Chatterjack Podcast
Chatterjack Podcast
Podcast Description
Chatterjack – the podcast that spills the career secrets they forgot to mention in school. Hosted by Lindsay Gray, alongside a crew of curious school and college kids, we grill people with the coolest jobs, weirdest career paths, and unexpected stories about how they got there. No boring lectures, no careers advisors—just real talk, surprising insights, and maybe a few bad jokes along the way. Whether you’re figuring out your future or just nosy about other people’s jobs, we’ve got you covered.
Brought to you by Natterjack Marketing—because podcasting doesn't need to be boring.
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Content Themes
The podcast delves into a multitude of topics related to unconventional career paths, personal stories, and industry insights. Episodes discuss themes like family-owned businesses, including a chat with the Director of Lake District Hotels on modernizing hospitality, as well as inspirational tales like that of Paralympic athlete Simon Lawson, who shares his experiences overcoming challenges in wheelchair racing and the importance of mental preparation.
Chatterjack – the podcast that spills the career secrets they forgot to mention in school. Hosted by Lindsay Gray, alongside a crew of curious school and college kids, we grill people with the coolest jobs, weirdest career paths, and unexpected stories about how they got there. No boring lectures, no careers advisors—just real talk, surprising insights, and maybe a few bad jokes along the way. Whether you’re figuring out your future or just nosy about other people’s jobs, we’ve got you covered.
Brought to you by Natterjack Marketing—because podcasting doesn’t need to be boring.
Miranda Kirschel MBE never planned a career in nuclear. She wanted to be a dancer. After studying politics and French almost by accident, she temped her way into what's now the Nuclear Industry Association, and ended up spending the next few decades in an industry she'd barely heard of growing up in Cyprus.
In this episode she sits down with us to talk about how she fell into nuclear, why she co-founded Women in Nuclear UK, and what it took to start shifting the dial on women in the sector.
She's honest about the hard parts too, moving to Cumbria, losing her identity as a new mum, and learning how to work again.
We also get into her current mission as Programme Director at ISH, the Industrial Solutions Hub. Plans have just been approved for the Enterprise Campus at Cleator Moor, and Miranda explains what that means for West Cumbria: the clusters, the jobs, the deprivation she wants to help rebalance, and the world-leading innovation already happening here that almost nobody knows about.
Plus, why she reckons nuclear is the friendliest industry you'll ever come across.
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Follow the Chatterjack Podcast
Instagram → / chatterjackpod
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?…
TikTok → / chatterjackpod
LinkedIn → / chatterjack-podcast
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Keep up with Miranda
LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/miranda-kirschel-mbe-a0776614/
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Connect with the crew
Lindsay → / lindsay-gray-54638950
Tom → / tom-simmons-134b6121b
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