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In this episode of Forty Minutes With, Dom sits down with the passionate and fearless Katie Rollings, founder and CEO of Fertility Action, to unpack the urgent, complex, and often misunderstood worlds of fertility, paternity leave, and men’s health.
From why male fertility is a critical biomarker for long-term health to the truth about how governments look at would-be parents, Katie shares a vision for a culture shift – one where men’s reproductive health is taken seriously, women are properly supported, and decision-makers zoom out to see the bigger picture.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
How fertility is in steep decline
The Check Him Too campaign and how it’s changing the conversation
How shame and silence are holding men back from essential health checks
The hidden links between semen analysis and conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer
Why IVF should be treated as essential healthcare, not an elective procedure
How childcare, paternity leave, and workplace culture all feed into the fertility crisis
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15 Jul 2025
Fertility, Sex & What Not To Say
In this episode of Ten Minute Tuesdays, Dom sits down with the brilliantly candid Alice Rose – a transformative coach, content creator, and founder of The Fertility Life Raft – for a raw, insightful, and deeply human conversation about fertility, IVF, mental health, and why sex is still such a taboo topic in modern healthcare.
From her own fertility journey to becoming a fierce advocate for systemic change, Alice shares what it’s really like to go through multiple rounds of IVF, how the emotional toll can be overwhelming, and what support actually looks like for people facing infertility.
What you'll learn in this episode:
Why fertility is still misunderstood and misrepresented by society and healthcare systems
The postcode lottery for IVF access
Why fertility isn’t just a women's issue (and never was)
How emotional resilience and community are essential tools in the fertility journey
How sex, shame, and silence are interlinked in fertility conversations
How to support loved ones who are struggling to conceive
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8 Jul 2025
AI, Identity & the Future of Education
Doug Specht, Head of the School of Media & Communication at the University of Westminster, discusses the challenges facing education, work, and selfhood in the age of AI with host Dom, offering insights for navigating digital disruption in this interview.
1 Jul 2025
VFX, Streaming & the Future of Entertainment
Visual effects veteran Will Cohen discusses with host Dom the challenges facing film and TV production, including strikes and squeezed budgets, and explores the impact of AI on creative production in this interview.
17 Jun 2025
The Future of Recycling, EPR & Sustainability in the UK
Dr. Margaret Bates discusses the future of recycling, extended producer responsibility, and sustainability in the UK, offering insights into upcoming reforms and practical solutions for reducing waste in an interview with Dom.
8 Apr 2025
AI won't kill film
VFX Supervisor Victor Perez discusses how AI redefines artistry in film, emphasizing that true artistry survives through creativity and innovation in this interview.
2 Sept 2024
Actor, entrepreneur, and stateless ex-con
Motion capture actor, Ace Ruele, shares his history of prison, threats of deportation, and discovering his true path as a performer, teacher, and entrepreneur.
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19 Aug 2024
Squeaky beans, Spitting Image, and preserving history
History lives in books. Ancient items wear and degrade. But there's an unsung band of heritage heroes looking after the landmarks of culture and science. Conservators from the Cambridge University Library, and institutions like it all around the world, care for some of the most precious pieces of our past. So let's find out how Chinese oracle bones, Darwin's beans, and the Spitting Image masks are all connected.
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5 Aug 2024
Beauty in decay – Nils Lagergren
Would you spend days building a model ship only to sink it in the Baltic sea? Nils Lagergren would and indeed does just that. His Ghost Fleet Art Project sees him salvaging shipwrecks that have undergone the ravages of time and decay. His background was also as a child actor and TV producer before turning to marketing for VFX studios including Goodbye Kansas and FABLEfx.
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22 Jul 2024
Women in leadership, working in the creative industries, and being your true self
Leonie Moreton, managing director of Coffee & TV, talks about how her career in the creative industries went from founding The Paper Birds – an award winning theatre company – to running one of the most lauded creative studios in the world. She covers women in business and what we can do to level the playing field.
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12 Jul 2024
Season One Trailer
Journalist-turned-PR guy Dominic Danson sits down with some of the most interesting experts you've never heard of... for forty minutes. Weird that.
This one-of-a-kind general interest talk show is a pilot of four episodes. To keep it going, make sure to subscribe and back us on Patreon.
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