A Gobsmacked moment is one where the trajectory of our life changes perhaps forever. In a series of candid interviews, Catherine Williamson delves into those life flipping moments with her guests. She will glean the gold in the dark that builds our resilience and rigour for whatever life throws at us.
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Imagine being moved more than 100 times as a child. Seriously, just think about that.
Those moves weren’t simply between foster homes or children’s homes. They included squats, hospitals, refuges and other places that, for a time, had to serve as somewhere to be.
This episode features Terry Galloway, and Terry came to Gobsmacked through Diane Bialek, who basically said, “You need to talk to this man.” She was right.
Diane and our host, Catherine Williamson, were school friends in Nottingham. They hadn’t seen each other for more than 45 years, so yes, there’s some reminiscing. Names, memories and the ridiculous things you remember decades later. Back then they were singing along to Billy Don’t Be a Hero, willing Nottingham Forest on to win the European Cup and staying up crazy late to watch Torvill and Dean perform Boléro. Those were some of the things occupying their young worlds.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the country, Terry was growing up, and his childhood looked nothing like theirs. Home wasn’t necessarily home, safe wasn’t necessarily safe, and the adults weren’t necessarily staying.
Terry is care experienced. There has been loss in his life. Real loss. The sort that could quite reasonably have silenced somebody. It hasn’t.
He has become a formidable campaigner for people with care experience and is fighting for care experience to be recognised as a protected characteristic. Not because it sounds good on a policy document, but because where life sets you down matters.
And if somebody starts the race carrying what Terry was carrying, perhaps the very least the rest of us can do is stop pretending everybody started at the same line.
This one matters. Have a listen.
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10 Jul 2026
61. You've Already Won - Part II
You’ve Already Won – Simon Dyson (Part Two)
How do you finally find your purpose after 23 years of searching?
In the second and final part of this Gobsmacked! conversation, Simon Dyson takes us to the breaking point of his endurance race, and more importantly, what happened next. How the extraordinary hospitality he experienced on the hardest days of his ride helped him discover exactly what he wants to give back to the world.
The result is Billy's Farm of Hopes and Dreams - a deeply personal, driven mission to build a sanctuary designed to give caregivers back their heart.
Join me to hear the conclusion of Simon's incredible journey - his profound reconnection with the late Matt Gallagher, his pinpoint Gobsmacked! moment and where he found his Gold in the Dark. Ultimately? How a lad from Coventry finally found exactly where he was meant to be.
Simon's book "You've Already Won" is out today too.
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4 Jul 2026
61. You've Already Won - Part I
You’ve Already Won – Simon Dyson (Part One)
How does a lad from Coventry end up building a life in Detroit… and why would he choose to ride one of the toughest endurance races on the planet?
In this compelling first part of a two-part Gobsmacked! conversation, Simon Dyson tells the story behind a life that could so easily have gone another way.
It’s raw. It’s funny. It’s uncomfortable. It’s hopeful.
Running quietly through it all is the late Matt Gallagher. Matt and Simon were friends whose paths came back together following Matt’s motor neurone disease diagnosis. That friendship and the extraordinary community that grew around Matt ultimately led Simon to the Gobsmacked! studio for a conversation that neither Simon nor Catherine could ever have imagined.
This isn’t a podcast about cycling.
It’s about losing your way…
…and finding something far more valuable than the finish line.
Part One releases 4 July. Part Two follows on 10 July.
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5.0 / 5
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Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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