‍Good Books

Stories of Distinction & Genius
with your host, Motivational Comedian
Chris Grimes

Calling all Authors!

A large audience awaits you in ‘The Clearing’, as you tell us the ‘story-behind-the-story’ of your ‘Good Book’ to increase sales. Read an extract of your choice and point us to exactly where we can go and find your Good Book to buy it.

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What's it all about?

It's the podcast with the squirrels and the tree from Motivational Comedian Chris Grimes!

Think 'Desert Island Discs' but in a ‘Clearing’ and with Stories rather than Music.

Who are my guests?

In 'The Good Listening To Show' I invite movers & makers, shakers & mavericks, influencers & also personal heroes from the worlds of Arts & Entertainment, Business & Popular Culture into a ‘Clearing’ or ‘serious happy place’ of their choosing to all share with us their remarkable stories of ‘Distinction and Genius’.

WHO ARE MY LISTENERS?

The Good Listening To Show is also broadcast on Chris’s weekly programme on UK Health Radio, which has an audience reach of nearly 2 million listeners across 54 countries. This means that your episode will not only be heard by listeners at home, but also by a wide-ranging international audience abroad. This helps you to raise your profile, boost your brand and grow sales. In addition, all episodes are recorded as either Facebook or LinkedIn LIVES, automatically connecting you with host Chris’s extensive social media network as he records.

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In the series that cuts through the noise of other podcasts, Chris invites his guests to share their life and career journeys to reveal intriguing insights, invaluable tips and advice, and heartwarming anecdotes.

Chris’s guests are guided by a unique and engaging format involving rich storytelling metaphors such as a Tree, a juicy exercise called '5-4-3-2-1', some Alchemy, a bar of Gold, a couple of random Squirrels, a cheeky bit of Shakespeare and a Cake! So, it's all to play for!

Plus, his guests all get to ‘pass along the Golden Baton’ to a NEXT guest of their choosing, to keep the golden thread of the story trail going.

You too can join Chris’s ‘Genius Club’ by becoming his guest. Just choose from one of the show’s different strands, Brand Strand/Founder Stories, Good Books, Corporate, Festival & Theatre Shows, Leadership Reflections and Legacy: Life Reflections, listed below.

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Are you an Author, Novelist, Biographer, Poet, Composer or Playwright? A Publisher, Agent or Festival Director?

Are you keen to share your new book or work with as wide an audience as possible? Promoters, are you looking to boost your marketing campaign and generate sales?

This is a high-value, low-cost opportunity to get into Chris Grimes’s Good Books and give nearly 2 million people in 54 countries the chance to ‘Read all about it’. You’ll share the story of your new book / play / film / musical work / scientific research paper / nail-biting drama as you talk about your inspirations, sources, unsung contributors & supporters. PLUS, to promote it, you'll get to perform or read an extract of your choice.

Actor & broadcaster Chris is an award-winning filmmaker & writer of scripts & comedy sketches, so you’ll be ‘amongst friends’ when creating this recording to:

  • reach new audiences promoting your work UK and worldwide
  • promote yourself & your career to attract new audiences & inspire others
  • state clearly how & where people can buy your new publication
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Leadership Reflections

Are you a Leader, CEO, MD, Divisional Head, Entrepreneur, Business Owner or SME Founder?

Does being ‘time-poor’ leave you struggling to communicate? Do you want to share your Leadership experience to benefit colleagues? Or wish you had more time to get your key messages across?

This is your opportunity to tell your story in a way that’s more human and authentic, and less transactional than a scripted, in-house corporate message.
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Safe in my hands, you’ll create a memorable and valuable recording you can use all year as you:

  • share your podcast with stakeholders, board members, in-house teams, at your AGM
  • talk about your Leadership style, lessons you’ve learned and your future plans
  • bid a fond farewell to colleagues as you retire, or greet staff as you start a new senior role
  • inspire the next generation of Leaders by sharing some of your wisdom and experience

This is a high-value, low-cost and time-effective solution: a rare opportunity to share your reflections on leadership with internal or external audiences, or both.

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Good Books

Are you an Author, Novelist, Biographer, Poet, Composer or Playwright? A Publisher, Agent or Festival Director?

Are you keen to share your new book or work with as wide an audience as possible? Promoters, are you looking to boost your marketing campaign and generate sales?

This is a high-value, low-cost opportunity to get into Chris Grimes’s Good Books and give nearly 2 million people in 54 countries the chance to ‘Read all about it’. You’ll share the story of your new book / play / film / musical work / scientific research paper / nail-biting drama as you talk about your inspirations, sources, unsung contributors & supporters. PLUS, to promote it, you'll get to perform or read an extract of your choice.

Actor & broadcaster Chris is an award-winning filmmaker & writer of scripts & comedy sketches, so you’ll be ‘amongst friends’ when creating this recording to:

  • reach new audiences promoting your work UK and worldwide
  • promote yourself & your career to attract new audiences & inspire others
  • state clearly how & where people can buy your new publication
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Legacy: Life Reflections

To capture the Life Story of someone near or dear to you for posterity.

Want to create an enduring memory for your family to remember you by? Is there someone special whose inspiring life you’d like to preserve for eternity?

Now there’s an easy way to capture & share such Golden Moments. My Private Podcast series gives guests their unique ‘moment in the sunshine’ so listeners can enjoy the highlights of a person’s life.

As extra 2-for-1 value, podcasts are filmed, giving guests both an audio & video recording.

An artist will take weeks to paint your portrait. Penning your autobiography, a ghost-writer will ask you questions for months. Both cost thousands, but the modest fee attached to your podcast episode won’t and allows you to:

  • share a warm conversation, reminisce with favourite anecdotes and create a recording to be enjoyed now and/or stored for future generations
  • give the interview as a birthday or Christmas gift to someone special
  • ensure the treasured memories, wisdom and experience of an elderly relative will live on
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Corporate, Festival & Theatre Shows

Are you a company Events Manager or HR Director? A fundraiser, venue owner or festival organiser? A theatre programmer or director?

If you would like to host a client event with a difference, The Good Listening To Show is also available as a LIVE Theatre or Events Show, with simultaneous streaming to Facebook & YouTube or to a social media channel of your choice.

The performance is a fully designed stage show with Chris Grimes as your host and presenter. It gives you the opportunity to invite an audience of your choice to a live, recorded and filmed episode of the podcast.

For corporates, guests to the show can be stakeholders or clients. For festivals, an invited audience to hear about an author’s new book. For theatres, to discover the ‘story behind the story’ of a particular show or can be offered as a fundraising event.

The show has already been staged in corporate, festival and theatre settings. There is a very small fee just to cover production costs. If you would like to discuss your particular requirements, please get in touch for a confidential conversation.

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About Chris Grimes

Motivational Comedian. Facilitator. Coach. Broadcaster.

‘The Good Listening To Show’ podcast host Chris Grimes has spent the past 25 years globetrotting, gaining a wealth of international experience as a much sought-after Executive Coach, helping business leaders and their teams at some of the world's biggest blue-chip companies to communicate better, at work and in life. From Bristol to Bangkok, Newcastle to New York and from Manchester to Milan, he has worked in 20 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, supporting over 3,000 professionals, improving their personal impact, presence, presentation techniques and storytelling skills.

Chris’s natural talent for bringing out the best in people flourished at drama school, then as an actor, comedy improvisation performer and, later, as a drama teacher and Artistic Director with the acclaimed comedy improvisation company, Instant Wit. His idol is Stan Laurel, of comic duo Laurel and Hardy fame – the inspiration perhaps for Chris’s very own quirky, warm sense of humour.

Transferring his business communication skills and stage experience to the recording studio, Chris is constantly surprised and delighted by the illuminating ‘Stories of Distinction and Genius’ his podcast guests feel able to share. Their rich life experiences and valuable business anecdotes are also broadcast on UK Health Radio where the podcast airs on Chris’s weekly show, reaching a further 1.3 million listeners in 54 countries.

Chris coaches many top blue-chip companies:

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Previous guests of Distinction & Genius who have featured on the show...

Christopher Biggins - Actor Celebrity & National Treasure
Christopher Biggins - Actor Celebrity & National Treasure

On 50 Glittering Years in Showbiz!

Josette Bushell Mingo - Principal of The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama
Josette Bushell Mingo - Principal of The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama

On securing the future of Black and Deaf Arts & British Theatre

David Hieatt - Serial Entrepreneur, Founder of The DO Lectures & Hiut Denim
David Hieatt - Serial Entrepreneur, Founder of The DO Lectures & Hiut Denim

"No Short Cut to Success: Tomorrow We Go Again"

Ross King MBE - TV Presenter, Showbizz Correspondent & Broadcasting Legend
Ross King MBE - TV Presenter, Showbizz Correspondent & Broadcasting Legend

Life on the Red Carpet for "Our Man in Hollywood"

Roger Black OBE - British Olympic Athletics Legend
Roger Black OBE - British Olympic Athletics Legend

On Health, Happiness & Running the Relay Race of Life!

Angie Belcher - Comedienne & Teacher of Stand Up
Angie Belcher - Comedienne & Teacher of Stand Up

On Health Benefits of Comedy on the NHS

Saikhat Ahamed - Actor, Writer, Storyteller
Saikhat Ahamed - Actor, Writer, Storyteller

Bangladeshi Tinkerbell in a Pink TuTu!

Timandra Harkness - Broadcaster & Writer
Timandra Harkness - Broadcaster & Writer

On being a Radio 4 Presenter & an occasional Goat Borrower!

Patrick Dexter - Irish Cellist
Patrick Dexter - Irish Cellist

On going 'Viral' during the Pandemic by playing his Cello on the West Coast of Ireland

Kate Cross MBE, Director of The Egg Theatre (Bath Theatre Royal)
Kate Cross MBE, Director of The Egg Theatre (Bath Theatre Royal)

On the creation & curation of The Egg Theatre, a trail-blazing space for Children's Theatre

Genevieve Grant Thompson - Somatic Worker
Genevieve Grant Thompson - Somatic Worker

On guiding her beloved father towards a 'Good Death' on a Boat in the Caribbean

John Gordon Buchanan (MBE) Wildlife Film Maker
John Gordon Buchanan (MBE) Wildlife Film Maker

On 30 years in the Wild!

Tweedy the Clown (BEM) from Gifford's Circus!
Tweedy the Clown (BEM) from Gifford's Circus!

Slapstick Legend & a Personal Hero: A true 'Vaudevillian' in the Stan Laurel style

Rosie Holt - Comedian, Actress & Satirist
Rosie Holt - Comedian, Actress & Satirist

On Skewering the Political Landscape with Comedy & Satire!

Robin Ince - BiblioManiac, Comedian & Broadcaster
Robin Ince - BiblioManiac, Comedian & Broadcaster

On being unleashed (in a good way!) and set free with a diagnosis of ADHD

Charlie Higson Author, Comedian, Podcaster & “The Fast Show” Co-Creator
Charlie Higson Author, Comedian, Podcaster & “The Fast Show” Co-Creator

A Life of Writing, Laughter & Ignoring His Father's Advice!

Dr Phil Hammond - Medical Comedian, Celebrity & Author
Dr Phil Hammond - Medical Comedian, Celebrity & Author

Good Books: On publishing "Dr Hammond's Covid Casebook" with Private Eye Magazine

Shauna Macdonald Scottish Actress & "Queen of Scream"
Shauna Macdonald Scottish Actress & "Queen of Scream"

On navigating grief, inspiring Scottish Youth Theatre & supporting an 'Epic Quest' to row the Atlantic

Chris Pirie - Artistic Director of Puppet Company "Green Ginger"
Chris Pirie - Artistic Director of Puppet Company "Green Ginger"

On being a 'Sprotter' or Skip Diver & happy memories of a 1970's Childhood

Cal MacAnininch - Scottish Actor & Heroic Atlantic Rower
Cal MacAnininch - Scottish Actor & Heroic Atlantic Rower

On how to avoid "Trenchfoot of the Arse" when on an Epic Quest to row the Atlantic!

Janey Lee Grace, Broadcasting Legend & Founder of 'The Sobriety Club'
Janey Lee Grace, Broadcasting Legend & Founder of 'The Sobriety Club'

"I wanted to change the world but got distracted by something shiny!" On optimum health & wellbeing

Michelle Matherson - BBC Creativity & Diversity Partner
Michelle Matherson - BBC Creativity & Diversity Partner

On Idris Elba and when Maya Angelou noticed she was pregnant and said "My, my my!"

Mac Macartney - Changemaker, Speaker, Author & Founder of Embercombe
Mac Macartney - Changemaker, Speaker, Author & Founder of Embercombe

On sustainability & protecting our future through the energetic imperative of "The Children's Fire"

Phelim McDermott - Award Winning Actor & Director of Improbable Theatre
Phelim McDermott - Award Winning Actor & Director of Improbable Theatre

On the Gathering: Improbable's quest to find a dedicated creative Theatre space to call their home

Jo "Bradders" Bradshaw - Expedition Leader, Outdoor Adventurer & Speaker
Jo "Bradders" Bradshaw - Expedition Leader, Outdoor Adventurer & Speaker

On adaptability & surviving Everest: Not my 1st avalanche!

Alastair Fothergill (OBE) - Wildlife Film Producer & CEO of Silverback Films
Alastair Fothergill (OBE) - Wildlife Film Producer & CEO of Silverback Films

On Planet Earth, other seminal Wildlife films & working with Sir David Attenborough

Tony Curran - Scottish BAFTA Award Winning Actor
Tony Curran - Scottish BAFTA Award Winning Actor

As we 'Trebuchet Across the Atlantic' to meet the Scottish Actor & Fireball of Energy!

Michael Fenton Stevens - Actor, Comedian & Podcast Host
Michael Fenton Stevens - Actor, Comedian & Podcast Host

Being in "Only Fools & Horses" & podcast host of "My Time Capsule"

Eddie Marsan - Actor Extraordinaire
Eddie Marsan - Actor Extraordinaire

On the Power of Paradox as Both a Life & an Acting Philosophy

Lesley Paterson - 4 x OSCAR Winner & Screenwriter
Lesley Paterson - 4 x OSCAR Winner & Screenwriter

Running Up That Hill! From World Champion Triathlete to 4 x OSCAR Winner for "All Quite On The Western Front"

Genius Club Membership

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If you’d like to become a member of The Genius Club and apply to appear on the show, all you need to do is select the Series Strand of your choice and get in touch.

Chris will then get back to you to discuss arrangements for you becoming his guest.

Once you have been interviewed on the show yourself, you become a Genius Club Member and are then eligible to nominate others by passing on the ‘Golden Baton’, as featured within the podcast’s story structure.

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Featured Genius: Gold From The Archive

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How was that for you?

What I love about your show in this dark depressing world at the moment, is that you have created a beautiful oasis of kindness and positivity. I think you've got spun Gold here. Congratulations to you and your team, it's a beautiful, beautiful life-affirming 45-50 minutes. Thank you!

– Brendan O'Hea
Actor, Director & Author of "Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent", co-written with Dame Judi Dench

'Chris approaches the interview in a unique and individual way so it's been great. Normally I sit down, people ask me questions and I reel off the answers, but Chris made me think.'

– Madeleine Black
Glasgow-based author and public speaker

Very enjoyable. Love the format! It's a very good one I think for Authors with plenty of opportunity & flexibility but with a really interesting structure. Very interesting to do, I liked it a lot!

– Cathy Rentzenbrink
Acclaimed Author & Memoirist

I wan't very good at this when I first left the BBC Breakfast sofa because I like asking the questions! So it feels scary but that was really enjoyable! I revealed stuff about myself that I've not said before, so well done you! I agree with Michael Rosen, this is a great way for Authors to talk about their books.

– Louise Minchin
Broadcaster, Author & Endurance Athlete

'It tickled my brain. And now for some cake and a lie-down!'

– Roger McGough CBE
Poet and playwright

'I wondered about it beforehand and I have had plenty of room. I think it worked really well.'

– Mac Macartney
International speaker, writer & change-maker

'I did lots of US promos, radio and TV, also Sky News. Without doubt, the best interview I've had.'

– Malcolm Stern
Psychologist and author of three books

It was fantastic. Your way of curating your Show is wonderful. There is a plethora of podcasts and I've definitely not done or experienced one like this. The structure and the way you guide it is lovely. The 'Clearing' is a wonderful place to come to. Thank you!

– Garry Pratt
Author, Founder & Mountain Leader

'A brilliant podcast interview structure. Chris is warm and generous and made it effortlessly easy for me to tell the story behind my new book.'

– Colin Hunter
Leadership In Business author

'It was quite nice having a route map. Chris's questions made me jump a little outside my normal responses.'

– Ben Dunwell
Novelist & operatic librettist

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If you have a story of Distinction & Genius and would like to apply to be my guest and become a Genius Club Member, simply select your Series Strand of choice and fill in your details:

Thank you so much for your enquiry to ‘The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & Genius’.

I very much look forward to chatting with you about this and I will get back to you very shortly.

Thank you and all best wishes,
Chris

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