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Greg James and Jojo Moyes

麻豆社 Radio 1 breakfast show presenter Greg James, travel entrepreneur Amar Latif, football trailblazer Casey Stoney, Xenia Karayiannis and the Inheritance Tracks of Jojo Moyes

Aasmah Mir and Mobeen Azhar are joined by Greg James, who started recording shows in his bedroom, did hospital radio, student radio, podcasts, and his passion has paid off as last year he became host of the Radio 1 Breakfast show, which has pulled in 250,000 new listeners in his first year.
Casey Stoney was Captain of England Women and is now Head Coach to Manchester United Women, she joins us to talk about being a trailblazer for the women鈥檚 game.
Age 4 Amar Latif learnt that he would go blind, his eyesight deteriorated during his childhood and he had 95% sight loss age 18. After working as a successful finance manager for ten years, he changed career in order to fulfil his love of adventure travel and set up his own business for blind and sighted travellers. He joins us.
We'll speak to Xenia Karayiannis was separated from her mother age 3 following the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus and would not be reunited with her until she was 17;
and also to 18 year old Emma who is in Wales doing the CIN Rickshaw Challenge.
For Inheritance Tracks this week, writer Jojo Moyes chooses She鈥檚 Leaving Home by The Beatles and Are You Lonesome Tonight (the laughing version) performed by Elvis Presley, and we have your Thank Yous.

Producer: Corinna Jones
Editor: Eleanor Garland

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1 hour, 27 minutes

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Sat 9 Nov 2019 09:00

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