Matt Hampson

Normal Not Normal

Stabl

Society & Culture

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we talk to former rugby player and charity founder Matt Hampson. At 21, Matt was a rising rugby star with a glittering future ahead of him. All that changed in March 2005 when a catastrophic training accident ended his career and turned his life upside down. Now paralysed from the neck down, Matt has to use a ventilator twenty four hours a day, but he doesn't let that stop him living his best life. We chat to Matt about the accident, learn what made him a 'nightmare child' and find out how Matt pulls the sympathy card to get the last chocolate bar. In 2011 Matt founded the Matt Hampson Foundation, a charity which gives life-changing support to those with debilitating disabilities. In 2018 the charity opened the Get Busy Living Centre, a rehabilitation clinic where people can access physiotherapy and connect with others who have similar stories. To find out more and donate to Matt's charity, go to www.matthampsonfoundation.org Sponsors: We’d like to thank our sponsors Yamaha for supporting the podcast. To find out more about the Yamaha E700A headphones go to yamahamusiclondon.com/E700A Matt’s 3am questions: Favourite Book – Rainbow Warrior by Francois Pienaar Favourite Film – The Shawshank Redemption Favourite Song – Live Forever by Oasis We want to hear from you. If you have a brilliant 'Did You Know?' fact, a question for us, a jingle you’ve written or a voice note you want to share, get in touch. We’ll choose a few messages and include them in the audio version of every podcast. You can tweet us your message using the hashtag #normalnotnormal or email us at normalnotnormalpodcast@gmail.com Remember, if you’re sending us a voice note or jingle and you’re under eighteen, please get permission from a parent or guardian. Follow us on Twitter: @OliverPhelps @James_Phelps @Hambofoundation Normal Not Normal is a Stabl production. Produced by Alice Homewood. YouTube version edited by Oliver and James Phelps. Music: 'Not Normal' by Sebastian Forslund, 'Let Go' by Conditional and 'Bobby Swing' by The Bladwerk Band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hola!
0:00.8	Moi, Guten Tag.
0:02.6	G'day.
0:03.5	Audi.
0:04.3	Jambo.
0:05.6	Bula!
0:13.2	Welcome to the normal, not normal podcast from myself, Oliver Phelps.
0:17.1	From yourself, Oliver Phelps.
0:18.8	From us, Oliver Phelps, and me, James Phelps.
0:21.2	You're not us, Oliver Phelps.
0:22.2	You were just trying to get in.
0:22.9	I was at least, there was a perfect tea at there, to say,
0:25.7	from me, Oliver Phelps, and you say,
0:27.4	I'm me, James Phelps, or M.Y. James Phelps.
0:30.5	Already banged on with your rant this week.
0:33.3	But, anyway, Oliver, John, tell us what we're doing in this series.
0:36.8	Yes, that's right.
0:37.4	In this season, we are talking to some of our favourite people
0:40.2	to find out what normal means to them,
0:43.0	and let's face it, if normal even is this,
0:45.9	or if it's just a word,
0:46.8	or it's just loosely thrown about to describe something.
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