
What does it mean to be different? Is it how we think? Or how we act? In this BBC podcast, Nicky Campbell explores just that with guests who are extraordinarily different.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 70 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Categories | DocumentarySociety & Culture | ||||

At school Nicky, along with many other pupils of Edinburgh Academy, was the victim of vicious abuse from teacher John Brownlee. Nicky didn’t think Brownlee’s crimes would ever be answered, but in March 2024, they went to court.
John Brownlee is 89 ... more
Jarren Rocks tells Nicky about creating Seance AI, a programme that allows us to speak to people we have lost. They discuss the rise of grief tech - how it can be a great tool to helpfully grieve, but also it's dangers. They discuss dystopian futures... more
Jody Plauché joins Nicky to tell him a remarkable story of survival, revenge and family. At 11 Jody was groomed then kidnapped by his karate teacher Jeff Doucet, an America wide manhunt ensued and Jody’s attacker was apprehended, and Jody returned ho... more
In the first series of Different Nicky spoke to journalist Alex Renton about the abuse that he saw and experienced at his school, the Edinburgh Academy, in the 1970s. Since the episode, ‘Edgar’ was published, many more victims have come forward, and ... more
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There is no real depth here. Nicky Campbell has a superficial line of questioning in these podcasts which renders even the most fascinating subjects uninteresting; he does them, and his guests, a disservice.
Great interviewer who facilitates well allowing the guest to really open up and tell their story
Nicky is the whole package , funny interesting and always brings the best out of every situation. And most importantly very honest.. 5 stars !!!
July 2023
A Record Player !
What an amazing pod cast fantastic work Nicky so interesting and emotional. What a fantastic guest now brought his book.
You make my week so much better love the pod casts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟
Fascinating people, wonderful interviews which are a joy to listen to, excellent production.
I’ve listened to a few of these and somehow they are not as interesting as I would have liked. Nicky’s questions are generally pretty slight. I have just listened to the one with the drug smuggler. Nicky just let’s this guy ramble on in some confusing detail - asking a few facile moral questions at the start then involving him in a daft (and boring) hypothetical question at the end. It should have been better.
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