Episode 1926: The Richie Allen Show Tuesday July 9th 2024
The Richie Allen Show
The Richie Allen Show
4.7 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
Richie is joined by Emma-Jane Taylor and Mark Manning. The Paris Olympics is just over two weeks away. Did you know that a volleyball player who was convicted and jailed for raping a twelve year-old girl in the UK, has been selected to represent the Netherlands at the games? Emma-Jane Taylor is a child sex abuse survivor, campaigner and author. Emma-Jane has called on the Dutch Olympic commitee to exclude Steven van de Velde from the squad.
https://www.emmajanetaylor.com/
https://x.com/ejtayloruk
Mark Manning is a voiceover artist and radio broadcaster based in Dublin. Richie invited Mark on to discuss how the media has changed dramatically due to advances in technology and if people are better informed than ever or not. The guys contemplate how the journalists of yesteryear would have reported on Covid, Ireland's migration issues, vaccine injuries and more.
https://x.com/markmanning
https://markmanningmedia.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, welcome to the program Tuesday, July 9th, 2024, Richie Allen and Salford, where it has stopped raining. |
| 0:08.4 | Yes, it has stopped, thank heavens for that. |
| 0:11.9 | I have a terrific program for you, two very special guests. |
| 0:14.7 | You can join in via the website, via the app, download the app, instantly message the studio. |
| 0:22.1 | Good to be with you. |
| 0:29.0 | It's the BBG, not the BBC. This is your Richie Allen show, live from the magnificent city of Salford. It's the Richie Allen show. |
| 0:37.5 | Broadcasting live on richie Allen.com. |
| 0:40.1 | UK and multiple platforms around the world. |
| 0:44.3 | And now, here's your host, Richie Allen. |
| 0:48.6 | Well, I have to say, until today, I never heard of Stephen Van de Velda. |
| 0:52.7 | Who is Stephen Van de Velda? |
| 0:54.5 | Well, he will be representing the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in Paris. |
| 0:59.5 | He will be playing beach volleyball there. |
| 1:02.0 | Would you believe it? |
| 1:03.2 | In 2014, he was 19. |
| 1:05.5 | He raped a 12-year-old girl he had met on Facebook. |
| 1:08.7 | She lived in Milton Keynes in England. Now he was convicted of this. |
| 1:12.0 | He's on the sex offenders register. What is he doing representing the Netherlands at the Olympics? |
| 1:17.1 | I'll tell you who wants to know, and that is Emma Jane Taylor. Emma Jane wants him kicked |
| 1:22.2 | out of the games and she's called on the Dutch Olympic Committee to send him home. Now Emma Jane herself was sexually abused in her childhood. |
| 1:30.5 | Her experiences led her to set up campaigns, very successful campaigns, |
| 1:34.5 | including Not My Shame, to raise awareness around child sexual abuse. |
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