Episodes

  • 41: Episode 41: General Dame Sharon Nesmith

    41: Episode 41: General Dame Sharon Nesmith
    Mar 31 2025
    In this episode of the ABF’s podcast, General Talk, Dame Sharon reflects on the balancing act of parenting while serving at the highest levels of military leadership.
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    28 mins
  • 40: Episode 40: 25th Anniversary of the lifting of the Armed Forces LGBT ban

    40: Episode 40: 25th Anniversary of the lifting of the Armed Forces LGBT ban
    Feb 26 2025
    Joining host, Harry Bucknall, to discuss this anniversary and share their experiences are: Ed Hall, Chair of Fighting With Pride; Brigadier Clare Phillips CBE, Deputy Military Secretary and Chair of the Army LGBT+ Network; and Guardsman Wez Guren, serving with the 1st Battalion, the Irish Guards.

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    31 mins
  • 39: Episode 39: Academy Sergeant Major Dan Cope

    39: Episode 39: Academy Sergeant Major Dan Cope
    Jan 30 2025
    The Academy Sergeant Major joins host, Harry Bucknall, to talk about ‘Dan's Running Challenge’, and what it takes to become one of the Army's senior soldiers.
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    24 mins
  • 38: Episode 38: Alix and Brenda Hale

    38: Episode 38: Alix and Brenda Hale
    Dec 20 2024
    In a special Christmas edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall chats to our ambassadors, Brenda Hale OBE, and her daughter Alix.
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    28 mins
  • 37: Episode 37: Army Apprentices Part 2

    37: Episode 37: Army Apprentices Part 2
    Jul 31 2024
    July’s edition of General Talk is the second of two episodes looking at the Army Apprenticeship Programme.
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    47 mins
  • 36: Episode 36: Army Apprentices Part 1

    36: Episode 36: Army Apprentices Part 1
    Jul 4 2024
    Harry Bucknall, the host of our General Talk podcast, visits Marchwood Port, Southampton and learns about the unique maritime nature of the privates’ roles as trainee Port Operators and the transferable skills, and civilian qualifications they are gaining as apprentices.
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    28 mins
  • 35: Episode 35: Lt Gen Tom Copinger-Symes

    35: Episode 35: Lt Gen Tom Copinger-Symes
    Apr 25 2024
    Host Harry Bucknall talks to Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Symes CBE, Deputy Commander UK Strategic Command.
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    30 mins
  • 34: Episode 34: Coldstream Guards Sarajevo 1994

    34: Episode 34: Coldstream Guards Sarajevo 1994
    Mar 20 2024
    In this edition of our General Talk podcast, host Harry Bucknall and guests remember the Band of the Coldstream Guards playing for peace in Sarajevo 30 years ago.
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    33 mins