The one with Danny Bent

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Virgin Radio UK

Comedy, Unknown

4.4 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Adventurer Danny Bent reveals the mental benefits of having an adventure, ahead of his run across Iceland with Vassos. He also gave his top tips to happiness after being named as one of the top 100 happiest people in the UK.

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0:00.0	It's the summer of Bripop and we're all over it.
0:04.0	Hi everybody, it's John Pard from Cass T here on Virgin Radio.
0:09.0	Walk away, walk away.
0:11.0	Bripop legends cast are part of the biggest live shows of 2025.
0:17.0	Whitsaporn Oasis this summer and I can't wait to tell you're all about it.
0:20.0	You got a right time, the right time and make a trick.
0:24.0	Hear some nailed on Britpot bangers and stories from the road.
0:28.1	The plan is to do a bit of a tour diary, so let's get on with it, all right?
0:31.7	It's the power hour with John Power.
0:36.5	Saturday afternoons from four on Virgin Radio.
0:39.5	Our next guest is officially one of the hundred happiest people in the UK, 50 most influential
0:46.4	people in London and one of my favourite people in the world. He's gearing up to lead some lucky people in the great Norse run across the length
0:57.3	of Iceland. So please welcome a Superman who's not Clark Kent, but Danny Bent.
1:03.1	All right, Danny. Oh, Danny, Danny, Danny, Danny, Danny, Danny, Danny, Danny. How are you, Danny? I am absolutely. Well, actually, I'm sitting there in the green room and you're accusing me of being the reason that Vassos has left. No, excuse me, I'm ready to thank you. I'm on my bend in need. I don't know how to show my gratitude. I will not, if I lived a thousand lives, it's not long enough to thank you for taking him away from this program. Oh, you can give me a ticket to the charity gig as a thank you. What, that charity gig? That charity gig, yeah. Let's talk about this running thing. Yeah. So you're taking Vassos to Iceland. Yeah. I suppose it's far enough away, isn't it? Could be further, I suppose. Tajikistan, couldn't it, Danny? Yeah, absolutely could, yeah. What's going on with the Great North Run? So, it's kind of like a human experiment. Right. We take a... Good, excellent. A bunch of people who don't have to be, like, ultra-runners, professional runners. Yeah. the north of iceland and then we let them
2:03.6	loose and they've got to run nine marathons in 10 days heading south from the north coast to the
2:08.9	south coast of iceland right and so and this is what you do for a living you organize these these
2:13.3	these um these extreme but not impossible events.
2:18.3	Absolutely, yeah.
2:19.3	It sounds extreme.
2:21.4	It sounds like you can't do it,
2:23.3	but there's just something about it that makes people think,
2:28.0	there's just this tiny chance that maybe little old me can do it.
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