{"podcast":{"title":"The Impact Equation","slug":"the-impact-equation-7063562","podcast_index_feed_id":7063562,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6717d40883ac9fccacca0682","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/the-impact-equation","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6717d40883ac9fccacca0682/1736945972351-dc7faabf-78ec-4354-8dfc-efa989f1c872.jpeg","author":"Rafi Addlestone and Adam Pike","episode_count":102,"summary":"Welcome to The Impact Equation, conversations with leaders shaping a brighter future, hosted by Adam Pike, social entrepreneur, and Rafi Addlestone, impact advisor, With our special guests, we unlock the secrets of those who dare to transform our world. We talk to architects of change, pioneers in their fields, working toward a brighter future for us all. In each episode, we dig into each element of the impact equation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T18:19:18.654257+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-impact-equation-7063562"},"episode":{"title":"Edward Timpson: how 87 foster children shaped a future Minister","slug":"edward-timpson-how-87-foster-children-shaped-a-future-minister","published_at":"2026-03-22T11:55:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-impact-equation-7063562/edward-timpson-how-87-foster-children-shaped-a-future-minister","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-impact-equation-7063562","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-impact-equation/episodes/69bfd8b83bbfcfe8dbff72e2","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6717d40883ac9fccacca0682/e/69bfd8b83bbfcfe8dbff72e2/media.mp3","summary":"Edward Timpson is the former Children’s Minister, part of the family behind Timpson, and brother of Lord James Timpson, now a Labour prisons minister. In this conversation with Rafi’s former Ministerial boss, Edward reflects on growing up in a family that fostered more than 80 children, alongside one of the UK’s best-known family businesses, recognised for both its high street services and a culture built on trust, kindness and second chances. That experience shaped everything that followed: family law, politics, reform in government, and his work today across children’s services and family care. Edward’s life and career show what stability, love and belief can do in a child’s life. This is an episode about childhood, public service, fostering, politics, and the decisions that can alter a life’s direction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Edward Timpson is the former Children’s Minister, part of the family behind Timpson, and brother of Lord James Timpson, now a Labour prisons minister. In…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2913,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-impact-equation-7063562/episodes/edward-timpson-how-87-foster-children-shaped-a-future-minister/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-impact-equation-7063562/edward-timpson-how-87-foster-children-shaped-a-future-minister.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}