Sam Smith
Changes with Annie Macmanus
Annie Macmanus
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Sam Smith is back and on fire. They’re releasing new music and being completely themselves, knowing exactly who they are. Sam’s achieved monumental success - four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. In 2019, Sam came out as non binary and today, their music is more popular than ever with their current single Unholy instantly becoming the number 1 trending song in the world.
Having known Sam for many years, Annie, along with the rest of the world, has watched Sam evolve as a person and it’s beautiful to see. In this wonderfully honest conversation, Sam talks about not waiting for people to come with them anymore, this is it now, and goes deep on their career, family, identity and heartbreak. So, are you in?
Changes is a deaf friendly podcast and you can access transcripts here: https://www.anniemacmanus.com/changes
If you missed it, you may also be interested in a recent Changes guest Shon Faye, a writer and journalist who wrote The Transgender Issue - an argument for justice having provided commentary as a Trans Woman for years. It is a really important and insightful conversation covering representation, shame, education, addiction, love and so much more. https://podfollow.com/changeswithanniemacmanus/episode/639b08b60e2c49d1961ce4bb2558591452c8e5c2/view
Should you be affected by any of the issues raised in this episode, there is always someone to speak to. In the UK, The Samaritans can be reached on 116 123. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1-800-273-8255. Hotlines in other countries can be found here http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is brought to you by the new Alpha Romeo |
| 0:03.2 | Tanali plug-in hybrid. Ooh, get us. |
| 0:06.8 | Now I recently had the chance to drive the car, a very nice man. |
| 0:09.8 | Let me have one for 24 hours. |
| 0:11.8 | And it was green and shiny and gorgeous. |
| 0:14.3 | And I was into it because green for Ireland. |
| 0:16.8 | If I had more car tech speak, I would tell you it, |
| 0:19.2 | but just as suffice to say, I felt like a million dollars |
| 0:22.2 | driving it through London. |
| 0:23.6 | So this is a plug-in hybrid. |
| 0:25.6 | I wasn't too sure what this meant before I tried it, |
| 0:27.8 | or how it would work. |
| 0:28.8 | But basically, it means when you're doing shorter journeys, |
| 0:31.1 | you get all the benefits of an electric car. |
| 0:33.6 | And then if you're doing a longer journey, |
| 0:35.5 | it uses the petrol engine. |
| 0:37.1 | It actually automatically takes over. |
| 0:39.3 | So if the battery needs to be charged, you don't have to worry. |
| 0:41.6 | As the car will automatically do it, yes, that's what I need. |
| 0:45.8 | The flexibility is very, very handy there. |
| 0:48.8 | The car itself has all these amazing features. |
| 0:50.8 | It's got a 10-inch touchscreen that has Apple Car play in it. |
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