Apocalypse... now?

Life Changing

BBC

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Steven Brosnan found himself in a bit of a rut, living at home and moving from job to job. Then, in 2012, on his 22nd birthday catastrophic events take place; rather than enjoying a pop concert with his brother he finds himself having to make apparent life-or-death decisions. Ten years later he tells Dr Sian Williams his unique story and the unexpectedly positive consequences those 48 hours had on his outlook.

Producer: Thomas Harding Assinder with Edgar Maddicott

Transcript

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I want to tell you why I love podcasting.
0:04.7	Hi, my name's Tommy Dixon, and I make podcasts for the BBC.
0:08.4	I'm a big fan of stories, always loved a good book.
0:11.4	But when I started commuting for my first job, I discovered podcasts.
0:15.4	I was blown away by how a creative idea and the right mixture of sounds could take you into
0:19.2	a whole new world full of incredible stories. You know, the type that make you go, wow. And that kind of inspired me to
0:25.2	give it a go myself, which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole
0:30.0	new career giving other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear amazing stories
0:34.2	that make you go wow like I did, they're just a tap or click away on BBC Sounds.
0:40.8	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Hello and welcome. I'm Dr. Sean Williams. Now, you'll know
0:49.1	that this series is all about people who've had something extraordinary happen to them. At the time, it feels like
0:56.4	it's the end of the world. And afterwards, things are never quite the same. Well, I'm not going to
1:01.4	tell you much about our next guest before we hear from him, but let's just say what he experienced
1:06.8	was simply unbelievable and has never happened to anyone before.
1:12.7	He's Stephen Brosnan and he's here.
1:15.1	Hi, Stephen.
1:16.0	Hi, how are you?
1:16.8	I'm all right. How are you?
1:18.0	I'm excited to be here, excited to talk to you.
1:20.3	Good, me too.
1:21.6	We are going to start then on your 22nd birthday.
1:25.4	2012, you've just woken up, but not where you expected to.
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