Standing On The Shoulders

Pearson

Standing on the Shoulders is a podcast about giants. Not the kind you run into in fairytales...but the more metaphorical, inspirational kind - whose symbolic shoulders you can stand on to reach greater heights. Across each episode Aleks Krotoski chats to innovators and visionaries about what they’ve learned from inspirational giants that shaped their lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Standing On The Shoulders

Episodes (11)

Nov 19, 2020 Lex Gillette
Nov 5, 2020 Martha Lane Fox
Oct 22, 2020 Ytasha Womack

Standing On The Shoulders

Nov 19, 2020
30¼ minutes
42 MB

Lex Gillette is a blind Paralympics champion in the long jump category. He started losing his sight aged seven and despite ten different surgeries at the age of eight doctors told him there was nothing they could do. At school his coach introduced him to long jump, which he excelled at, collecting medals at all levels. He is the current world record holder in this field. He won the gold medal for long jump in the last Paralympics championship, which was in 2019 in Dubai. He's also a motivational speaker and a singer-songwriter. Lex talked to Aleks about...

Standing On The Shoulders

Lex Gillette

Pearson

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