The podcast
One situation. One expert. One thing to try this week.
Every episode takes a single moment — a first bad grade, a new manager, a child who has stopped talking — and works it through with someone who does this for a living. Published episodes carry timestamped guidance points, so you can take the three conclusions without listening to all of it.
The series
The Intervention Series
One situation, one expert, one thing to try before the week is out.
The flagship show. Each episode takes a single moment of transition — a first bad grade, a new manager, a child who has stopped talking — and works it through with someone who does this for a living.
12 episodes · Weekly
First Ninety Days
Role shock, decoded.
For anyone in a new job, a new team or a new mandate. Short, practical, and organised around the specific week you are in.
6 episodes · Fortnightly
Semester One
Everything the syllabus does not explain.
Built for students in the first two years, and for the people advising them. Executive function, roommates, money, and what to do when it stops working.
7 episodes · Weekly in term
The Long Handover
Staying close while handing over control.
For parents and grown children in the middle of the renegotiation. Conversation scripts, boundaries, and the things people wish they had said differently.
6 episodes · Fortnightly
In production
These are commissioned and being recorded. We publish the slate before the audio exists so that the running order is something listeners get a say in, rather than something we announce.
- In productionThe Intervention Series
1. The First Bad Grade
With an academic resilience coach
- Why does one grade feel like a verdict on who you are?
- What does a useful post-exam review actually look like?
- In productionThe Intervention Series
2. Role Shock
With an executive coach
- What is the difference between struggling and failing in a new role?
- How do you decode an ambiguous mandate in week two?
- In productionThe Intervention Series
3. When They Stop Talking
With a family systems therapist
- Is silence developmental or is it a signal?
- Why do side-by-side conversations work better than face-to-face?
- In productionThe Intervention Series
4. The Anatomy of Burnout
With an occupational psychologist
- Why does rest alone not fix burnout?
- What are the three components, and which one is yours?
- In productionThe Intervention Series
5. Money, Shame and the Spreadsheet
With a financial wellbeing coach
- Why does avoidance make financial anxiety worse?
- What is the one accurate hour that lowers it?
- In productionThe Intervention Series
6. Asking For Accommodations
With a disability and access specialist
- What are you actually entitled to?
- How much do you have to disclose?
What should we cover next?
Requests with the most votes go to the top of the production queue. Anyone with an account can add one or vote.
Are you a practitioner?
We book coaches, counsellors, advisors and clinicians for single episodes on their specialism. You bring the expertise; we handle production, the guidance points and the distribution to an audience that arrived looking for exactly your topic.