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Hosted by Ben Glimmerveen · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 35 episodes
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GRAFT is a podcast that strips away the glossy veneer of success to reveal the true stories of determination, resilience, and hard work that drive remarkable achievements. Hosted by Ben Glimmerveen, each episode features in-depth conversations with individuals who've built their success through sheer graft, exploring the challenges, sacrifices, and lessons learned along the way.
Ben Glimmerveen hosts The Graft Podcast, a business show with 35 episodes published.
Dennis Field was born in 1923, three miles from Windsor. He served in the Marines during the Second World War. After it ended, he tracked down his eventual wife Joan on his motorbike across post-war Britain — using ratio
Ian Carter was 57 when he noticed something was wrong. The anxiety about seeing his golf mates. The mistakes at work he'd never made before. The arguments he couldn't stop starting. By 2024 it was confirmed: frontal temp
Tim Heatley was fired from every retail job he ever had, failed at being a lawyer, and sold his mates' artwork at university rather than get a part-time job. Then he bought a derelict house for less than it would cost to
Dar Barrow was back on Graft to talk about chapter two: chemotherapy. The surgery was hard. What came after it was something else entirely. This conversation covers the side effects nobody prepares you for - frozen eyes,
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In 2017, Darren Edwards was three-quarters of the way up a 500ft rock face in North Wales when the ground beneath his feet gave way. A four-foot chunk of limestone collapsed. He fell with it. His best friend Matt - stood
Matt Cowell's relationship with gambling began with a Simpsons fruit machine in a hotel games room in Newquay, aged ten or eleven. He'd saved up fifty pounds from his paper round. By the end of the holiday, he had £2.56
Sara Davison is a five-time best-selling author and the UK’s leading divorce coach, but her expertise wasn’t born in a classroom - it was forged on her bathroom floor. Overnight, Sara’s life as she knew it was annihilate
Matt Wing spent 32 years as a high-performing, "functional" drinker. To the outside world, he had it all—a successful career, a loving family, and a rigorous fitness regime. But inside, he was living in a state of "doubl
David Smith MBE is a Paralympic Gold Medallist, former British athlete across multiple disciplines, and a man now living with brain and spinal tumours. From representing Great Britain across karate, sprinting, bobsleigh
TRIGGER WARNING: talk of a physical attack that resulted in a death. On 4 April 2012, Jane Openshaw’s husband, Phil Sheriff, attended a corporate event in London. Hours later, he was fighting for his life after being att
From faxing press releases at midnight to leading one of the most profitable arms of the Matchroom empire, Matthew Porter has spent over two decades shaping the business of modern sport. Now Chief Executive of the Profes
At 12 years old, Mark Long was told he’d be blind by 16. Three decades later, he’s a personal trainer, life coach, and advocate - proving how far resilience, humour, and relentless graft can take you. Diagnosed with reti
From being outed by the press in the 1990s to becoming one of the UK’s leading voices in equality and culture change, Jacqui Gavin BEM has lived through the headlines, the backlash, and the breakthroughs, and turned it a
When public speaker Dar Barrow went on holiday to Menorca, the last thing he expected was to come home with bowel cancer. Fit, healthy, having just ran an ultra marathon(!) he had no symptoms, no family history, and no w
From the skies to the council chamber, Sally Holland’s path to public service wasn’t planned. A former Virgin Atlantic Cabin Service Director turned twice-elected Mayor of Congleton and Cheshire East councillor, Sally li
From garden kickabouts in Congleton to signing with Manchester United at just 12, Keira Barry’s football journey has been anything but predictable. Now 20 and currently on loan to Sunderland AFC Women, Keira has already
When her dogs were stolen, Charlotte Robson hit a breaking point - then chose a different path. Today she’s a motivational speaker, Positive Psychology coach, and co-founder of The Authentic Girls Club, helping women swa
When Ben and Mary laced up their trainers in their forties, they never imagined it would lead to a YouTube channel with over 15 million views, a thriving global coaching community, and a brand new career after decades in
Trigger warning: brief talk of suicide. From a medical discharge from the army to IVF struggles, debt, and sleepless 4am walks, Dave Carter’s path has been anything but linear. Today he leads Men Walking & Talking in San
Sara Davison
The Divorce Coach
1 appearance on this show
David Smith
retired US Air Force Dental Officer, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Certified QDRO Specialist, Military Divorce Financial Specialist, founder of Sand Oak Divorce Solutions · Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry and Wildlife
1 appearance on this show
Eddie Hearn
sports promoter, chairman of Matchroom Sport · Matchroom Sports
1 appearance on this show
Barry Hearn
OBE · Matchroom Sport
1 appearance on this show
Matthew Porter
PDC Chief Executive · Professional Darts Corporation
1 appearance on this show
Mark Long
personal trainer, life coach, advocate · Beyond Limits Life Coach
1 appearance on this show
Dave Carter
Air Force Vet, Call of Duty Voice over actor & stand up comedian · Flower Hill Institute
2 appearances on this show
Mary
This Messy Happy
1 appearance on this show
Andy Pear
First Aid UK
1 appearance on this show
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