Hosted by Nathan · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 13 episodes
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Welcome to Matters of the Heart, and other Failures— the brutally honest, occasionally hilarious podcast where living with heart failure takes centre stage. Hosted by someone who knows the ups and downs of a dodgy ticker firsthand, each episode brings candid chats with coronary nurses, cardiologists, and fellow humans navigating heart conditions. It’s part education, part therapy, and part gallows humour — because when life hands you a malfunctioning heart, you might as well laugh (gently) about it.
Nathan hosts Matters of the Heart, and other Failures, a health show with 13 episodes published.
In Episode 2 of Season Two, Nathan and Scott are back in full ramble mode - covering dietician trauma, disastrous travel planning, and the slow, painful reality of trying to get your life together.Scott kicks things off
But we're BACK! After what was meant to be a short festive break, Nathan Sparling and Scott Agnew return for Season Two of Matters of the Heart (and Other Failures) - with fewer hospital appointments, slightly better hea
Episode 10 is pure, unfiltered chaos - even by Matters of the Heart (and Other Failures) standards. Fresh from an unexpected week off, Nathan and Scott dive straight into a whirlwind of disasters: a flu that left Nathan
In Episode 9, Nathan and Scott deliver peak chaos - a full hour of derailments, medical mishaps, supermarket scandals and Scottish football-induced cardiac events. Scott opens with a confession about nearly being arreste
In Episode 8, Nathan and Scott arrive late but fully chaotic - recording just one hour before Scotland v Denmark kicks off, sending them into a spiral of football dread, national pride and statistical heartbreak. What be
Episode 7 finds Nathan and Scott in full festive denial and medical mayhem. Between debates about when it’s acceptable to mention Christmas, turning 45 (“born illegal” in pre-1981 Scotland), and A&E adventures with chest
In Episode 6, Nathan and Scott spiral delightfully from medical updates to utter madness - covering everything from testosterone jabs that take two minutes to inject (nose-level, no less) to surprise weddings, Twilight c
In Episode 5, Nathan Sparling and Scott Agnew go completely off-script - from dental trauma and dodgy crowns to the generational mystery of why Scott’s mum’s mince and tatties are famously inedible. Between tales of weep
In this chaotic and hilarious third episode of Matters of the Heart, and Other Failures, Nathan Sparling and Scott Agnew unravel the “Great Tea Incident of October” - the near-death moment that left Scott’s mum traumatis
In this heartfelt (and frequently ridiculous) third episode, Nathan Sparling and Scott Agnew pick up where the drama left off - exploring life after diagnosis, discharge, and near-death experiences. From being handed a m
In this even bumpier second episode, Scott Agnew takes centre stage with the full, jaw-dropping account of his heart attack during the pandemic - from brushing off chest pains with pints and fags, to walking in to resus,
In this bumper first episode, Nathan Sparling and Scott Agnew kick things off with the full story of how Nathan found out he had severe heart failure - following a boozy bike ride, a slow-motion crash, and a very unexpec
When 35-year-old Nathan found out he had heart failure in the most random way possible, he did what any millennial with a malfunctioning organ would do: he started a podcast. Matters of The Heart, and Other Failures is p
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Matters of the Heart, and other Failures is hosted by Nathan. The show is categorised under health (fitness) and has published 13 episodes.
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