# Independent Media News

> Free content for UK radio and TV


## Posts

- [Eczema Awareness](https://imncontent.com/eczema-awareness/): In this week's Talking Health, Kieran talks to Claire Balas, the Head of Education working for skincare experts NAOS-group. They discuss the problems many Eczema sufferers face when they try to solve their skin issues: from self-treatment to irregular skin routines.
- [Tourist Taxes](https://imncontent.com/tourist-taxes/): In this week’s Talking Travel, Rory talks about tourist taxes - how do they work, where they're implemented and how much revenue do they generate for a local community?
- [Feline Wellbeing](https://imncontent.com/feline-wellbeing/): In this week's Talking Life, Kieran is joined by TV vet and veterinary surgeon Cat Henstridge. They discuss new research revealing the extent of cat owners' deep and human relationship with their pets. From full-blown conversations with them to throwing them literal birthday parties. However, the study also found some serious gaps in how well people understand what their cats actually need. Kieran and Cat discuss the minutiae of these often-overlooked needs.
- [October's Energy Bills and Power Independence](https://imncontent.com/octobers-energy-bills-and-power-independence/): In this week's Talking Tech, Rory speaks to Lorna Wallace-Smith, an energy expert from the outlet EcoFlow, to talk about how people are feeling about the rising energy price cap, and the idea of people generating their own power through solar panels and external batteries is taking hold in the UK.
- [The 10k Steps Myth](https://imncontent.com/the-10k-steps-myth/): In this week's Talking Health Kieran pulls-apart the 10k step myth: its origins, uptake, and falsities. He looks at what a healthy step count actually looks like in 2026 compared to past calculations, and how we can best reach a number that works to keep us healthy in our busy, contemporary lives.
- [Investment Nerves](https://imncontent.com/investment-nerves/): In this week's Talking Money, Kieran talks to Laurence Chard. He interviews the CEO of Chards, one of the oldest and most established family run bullion and coin dealers in the UK, to assess the state of investment in the UK 95 years after we left the gold standard. They discuss why many Brits are mistrustful of investment opportunities, but seem happy to leave their money sitting stagnant in a low-interest bank account.
- [Medical Tourism](https://imncontent.com/medical-tourism/): In this week's Talking Travel, Kieran is joined by the Chief Operating Officer of EsCare, Dimitri Rodionov. They discuss the growing trend of medical tourism - Brits going abroad for elective surgery to skip untenable NHS waiting times. They delve into new research conducted by EsCare that highlights the plight of NHS patients stuck in waiting list limbo.
- [Incontinence Awareness](https://imncontent.com/incontinence-awareness/): In this week's Talking Life, Kieran is joined by incontinence expert and Registered General Nurse Louise Heelan. They discuss why bladder and bowel health appears to be the number one taboo topic in the UK, and how people can feel more confident seeking help.
- [AI Agents](https://imncontent.com/ai-agents/): In this week’s Talking Tech, Rory talks about what an AI agent actually is, and how that’s different from the AI tools we see every day like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot
- [Migraine Gender Bias](https://imncontent.com/migraine-gender-bias/): In this week's Talking Health, Kieran is joined by Migraine Spokesperson and PhD Student Viktoria Krivdova. They react to new survey findings revealing that 30% of women who experience migraines in the UK believe their symptoms are taken less seriously because of their gender. They cover the trials and tribulations faced by migraine sufferers, as well as the small things that can be done to help.
- [SME Start-Up Disadvantage](https://imncontent.com/sme-start-up-disadvantage/): In this week's Talking Money, Kieran is joined by Matt Wilde, Managing Director of small-business loan company SWIG Finance. They discuss the initial startup challenges faced by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, and what a prospective business can do to maximise its chances of success in a saturated market.
- [Solo Travel Nerves](https://imncontent.com/solo-travel-nerves/): In this week's Talking Travel, Kieran is joined by BBC legend and ex-Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis. She rediscovered the joy of travel years after her late husband and travel partner, John, passed on. They discuss the ups and downs of solo trips, and what the uninitiated can do to prepare themselves to take that initial leap into exploring the world on their own.
- [Sign Language Accessibility](https://imncontent.com/sign-language-accessibility/): In this week's Talking Life, Kieran is joined by the Senior Policy Officer for Health and Disability at the West Midlands Combined Authority, Dr Mark Fosbrook. They discuss a new sign language interpreter app, Convo, and how it's improving access to qualified BSL interpreters across the nation. Dr Fosbrook explains the importance of breaking down communication barriers, where the biggest gaps lie, and the positive difference proxy access can make to a BSL users’ life.
- [How Data Analysis Shapes Football](https://imncontent.com/how-data-analysis-shapes-football/): In this week’s Talking Tech, Rory talks about how clubs use data and technology to shape the beloved game of football, from how clubs decide which players they’d like to purchase to how to make the most of them on the pitch.
- [The 8-Hour Sleep Myth](https://imncontent.com/the-8-hour-sleep-myth/): In this week's Talking Health, Kieran discusses the standard wisdom that 8 hours of sleep is the only way to get appropriate rest. He discusses the benefits of rest regularity, the new obsession with "sleep scores" calculated by smartwatches, and how many humans used to sleep nightly in two parts during the pre-industrial era.
- [Lifestyle Creep](https://imncontent.com/lifestyle-creep/): In this week's Talking Money, Kieran looks at lifestyle creep: the way your comforts quietly expand to swallow every pay rise. He explains why a nicer standard of living quickly becomes your new normal through diminishing returns, and what you can do to prevent that bump in income from disappearing.
- [Lighthouses](https://imncontent.com/lighthouses/): In this week's Talking Travel, Rory talks about the importance of Lighthouses. Whilst they seem like a beautiful set piece on our coastlines, there are still several operating around the UK, and this episode delves into what uses they still have in the modern day.
- [Why do we sell Christmas cards in September](https://imncontent.com/why-do-we-sell-christmas-cards-in-september/): In this week's Talking Life, Rory discusses why Christmas Cards appear so early in our shops, and how far in advance supermarkets and card shops think about Christmas.
- [Data-Led Oncology Advancement](https://imncontent.com/data-led-oncology-advancement/): In this week's Talking Tech, Kieran is joined by Ben Whatley, CEO of precision oncology pioneers Astron Health. They discuss Astron's revolutionary new partnership with the NHS, and how it is democratising advanced treatment methods for cancer patients that traditionally required rare specialists reserved for expensive private clinics.
- [Working Women Sacrifice Nutrition](https://imncontent.com/working-women-sacrifice-nutrition/): In this week's Talking Health, Kieran is joined by Emma White, the Nutrition Lead at Nutracheck. They discuss new research from her company revealing the nutritional sacrifices many women make as they juggle work, family, and the demands of daily life. Many women with priority overload may turn to weight-loss medication – but without proper support, this may worsen their overall health. Emma elaborates on the research and gives her advice on how to navigate these challenges.
- [The Most Common Types of Fraud](https://imncontent.com/the-most-common-types-of-fraud/): In this week's Talking Money, Rory talks about the most common types of fraud and scams that people fall victim to in the UK, and how to avoid being fooled by them.
- [Record-Low Global Waterway Levels](https://imncontent.com/record-low-global-waterway-levels/): In this week's Talking Travel, Kieran is joined by James Golding, Chief Guest Experience Officer at Riviera Travel - the UK's leading river cruise operator. They discuss what the intense summer droughts have done to Europe's well-travelled waterways, and how they and others are dealing with the unprecedented challenges the low water levels present.
- [The Renters Rights Act, 4 Months On](https://imncontent.com/the-renters-rights-act-4-months-on/): In this week's Talking Life, Kieran is joined by Eddie Hooker, CEO of mydeposits, one of the UK's best-known tenancy deposit protection brands. They discuss the state of the renting world four months on from the introduction of the landmark Renters' Rights Act, how landlords and tenants have reacted, and the ways that both parties can protect themselves under the new Act by following the letter of the law.
- [4K Resolution](https://imncontent.com/4k-resolution/): In this week’s Talking Tech, Rory talks about 4K resolution and why companies create TVs and monitors with picture qualities better than what our eyes can perceive.
- [Dementia Pitfalls](https://imncontent.com/dementia-pitfalls/): In this week's Talking Health, Kieran is joined by Katie Goodchild, a Senior Registered Care Manager at Prestige Nursing and Care. They discuss new research suggesting that millions of us could be missing the early warning signs of dementia – mistaking them for a normal part of getting older. They discuss whether or not the public feels they could care for a family member themselves, and where people can go for support and more information.
- [Currency Tales](https://imncontent.com/currency-tales/): In this week's Talking Money, Kieran asks what a country's cash really says about it. From the coins of a nation that doesn't officially exist, to a note worth one hundred trillion dollars, he looks at how money quietly records what a society values, fears and dreams about.
- [Travel's Benefits for Young Children](https://imncontent.com/travels-benefits-for-young-children/): In this week’s Talking Travel, Rory talks about the effect travel can have on young children. Whilst we may not remember many of the first holidays our parents or guardians took us on, psychologists reckon they’ve had a profound impact on who we are today.
- [The Decline of 3rd Places](https://imncontent.com/the-decline-of-3rd-places/): In this week's Talking Life, Kieran discusses the slow disappearance of the "third place": the spaces that are neither home nor work. They're closing across Britain, and what is lost is more than economic value. He looks at what we lose when these utilities vanish, and why community is something that must be built on purpose, or quietly allowed to erode.
- [Preserving your Phone's Battery](https://imncontent.com/preserving-your-phones-battery/): In this week’s Talking Tech, Rory talks about the shared experience of seeing your phone run out of battery, how to preserve your phone's battery life and what the fastest ways are to charge your phone.

## Pages

- [UK radio quizzes](https://imncontent.com/radio-quiz/): Eight UK radio quizzes: history, BBC, commercial, community, DJs and presenters, behind the mic, music radio and radio around the world. Are you a radio genius or a radio idiot?
- [Talking Features](https://imncontent.com/talking-features/): A new professionally voiced feature every weekday, in five strands. Each comes with a cue line and two versions, with and without a music bed.
- [Station portal](https://imncontent.com/station-portal/): A single place for producers and presenters to book guests, download Talking Features and claim prizes for on-air competitions.
- [UK broadcast guide](https://imncontent.com/uk-broadcast-guide/): UK radio and TV audiences, the major radio groups and station types, from the latest RAJAR and Barb figures.
- [Home](https://imncontent.com/): IMN is a content provider to BBC, commercial and community radio and TV across the UK.
- [Privacy notice](https://imncontent.com/privacy/): How Independent Media News uses the information you give us, and the choices you have.


[comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)