At TFL, we're making journeys safer for everyone, and that includes improving safety on London's roads.

That's why we and London boroughs are lowering more speed limits to 20 miles per hour,

because 20 miles per hour roads have already reduced collisions resulting in deaths or

serious injuries by 24%. That is how we're making journeys in London safer and brighter for everyone.

Such TFL improvement plan to the Mayor of London and TFL every journey matters.

So, today we've got Aidan on the podcast. I've watched the other stuff he's done. He's a very powerful

emotional speaker. His nickname was Mad Dog when he was in the British Infantry.

He's an Azeri. He's from Azerbaijan, as the Westerners say, Azerbaijani.

But he's got crazy stories, including those in the attempt to kill him and his throat ended up

getting slashed, but we're going to get to that. So, huge thank you for coming on Aidan.

Thank you. Lightwise, I appreciate your hospitality.

And we watched, you know, the other stuff you did, but we'd like to get into much more detail

about what it was like for you growing up first. Yeah, you want me to go to the very beginning?

Yes, please. So, I was born in 1986, you know, in Baku. It's the capital of Azerbaijan.

And my childhood was fine. When I looked back, I didn't know no better, and my mom and dad

always provided. So, whatever they provided to me, I feel that was the means and that was the

necessities and that was the norm. Looking back now, we had more than other people and other children

in society, and other children had more than us. So, for example, like things like caviar,

it's not luxury where I come from. It's everyday commodity for society. It's not expensive,

Ziva. And sometimes I have that for breakfast, but that's no serial. So, that was the norm,

you know, in 1980s and before the Soviet Union broke up. But in general, so my dad's a geologist,

he was born in the village, my mom was born in the city. So, my dad was born in 53, my mom was

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