Olly Mann

Olly Mann Hello, I'm Olly. Perhaps you know me from my radio shows, podcasts and columns. Or perhaps you just think I have an approachable face. Let's be friends.

that end of week feeling when even the gym equipment is slagging me
18/09/2026

that end of week feeling when even the gym equipment is slagging me

Guardian of the Tippex. Protector of all mistakes.
15/09/2026

Guardian of the Tippex. Protector of all mistakes.

14/09/2026

If you're finding the marauding blackshirts and mega donations a little overwhelming, please know that today on Today In History with the Retrospectors we have a deep dive into Pop-Tarts.

This is Bernadette. When she was an NHS nurse, she asked some awkward questions about a database at work. She says she f...
12/09/2026

This is Bernadette. When she was an NHS nurse, she asked some awkward questions about a database at work.

She says she found herself belittled, bullied and ignored.

Identified as a whistleblower, she went on to face years of meetings, investigations, and two employment tribunal claims.

In this month's edition of The Modern Mann she tells me how she lost her job, her savings and two court cases - but eventually found validation in a new role protecting other whistleblowers.

She considers what happens when organisations close ranks instead of listening, and why the real answer to whistleblowing isn’t punishing individuals, but fixing the systems that allow the problems to grow in the first place.

I hope you'll find it a really compelling listen.
x Olly

09/09/2026

📢 Calling all Mannfans! We have finally exhausted our list of Mannbassador shoutouts on The Modern Mann...

If you'd like to nominate yourself as Mannbassador for tomorrow's show, drop a reply here with your name, location and why you should be considered! x Olly

(and if you don't know what I'm talking about, you have ruled yourself out of contention...)

27/08/2026

Why does everything need to make a noise?! From screaming dryers to “You’ve Got Mail,” we’ve somehow designed a world where our appliances constantly demand our attention, as Helen and I discuss in episode 421 of Answer Me This!

🎧https://answermethispodcast.com/episode421/

My holiday read this Summer! Funny, insightful, & short enough to complete in a series of casual sessions: would recomme...
24/08/2026

My holiday read this Summer! Funny, insightful, & short enough to complete in a series of casual sessions: would recommend if, like me, you enjoy writing that is uncomplicated yet reveals a series of small truths about human nature

⚠️ MANN ALERT! Due to unusual Summer scheduling I will be your late-night Times Radio host from 10pm this Tues & Wed
18/08/2026

⚠️ MANN ALERT!
Due to unusual Summer scheduling I will be your late-night Times Radio host from 10pm this Tues & Wed

Guacamole? Some kind of Western mushy peas? Having travelled fairly extensively in the States I thought I'd seen it all,...
14/08/2026

Guacamole? Some kind of Western mushy peas? Having travelled fairly extensively in the States I thought I'd seen it all, but this salad bar item in Helena, Montana stumped me... Meet 'Watergate Salad', made from pistachio pudding, canned pineapple, whipped topping, crushed pecans, and marshmallows. Not a bad taste but bloody weird on a savoury salad bar, in this humble Brit's view...

And that's a wrap on season two of my BBC show about Universal's UK theme park project.This year, we've ridden the UK's ...
01/08/2026

And that's a wrap on season two of my BBC show about Universal's UK theme park project.

This year, we've ridden the UK's tallest rollercoaster, met residents being kicked out of their homes to make way for the park, spoken to the Mayor of Bedford about infrastructure, made a homemade Butterbeer, chatted to Universal fanboys about those Harry Potter rumours, discussed ride soundtracks with a theme park sound designer, and heard from a Disneyland Paris veteran about the secret life of a being a Cast Member in character parades.

It's been a riot! Again! Thanks to my local station BBC Three Counties Radio for commissioning it, and for the wonderful producer Holly Nicholls for making it.

Missed it? You can catch up with the whole series on BBC Sounds - just search for 'Rollercoaster - Universal's Bedfordshire Journey'. X 🎢

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