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Boots Off

Boots Off

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Summary

Giovanna Fletcher and Marco Barcella explore the adversity that leads to adventure, the adventure that leads to adversity and how life itself can be one big adventure on their podcast Boots Off.


Giovanna and Marco can often be found galivanting across mountains and coastlines for CoppaFeel!, taking on challenges with different groups of awesome humans. These treks, as well as other adventures they’ve tackled separately, have brought with them a lot of conversations - the sort that just spill out of you when you’re surrounded by nature and are connected to the ground beneath your feet.


And they’re not doing this from a traditional studio setting either - instead they’re driving around the country in the podvan. Yep, a van with a podcast studio in the back. Needless to say, the recording of this podcast has become an adventure of its own.

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Audio Always Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • Alex Clarke on raising a son with Duchenne, depression and moving across the world with an ironing board

    Alex Clarke on raising a son with Duchenne, depression and moving across the world with an ironing board
    Nov 12 2026

    Giovanna and Marco head to the beautiful village of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire in the podvan to chat with dad and adventurer Alex Clark.


    Alex shares how he left South Africa with everything he owned (including an ironing board) in the back of a Fiat Uno, before moving to London with £600 in the bank and eventually finding his way to Henley, where he met his wife Lisa.


    He opens up about his son Ben’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy diagnosis, how the family has made travel and adventure a priority while Ben is still mobile, and the moment his younger son Zach told him he felt left out. Alex also talks honestly about depression, rebuilding his relationship with his mum, and why there’s no secret sauce to being a good parent.


    Join us each week on Boots Off as Giovanna and Marco travel around the UK chatting to people with incredible stories.

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    55 mins
  • Fiona Cristol on trauma nursing, cape riots and solo travel in the 70s

    Fiona Cristol on trauma nursing, cape riots and solo travel in the 70s
    Nov 5 2026

    Giovanna and Marco head to Northwood, Middlesex in the podvan to chat with true adventurer Fiona Cristol.


    Fiona travelled to South Africa back in the 70’s to specialise in trauma nurse during the Cape Riots. She shares stories from her solo travels across India, Sri Lanka and Nepal in her early 30’s along with stories from hiking adventures all over the world, including Kilimanjaro.


    Join us each week on Boots Off as Giovanna and Marco travel around the UK chatting to people with incredible stories.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Esmée Gummer on her brain injury, run clubs and finding escape

    Esmée Gummer on her brain injury, run clubs and finding escape
    Oct 29 2026

    Giovanna and Marco head to Hampstead Heath in the podvan to chat with runner, run club founder and SAS: Who Dares Wins star Esmée Gummer.


    At just 18, Esmée was paralysed from the waist down after complications during a routine hernia operation and was told she might never walk again. She shares how she rebuilt her body and her confidence, went on to set up her own run club in London, and the joy of living in a van.


    She also talks about her record-breaking 5,000km run across the UK and Ireland, hosting free run clubs in 76 cities over 99 days and what it really takes to keep going when your body has let you down before.


    Join us each week on Boots Off as Giovanna and Marco travel around the UK chatting to people with incredible stories.

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    1 hr
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