Welcome to our 2021 pilot episode for Hustle Hour powered by JCI Manchester. On this episode we have JCI Manchester Deputy President Dr Phil Carvil. Phil is head of the northwest HealthTech cluster and co-lead on the northwest SpaceTech cluster for the Science and Technology Facilities Council. https://www.stfc.ukri.org/ We cover how you test a space suite on Earth, Phil's love of Starbucks, a Eurovision spin class and even find some time to speak about his 9-5.

This episode brings you a panel discussion in honour of Black History Month, to keep the conversation going on the battle against racism.  Panel members include JCI Manchester 2020 President Rachael Shah, Swiscot Group CEO Vikas Shah MBE, JCI Director Josh Carr and your host Mara Rastall. During the discussion, they go through four terms that have more and more frequently popped up in the media and how their understanding of those term definitions have changed in light of recent events.

2020 Hustle Hour brings you stories of businesses doing things differently. Whether they are social enterprises looking to change the world or businesses in the private sector looking for new ways to contribute to their field.  This episode features a three part interview with specialists on COVID-19, Furlough and what types of economic impact we've seen so far.

We interview Alice Sparks, the founder of Invisible Manchester on her motivation and ambition for the company. We'll also be following along on an Invisible Manchester tour with Danny, the first Invisible Manchester Tour Guide who is a veteran and previously spent four and half years sleeping rough.

This episode features CEO of Anxiety UK and founder of Self-Help, Nicky Lidbetter. This interview looks at Nicky's first hand experience with Agoraphobia, and how the initial condition which made it difficult to travel far from home, took her on a career journey to the top of one of the UK's largest mental health charities.

This is the second episode in a three-part series, looking at anxiety and mental health.  This episode features GP and Hypnotherapist Michael Capek. We'll be discussing the different stages of life and why anxiety is more prevalent at certain points than other, how someone's upbringing and their connection with their parents can affect their mental health in the present and we'll discuss the physical symptoms that accompany mental health and depression.

Annette Boden is a hypno-psychotherapist who specialises in the science and biological development of anxiety and other mental health disorders. This episode we'll be discussing the evolution of anxiety biologically, the history of its study, why today's society is more prone to it and what steps each individual needs to take to stay on top of it.