
YEARBOOK
A nostalgic show where we take celebrities back to their school days. Previously home of The Talk Twenties Podcast.
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Dec 12, 2023 • 42min
Ryan-Mark Exposes Himself | Truth VS Controversy, TV Persona & Coming Out
Ryan-Mark, a media personality who attracts controversy with his “persona” on shows such as The Apprentice, Celebs Go Dating and Good Morning Britain, joins the podcast to expose himself.
In a true and authentic expose interview of himself, Ryan-Mark shares everything from his media personality to his true personality and his personal life.
After coming out on TV without telling any of his family, Ryan-Mark shares he navigated being so different to anyone in his family with “no direct communication to family”.
If you love or hate him, one thing is for sure and that is he is everywhere in the media and he shares how in this episode.
In this episode Ryan-Mark talks about:
0:00 Intro
1:28 Ryan-Marks camera roll
5:24 World of TV
8:23 Ryan-Mark BTS
9:25 Eating alone
10:15 Coming out
11:54 Family and coming out
17:40 The apprentice
22:20 True happiness
22:55 FOMO
24:40 Comparison culture
25:50 Kris Jenner
30:30 Finding opportunities
31:20 Rejection
33:13 Failure
39:40 Advice to 20 year old Ryan-Mark
Host: Ryan-Mark
Guest: Gaby Mendes
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Dec 5, 2023 • 40min
How Callum Carver Earns 20K Per Month At Age 20 | Project Kaizen Steps For Success
Today we are joined by Callum Carver, a 20 year old self-made entrepreneur earning 20k a month.
Callum is the founder of The Kaizen, a newsletter which helps unleash the potential of the next generation. After leaving education after college, we chat about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, unleashing your potential and the secret to making people consume what you produce.
Whether you are a fan of Callum, The Kaizen or just a young ambitious person, we are so excited for you to dive into this episode. Please hit that subscribe or follow button so you never miss an episode, it means so much to us.
In this episode Callum Carver talks about:
0:00 intro
1:20 Into the Camera Roll
5:00 School life
5:44 Get to know Callum
9:42 Entrepreneurship
11:28 First Job
11:45 Being your own boss
12:20 Routine for success
14:20 Life outside work
15:43 Money Talk
16:45 Earning 20k per month
18:00 BTS of 20k months
21:10 Toxic Self development
23:00 Project Kaizen
30:26 Callums Failure
34:05 What are you working on?
37:00 Advice for your 20s?
Host: Callum Carver
Guest: Gaby Mendes
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Nov 28, 2023 • 44min
Solo Travelling In Your 20s | How To Travel Solo Full Time With Gabs Explores
Travelling as a female solo in your 20s is something Gabs Explores now does as a career. Gabs Explains shares her Dos and Don’ts for travelling and shares stories from her travels abroad.
Making friends when travelling abroad is easier, says Gabs who explains how you should travel alone and focus on spending time alone as it is a wellbeing hack. Gabs shares a story about her time in Dubai and nearly being scammed and warns us all what to avoid on our solo 20 travels.
Gabs is the founder of females flying solo a community platform which educates and empowers women travelling the world solo and balancing working whilst travelling by using companies that will pay you to house sit!
In this episode Gabs talks about:
Female solo travel
Travel hacks for your 20s
How to get paid for travelling
Balancing friends and time alone whilst travelling
Staying safe whilst solo travelling
Avoiding scams abroad
Work whilst travelling the world
Adulting failures
Host: Gaby MendesGuest: Gabs Explores
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Nov 21, 2023 • 45min
First Time Buyer Guide Understand The House Buying Process STEP BY STEP with Dan does Mortgages
First-Time Homebuyer’s Guide: Step by Step and everything in between with Dan Does Mortgages. We walk you through the house buying process in the UK in 6 Steps and cover all of the secrets, myths and hacks to buying your first home.
Mortgage Advisor, Dan Knott, known as Dan Does Mortgages breaks down deposits, mortgages, solicitor processes and much more, so grab a pen and paper, turn the volume up and listen in…
In this episode Dan Does Mortgages talks about:
Buying vs Renting
Step-by-step guide to buying your first home in the UK
Homeownership Step 1: Deposit
Pros and Cons about Lifetime ISAs
Homeownership Step 2: Speaking to a Mortgage Advisor
Understanding a credit score vs credit report
Mortgage lender criteria
Homeownership Step 3: Agreement in Principle
Homeownership Step 4: Househunting
Househunting do’s and dont’s
Homeownership Step 5: Mortgage Application
****Search and Surveys: 3 levels of surveys
Homeownership Step 6: Solicitor finalised
Extra fees to save for when buying your first home
Stamp duty explained
Dan Does Mortgages: Adulting failures
Host: Gaby MendesGuest: Dan Does Mortgages
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Nov 14, 2023 • 45min
Mallows Beauty Built a £5M Business From 6k: Skincare Secrets & Building A Business As a Single Mum
Laura Mallows is the founder and CEO of Mallows Beauty, a positive non-shaming led skincare brand which is estimated to turn over £5million this year.
Listen to this episode with Laura to hear more about
:-Lauras career before Mallows Beauty as a fashion buyer
- Everything Laura has learned about skincare
- How much skincare products ACTUALLY change your skin
- The BTS of Mallows Beauty Growth
- Challenges of being a single mum in business
- Utilising TikTok shop / Live
Check out Mallows Beauty here https://mallowsbeauty.co.uk/pages/so-who-even-are-you#
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Nov 7, 2023 • 41min
How To Survive Your 20s? Dear Gaby "I'm having a 20s life crisis"
In the first Dear Gaby (solo episode) we took your questions about navigating your 20s and answered them using Gaby's 28 years of experience and knowledge from the experts and celebs that join the podcast.
Gaby answers 11 messages, agony aunt style to help you navigate your 20s, including:
"I'm a teacher but I absolutely hate it"
"I feel disloyal being bored in my relationship"
"I have to move to my family home after I went freelance"
"I'm going bored and it is making me struggle on dates"
"I'm in my student overdraft, help"
"I hate my 9-5 job"
"I have friends but feel so isolated"
"My family have different political views and"
"I want kids and my partner doesn't "
"I keep comparing myself"
"I am so nostalgic about my childhood"
Send your questions to dear gaby at info@talktwenties.com - we will keep it annoymous!
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Oct 31, 2023 • 54min
The Sidemen Secret with Jordan Schwarzenberger: Sidemen Manager and Co-founder of Arcade Media
This is the sidemen secret, the secret to their success and the man behind the scenes, Jordan Schwarzenberger. Jordan is still in his mid 20s and has had an incredible career, all as a university drop out who has NEVER applied for a job - even at his previous workplaces such as Vice and LadBible Group.
As cofounder of entertainment company Arcade Media, Jordan Schwarzenberger manages clients such as British YouTube group The Sidemen and helps launch brands such as YouTuber KSI’s companies Sides and XIX Vodka. Prior to Arcade Media, Schwarzenberger was chief creative officer at talent management company and worked at Vice News.
In this episode Jordan talks about:
Career and how to stand out to employers
The secret to success
The sidemen and their secrets
Jordan's role in the success of Amelia Dimoldenberg
Tips for marriage and Jordan's story of marrying young
Adulting failures
Life lessons from Jordan Schwarzenberger
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Oct 24, 2023 • 50min
Simon Squibb: Homeless Teen To Multi-Millionaire Without University
Simon Squibb, A MAN who dropped out of school and was homeless at 15 is now a multi-millionaire and joins the Talk Twenties Podcast to tell YOU how to turn dreams into reality. Simon uses his own personal stories and beliefs to share to Gaby and you how to start, grow and fail a business. Simon is known as a controversial business man with strong beliefs around the education system and governments. Frequently doing street interviews telling people to quit their current jobs to pursue a dream and offers free advice and mentorship in the stairwell he bought in London.
In this episode, Simon Squibb talks about:
- Being homeless at 15 and dropping out of education
- "University is a scam" and why
- Hacks for getting graduate jobs
- Real reason behind the viral staircase purchase
- The truth about the myth that 90% of businesses fail in the 1st year
- New zero based business model
- Real life business analysis
- Airbnb and Elon Musk's X
- Simon gives honest mentorship on Talk Twenties and Gaby
Host: Gaby Mendes
Guest: Simon Squibb https://simonsquibb.com
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Oct 17, 2023 • 33min
Pro Footballer to Wave House Owner Talks Growing a Data Driven Business with Jide Maduako
Ex-footballer to Onwer of £5million TikTok mansion THE WAVE HOUSE and creating Yoke Network, the leading creator marketing network. Jide Maduako talks about how navigating the world of professional football on and off the pitch helped develop skills for the business world.
Is everyone a content creator now? Jide and Gaby talk about how to hustle with a LACK off ego and using data in a creative industry to excel ahead of the competition.
Jide has an interesting personal story from footballer to university student (to keep his mum happy) to creating the leading marketing network but just like us, Jide is human and suffers with figuring out life like the rest of us. Jide owns up to the areas in his life that needs work on and where his big life mistakes are.
In this episode Jide Maduako talks about:
Creating the wave house
From professional footballer to business owner
Life lessons from a footballer on and off the pitch
Becoming a content creator in a saturated industry
Understanding data in a creative industry
Leaving ego behind in business
Procrastination
Adulting failures
Host: Gaby MendesGuest: Jide Maduako
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Oct 10, 2023 • 42min
Embracing Yourself Openly and Proud with Kolade T Ladipo | Intersectionality, Creativity & Queerness
Kolade, a multi-hyphenate who moved to Liverpool, the great queer city was attacked 4 times in one day and it made the headlines.
Kolade and his friends didn't report the attack or homophobic slurs to police and founded Noire Gayse which discusses intersectionality and queerness. Kolade joins talk twenties to talk about growing up in the "closet" with his parents until 15 and the struggles that came with being gay.
Kolade went to boarding school on a scholarship, originally from a working class back ground - he speaks about the importance of keeping your inner child and dreaming if you are a creative.
In this episode Kolade talks about:
Growing up queer
Wanting to be everything as a multi-hyphenate
Feeling unloved and underrepresented
being bullied
coming out and living "two lives"
Homophobic attack in Liverpool
Dreaming and creativity
Adulting failures
Host: Kolade
Guest: Gaby Mendes
Email the team at info@talktwenties.com - we love hearing your stories!
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