Panti Bliss: The life that led to accidental activism

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.

Hal Rubenstein is a writer, style commentator and one of the founding editors of InStyle magazine, where he worked as fashion director for fifteen years. In addition, Hal has been published in The New Yorker, New York magazine, Interview, Elle, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. In his latest book, Dressing The Part: Televisions Most Stylish Shows he looks at TVs most beloved shows and traces their impact on style and how we imitate what we see and bring it into our everyday lives. I could have spoken to Hal all day. I hope you get as much out of our conversation as I did. Love, Darren.

⁠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.