{"podcast":{"title":"Full Disclosure with James O'Brien","slug":"full-disclosure-with-james-o-brien-242753","podcast_index_feed_id":242753,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/full-disclosure/","website_url":"https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/james-obrien-podcast-full-disclosure-interview/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4e7d8709-3985-48f5-9a9d-4ed6b2cdfdca/JBQwprF9WilDB4wS-t-iRtlF.jpg","author":"Global","episode_count":330,"summary":"Award-winning LBC presenter and best-selling author James O’Brien hosts a series of compelling conversations with fascinating people from the worlds of politics, news and entertainment. These are thoughtful conversations with a curious and interested interviewer. Full Disclosure with James O'Brien is a Global Production For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/full-disclosure-with-james-o-brien-242753"},"episode":{"title":"Jan Ravens: “I lived with a nameless dread”","slug":"jan-ravens-i-lived-with-a-nameless-dread","published_at":"2025-12-05T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/full-disclosure-with-james-o-brien-242753/jan-ravens-i-lived-with-a-nameless-dread","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/full-disclosure-with-james-o-brien-242753","url":"https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/james-obrien-podcast-full-disclosure-interview/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e60021a5-7631-40e6-9113-a864a099a2bb.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=95158cfb-f74f-4f9c-8f47-00bd976ab01d&aw_0_1st.episodeid=e60021a5-7631-40e6-9113-a864a099a2bb","summary":"Jan Ravens, the acclaimed impressionist at the heart of Dead Ringers , grew up learning to change the mood of a room long before she ever changed her voice on stage. In this conversation with James O Brien, she reflects on a childhood shaped by humour, instability and her father’s illness, and how those early pressures sharpened the instincts that later defined her career. She traces the journey from school impressions to Cambridge Footlights, becoming the first woman to direct its revue, and the leap from Carrott’s Lib to Spitting Image and beyond. Jan talks candidly about ambition, class, resilience and the unexpected power of comedy to steady you when life feels uncertain. It is an honest, warm and often very funny look at how she found her place in British satire. Find out more about Dead Ringers 25th Anniversary tour here","meta_description":"Jan Ravens, the acclaimed impressionist at the heart of Dead Ringers , grew up learning to change the mood of a room long before she ever changed her voic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3720,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/full-disclosure-with-james-o-brien-242753/episodes/jan-ravens-i-lived-with-a-nameless-dread/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/full-disclosure-with-james-o-brien-242753/jan-ravens-i-lived-with-a-nameless-dread.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}