with Trisha Goddard

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TV Presenter | Producer | Mental Health Activist

Trisha Goddard is a queen and legend of international TV. Her career began in Australia where she quickly became the country’s first black TV presenter, though not without having to face the racial discrimination that came with this well-deserved professional breakthrough.

She began her first major international on screen venture in the UK in 1998 and has since worked on many successful shows, both as a producer and presenter. Trisha now works between the United States, the United Kingdom and, occasionally, Australia.

A journalist, producer, radio and TV presenter, long-distance runner and mother, Trisha worked with Nelson Mandela shortly after giving birth to the eldest of her two daughters. She has published several books, one of them the autobiography As I Am. She survived aggressive breast cancer and has always been a vocal advocate for outreach programmes that support anxiety, depression and other disorders associated with the mind and nervous system, in order to help fight the stigma that is still attached to mental illness.

Trisha is especially known for her work as a Talk Show host and producer and as soon as you start talking to her you can see exactly why she has been so successful in dealing on all levels with people’s traumas and conflicts. She is an accessible, open, spontaneous and thoughtful woman who immediately establishes empathy with whoever she is with. She also has the gift of easily stepping into another’s shoes, due to a lifetime of having to deal with her own extreme ups and downs.

It was not only a great pleasure to have the opportunity to talk to Trisha Goddard about her personal life and her impressive, multifaceted career, but it also confirmed to us that true stars always share their light without their brightness dimming.

And now, enjoy the interview!

This episode of Metralla Rosa is dedicated to Linda [a.k.a. Winnie] Goddard (1961-1988) and Anne Deveson (1930-2016)

Listen to Podcast
This interview was recorded on the 25th of January 2020 and released on the 1st of April 2020

Useful Information (UK):

Mental Health support: Mind | Shout Crisis Text Line – Text SHOUT to 85258 in the UK to text with a trained Crisis Volunteer | Time To Change | The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)  | Heads Together  | Mental Health UK | SANE | Samaritans | The National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA) | NHS: Mental Health helplines & Schizophrenia information
Breast Cancer support: Macmillan Cancer Support | Breast Cancer Support | Breast Cancer Haven | Breast Cancer Now | NHS
Child Support & Children’s Mental Health: Home Start Norfolk | The Mix – Support for under 25s | Young Minds

Further Information:

Related Links
Tisha Goddard: Wikipedia | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Books (Amazon)

References during the interview
Brownie Movie Camera 02:25 | BBC 02:43 | Film Editing 02:56 | Nick Park 03:32 | Wallace and Gromit 03:34 | Sir Carol Reed 03:51 | The Fallen Idol 03:52 | Costumier 04:09 | Hovercraft 04:12 | Air Stewardess 04:17 | Bahrain 04:30 | Gulf Air 05:08 | Susie Paylor 5:18 | The Times 05:23 | George Donikian 06:08 | SBS 06:35 | Stevie Wonder 06:46 | Archbishop Desmond Tutu 06:56 | Nelson Mandela 07:06 | ABC 07:37 | Shock Jock 10:48 | Ku Klux Klan (KKK) 11:06 | Meghan Markle 12:12 | Islam 13:34 | New England 13:55 | Schizophrenia 15:05 | Anne Deveson 15:08 | Tiananmen Square 16:01 | Berlin Wall 16:03 | Malcolm Allsop 18:20 | Anglia Television 18:23 | Sebel Townhouse 18:30 | Conflict Resolution 19:43 | Mind (Mental Health Charity) 21:04 | Tabloid 21:21 | Counsellor 21:29 | Simon Champ 26:22 | Burton’s Biscuit Company 28:38 | Mindful Running 36:32 | Meditation 37:10 | NBC 38:18 | Jerry Springer 38:35 | Maury Povich 38:36 | Television Producer 40:14 | Dr Phil Show 40:30 | Mental Health First Aid 40:55 | Libby Clegg 53:59 | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 01:00:38 | Loose Women 01:00:52 | Pressure Sleeve 01:06:26 | Lymph Node 01:06:29 | Bergdorf Goodman 01:09:18 | ‘O’ Levels 01:12:57 | DNA Test 01:15:40 | Fillers 01:22:03 | Cranial Surgeon 01:22:06

Interview Credits:

Production by Carla Tofano & Toby Deveson | Subtitles by Valentina Sarno | Onset artwork: Photography by Toby Deveson & drawing of Carla by Alexandra Veres | Title music written and performed by Maya Petrovna | Cameras & Sound kindly supplied by Jim Shannon & Murray Stewart