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Eddie Hearn: No Passion, No Point

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Eddie Hearn, one of the world’s best-known sports promoters, goes behind the scenes with some of the biggest names from the worlds of sport and entertainment.

First episodes include YouTube star KSI, England's leading goalscorer Wayne Rooney and world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua.

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Episodes

Freddie Flintoff

One of the World’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business. This series includes in-depth interviews with Gary Lineker, Maya Jama and Virgil Van Dijk. Eddie learns about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to halt this year. In the last episode of the series, Eddie is joined by cricket legend Freddie Flintoff. Flintoff and Eddie talk about the impressions they had of e...

Dec 09, 202037 min

Joe Wicks

One of the World’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business. This series includes in-depth interviews with Gary Lineker, Dina Asher Smith and Virgil Van Dijk. Eddie learns about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to a halt this year. This week, Eddie is joined by 'The Body Coach', Joe Wicks. Joe has been one of the people keeping Britain moving throughout the lockdowns...

Dec 02, 202030 min

Mike Tyson

One of the World’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business. This series includes in-depth interviews with Gary Lineker, Dina Asher Smith and Virgil Van Dijk. Eddie learns about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to halt this year. This week, Eddie is talking to one of the biggest names in sport, Mike Tyson. In the build-up to his fight with Roy Jones Jr, Mike Tyson ta...

Nov 25, 202025 min

Frank Lampard

One of the World’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business. This series includes in-depth interviews with Gary Lineker, Dina Asher Smith and Virgil Van Dijk. Eddie learns about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to halt this year. This week, Eddie is joined by Chelsea manager Frank Lampard. Both Eddie and Frank were at Brentwood School at the same time, so they remini...

Nov 18, 202035 min

Ant Middleton

One of the World’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business. This series includes in-depth interviews with Frank Lampard, Dina Asher Smith and Virgil Van Dijk. Eddie learns about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to halt this year. This week, Eddie is joined by Ant Middleton. 2020 has been a difficult year, so Eddie talks to Ant about his time in the military, how he ...

Nov 11, 202034 min

Maya Jama

One of the World’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business. This series includes in-depth interviews with Frank Lampard, Dina Asher Smith and Ant Middleton. Eddie learns about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to a halt this year. This week, Maya joins Eddie from post-holiday self-isolation. Eddie himself is in a bubble for his Fight Camp shows, so they discuss how t...

Nov 04, 202029 min

Gary Lineker

One of the World’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business. This series includes in-depth interviews with Frank Lampard, Maya Jama and Ant Middleton. Eddie learns about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to a halt this year. This week, Gary Lineker joins Eddie for a chat. They discuss his move from footballer into pundit, into presenter, how Gary doubted his own abili...

Oct 28, 202036 min

Christian Horner

This week, Eddie talking to the Team Principal of Red Bull Racing, Christian Horner. They discuss the similarities between boxing and F1, what it takes to make a great driver, and how the Netflix documentary ‘Drive to Survive’ is changing perceptions of the sport. No Passion, No Point is produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies, and is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 5 Live.

Oct 21, 202028 min

Dina Asher-Smith

One of the world’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business. This series includes in-depth interviews with Frank Lampard, Maya Jama and Ant Middleton. Eddie learns about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to a halt this year. This time out, Eddie is joined by the fastest British woman in history, sprinter Dina Asher-Smith. They discuss her life growing up, how to peak ...

Oct 14, 202032 min

Virgil van Dijk

One of the world’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn is back for another series of No Passion, No Point. In this series, Eddie chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business, including Frank Lampard, Dina Asher-Smith and Ant Middleton. He’ll learn about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to a halt this year. To kick off the series, Eddie talks to Liverpool defender and Dutch international Virgil van Dijk, ab...

Oct 07, 202032 min

Season 2 Preview: Eddie Hearn: No Passion, No Point

One of the world’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn is back for another series of No Passion, No Point. In this series, Eddie chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business, including Virgil Van Dijk, Dina Asher-Smith and Ant Middleton. He’ll learn about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to halt this year. Subscribe to get each episode as they are released, and to listen back to series one, with guests inc...

Sep 30, 20202 min

Anthony Joshua (2019)

One of the world’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn is to feature on a new podcast by BBC Radio 5 Live for BBC Sounds. No Passion, No Point, sees Eddie chat to some of the biggest names from the worlds of sport, entertainment and politics including Anthony Joshua, KSI and Wayne Rooney. He’ll hear about their careers and the dedication, hard work and hustle you need to get to the top. In this episode we join Eddie at a press conference with Anthony Joshua as they discuss the past, the futu...

Sep 17, 201928 min

Mo Gilligan

One of the world’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn is to feature on a new podcast by BBC Radio 5 Live for BBC Sounds. No Passion, No Point, sees Eddie chat to some of the biggest names from the worlds of sport, entertainment and politics including Anthony Joshua, KSI and Wayne Rooney. He hears about their careers and the dedication, hard work and hustle you need to get to the top. In this episode we join Eddie in a rooftop bar with comedian Mo Gilligan as they discuss their heroes, socia...

Sep 13, 201937 min

Kano

One of the world’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn is to feature on a new podcast by BBC Radio 5 Live for BBC Sounds. No Passion, No Point, sees Eddie chat to some of the biggest names from the worlds of sport, entertainment and politics including Anthony Joshua, KSI and Wayne Rooney. He’ll hear about their careers and the dedication, hard work and hustle you need to get to the top. In this episode we join Eddie in a cafe in Canning Town as he chats to grime artist and actor Kano about g...

Aug 09, 201936 min

Stacey Dooley

In this episode, Eddie Hearn chats to presenter and documentary maker Stacey Dooley about Strictly Come Dancing, working in dangerous places and dedication to the craft. No Passion, No Point is made by BBC Studios TalentWorks in partnership with BBC Studios Productions for BBC Radio 5 Live.

Aug 05, 201941 min

David Gandy

In this episode we join Eddie Hearn at his tailors in Mayfair as he chats to David Gandy about growing up in Essex, Gandy’s five year plans and the fashion industry. No Passion, No Point is made by BBC Studios TalentWorks in partnership with BBC Studios Productions for BBC Radio 5 Live. Listen now on BBC Sounds.

Jul 26, 201931 min

Noel Gallagher

One of the world’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn is to feature on a new podcast by BBC Radio 5 Live for BBC Sounds. No Passion, No Point, sees Eddie chat to some of the biggest names from the worlds of sport, entertainment and politics including Anthony Joshua, KSI and Wayne Rooney. He’ll hear about their careers and the dedication, hard work and hustle you need to get to the top. In this episode we join Eddie Hearn at the spiritual home of boxing: York Hall in Bethnal Green ahead of t...

Jun 27, 201946 min

Sadiq Khan

Eddie chats to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in his offices at City Hall in London Bridge. They talk amateur boxing and it's benefits for young people, how to tackle knife crime and the troubles that come with power and success.

Jun 14, 201944 min

Katie Taylor

Eddie sits down with undisputed world lightweight champion Katie Taylor after her controversial victory over Delfine Persoon in New York. Recorded in days after Taylor's win and also Anthony Joshua's shock defeat to Andy Ruiz Jr, Eddie reflects on the fights and the futures of both boxers.

Jun 07, 201945 min

Wayne Rooney

Eddie meets Wayne Rooney in Washington to talk life after football and his love of boxing. The former Everton, Manchester United and England striker discusses his move to the USA, plus teases how he could potentially enter the boxing ring - with Eddie's help...

May 29, 201934 min

KSI

In this episode Eddie catches up with YouTube star KSI at his apartment in London about his career, his music and his forays into boxing.

May 29, 201933 min
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