BBC Radio Podcasts from Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett

From Prison to Playwriting with Ric Renton

Ric Renton shares how reading the dictionary in prison aided his writing career.

Lottie Clarke shares her husband's story and says why she thinks UK law should change.

Fashion writer Billie Bhatia on living in a bigger body, fatphobia and weight loss jabs

Tracey Emin discusses love, feminism, and making art after losing her bladder to cancer.

Deborah Douglas is a victim of a disgraced surgeon who maimed many of his patients.

Chris Davids of Maribou State discusses suffering from a rare brain condition.

Writer Laura Dockrill on the extreme delusions she suffered from after her son's birth.

In 2011, actor Jason Watkins' two-year-old daughter Maude died from undiagnosed sepsis.

Dr Koshka Duff on her "terrifying" experience of being strip searched by the police.

Why BBC local news anchor Polly Evans disappeared from screens overnight.

How you can build a future without the thing that you want the most.

After a cardiac arrest, Patrick Charnley was clinically dead. He came back a changed man.

Journalist Archie Bland on his son, Max, who nearly died when he was just seven weeks old

N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos discusses a decade of fighting court battles.

Yoni Finlay was shot as a synagogue in Manchester was attacked on 2 October 2025.

How a teenage promise for a friend born without a womb was fulfilled over a decade later.

Katherine Ryan shares how she’s learned not to care about not being liked.

The comedian discusses how he got past perfectionism and blindness to dance on live TV.

Emma talks to Kate Thornton about something she’s never spoken about publicly before.

Emma reveals more about the bold, honest conversations coming up in her new podcast.