About us
Experience is a weekly conversation about news, psychology and human behaviour — the story on the front page is only ever the way in.
The show
Every week, Hilary Jeffs and Peter Kinderman pick a story from the news and ask what's actually going on underneath it. One week it might be a resignation at the top of politics, the next a World Cup or a story about sudden fame. The story is only ever the starting point. What they're really after is why people do what they do, and what the week's news says about the rest of us.
Hilary spent her career in communications. Peter is a clinical psychologist and a former President of the British Psychological Society. Between them they have plenty of opinions, and the opinions don't always match. That's most of the fun.
Along the way there's Concept of the Week, where Peter takes apart a psychological idea most of us have half-remembered wrong, and Tips to Try, which is exactly what it sounds like.
The hosts
Communications
A former broadcast journalist, presenter and senior public relations advisor, Hilary is a strategic communications expert. She coaches organisations and individuals in media and presenting skills, executive presence and strategic media advice.
Before setting up her consultancy Jawsmith in 2006, she ran communication training programmes as European Media Training Manager at Weber Shandwick and head of broadcast at hblmedia. On Experience she brings the communications lens to every story — and isn't shy about saying when a leader has lost the room.
Clinical Psychology
Professor Peter Kinderman is a practising clinical psychologist and one of the most forward-thinking psychologists of his generation. A former President of the British Psychological Society and twice Chair of its Division of Clinical Psychology, he co-initiated the statutory regulation of psychologists and authored the profession's standards of proficiency.
His 35 years in front-line mental health care range from psychiatric intensive care units to private therapy with high-profile individuals. He has given evidence to Select Committees on the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act, advised the Department of Health and Social Care, and appeared on BBC News and Mind over Marathon. Find him at Kinder Media.
Every week
Concept of the Week
Peter takes a psychological idea most of us have half-remembered wrong — the marshmallow test, mirror neurons — and explains what it actually shows.
Tips to Try
Small, practical things worth a go. A few minutes outdoors, the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique, or cleaning your teeth standing on one leg.
Behind the show
Experience is recorded, produced and published by Granary Digital, who provide the technical and publishing support behind every episode.