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Cricket authors (and obsessives) Peter Oborne and Richard Heller have launched a new podcast to help deprived listeners endure a world without cricket. They will chat regularly about cricket topics – hoping to keep a good line and length but with occasional wides into other subjects.
Instrumental is a show about the big and small moments that shape our lives. In every episode, my guest and I start near the end of their story and work our way back to the beginning. I hope these conversations inspire you to embrace every beautiful second of this incredible and unpredictable life, because the truth is none of us knows which moment will be the one that changes everything.
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Here’s how we’re helping both buyers and sellers win in this hectic market. Looking for a San Diego home? Click here for a full home search Selling Your San Diego home? Get a free home price evaluation A lot of people who are contacting us have the desire to make a move, but they’re concerned or fearful about being able to find a new home. Extremel…
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The park cricketer who married the Queen
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Annie Chave is a cricketer and editor of County Cricket Matters, journal of the members organization of the same name which supports the county structure of English cricket. She is also part of the team at Guerrilla Cricket, which provides eclectic and independent commentary and analysis of major matches. She is the latest guest of Peter Oborne and…
Brad is the kind of person who makes you feel special just as you are while simultaneously making you want to be a better human. How does he do this?! 🤷🏻♀️ He is the genius behind Kid President, the writer of a delightful book called Becoming Better Grownups, and a source of inspiration and hope for millions. His comics are consistently featured i…
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Why crowds roar for the Tigers of world cricket
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Whether in victory or defeat, Bangladesh’s cricket team, the Tigers, have some of the most passionate supporters in the world. Athar Ali Khan is a former Bangladesh international players and selector, now a freelance commentator. He explains how and why their cricketers have captured the hearts of their nation on its fifty-year journey since indepe…
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The man who discovered Eoin Morgan (and other stories)
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Over twenty years ago an expert watcher predicted that a boy called Eoin Morgan would make his name in world cricket. These and other wonders of Ireland’s rich cricket story are related by author, cricketer, lawyer and all-round man of letters Charles Lysaght, returning by popular demand as guest on the latest cricket-themed podcast by Peter Oborne…
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The great Pakistani fast bowler who nearly became a Hollywood movie star
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The Lahore Gymkhana ground is one of the most delightful places in the world to play or watch cricket. It houses a cricket museum, small but full of treasures, which was the first of its kind in Pakistan. Its founder and curator is the eminent cricket historian Najum Latif. He has watched generations of Pakistan’s great players perform at the groun…
Kelli Kelley is the founder of Hand To Hold. A non-profit in Austin, TX working with hospitals to provide premie parents with education, resources and perhaps most importantly, support and empathy. Being a premie mama herself, Kelli has a huge heart for parents who are facing the unique challenges and heartaches of caring for a baby in the NICU. He…
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Wilf Wooller – the man at so many great moments of Welsh cricket
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Welsh cricket gets off to a noisy, swearing start in Swansea on a Sunday in 1771. Local landowners, railways, the British army and industry all help the game to spread. After success as a Minor county, Glamorgan are the first Welsh team into the County Championship in 1921. They struggle but are revived by inspiring leadership from Maurice Turnbull…
Here’s what keeps us going after three decades in the real estate business. Looking for a San Diego home? Click here for a full home search Selling Your San Diego home? Get a free home price evaluation Just the other day, someone asked me why we still do what we do after 33 years in the business. The answer is simple: We love helping people. We hel…
Ginny Owens was a very influential voice in my life as I was just beginning to fall in love with singing and songwriting back in college. I even learned to sing and play her song "Own Me" for my senior recital. When Dave and I got the chance to write a song with her a few years ago, I was thrilled! Not only is she a brilliant singer/songwriter, …
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Andy Flower: inspiring cricketer – and protestor
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Andy Flower was one of the most talented cricketers of his generation. In 2003 he and his teammate Henry Olonga amazed and inspired the world when they played a cricket match in black armbands, in mourning for the death of democracy in their country, Zimbabwe. He gives a vivid and moving account of their protest as the guest of Peter Oborne and Ric…
Aaron has crafted some of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful wordless children's books I've ever come across. Our conversation with him explores how he landed a job working on animated films and how he eventually found his voice as a children's book author. I loved leafing through the pages of Aaron's books before my girls could read because they co…
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The Modification of Indian cricket, expertly assessed
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A dramatic first Test match at the giant new Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad is the cue for an insightful assessment of the Prime Minister’s impact on Indian cricket by Mihir Bose, in his second innings as the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller on their regular cricket-themed podcast. The former Sports Editor of the BBC is the author of ov…
Dave and I met Derri Smith 12 years ago in our church small group in Nashville. We had no idea then how one woman would make our state, our country and potentially the whole world a safer place for women. Hear how her own tragic story eventually led her to become the founder of End Slavery TN, the organization responsible for making Tennessee one o…
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Kashmir – where cricket has become a political statement
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Kashmir contains some of the most beautiful settings for cricket in the world – but cricket there has been blighted for over seventy years by the political and military conflicts which were a legacy of the partition of India. It has become not just a game but a political statement, as is explained by a local journalist, author, historian and cricke…
Because she’s the host of the incredibly successful podcast “The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey,” Jamie is used to being the one asking the questions. It was such a treat to flip the narrative a bit and hear pieces of her story. Listen to find out which instrumental moments led her to become the thoughtful, empathetic listener she is today. www.jamieiv…
Whether you’re a buyer or seller, we can help you. Looking for a San Diego home? Click here for a full home search Selling Your San Diego home? Get a free home price evaluation We’re in a crazy, unusual real estate market right now. We have very low inventory and very high demand. Part of the reason we have high demand is that interest rates are ex…
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Maurice Turnbull – and other heroes of cricket in Wales
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The rich history of Welsh cricket still comes a surprise to many English people, even after Glamorgan’s hundred years in the County Championship. That is no fault of Dr Andrew Hignell, author of some 40 books about it, Glamorgan’s scorer (since 1982) and archivist, and curator of the Museum of Welsh Cricket at the county’s headquarters at Sophia Ga…
If you've never seen Joy Prouty's photos or read her writing, go follow her on social media RIGHT NOW. I’m not kidding. Your soul will thank you. Her words and images bring so much hope and beauty into the world. Interviewing Joy for this episode of Instrumental was a true delight. Hear her funny story involving an eye-patch and find out the unexpe…
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A great historian’s love affair with cricket
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Ramachandra Guha is a hugely distinguished historian not just of Indian cricket but of India itself. His most recent book, A Commonwealth Of Cricket, has a detailed descriptive sub-title “A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind.” He talks about that relationship and its high and low points as the guest …
If you are not familiar with Dave Barnes, he is an absolute delight. He’s a songwriter, artist and comedian and had us in stitches basically the whole time. He tells us the incredible and unlikely story of how Blake Shelton came to record his song, “God Gave Me You.” Our conversation was such a great reminder to me of what success REALLY is and how…
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Another fast-scoring innings by Mahela Jayawardene
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Mahela Jayawardene is a busy man these days: chairman of the Sri Lankan National Sports Council, head coach of the Mumbai Indians in the IPL, running a chain of successful crab restaurants with his friend Kumar Sangakkara. But characteristically, the former Sri Lankan captain scored rapidly in a few overs with Peter Oborne and Richard Heller as the…
Leigh Nash began her music career as the lead singer for Sixpence None The Richer when she was a teenager in the early 90's. Our conversation with her explores the moments and people in her life who helped her find her own voice as a songwriter apart from the band. www.leighnash.net www.jjheller.com/podcast…
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The sky is the limit for Alsama Cricket Club, where refugees from Syria get new lives
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“It was very hard to live with Isis. You could see them cutting off the heads and cutting off the hands of some people.” Maram, 15-year-old refugee, on the life cricket is helping her to forget. Alsama means “the sky” in Arabic. It gives its name to a cricket club in one of the world’s most astonishing locations – the teeming Shatila camp in Lebano…
After an alarming cancer diagnosis in 2017, Katy turned for solace to her first language... poetry. This episode is an honest exploration of her journey fighting and processing cancer, while making room for her family and art. https://www.katyhutson.com/ https://rainforroots.com/ https://www.jjheller.com/podcast…
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What happened to the magic of Sri Lankan cricket?
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In 1996 Sri Lanka won the World Cup with electrifying, innovative cricket. They brought solace and hope to a deeply troubled nation and joy to all the world’s neutral cricket-lovers. For the next fifteen years or so, players such as Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva, Muttiah Muralitharan, and the brothers-in-arms, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sa…
If your 2021 goals relate to your home in any way, we’re ready to help. Looking for a San Diego home? Click here for a full home search Selling Your San Diego home? Get a free home price evaluation As we enter a new year, a lot of people are making plans and setting goals. Whether your goals involve owning an investment property, refinancing, buyin…
Dave met Megan in the late 90s when they were both seniors in high school. Even then, she had developed a passion for the harp and dedicated years of her life to the mastery of the instrument. Little did she know how significantly her relationship with the harp would shape her life and family. www.greenharp.com www.jjheller.com/podcast…
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The United States: Paradise Regained For Cricket?
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The United States is the Paradise Lost of world cricket. For about half of the lifetime of the Republic cricket was its major summer sport. Then it lost its hold to baseball and other sports and recreations. In modern times waves of immigrants from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent have fostered many attempts at a revival. Another big eff…
Season 3 of Instrumental starts today! Dave and I interviewed so many wonderful people last year whose narratives didn’t really fit into our backward-story-telling format. It would have been a tragedy to let these stories go untold, so we’re changing things up for season 3 and we’ve decided to tell the story forward (like normal people). Our first …
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The man who changed cricket for ever: Peter Hain
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He was once the most hated man in cricket. He faced down threats to his career and to his life. He achieved his mission, an epoch-making change in international sport. His new book (with the great historian André Odendaal) Pitch Battles not only narrates his astonishing personal journey but sweeps up the history of South African sport and society, …
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“Absent, caught fire” and other great moments from Scotland’s cricket heritage
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To most English cricket-lovers Scotland is an exotic foreign country, but it has a rich, independent cricket history, as Peter Oborne and Richard Heller discover from an expert guide in their latest cricket-themed podcast. Fraser Simm is an author, historian, analyst and collector who has been chairman of the Cricket Society of Scotland for over 25…
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“To take us to tea – and beyond”: the incomparable Henry Blofeld
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For over fifty years, there have been few pleasures to compare with spending a cricketing hour with Henry Blofeld. He was the joyous guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast. Henry explains his philosophy as a radio commentator on TMS and elsewhere of making listeners feel part of a real cricketing event. If t…
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New Zealand cricket’s long journey to success
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Charles Darwin watched a cricket match in New Zealand in 1835 – but the country had to wait a long time for international recognition and even longer for its first Test match victories. Things began to change in the 1970s, and David Leggat explains the reasons for its climb, and not only the one named Richard Hadlee. Formerly the chief cricket writ…
I have two messages to express as we barrel toward the new year. Looking for a San Diego home? Click here for a full home search Selling Your San Diego home? Get a free home price evaluation At this time of year, there are two messages I’d like to convey to you. First, thank you! We’re grateful for your continued support. 2021 will be our business’…
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The thrill returns of Ted Dexter at the crease
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In the pomp of his playing days, Ted Dexter filled cricket grounds with spectators. The former Sussex and England captain returns to the crease as the latest guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their regular cricket-themed podcast. This also includes an appeal from Mike Atherton for the MCC Foundation. For the week from 1 December donations…
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South African cricket and the poisoned legacy of apartheid
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As England’s tour of South Africa gets under way, the two latest guests of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller on their cricket-themed podcast offer deep insight into South African cricket past and present. Mo Allie, of the BBC Africa service has reported on South African sport for many years and is the author of More Than A Game, telling many heroic s…
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John Cleese Shares His Lifelong Love of Cricket
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“In that moment I went absolutely rigid with real terror, far worse than facing Jeff Thomson.” That is John Cleese, sharing with Peter Oborne and Richard Heller on their latest cricket-themed podcast his experience as a performer of the “yips”, that dread loss of control which can blight cricketers on the field. He shares joyous memories of a lifel…
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Jill Rutter on watching cricket with Prime Ministers and others
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Jill Rutter had many high-profile roles in British public service, including Director of Communications at the Treasury and a spell in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit. She is now a Visiting Professor at King’s College, London and a senior Fellow at the Institute For Government (which has the uphill task of promoting better government.) She has bee…
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Here’s why it’s a great time to buy or sell during the holiday season. Looking for a San Diego home? Click here for a full home search Selling Your San Diego home? Get a free home price evaluation At this time of year, people start thinking about other things besides real estate; we focus more on the holidays, family, and friends. The typical belie…
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Talking with Pakistan Women’s Former Cricket Captain Sana Mir
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Sana Mir played in 226 international matches for Pakistan, as an off-spinning all-rounder, 137 as captain, an appointment she received at just 23. She won many awards in her career, including two Asian Games Gold Medals, and was the first woman cricketer to be honoured by her country. Wisden named her Captain of the Women’s Team of the last decade.…
Al Andrews is the kind of person who somehow validates who you are as a person while simultaneously challenging you to step into the potential of who you could be. Al is the founder of a counseling service called Porter’s Call, a counseling service that exclusively helps traveling artists in Nashville. For nearly 20 years, Al, and his friends at Po…
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The glorious social and cultural heritage of Irish cricket with Charles Lysaght
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Besides being a celebrated student debater, who replaced Ken Clarke and handily defeated Vince Cable in 1964 as President of the Cambridge Union, then one of Ireland’s leading constitutional and administrative lawyers, a biographer, obituarist and a man of letters Charles Lysaght has been a noted cricketer and host of cricketers in Ireland for over…
Scott Erickson has a unique way of looking at his faith that is simultaneously challenging and inspiring. As a touring painter, performance speaker, and creative curate, he mixes autobiography, mythology, and aesthetics to create art and moments that speak to our deepest experiences. His works have appeared on CNN, National Geographic, and various …
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Cricket's growth in remarkable places: the man who knows
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James Coyne, Assistant Editor of The Cricketer magazine, has prepared each year since 2012 the section in Wisden Cricketers Almanack on Cricket Around The World. He is also the co-author of a book Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion (to be published next April) a record of an epic cricketing odyssey in Latin America. As the latest guest of Peter Oborne…
In 2008 Emily took her love for monograms, stationery and organization and courageously launched a business. Over the last 12 years, her business has exploded and her Simplified planner has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of women around the world. The joy and positivity Emily exudes is contagious and her insights about being a working m…
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BONUS: Fred Luskin (Learn To Forgive For Good)
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Have you ever tried for forgive someone and wondered if you'd actually done it right? Our guest for this special episode is the Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, Dr. Fred Luskin. His book, Forgive For Good, changed JJ's husband's life when he read it in 2011. We hope our conversation provides you with tools and skills you can use for th…
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Talking with Human Rights Lawyer Clive Stafford Smith
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Clive Stafford-Smith OBE is a cricket-lover who is also one of the leading human rights lawyers in the world. He is the founder of Reprieve, an organization which specializes in defending people facing execution and victims of rendition, extrajudicial detention and torture in the name of counter-terrorism. As a lawyer practising in the southern Uni…
Our guest this week is an absolute delight and is full of humility even though his list of accomplishments is a mile long. Make sure to listen until the end to catch the surprising personal turn in his story! Wayne is a multi-award winning songwriter, producer, playwright, and musician. Highlights include “Every Heartbeat”, recorded by Amy Grant, “…
There are only nine master penman in the world to date. Jake Weidmann is the youngest. His devotion to his craft is only outpaced by his devotion to his faith and family. Of course, his journey was anything but a straight line to success. I know you will love hearing his story. https://www.jakeweidmann.com/ http://www.jjheller.com/podcast…
