Andy Fisher is the founder and creator of The Hero Forge Podcast series and accompanying book. Inspired by the loss of his father and wanting to leave something for his young son, Andy has created a unique and creative concept in the Everyday Hero movement.
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Read MoreRafe Kelley is the founder of ‘EvolveMovePlay’ – an organisation dedicated to helping all of us to learn to move like a human and create the most heroic version of ourselves. Through a combination of parkour, dance, tree climbing, rough-housing and direct engagement with the natural environment, Rafe and his team invite those who train with them to become more joyful in their movement.
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THE HERO FORGE PODCAST SERIES ANDY FISHER Daniele Bolleli is a writer, martial artist, history professor and is perhaps best known as the host of ‘The Drunken Taoist’ podcast and ‘History on Fire’ – two shows which have garnished him much deserved praise and respect. He is the author of ‘Not Afraid’ and ‘On the […]
David Geffen is the founder of ‘Loving Classroom’ which is an educational programme designed to guide teachers, students and parents towards cultivating a lifetime of positive relationships in all areas of life – David’s ambition is to empower all of us to effectively ‘engineer love’ so that it might ripple outwards to have a global […]
Episode description Jo Edwardes is first and foremost an old and dear friend – he and I go back to our teenage years when we wooed women, planned world domination and spent too much of our time posing in highly questionable outfits! Jo is a respected authority in the Social Enterprise space and is currently […]
Patrick McKeown is the author of ‘The Oxygen Advantage’ and is a researcher and coach at the cutting edge of optimal breathing strategies. He works with world class athletes as well as everyday people, using simple exercises to help them to correct dysfunctional breathing patterns which can result in life-changing health and fitness benefits. Join […]
Episode description Sam Morris is the creator of a unique mentoring program called ‘Zen Warrior Training’. When he was just 24, Sam experienced a catastrophic event which was to shape the rest of his life. Paralysed from the waist down, Sam had a choice to make: to give up, or discover the tools and skills […]
Episode description Scott Allison is Professor of Psychology at the University of Richmond and is one of the leading researchers in leadership and modern heroism studies. He has published numerous books including ‘Reel Heroes’, a study of heroism on the silver screen, and more recently the ‘Handbook of Heroism and Heroic leadership’. Scott has presented […]
THE HERO FORGE PODCASTS . Produced by Andy Fisher Marcus Alexander is the author of a series of children’s fantasy novels and has presented talks to more than 1,600 schools across the globe, garnering an international following. Marcus is a renaissance man in the trust sense of the world; he has been a professional chef, […]
Andrew Marr is a retired Special Forces Green Beret with multiple combat deployments. He is the author of an excellent memoire entitled ‘Tales from the Blast Factory’ in which he narrates the consequences of having suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury while on active duty. Andrew tells of how this so called ‘silent injury’ turned his […]
THE HERO FORGE PODCAST SERIES PRODUCED BY ANDY FISHER We are delighted to share with you this original podcast series by Andy Fisher, the creator of The Hero Forge. The entire series is available on his website theheroforge.org which is linked below. Each week Andy interviews individuals from all over the world who are involved […]
Our Mission The ‘Hero Forge’ project is, first and foremost, a call to action. For too long we have outsourced our heroic imagination; graphic novels, movies and the press have celebrated heroes as extraordinary beings, rather than everyday people who perform extraordinary deeds. Such narratives are certainly entertaining and this isn’t anything new; our ancestors […]
This is a 19 minute presentation, explaining what the Bystander Effect is, the underlying psychological and cultural influences that encourage the diffusion of responsibility, and what we can do to overcome it. It is the first in a series of educational resources I will be making available for free, for those who are interested in […]
SUCCESS4MEETS PODCAST ANDY FISHER This is our Success4Meets podcast series, the sister series to our Success4Meets Video interviews.In this first episode we meet with Andy Fisher from the Hero Forge and delve a little deeper into what motivates Andy into pushing himself as hard as he does. If you would like to be a guest […]
