Bright Ideas with Anita Rani: the new podcast coming soon
What does your gut microbiome really do? What's the best app to learn a new language? How do you start a business? What's the best thing to cook in an air fryer? What does living your best life really mean?
Anita Rani is finding it all out – and more – as she sits down with celebrities and experts to uncover the tips, tech, life hacks and bright ideas they use to make life a little happier every day in a new podcast in partnership with EE, Bright Ideas with Anita Rani.
Kicking off her career in media more than 20 years ago, Anita is now presenter of Countryfile and Radio 4's Woman's Hour, and will bring her infectious optimism and insatiable curiosity to the podcast to unearth the unexpected, the heart-warming, the practical and the insightful.
Every week Anita will be joined by a different guest for a conversation about how they have fostered happiness in their own lives. Each episode covers four areas of our worlds that combine to make up a flourishing life: our home lives, work and careers, our appetite to learn new things, and how we unwind and have fun.
Kicking off the first episode with Anita will be doctor, TV presenter, author and columnist Dr Ranj Singh, sharing his insights into what makes up a happy, healthy life. After beginning his career as an NHS clinician, Ranj's TV career took off after he won a children's Bafta award for Get Well Soon. As a passionate advocate for mental health, he'll be talking to Anita about the small changes we can all make to add some brightness to our lives – including the importance of dancing – as well as how his experience of coming out as an Asian man has impacted his understanding of happiness, acceptance and confidence.
Anita will also be joined by Dr Julie Smith – clinical psychologist, online educator and bestselling author with a combined audience of 10 million. She shares informative and easy-to-digest videos, tips and advice online about how we can all look after our mental health, and will be passing on her best hacks and insights to Anita. Bake Off legend and TV chef Nadiya Hussain will also be revealing her best advice for a brighter life, as well as how she deals with the constant question of juggling motherhood and career – 'I don't think anyone is asking Jamie Oliver who's looking after his kids!' – and the importance of home.
Also sitting down to chat will be mother-and-daughter duo Andi and Miquita Oliver – each with their own impressive careers as TV chef and presenter respectively; comedy legend and Pointless presenter Alexander Armstrong; trailblazing sports presenter Kirsty Gallacher; This Morning host Ben Shephard; gut health expert and nutritionist Dr Megan Rossi; and entrepreneur and notonthehighstreet founder Holly Tucker MBE.
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