Here’s what Graham, the podcast host, had to say:
“Nobody expects a conversation about investment banking to end in tears over a piano. That's exactly what happens on this episode.
“Stephen Ridley walked out of a top investment bank at 11 am on a Thursday, having had no plan to quit that morning. Thirty minutes later he bought a £100 piano from a bloke in a thrift shop on Brick Lane, dragged it onto the street, and started playing. Over a decade on, he's performed in more than 70 countries, played for royalty, sheikhs and A-listers, built a piano academy with over 40,000 students.
“We get into what happens when you strip away the performance and just have a proper conversation. Why phones are exhausting an entire generation. What military torture and hypnotism have in common with doomscrolling. The three minutes Stephen spent holding his dying father, and the lesson that changed the rest of his life. A story about jumping onto a table at the Monaco Grand Prix in a £5,500 tuxedo and throwing it on the floor. And a message from one of his students, a woman called Faye, that will stop you in your tracks.
“This one goes deep. Grab a cuppa and give it the time it deserves.”
— Graham Coath, My Music Podcast
