Best Rory Kinsella Podcasts (2025)

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Sober Yoga Girl meets Sober Meditation Guy 33:12

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The podcast is back out of retirement after 2.5 years for a special one-off episode with my favourite guest. Join me and Sober Yoga Girl Alex McRobert as we talk about how she uses yoga philosophy to help people quit alcohol. And of course we talk about the retreat we are co-hosting in Bali in September. There are just two rooms left on the retreat…

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This meditation s**t’s good, it’s a natural high – with Cam Cooney 36:48

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In this episode of the Not-Quite Alcoholics podcast I’m joined by Cam Cooney. Cam is a Vedic Meditation teacher based in Glasgow in the UK. Cam came to meditation after an emotional meltdown at work led him to google “how to be happy” and found a top ten list where #8 was meditate. He realised that smoking weed, drinking alcohol and suppressing his…

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A wake-up call that couldn’t be ignored – with Janet Gourand 29:40

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In this episode, I’m joined by Janet Gourand, the founder of Tribe Sober, a community of people changing their relationship with alcohol. Janet is originally from London but has been living in Cape Town for the last 20 years. When she decided to stop drinking alcohol she could find very little support in South Africa and didn’t want to go down the …

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Making friends with the discomfort – with Claire Robbie 36:30

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In this episode, I'm joined by my friend Claire Robbie to talk about how meditation is core to her sobriety and how she uses it to help others. Claire is a meditation and yoga teacher based in New Zealand who is the founder of The School of Modern Meditation where she teaches Awareness Insight Meditation. Claire also runs The Reset Program, a 90-da…

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Coming out as a non-drinker – with Andrew Addie 29:34

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This week I’m joined by Andrew Addie, CEO of Untoxicated, an organisation that describes itself as “a thriving tribe of around 9,000 sober and sober curious people passionate about having a laugh, meeting new mates and smashing social norms along the way”. Before Andrew quit drinking, he had been a binge drinker who found himself drinking everyday …

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Stealth or health: To tell or not to tell – with Neradine Tisaj 33:08

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This week I’m joined by Neradine Tisaj, a media and brand consultant, meditation teacher, mentor, cancer warrior and writer. When she was diagnosed with cancer, Neradine vowed to quit alcohol completely for three years to help her recovery. Little did she know her friends and family would often be so unhelpful that she would find it easier to prete…

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Calling time on the maelstrom of weariness – with Jamie East 37:35

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This week on the Not-Quite Alcoholics podcast I’m joined by my old friend and former boss, the legendary Jamie East, aka Mr Holy Moly. We reminisce over old boozy times like when I lost the “sacred” Holy Moly glove puppet while drunk on assignment at the MTV Europe Music Awards, bought a replacement and denied the whole thing. But more importantly,…

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A Sober Yoga Girl's journey – with Alex McRobs 31:12

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In this episode, I’m joined by my first guest! Alex McRobbs is a self described Former Party Girl turned Sober Coach & Yoga Teacher. Alex is originally from Canada, now based in Bali, via Abu Dhabi. She is the founder of the Mindful Life Practice virtual yoga and meditation school and is the host of the Sober Yoga Girl Podcast. Connect with Alex he…

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Welcome to Not-Quite Alcoholics – Rory's story 25:54

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Welcome to the Not-Quite Alcoholics podcast with Rory Kinsella. In this first episode, Rory talks through his journey to going alcohol-free in 2017. He never considered himself an alcoholic but realised the cost of drinking had long started outweighing the benefits. After years of binge drinking and periods of drinking everyday, Rory decided to qui…