The Full Circle: Linking Songs with Musicians & Friends

Merry Christmas! It's The Full Circle Christmas Special, which features my top Christmas songs.... criteria are either a song that has been crowned Christmas no.1 or a conventional Christmas song!Playlist for the songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5323LPwIE0zE4uX7tDMwet?si=DTRdHy0VTmufzG8S_T2zsQThere's also a Christmas Edition of Would You Rather and Abid's Christmas Words of WisdomI also did a Buzzfeed Christmas Quiz where I learnt my Christmas Aesthetic! Try the quiz for yourself and let me know what yours is in the comments!https://www.buzzfeed.com/laughingduck465/plan-your-perfect-christmas-day-and-ill-tell-youI hope you have a lovely Christmas and enjoy The Full Circle Christmas Special!Follow the Full Circle on social media! https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclepodcastDC https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclepodcastdc https://www.facebook.com/DCFullCircle/ https://www.youtube.com/@FullCircleDC

Tonic Music, a charity who is aiming to establish good mental health within music communities is the only charity in the UK that supports musicians and music fans' mental health.Jeordie Shenton, the Programmes Lead for Tonic Music is the very special guest on The Full Circle! He talks about his role in Tonic Music, the challenges in the music industry, and why he chose to work for Tonic Music! He also takes part in Would You Rather, shares his favourites and shares a great fun fact!And, of course, he creates his Full Circle, all Tonic Music related, ranging from The Specials to The Libertines! Playlist for the songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kOHJDQgN0VPu9dhjDAK6H?si=FxD-VUH7TQ-Z49eLgxl-dgTonic Music is available to those in the music industry and music fans for support with mental health through multiple ways. For more info, head over to their website https://www.tonicmusic.co.uk/Follow Tonic Music on Social Media:https://www.facebook.com/tonicmusicmhhttps://www.instagram.com/tonicmusicmh/https://www.youtube.com/@tonicmusicmhhttps://bsky.app/profile/tonicmusicmh.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/tonic-music-for-mental-health-ltdThank you to Jeordie for coming on the show and thank you for the ongoing support!Follow the Full Circle on social media! https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclepodcastDC https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclepodcastdc https://www.facebook.com/DCFullCircle/ https://www.youtube.com/@FullCircleDC

Reels of Cinema Podcast Host, High School English & Film Teacher and Film Speaker Frank Mandosa is the very special guest on The Full Circle this week! It was an absolute honour to have him on The Full Circle!In between all the chat, Frank shares a great fun fact, answers some tough Would You Rather questions (including never teach again or never watch/talk about movies again), shares some of his favourites and also does a Buzzfeed quiz where he had to plan a winter weekend and Buzzfeed would choose a Christmas Movie! Have a go yourself, and let me know which Christmas Movie you got! https://www.buzzfeed.com/annahidri456/plan-a-perfect-winter-weekend-to-see-which-movie-y-clymcj75j9And of course, Frank creates his Full Circle ranging from Coldplay to Green Day! Playlist for the songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ga0WjUEhU7rZjMBM4CILm?si=40pPwEdGT_SpJIvPT1s9eQCheck out Frank's Podcast Reel of Cinema here: https://linktr.ee/reelsofcinemaFollow Frank on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frankmandosa1974/Thank you for the support as always and thank you to Frank for being an incredible guest on The Full Circle!Follow the Full Circle on social media! https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclepodcastDC https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclepodcastdc https://www.facebook.com/DCFullCircle/ https://www.youtube.com/@FullCircleDC

All those photos you see of your favourite musicians? Jude Harrison may have been involved! He has accomplished so much at such a young age, and photographed many musicians including Soft Play, Kate Nash & Kneecap amongst a whole load of others!He's also available to hire! Head over to https://www.judeharrisonphotovideo.com/ for full details on how to get in contact and also follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/judeharr8He also drums for the bands Caledonia and Sevy Verna - the latter have a show in London on 4th December 2025 fundraising for The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, which provides legal advice, information, and support for migrants across the UK; please do check them out if you can! Tickets are available here: https://ra.co/events/2307427On the show: Jude shares a great fun fact! He also talks about his love of photography, how he got himself into photographing musicians, answers some tough Would You Rather questions, and shares some of his Favourites!He also spoke in detail about playing the drums for Everything & Nothing by Soft Play on the Other Stage at Glastonbury in 2024 (and going straight back to taking photos of the band after!!), which had a whole range of emotions!And, of course, Jude creates his Full Circle ranging from Horse Jumper of Love to Smoking Room!Links to the songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2VwVaxVah1D94UY555tqga?si=hKkWPfaQQfarW20dNn71vgA pleasure to have had Jude on the show, thank you! And thank you for checking out the episode and the ongoing support!Follow the Full Circle on social media! https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclepodcastDC https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclepodcastdc https://www.facebook.com/DCFullCircle/ https://www.youtube.com/@FullCircleDC

A very special Japan Themed Full Circle episode as Abi and I talk about our time in Japan; it was an incredible holiday capped off with us becoming engaged! Hear the story of that and our time in Japan in general, including getting quite a few CDs for the Japanese Bonus Tracks haha!Keeping the Japan theme, all The Full Circle songs this week are by Japanese Musicians, ranging from Babymetal to One Ok Rock! Link to songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7DmTIbuQ1tXfxUYopAeYz5?si=JQ2qRArwS1KnqnOALViTwQThank you for listening to the show, and thank you for the ongoing support!Follow the Full Circle on social media! https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclepodcastDC https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclepodcastdc https://www.facebook.com/DCFullCircle/ https://www.youtube.com/@FullCircleDC

Christian Hesford is a qualified Doctor, GP & Sports Medicine Expert. He is also a massive music fan and a great friend! It was a pleasure to have him on The Full Circle this week!He answers some tough Would You Rather questions, including whether he'd rather listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers only forever, or Taylor Swift, two of his favourites!His Full Circle songs are great ranging from Pendulum to Bring Me The Horizon!Playlist for the songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jDQqpvL5DGpPAwGGpTJdW?si=0QGeat0LQsSkddIbyJUgTw&pi=-9bhtu7oQDaqNHe also shares some of his favourites including his favourite music gig amongst others!And we also do a Buzzfeed Quiz to determine what type of gym go-er Christian is as he is massive fan of exercise and hitting the gym. Have a go yourself here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jstabile/what-type-of-gym-go-er-are-you-c92wzptezjAll this and so much more on The Full Circle this week! Pleasure to have had him on the show this week, I hope you enjoy our chat :)Follow the Full Circle on social media! https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclepodcastDC https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclepodcastdc https://www.facebook.com/DCFullCircle/ https://www.youtube.com/@FullCircleDC

This week's Full Circle episode is a short one... and features no Full Circle haha!I'm so sorry... unfortunately due to logistics, a full episode of The Full Circle cannot be released this week boo!However please do listen to a 5 minute special recorded in Japan the day before release on my phone giving my opinion on the Download Festival 2026 Line-Up! What are your thoughts?Normal service (hopefully!) resumes next week! Thank you for the support as always!Follow the Full Circle on social media! https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclepodcastDC https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclepodcastdc https://www.facebook.com/DCFullCircle/ https://www.youtube.com/@FullCircleDC

Wow, I cannot believe it has been 6 months since The Full Circle started in its podcast form! What an incredible journey so far, and thank you for supporting the show; it means so much!Whilst The Full Circle was previously on student radio and Facebook Live, there are definitely some differences doing it as a podcast! I share my feelings about this, and the extra things to consider when making a podcast, and just content creating in general.I also answer some tough Would You Rather questions which are live music related: some incredibly tough choices!Abid's Words of Wisdom makes its triumphant return this week! I hope you weren't having wisdom withdrawals before this! What did the wise one share this week?And of course, The Full Circle, this week ranging from One Ok Rock to Bring Me The Horizon! Links for the songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5yHLSmbAk5rijs1f2MiAS2?si=eUFXANjTTu-0JQ_gDrP9ugThank you for listening to the show and supporting the podcast, it means so much to me, and I hope you enjoy this week's episode!Follow the Full Circle on social media! https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclepodcastDC https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclepodcastdc https://www.facebook.com/DCFullCircle/ https://www.youtube.com/@FullCircleDC

Ryan Shuck, the frontman of incredible electro-rock band Julien-K, as well as the founding member of Orgy, Dead By Sunrise alongside Chester Bennington, and has worked with Korn as well as many other bands, including being vocalist for Adema for 5 years is the very special guest on The Full Circle this week! I have been a massive fan of Ryan's and Julien-K for years, and it was an absolute honour to have had him on The Full Circle this week!Julien-K are touring the UK/EU with their friends Lord of the Lost and Skarlett Riot, for the first time since 2018! They are incredible live and not to be missed!They are touring from October 30th to November 9th. You can buy any remaining tickets here: https://bnds.us/jwrmceThey have also released an incredible album DRK|MODE in October 2025. Have a listen here: https://open.spotify.com/album/78e7a2tAgYu3niMwtbaQKl?si=e3dmQIJ5QqG-XTD0qs2L9gOn the show:Ryan shares a fun fact never shared elsewhere! He answers some tough Would You Rather question including one that was unanswerable... and we go through all of Julien-K's discography as well as working with Chester Bennington on Julien-K's debut album Death to Analog as well as Dead By Sunrise.And, of course, Ryan creates his Full Circle, ranging from Metallica to New Order!Links for the songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0fxVkAESkIoHig2GaguCal?si=cdNBeihjSPOccRjlfqlY0AAll this and so much more on The Full Circle this week! Thank you to Ryan for coming on the show, and thank you for listening!Follow the Full Circle on social media! https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclepodcastDC https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclepodcastdc https://www.facebook.com/DCFullCircle/ https://www.youtube.com/@FullCircleDC

Kyle of The DDC, a clothing company that raises proceeds for mental health charities is the very special guest on The Full Circle this week! An absolute honour to have him on and talk about The DDC - a truly incredible cause!Please note that this episode does frequently talk about suicide; unfortunately Kyle has directly experienced directly experienced this by his father and step-father, and these events led to the formation of The DDC.You can check out their clothing range at https://www.theddc.uk/ and also follow on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/the_ddc_ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DDCapparelanddesigns. Kyle also answers some tough Would You Rather questions, shares some of his favourites, and opens up about his mental health experiences and the importance of speaking up about mental health.And, of course, Kyle Makes his Full Circle, ranging from Bob Dylan to Sam Fender! Playlist for the songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5dwyj5dhAkexfcpztPcaYXA pleasure to have Kyle on the show and hope you enjoy listening to it too :)Follow the Full Circle on social media! https://www.instagram.com/fullcirclepodcastDC https://www.tiktok.com/@fullcirclepodcastdc https://www.facebook.com/DCFullCircle/ https://www.youtube.com/@FullCircleDC