Creators

Samantha Baines

Samantha Baines is an award-winning comedian, actress, broadcaster, hearing aid wearer and author. After her own divorce she set up the smash-hit double award-nominated podcast The Divorce Social. As well as writing her own comedy, Samantha has written for The Guardian, The Independent, Huffington Post, Standard Issue and Modern Woman Magazine. Her debut children’s book Harriet Versus the Galaxy was listed in the Independent’s Best Books of the Year 2019, the Book Trust’s Great Book Guide 2020 and won the Coventry Inspiration Book Award 2021. Samantha’s second children’s book The Night the Moon Went Out was released in August 2021, published by Bloomsbury and has been nominated for the People’s Book Prize 2021.

Samantha’s prolific acting career includes roles in Netflix’s The Crown, Call the Midwife, Silent Witness and the leading role in Magic Mike Live (directed by Channing Tatum). As well as her own podcasts, Samantha presents on BBC Radio London, BBC Radio 5 Live, Virgin Radio and hosts Q and A’s at the BFI.

twitter and instagram: @divorcepod & @samanthabaines Email: thedivorcesocial@gmail.com

Mädchen Amick

Mädchen Amick is an Actress / Producer / Director / Writer who moved to the bright lights of Hollywood at the age of 16, to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. Shortly thereafter, director David Lynch, who ended up playing a pivotal role in her career and became her mentor, cast her in the TV cult classic Twin Peaks. She was cast as Shelley Johnson, a role developed specifically for her. Many successful roles later, Madchen is now playing the role of feisty Alice Smith on The CW’s drama television series, Riverdale.
Close to her heart is her mental health advocacy work around the globe. She’s worked closely with premiere organizations over the years such as NAMI, SAMHSA, The David Lynch Foundation and The Creative Coalition – to which she just lobbied for at Capitol Hill – as well as being the first global ambassador for Bring Change to Mind, a non-profit spearheaded by Academy Award winner Glenn Close. Although she’s enjoyed helping to break the stigma surrounding mental illness, it just wasn’t enough for her and her family who have been directly impacted by the inadequacies of our existing health care support services. Just this year they launched a nonprofit direct-impact mental health foundation, don’t MiND me, that will take immediate action to match people in need to essential treatment services.

Mina Tobias

Mina Tobias, the daughter of actress Mädchen Amick (Twin Peaks, Riverdale) and musician/producer David Alexis (Sly and the Family Stone, Mtume),is the co-founder of the mental health foundation don’t MiND me, and co-host of the mental health podcast by the same name, both created as a collaborative effort by Mina and her family to help end the stigma around mental illness and implement direct impact for those most urgently in need of health care.

Claire Clottey

Claire Clottey is a multi award winning broadcast journalist renowned for amplifying the voices of underrepresented communities and increasing their visibility through the production of digital, radio, audio and written content.

Born and raised in the UK, Claire identifies as a Black British Ghanaian Londoner with Caribbean cousins (but not always in that order). Married to a Black American man Claire has set to embrace another cultural identity as she relocates to the US and closes the gap on her 5 year and 5217 mile long distance relationship.

Follow Claire Clottey on her journey as she jumps on the train of other Black Brits living (or attempting) to live the American Dream.

Philip Ball

Philip Ball is a freelance science writer, working at Nature for over 20 years, first as an editor for physical sciences and then as a Consultant Editor. His writings for the popular press (New Scientist, New York Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times and New Statesman) have covered issues ranging from cosmology to the future of molecular biology.

Philip has written many books on science, including works on the nature of water, pattern formation in the natural world, colour in art, the cognition of music, and physics in Nazi Germany. He’s written on the interactions between art and science, and has lectured to scientific and general audiences in the London Victoria and Albert Museum, the NASA Ames Research Center, London’s National Theatre and the London School of Economics. A contributing editor of Prospect magazine (where he writes a science blog), he is also a presenter of “Science Stories” on BBC Radio 4. As a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Phil sits on the editorial board of Chemistry World and Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, and is a board member of the RESOLV network on solvation science at the Ruhr University of Bochum.
https://philipball.co.uk

Lucy Cavendish

Lucy Cavendish is a trained counselor and journalist (Daily Mail, The Times) – and you’ll often find her on your TV screens talking about relationships.
An expert in online dating and finding love, Lucy believes that there is somebody out there for everyone. If you are recovering from a divorce, looking for more sex or trying to find your first long-term relationship, Lucy has expert tips to help you achieve your goals. Lucy has helped thousands of people find a real connection, and she now leverages her vast experience to create her new insightful podcast show, The Dating Game.