What if the biggest role for robots and AI isn’t replacing jobs, but replacing loneliness?

In this episode, I’m joined by Andrew Kiguel, CEO of Realbotix, the company building what might be the most realistic humanoid robots in the world.

Andrew explains why Realbotix isn’t focused on robots that walk, cook, or do backflips, but on something far more human: connection, companionship, and emotional wellbeing.

We explore:

- Why companionship may be the biggest market in AI

- Whether AI relationships can be “real”

- The ethics of human-like robots and emotional attachment

- Loneliness, mental health, and ageing populations

- Why ultra-realistic design matters more than raw intelligence

- The difference between assistive technology and replacement

- Where the line is between innovation, discomfort, and progress

Andrew also shares his journey from investment banking and Bitcoin mining to humanoid robotics, and why he believes we’re still years away from a true Westworld, but much closer than people think to robots becoming part of everyday life.

This is not a conversation about sci-fi fantasies.

It’s about what it really means to be human in an age of intelligent machines.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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What if you could change your life while you’re asleep?

In this episode of Project Possible, I’m joined by Charlie Morley, one of the world’s leading experts in lucid dreaming.

Charlie works with CEOs, elite athletes, military veterans and trauma survivors, using a skill most of us already have… but forgot how to use.

Lucid dreaming is the ability to realise you’re dreaming while the dream is happening. And according to decades of scientific research, it’s a powerful tool.

We talk about:

- How lucid dreaming has been scientifically proven since the 1970s

- The groundbreaking studies showing dramatic reductions in PTSD in just one week

- Why trauma, nightmares and intrusive thoughts are the mind trying to protect us

- How athletes use lucid dreams to improve performance while asleep

- The surprising overlap between lucid dreaming, therapy and psychedelics

- Why lucid dreaming may be a gentler, safer alternative for mental health work

- And how anyone can learn it

We also get into creativity, fear, grief, intrusive thoughts, and the uncomfortable truth that most of us are using only a fraction of our mental capacity.

This is a conversation about what’s truly possible when you stop trying to escape the mind - and learn how to work with it.

Visit charliemorley.com to find out more about Charlie, his work and his books.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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Journalist, radio host and TV presenter Mary Mandefield joins me to unpack one of the most controversial developments in modern dating: the rise of online groups like 'Are We Dating The Same Guy?', and the growing tension between protection, exposure, and unintended harm.

Mary shares what she uncovered while making the Channel 4 documentary 'Red Flags: Are We Dating the Same Guy?', including stories from women who found validation and safety through these communities, and men whose lives were deeply affected after being posted online.

We talk about:

- Why so many women feel forced to protect each other online

- The emotional and psychological cost of being publicly accused

- Whether these groups are community support or digital vigilantism

- Why trust in dating apps and the police has broken down

- How empathy for women’s lived experiences can coexist with concern for innocent men

- And what dating might look like in a future shaped by AI, algorithms and isolation

This is not a conversation about taking sides.

It’s about sitting with discomfort, holding two truths at once, and asking difficult but necessary questions:

What do we do now?

And is it possible to date happily, healthily and safely in 2026?

Follow Mary on Instagram here.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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Trevor Woodman is a Rugby World Cup winner. One of only 30 Englishmen to win and lift the Webb Ellis Cup.

And yet, if you walked into his house, you wouldn’t know it - he never framed a shirt, and doesn't have anything out that highlights his incredible achievements.

In this wide-ranging and deeply reflective conversation, Trevor opens up about growing up in Cornwall, breaking into professional rugby, feeling like an outsider at Gloucester at first, and the physical toll that ultimately ended his career.

We talk honestly about injuries, ambition, regret, and why chasing “the next thing” can quietly rob you of contentment. Trevor shares why he still describes himself as having “only 22 caps”, why he never did frame an England shirt, and what he learned from watching others chase what they didn’t have.

This is a conversation about reaching the pinnacle of elite sport, yes, but more than that it’s about identity, perspective, and learning when enough really is enough.

A thoughtful, grounded episode with one of rugby’s most quietly impressive figures.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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This is my second solo episode.

Fifty episodes into the podcast feels like a good moment to pause and reflect.

In this, I talk honestly about where I’m at right now — with the podcast, with life, with grief, with ambition, and with the idea of progress when life doesn’t go in a straight line.

I share what I’ve learned from the first 50 episodes, how my interview style has changed, why fame isn’t the goal, and some of the most surprising lessons my guests have taught me along the way.

I also talk openly about health, guilt, loss, and the painful tension between gratitude and sadness.

This episode finishes with a listener Q&A and a reminder I probably needed to hear myself:

Moving slowly is still moving.

Thank you for being here.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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In this episode, I sit down with Richard Browning.

Richard is the founder of Gravity Industries, former Royal Marines reservist, entrepreneur and known to millions as the real-life Iron Man!

Richard and I first worked together back in 2017 when Gravity launched to the world, and since then he’s flown jet suits across 50+ countries, worked with elite military and medical teams, built a global business worth $100 million and learned a huge amount about risk, innovation and resilience along the way.

But this isn’t just a conversation about technology or flight. We talk about grief, loss and the moments that shape who we become.

We talk about the huge gaps in education when it comes to innovation and entrepreneurship, and what could be done about it.

Richard opens up about the impact of losing his 'wonderful, creative, maverick inventor' father to suicide as a teenager.

He talks about how that experience fuelled his drive to build and to push boundaries, and why resilience matters more than ever - not just in entrepreneurship, but in life.

We get into:
• why he set out to build a jet suit with no business plan
• the hidden reality of risk, failure and experimentation
• military and medic use-cases that save time - and lives
• how grief changed his outlook on fear and challenge
• the role of resilience in innovation and society
• what flying actually feels like… and why he doesn’t dream of it anymore

This is a conversation about possibility, courage and what happens when we decide not to be defined by the hardest moments in our lives.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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In this episode I sit down with stand-up comedian and immigration lawyer Sikisa.

Sikisa was once told she was “slightly funny”.

She took that compliment (?) and has since gone on to become one of the hardest-working and most in-demand acts on the stand-up circuit.

Since winning the public vote in the 2017 BBC New Comedy Award, she's starred on Live at the Apollo, Comedy Central Live and many other TV shows, and performed on stages up and down the country - while juggling her day job as an immigration lawyer, and other pursuits including co-hosting the Wrestle Club UK podcast, compering and performing burlesque.

Her Fringe show Serving Justice saw her shortlisted for a prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award, and she's just released a brilliant special on YouTube, Life of the Party.

We talk about what it’s like to split a life between demanding worlds: handling complex, emotional immigration cases in the day, then stepping on stage at night with confidence, humour and attitude.

She speaks openly about graft, sacrifice, doubt and identity, and why she keeps pushing even when the cost feels real.

Funny, honest and full of heart. A conversation about work ethic, possibility and backing yourself.

Find out more about Sikisa from the links on her (packed) Linktree.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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I sit down with Jeremy Lynch to talk about discipline, failure, rejection, consistency, and what it takes to get back up again when you fall down.

Jeremy reflects on being just 20 years old on Britain’s Got Talent, overreaching on the biggest stage of his life, and experiencing a very public failure - and why finishing the performance mattered more than winning.

We talk about his mindset, his work ethic, and his long-term approach to growth.

We get into why motivation is overrated, why systems and focus matter more than feelings, and why most people quit just before things start working.

Jeremy shares how he taught himself skills without formal lessons, why learning by doing has been central to his success, and how consistency compounds over years - not months.

We also talk honestly about money, happiness, fatherhood, impostor syndrome, collaboration over competition, and the pressure creators put on themselves to “make it” quickly.

This is a conversation about doing the work, staying curious, and committing to the long game - even when no one’s watching.

Jeremy has launched a new 'focus-first' supplement brand called HP-1. We talk about the story of creating the company, benefits and more in this conversation. Find out more at: https://hp-1.com

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life. I realised that I needed to run towards passion, purpose and positive impact, and my dream of this being my career.

Possibilists, pull up a pew.

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