Hal Rubenstein: How television taught us what style looks like

Comedian, actor and Las Culturistas co-host with Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers talks with Darren about coming out, discovering comedy, RuPaul, Mariah Carey and heartbreak. The conversation moves between the moments that shaped his life and the humour and joy he has found along the way. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Darren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for all the latest podcast news and updates. If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe and leave a positive review and 5 stars - they really help a podcast grow and we'd really appreciate it. The Number with Darren Kennedy is produced by Darren Kennedy.

Denise Welch has been a staple on British and Irish TV screens since the 1980s. She's appeared on everything from Coronation Street to Hollyoaks, Waterloo Road to Dancing on Ice. And of course, she has also been a very popular regular panellist on the hit ITV chat show Loose Women since 2005. In this conversation, Denise talked to me about growing up in Northumberland, her early days in show business, divorce, postnatal depression and much, much more. It’s a jam packed chat from a survivor who takes everything life has to offer and makes the best of itI hope you find Denise’s story as inspiring as I did.

Tyler Henry, star of the Netflix series Life after Death with Tyler Henry, is known as America’s most watched medium. He first came to public attention on the E! Entertainment’s hit show Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry but his journey with clairvoyance began when he was just 10 years old. It was then that he started to receive ‘intuitive mental images’ and foretold his grandmother’s death at the time. Word of Tyler’s gift began to spread locally, and he even began sometimes ‘reading’ his own classmates in his small California hometown. In this chat with Darren, Tyler talks about the importance of striking whilst the iron is hot, resilience, what it was like for him coming out and of course, what lies beyond the physical world.It was a fascinating conversation and I hope you enjoy it. Love,Darren. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Darren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for all the latest podcast news and updates. If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe and leave a positive review and 5 stars - they really help a podcast grow and we'd really appreciate it. The Number with Darren Kennedy is produced by Darren Kennedy.

⁠Malcolm Carfrae⁠ is an Australian born New Yorker and founder of ⁠Carfrae Consulting⁠, a global luxury communications consultancy based in NYC. Malcolm is an expert in communications, marketing, events, VIP & media relations. Quite simply, he is at the top of his game. Having started his career in London, he was soon headhunted by Calvin Klein and after a 15 minute interview with Calvin himself, he relocated to New York City where he still lives today. After 11 years at Calvin Klein he went on to work for another mega brand, Ralph Lauren until 2016 when he left to strike out on his own. In this conversation we talked about Malcolm's early desire to travel and explore the world, how he has learned to trust his decisions 100%, his coming out story and lots more. Love, Darren.

My guest this week is Conor Maynard musical artist and also social media powerhouse. With over 2.5 billion views on Youtube and nearly 2 billion Spotify streams, Conor Maynard is a YouTube pioneer and one of the first music talents to transition from online to IRL pop-stardom His debut album Contrast hit number one in the UK charts and what has followed has been the stuff of dreams: world tours, multiple awards and collaborations with some of the industry’s biggest names including Pharrell, BTS, Justin Bieber and Ne-Yo. Just as the pandemic hit in March 2020, Conor reflected on that stratospheric debut 10 years on and made the huge decision to step out on his own as an independent artist. His latest release +11 Hours is out now and you can listen to it right here. In this chat we talked about his career, relationships and time differences! Enjoy!