Gobsmacked!
Claim This Podcastby Catherine Williamson
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<p>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.</p><p>Visit Catherine's website here: https://gobsmacked.me</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
July 10, 2026
61. You've Already Won - Part II
<p>You’ve Already Won – Simon Dyson (Part Two)</p><br><p>How do you finally find your purpose after 23 years of searching?</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>Simon's book "You've Already Won" is out today too. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
July 4, 2026
61. You've Already Won - Part I
<p>You’ve Already Won – Simon Dyson (Part One)</p><br><p>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?</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>It’s raw. It’s funny. It’s uncomfortable. It’s hopeful.</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>This isn’t a podcast about cycling.</p><br><p>It’s about losing your way…</p><br><p>…and finding something far more valuable than the finish line.</p><br><p>Part One releases 4 July. Part Two follows on 10 July.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 23, 2026
60: The Girl Who Couldn’t See Pictures
<p>Mia Walker belongs to an exclusive club: the one per cent club. For years, blissfully unaware, she lived with a condition that wasn’t normal – aphantasia. This revelation came as a shock when she discovered she couldn’t visualise pictures. Close your eyes and try to picture your front door, your mother’s face or a sunset. Most of us can. Mia can’t. There are no mental pictures at all.</p><p>As if that wasn’t enough, Mia’s teens were plagued by chronic anxiety, eventually leading to years of agoraphobia. She certainly faced her fair share of challenges.</p><br><p>However, running parallel to these struggles was another gift: poetry.</p><br><p>She’s published thirteen anthologies and is now a published author. Her debut novel earned her feted status in America. Now a dystopian writer, she spends much of her life inhabiting post-apocalyptic worlds.</p><p>It’s quite incredible for a woman who can’t visualise pictures in her head.</p><br><p>Yet, I wonder if there’s a utopian element quietly running beneath it all. While Mia writes about worlds that have fallen apart, she’s spent her own life imagining one that could be different.</p><br><p>Whatever label Mia has qualified for, it hasn’t defined her. She simply keeps innovating.</p><br><p>The moment she surrendered to fear and literally walked out of the house wasn’t just the day she went outside. It was the day she decided fear wouldn’t dictate the rest of her story.</p><br><p>This conversation explores imagination without pictures, fear, poetry, dystopia, utopia and what happens when you refuse to let a diagnosis become your identity.</p><br><p>Welcome to Gobsmacked!</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is Gobsmacked!?
<p>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.</p><p>Visit Catherine's website here: https://gobsmacked.me</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates weekly.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 8 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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