Practical interviews for modern pressure points.
Modern Mindset uses direct interviews to make modern life feel a little more navigable. Recent episodes move from homelessness services and kidney health to digital tax, bereavement assets, ageing research, and seasonal gifting.
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Modern Mindset is a brisk interview series that turns contemporary worries into plain-language conversations. Its range is wider than its business taxonomy suggests. Recent episodes move across homelessness, tax, ageing, bereavement, kidney health, and family gifting. The connecting thread is practical explanation. Guests are asked to describe how a system works, where people get stuck, and what can realistically help. A conversation with Sarah Mills focuses on how Porchlight supports people facing homelessness, including outreach, supported accommodation, and the challenge of demand outstripping housing and wraparound support. Episodes on digital tax take a similar approach. Graham Privet and Stuart Miller explain Making Tax Digital, quarterly updates, software adoption, and why landlords or small business owners may need to change old paper-based habits. The show is comfortable with bureaucracy, but it tries to make bureaucracy usable. It also gives space to emotional and health-related subjects. Jonathan Upton discusses bereavement, lost assets, premium bonds, pensions, crypto accounts, and the difficulty of knowing what exists after someone dies. Fiona Loud talks through chronic kidney disease awareness, blood pressure, online health checks, exercise, diet, salt, and smoking. Alan Graves brings the ageing conversation toward sleep, routines, supplements, and the shift from looking younger to ageing better. The lighter episodes still keep the practical shape. George Oborn talks about Mother's Day buying patterns, last-minute gifts, afternoon tea, spa days, and affordability. Tara Cunningham discusses cake trends, personalization, and Asian fusion flavours in seasonal gifting. Modern Mindset is not built around host personality or dramatic storytelling. Its value is steadier than that: direct prompts, accessible recaps, and guests who are given room to explain. The result is a useful show for listeners who want grounded advice on money, health, public services, and everyday decisions.
Made for: Modern Mindset suits listeners who want clear, service-minded interviews on money, health, family life, charities, and public systems. It is especially useful for people who prefer practical context over personality-led chat.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its plain-question format: specialists explain real processes, deadlines, risks, and support routes without assuming prior knowledge. It can move from HMRC rules to kidney health or homelessness services while keeping the same practical editorial spine.
Modern Mindset investigates how our beliefs, values, and psychology influences our modern life and emotions. From business and finance to relationships and communication, we talk to experts from around the world to provide practical ways in which psychology and mindset can give you the edge in the minefield of modern life.
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A clear look at bereavement, lost money, and the systems that leave families chasing both.
Modern Mindset turns the NS&I scandal into a broader reflection on bereavement and the slow machinery of finance. Rory McGowan's conversation with Jonathan Upton, CEO of Estate Search, ranges from more than 40,000 affected accounts and roughly half a billion pounds of unreached…
A plain look at why unclaimed money can become a bereavement problem.
Modern Mindset uses the NS&I story to point to a wider problem: money can exist and still be hard to reach when families are dealing with bereavement.
A grounded conversation on EB, dermatology, and the research tools that may reshape diagnosis and treatment.
Under the Skin follows Professor Chris Griffiths from his first pull toward dermatology through training in London, psoriasis research in the United States, and later work around EB and emerging diagnostic tools.
Public-sector risk, one working specialist at a time.
Odd questions, followed patiently down to the incentives.
Daniel Clulow interviews Sarah Mills, Director of Services at Porchlight, about homelessness support.
Professor Chris Griffiths, a dermatologist, discusses epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic skin disease.
Modern Mindset turns to the NS&I scandal and the wider problem of money families may have trouble getting hold of after a death.
A cybersecurity expert discusses why 2025 has seen increased cyber attacks on UK businesses and how to shift cybersecurity from a technical issue to a business priority.
Modern Mindset episode 616 examines how UK businesses can include deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL).
Modern Mindset episode 617 features bullion entrepreneur Lawrence Shard, who draws on six decades in precious metals.
Modern Mindset 614 examines Astron Health's NHS partnership for specialised cancer care and molecular second opinions.
Modern Mindset host Rory McGowan speaks with family law solicitor Daniel Ryan about managing co-parenting conflict during the six-week summer holidays.
Modern Mindset host Roy McGowan interviews Ben Smy, head of marketing at Hot UK Deals, about summer holiday costs, bargain hunting, and deal verification.
Modern Mindset host Roy McGowan asks My Deposits CEO Eddie Hooker how tenants and landlords are adapting one month after the Renters' Rights Act changes.
Steph Lotz needed an interpreter at 2 a.m. when her deaf family took a child to A&E.
This episode features an interview with Sarah Mills from Porchlight charity discussing how they help homeless individuals find permanent housing through outreach services and collaboration with other organizations.
This episode features an interview with Alan Graves, founder of do-not-age.org, discussing UK research findings that reveal people prioritize feeling young and maintaining independence over appearance as they age, with concerns focused on physical decline and memory loss.
A tax expert provides advice on digital tax compliance for small businesses and landlords entering the new financial year, emphasizing there's still time to organize and suggesting practical steps like using appropriate software and separating business and personal finances.
Lost money turns into a bereavement headache.
This episode features an interview with Xero's Public Policy Manager discussing the upcoming implementation of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, a major tax change requiring small businesses and sole traders to switch to digital record-keeping and quarterly reporting starting in 2026.
A product specialist from Yamaha discusses the history and impact of iTunes on the music industry over the past 25 years, focusing on its role in digital distribution and record label negotiations.
A cybersecurity expert discusses why 2025 has seen increased cyber attacks on major UK retailers and how businesses can protect themselves during profitable seasons.
This episode discusses a new poll revealing public frustration and mistrust with automated customer service, featuring insights from Chris Teasdale of Handelsbanken on how companies can address these challenges in the digital age.
This episode explores why young people in Britain are increasingly avoiding university after age 18 and discusses alternative education paths with experts Millie Dyer and Ellis Whaley.