Bez

Changes with Annie Macmanus

Annie Macmanus

Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Bez is a legendary figure of the Manchester music scene - the wild maraca playing dance man of Happy Mondays and a member of Black Grape, he has since traded the party days to lead a healthy lifestyle and become an unlikely fitness instructor with his You Tube classes "Get Buzzin’ with Bez”. A multi faceted man, Bez won Celebrity Big Brother in 2005, previously stood as a candidate in the UK General Election running on a platform of "free energy, free food and free anything" and has explored community living. Here Bez talks to Annie about the many changes in his life - the highs and the lows, his new approach to healthy living, why males in his age group might be more reluctant to embrace change and a sustainable lifestyle, and his love of beekeeping!

This episode is sponsored by Oatly. Oatly has launched a campaign called – ‘Help Dad – a guide to help dads quit dairy’ which is designed to encourage open-minded conversations between different generations about dairy consumption, plant based diets, and how what we eat and drink can affect the environment. For more information, stats, tools and tips just head to Oatly’s campaign website - oatly.com/helpdad.

You can follow Bez on instagram @bezmondays

You can watch and join in with Get Buzzin With Bez here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGJyQCUuEsspqeg4XD8eE7g

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Changes. This is a podcast all about change and my name is Annie
0:07.5	McNannis. This episode is sponsored by Oatly which I'm pretty jazzed about to be honest
0:16.0	because I drink so much oat drinks and I don't touch cows milk and haven't for a while
0:22.4	thanks to how much I enjoy drinking Oatly products. So yeah I'm pretty gasped about that.
0:27.4	Got into their ice cream recipe as well. Oatly have launched a campaign called Help Dad,
0:32.0	a guide to help dads quit dairy so it's designed to encourage conversations and discussions
0:38.0	between different generations about dairy consumption plant-based diets and how basically
0:43.1	everything that we eat and drink can affect the environment. They've done loads of research
0:47.2	around this and one of the biggest takeaways is that men over 45 are the least likely to make
0:52.6	changes and adopt a plant-based diet. Kind of gets stuck in their ways at a certain point and
0:58.0	I thought would be really interesting for this podcast to kind of target a man who is over 45
1:02.8	and has really embraced change and flexibility in his life and how he lives. He's an all-time
1:08.8	music legend. His name is Bez. So today's guest, Bez, real name Mark Berry. You will probably know
1:16.4	him for his dance moves and Miracca playing as part of the band Happy Mondays. He was also a member of
1:21.5	Black Wave and is a big part of the Manchester music scene. Hello, baby.
1:29.2	Bobbie. Go on. Get downstairs. Bobbie, get Ricky. Get downstairs. Go on.
1:39.0	He keeps jumping on the mic. I'm just recording my intro now, Joseph.
1:47.2	Yeah, I did. Can you close the door please? Sorry, that was a little cameo from my younger son
1:54.5	there. He's off school at the moment and pretty excited about it. So yeah, you're probably
1:58.5	knowing for his dance moves and Miracca playing as part of the band Happy Mondays. I mean, you should
2:03.3	not underestimate the significance of Bez in that thing. It's easy to kind of poo poo him as just like,
2:08.2	you know, the guy on the stage that dance with the Miraccas, but Bez really felt like, you know,
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