People First Podcast

17/06/2026

This weeks People First Podcast is a special!

Fitting with this year's theme of , our team got the absolute PRIVILEGE to spend an afternoon with someone who has seen us all from OUTER SPACE: it's Hayley Arceneaux! 🚀

Hayley, a physician at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and went on the Inspiration4 in 2021, making herself one of the few disabled AND the youngest American to go to space!

All of us were so excited to get to listen to such an interesting and brave women who is an inspiration to all of us! We hope you enjoy.

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16/06/2026

11/06/2026

The People First Podcast team have got a super-special show for you all today!

Because we are celebrating the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America with 48 FUN, FOOTIE FACTS about each of the countries taking part!

We hope you enjoy the show!

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10/06/2026

Good afternoon Podcast Fans! 👋

We have a super special episode coming TOMORROW to celebrate the upcoming FIFA World Cup!

Our team has done a lot of work preparing segments and some fun footie facts about the 48 different teams from across the globe and accessible the World Cup games for people with disabilities!

STAY TUNED! 🎙️

04/06/2026

We have been getting very excited about our upcoming interview with an inspirational woman in the disability community: Hayley Arceneaux, a physician at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Astronaut! 👩‍🚀

She went on a spaceflight in 2021 on the mission and is one of the few people with a disability to go into space ever! To learn more about this, we've been watching the Netflix documentary that covered the mission.

We can't wait to talk about her bravery and learn more about the flight!

03/06/2026

We are showing our PASSION for FASHION today on the People First Podcast! 👠

Our SPECIAL GUEST today is social enterprise leader and accessible fashion designer, May Marigold!
She is doing some fantastic work with models with various disabilities and making colourful, accessible clothing for different conditions and needs.

It was really interesting to get to speak to her.

We hope you enjoy the show!

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02/06/2026

On the People First Podcast, we LOVE talking to and promoting local services and groups that work with adults with learning disabilities!

Earlier in May we spoke to one of these groups - the Buzz Club, run by the charity CTI 2000 in Ilkley!

In this short clip we asked support staff Marcella about WHY its important services like theirs are available?

29/05/2026

Here is a release radar for the People First Podcast!

Coming up in June we have 4 fun podcasts with some fantastic guests...

Week 1: We've got the pleasure to speak to the fantastic fashionista May Marigold! Our team learned all about her work as a designer with disabilities and her social enterprise for adapting clothes in accessible ways! 👗🎉

Week 2: After a fun session run by members Martin, Ish, Matthew and Oliver supported by Adam this week, this podcast will be celebrating the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup! ⚽️

Week 3: We have a show staring a very special actress with disabilities best known for her work on Coronation Street – Cherylee Houston! All of us were very excited to learn more about her acting, and the Campaign.

And for our last interview if June, we are speaking to a very inspiring disabled woman who famously took part in a journey to space with SpaceX: Hayley Arceneaux!

27/05/2026

Today on the People First Podcast, We are sitting down with the members voted by Inclusion North as advocacy organisation of the year: the People Focused Group!

Our guys got to learn lots more about what their group does and talking about why peer support is so important!

We hope you all enjoy the show!

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22/05/2026

What a fantastic podcast yesterday!

One of our presenters Jason organised an interview with one of the stars of Coronation Street who also has disabilities - Cherylee Houston!

She has played the character Izzy for over 15 years now and roles on many other TV shows like "Tinsel Girl", "Emmerdale", "Holby City" and many more!

She also an inspiring advocate who was one of the founding members of the Taking The PIP campaign, to stop the Government from limiting PIP and benefits for people with disabilities!

"This was a very fun episode and i was very excited to get to ask her lots of questions about Coronation Street" - Jason

Keep an EYE OUT... 👀 this show will be coming out later in June!