is an immersive, breathtaking and moving piece of installation art that has transformed an ordinary house on an ordinary London street into a bizarre, colourful and utterly fasc…

Sound of Silence is the world's first silent podcast featuring special guests. Each episode is recorded face to face with a special guest and captures the silence that arises between the guest and podcast host Steve Chapman. The podcast began in the summer of 2018 and will feature a total of 100 episodes. This episode features the collected silence…

This episode's guest is Rebecca Humphries. Rebecca is a writer and actress known for appearing on the BBC's Trigonometry and The Agency, Comedy Central's Big Bad World and Channel 4's Cardinal Burns. As a writer, her hit musical Prom Kween won 3 awards and was the highest rated comedy show of the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe. As a journalist she has writt…

Sound of Silence is the world's first silent podcast featuring special guests. Each episode is recorded face to face with a special guest and captures the silence that arises between the guest and podcast host Steve Chapman. The podcast began in the summer of 2018 and will feature a total of 100 episodes. This video features the collected silence f…

This episode's guest is Carl Richards. Carl is a Financial Planner, an author, a speaker and an artist. He is best known as the creator of the popular Sketch Guy column that has appeared weekly in the New York Times since 2010. He is the author of two books, is a much in demand public speaker and his distinctive napkin sketches have been exhibited …

Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week. This week features all of the silences from episodes 41-50 Guests on this compilation: 00:09 Chris F Clark 02:06 Richard Vranch 04:04 Nonnie Peifer 06:00 Mr Gee 07:51 Nic Shayler 09:50 The Do Pause Collecti…

This episode's guest is Kathryn Chapman. Kathryn is a photographer, speaker and mental health advocate who specialises in using photography as a therapeutic method of self discovery. She is known for her fantastical creative photoshoots, has snapped celebrities such as Graham Norton, Stephen Fry and Bear Grylls and has been featured in publications…

Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week. This week features all of the silences from episodes 31-40 featuring : 00:09 Wendy O'Mahoney 02:04 JP Flintoff 04:03 Timandra Harkness 05:55 Brian Kaplan 07:51 Anoushé Hussain 09:46 Blaine Harrison 11:41 Ad…

This episode's guest is Charlie Dark. Charlie is a musician, DJ, poet, yogi, speaker, writer and community builder, amongst many other things. He was a founding member of the trip-hop sensations Attica Blues and his work connects communities, encourages togetherness and provides people with the skills to navigate and survive the daily challenges of…

Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week. This week features all of the silences from episodes 21-30 00:08 Nick Parker 02:03 Keith Johnstone 04:02 Ola Odumosu 05:53 Dave Birss 07:45 Lena Peters 09:39 Lee Simpson 11:31 Pip Stewart 13:22 Khurshed Den…

Liela is a singer, known for her work as a solo artist and with the British Indie/Alternative band The Duke Spirit. Since forming in 2003 The Duke Spirit have released 5 studio albums as well as a live album recorded in Dresden and have appeared on many seminal TV shows including Later with Jools Holland, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Late …

Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week. This week features all of the silences from episodes 11-20 featuring Victor Adebowale, Maria Koripas, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves), Heather Urquart & Joe Samuel, Mark Shayler, Kay Scorah, Ade Adeniji, Simone L…

This episode's guest is Theo (aka Super Theo). Theo is 3.5 years old and is interested in everything. He particularly likes bicycles and planes because they can go to the front of the traffic. Theo doesn't like radiators because they get too hot and his ambition is to light matches. Recorded on Ernie's Beach, River Thames, London. Support the show…

Due to restrictions in being able to record new episodes of the podcast a compilation of previous silences is being broadcast every other week. This week features all of the silences from episodes 1-10 featuring Sam Conniff, Charlotte Sills, Fred Deakin, Rosie & Faris Yakob, Rob Poynton, Michelle Morgan, Simon Cavicchia, Elizabeth Pick, Neil Mullar…

This episode's guest is Patricia Niven. Patricia is an award winning food and portrait photographer. Her beautiful images convey her philosophy of the interconnectedness of food with the hope that it inspires others to have a greater awareness and appreciation of the relationship between the land, the producer and the preparer. Her work has been ex…

This episode's guest is Matt Ballantine. Matt is a sociologist, blogger, podcaster, musician and technology aficionado. He is co-host of the popular WB-40 podcast which features conversations on how technology is changing how we work and his blog mmitII is an eclectic mix of pieces about technology, music, politics and his diary. He is a guest colu…

This episode's guest is Joan Iyiola. Joan is an actress, producer and entrepreneur best known for playing the lead role in The Dutchess of Malfi at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon. She has performed at a variety of prestigious venues including the Young Vic, The Almedia and Shakespeare's Globe in plays such as A Season in the Congo, Boudica and Ecli…

This episode's guest is Inua Ellams. Inua is a poet, playwright, performer, graphic artist and designer. He is an ambassador for the Ministry of Stories and has published 4 books of poetry including "Thirteen Fairy Negro Tales", "The Wire-Headed Heathen" and "#Afterhours". His first play "The 14th Tale" was awarded a Fringe First at Edinburgh and "…

This episode's guest is Enni-Kukka Tuomala. Enni is an empathy designer and artist whose work focusses on tackling some of the key challenges of our time such as racism, sexism, the refugee crisis and the polarisation of politics. Her work has taken her around the world with projects such as "Empathy Exchange" - a social experiment on the streets o…

This episode’s guest is Ian Bonar. Ian is an actor and playwright who has played a wide variety of stage, TV and big screen roles. He is conwn for appearing in TV shows such as New Blood, Southcliffe and Black Mirror and has just finished recording January 22nd. On the big screen he can be seen in films such as atonement, Kon-Tiki and the Bond clas…

This episode's' guest is Nicky Hirst. Nicky is an artist interested in moments of serendipity. In addition to her gallery work, many of her striking public art commissions can be seen around the UK from libraries to collected to residential buildings to hospitals. She takes photographs as a daily discipline, has a love of language when the words ru…

This episode’s guest is Sabú Caps. Sabú is interested in expression and finding different ways to express ourselves as human beings. He works with music, art, movement, poetry and drumming to help others find meaning in this existence we call life. Recorded in Norbury, London. Support the showAv Recorded in Norbury, London.

This episode's guest is Vinca Petersen. Vinca is a photographer, installation, multimedia and performance artist whose work emerges from her deep social and political engagement with under represented communities to give them voice and recognition. Her photobooks documenting subcultures have been exhibited in the likes of the Tate Modern and in 201…

This episode's guest is Mark Radcliffe. Mark is a Sony Award winning broadcaster, musician and writer. His extensive radio career has seen him present shows on BBC Radio 5, Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6Music including the Radio 2 Folk Show and the legendary Radio 1 "Mark and Lard" show which he co-presented with Mark Riley. He has also presented a number …

This episode’s guest is Lesley Graney. Leslie is a mother, wife, social entrepreneur and founder of Random Acts of Nonsense. Lesley started Random Acts of Nonsense as a Whatsapp group in response to her devastating diagnosis of secondary breast cancer but it soon developed into a website and a series of live events before blossoming into an interac…

This episode's guest is Remi Rough. Remi is a street and gallery artist who is known for his abstract geometric shapes, colours and edges. His art began on walls and trains in South London in the mid 1980s and he went on to become a key exponent and important figure in the abstract graffiti movement. His work has since been exhibited in cities such…

This episode's guest is Maria Oshodi. Maria is a blind writer, theatre director and disability arts consultant whose experimental work pushes the artistic and aesthetic boundaries between experience, identity and place. She has written plays such as "The S Bend", "Blood Sweat and Fears", the screenplay "Mug" for Channel 4 and was recognised as one …

This episodes guests are Adam Shakinovsky & Kristian Brodie. Adam is a writer and storyteller who has made short films with the likes of John Malkovic and Anjelica Huston. Kristian is an award winning film producer whose films include the BAFTA winning Beast and the BIFA award winning next goal wins. Together they curate and co-host the live storyt…

This episode's guest is Caroline Casey. Caroline is a rebel, a trouble-maker, a dangerous dreamer and an adventurer. She is also a disability activist who founded The Valuable 500 - a catalyst for an inclusion revolution that exists to position disability on the global business leadership agenda. Recorded at the House of St Barnabus, Soho, London. …

This episode's guest is Laurence Shorter. Laurence is an author, comedian, coach and creator of "Lazy Guru" - the world's first cartoon guide to mindfulness and flow. He is author of "A Hedonist's Guide to Talin" and the best seller "The Optimist: One Man's Search for the Brighter Side of Life" in which he met people such as Desmond Tutu and Richar…

This episode's guest is Marella Campagna. Marella is a fashion designer, storyteller, writer and activist. She studied fashion at Central St Martin's school in London and went on to design for a number of renowned Italian brands. However, an unexpected meeting with a famous anthropologist on a train reignited her passion for literature and led to h…

This episode's guest is Charlie Gladstone. Charlie is a man who does many things. He is the co-founder of lifestyle and vintage brand Pedlars that has both a virtual and vintage marketplace on the web and an actual store and cafe in London's Notting Hill. He is host of the Mavericks podcast in which he talks to people who have swum against the tide…

This episode's guest is Katie Elliott. Katie started out as an author and illustrator of children's music books, helping thousands of children learn how to read and write music using cartoon slugs. She later became a jazz flautist and pianist, recorded an album, made a charity pop single and toured theatres playing keyboards in a range of unlikely …

This episode's guest is Nigel "Zebrahead" Smith. Nigel is a connector of randomicity who makes stuff. He is the co-founder of Hope and Mania, a project that raises money for Papyrus by selling t-shirts emblazoned with doodles created in order to keep anxiety at bay. Recorded in the chapel of the House of Saint Barnabus, London. Support the show…

This episode's guest is Chloë Clarke. Chloë is a performer and theatre director with a specialist knowledge of audio description and its creative integration into theatre, arts and film. Chloë is visually impaired and throughout her career has been committed to creating work that is inherently accessible, challenging work that isn't and helping oth…

This episode's guest is Neil Baker. Neil is an award winning writer who has written for the likes of The Economist, Which? and the World Economic Forum. He is a board member of 26.org.uk, a not for profit that works to inspire a greater love of words in business and in life and partner at Dark Angels, an organisation that helps people around the wo…

This episode's guest is Hayley Welsh. Hayley is an artist and illustrator who is quoted by Jetstar magazine as "one of the top 10 street artists you should know by now." She has painted her surreal, whimsical street art across the globe in the UK, Australia, the US and Europe and founded the Blackburn "Open Walls" street art initiative, a programme…

This episode's guest is Brian Beaton. Brian is a coach and a mentor who has worked with thousands of people who have lost their confidence through lack of support, isolation and direction. He is programme manager of the House of Saint Barnabus Employment Academy, a charitable organisation that specialises in helping those who are socially excluded …

This episode's guest is Charlotte Edmonds. Charlotte is a choreographer and dancer who trained at the Royal Ballet and Rambert School. She was the inaugural Royal Ballet Young Choreographer between 2015-2018 and has since worked with a plethora of film makers, composers and artists to create works using dance to portray the complexities of society.…

This episode's guest is David Shrigley. David is a visual artist whose work has been exhibited around the world in places such as the Anton Kern Gallery in New York, Museum Ludwig in Germany and the Hayward Gallery in London. He is the author of 40 books including "Fully Coherant Plan" and "Weak Messages Create Bad Situations", was nominated for th…

This episode's guest is Miranda West. Miranda is the founder of The Do Book Company, a publisher of over 20 books written by speakers who have appeared at the legendary Do Lectures in Wales. She has worked in the book industry for over 20 years from indie publishers to the likes of Penguin and Random House and in 2014 she was named one of the top 1…

This episode's guest is Dan Kieran. Dan is an author, a travel writer and co-founder of Unbound, an organisation with the mission to disrupt publishing and liberate ideas that wouldn't traditionally make it to print. As an author he has published 13 books including The Surfboard, The Idle Traveller and I Fought The Law and he is fond of contemplati…