Idris Elba’s Mindset: Discipline, Romance & Balance

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Listen to Love Trapped on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So what is your definition of romance? I like being encouraging to my wife. You know what I'm saying? I love when she has moments of doubts. I like being that arm, that ear to be like, yo, you got this, you know, and just reinforce that she can do what she wants to do. And to me that, you know, when she does that for me, that's romance. Like she buys me flowers break, but she just hugs me and like, yo, you're doing your thing. Words of affirmation. Yeah. You know what I mean? Just that's romantic to me. That's your, that's. Yeah. That's romantic to me. Thanks for watching, guys. Today's episode is brought to you by Boost Mobile. So this episode is going to be a little bit different today. It's not the traditional long form interview. And I have an amazing guest, somebody who's a friend and a tremendous talent and just an overall lovely human being. Idris Elba will be here. But there's a lot going on in the world. Idris feels it. He shared how he's kind of navigating and staying positive and happy throughout that. We talk about this season of the year. This is like the time of the year, like all the goals we set for ourselves in 2026. Maybe they're not hitting like we thought they would be hitting, or maybe people kind of get off their ritual that they tried to do at the top of the year. So he talks about navigating that and discipline and goals and how we stick to them. But also with Valentine's Day around the corner, it is the season of love. So we're talking about romance and what that means to him and his marriage and his life. So plenty to learn from Idris Elba. He's going to pop in and then we're going to hit the bowl. We're going to hit the IRL bowl and we're going to hit a voice note. And by the way, I want to encourage people to check in. If you have any questions or comments, you can always send them to our Instagram page. You DM us at Angie Martinez IRL. And that's how we find you. So without further ado, it's your Selva. What are you doing? Cutaways, baby. What are you doing with this? Cutaways. Are you really doing? Where's my camera? You know about the cutaways? How are you, man? Looking great. What's going on? You know, life, life. You know. What a time to be alive, though, man. Should we just take a moment to take a deep breath and just say. Let's do it. Give me this. Set it up. Set up, give me the scene. Seriously though, like, you know, what we get to do as, you know, entertainers, entertainment, discussing life, discussing, living from a perspective where we get to absorb stuff. You know, when you really think about this time of where we are, what's happening in the world and what we are absorbing, man, I have to sit down and sometimes be like, I'm just so lucky to be here and witness what we're seeing. You know what I mean? to live through it, to be able to wake up in the morning and be like, wow, I survived another day because the world is in a crazy state. How do you manage that? I'm taking a moment to absorb because we get hit every day, news, family, we get hit with stuff all the time. And by the time you've been hit with one thing, you haven't even had a chance to figure out what you're doing with that, how to react to that, what the impact is on you. You're already moved on to the next. what I have to do and I have to do it is absorb I have to sit still for a second but I whoa I'm an only child so I'm used to sitting quietly because you just had no choice right and if I don't do that I get overwhelmed I get very overwhelmed and honestly like just the news cycle good news does not sell I know all we all we hear is bad news network you're very ambitious and creative I just I told you it won't sell. I don't mean for the sales. I mean for the humanity of it all. Well, it's funny you say that because I see part of my job as an actor as part of that good news energy. Oh, I love that. Because I feel like I get to give people an escape-pist route via their imagination, via characters I get to play. I get to talk to you. We get to examine and talk about this stuff. I mean, that's like, yeah, that's good news. Okay, so I know you jumped in here, but can I just give you like an introduction? Yes. We just started talking. But that's how we do all the time. I know, but sometimes you have to let like the host like introduce you. Sorry, I forgot. It's the host. I'm the host. Yes. Our guest today has lived many lives. As an actor, a DJ, a producer, a global icon, a father, an entrepreneur, a wonderful human being. He's played all kinds of things from a king to a crook, to a president, to a sea lion. He's done all the things. He is now back on our screens with season two of Hijack on Apple TV. A career like this doesn't just take talent. It takes dedication and reinvention and discipline and all the things that we can learn from. So Idris Elba is our guest today on I. Thank you. I'm glad we did the intro. Right? It felt like something. It felt pretty good. When you said the sea lion, I was like, wait a second. You are a sea lion. I was a sea lion. It's all inside of you. Yeah. We did dive in and I was sort of just, you know, shedding. It's good seeing you. I love talking to you. You already know that. You know, we just dive straight into the life. The life of life thing. In a lot of people's season of life right now, because we're at the top of the year. We were talking about this when you came in. January everybody likes to it's 2026 now all that shit we were 2025 is brand new new energy I'm gonna do this I'm gonna we have all these goals we have big to-do lists ambition yeah and then I was reading something like by middle of January sometimes February it's gone 90% of that shit falls apart for people so I wonder from you as we talk about and it's true what I said in the intro Like you cannot have a career like yours without discipline, without goals that you stick to. And so I ask your advice in that for everybody who is kind of like on the new venture of 2026 and the greater version of themselves. Yeah. How do you do it? Listen, first of all, you know, people's, you know, we mark, you know, the annuals by a date, right? This is 31st, it's the first, it's the annual. Your birthday is your new year, right? But the truth is, um, those are not real times. They're not real schedules. They're not real cycles of time. You know, essentially you are conceived nine months before you're born. And even before that you're alive somehow in some form. Right. So when I think about my timing, so for example, you know, I start my new year's resolutions midway between the new year. I start my new year's resolutions in July. Why? Because it takes time to get to your new you. It doesn't happen overnight. It takes time. It takes practice. It takes discipline. And the fun fact, a new habit doesn't really start forming unless you do it 21 days consecutively. No breaks. So like if you want to get to the gym, you have to do it 21 days. No off Sundays. You have to get up at 5 a.m. every morning for 21 days. And then your body starts to get used to that. Do you do that? No. Oh. But it's a- Way to keep it honest. I wish. I thought we were learning from you. Teach us something. No, but the idea of, you know, the ingestion period, you know, being longer is important to accept. Yeah. But you've set disciplines in your life. You probably have some rituals. I mean, you stay in- I've never seen you out of shape. I have never. Really? I wear baggy clothes, man. You know what I'm saying? Oh, stop. No, but you take care of yourself. Yes. You're disciplined about that, about taking care of yourself. I think partly that I was a kid that had eczema, asthma. I was in and out of hospital when I was five, six, seven, you know? And my parents, my mom, my parents were very strict on what I ate. Anything that would trigger me getting sick was sort of indoctrinated into me really early. So if I'm really honest, a lot of it is to do with my discipline on the diet because I don't want to get ill. and maybe I'll overkill. Also, I think my career is super demanding. You know what I'm saying? Like I sort of live between someone that uses their brain and someone that uses their bodies. You know, an athlete uses their bodies every single day. As an actor, sometimes you'll get up in the morning and go run in a scene. You have to think like an athlete. And in your brain, you're absorbing and dispelling a lot of information that you have to learn quickly. It's like being a professor or a teacher. You know what I'm saying? I'm not saying that's what I do, but I'm just saying it's that sort of brainpower. So I think having the habitual aspect of doing this sort of stuff keeps me in decent shape. So you're thinking about upgrading to the all new iPhone 17 Pro, designed to be the most powerful iPhone ever. But are you also thinking about the traffic on your way to the store or transferring all your data and all the time that takes? Well, the good news is that when you order a brand new phone online with Boost Mobile, they'll send an expert to your home or to your work to deliver your brand new iPhone 17 Pro and get you all set up. Boost Mobile can do that within minutes. No hassle. All you got to do is visit BoostMobile.com to get started. Delivery available for select devices purchased at BoostMobile.com. Terms apply. It's funny because we don't always consider that. People have big goals. I want to do this one day. But do you really think about what kind of conditioning you need to be able to execute? that yeah exactly exactly i mean but you know it always boils down to the basic principles of preparation you know i'm saying an intention what is that you know like okay like let's say angie i'm coming to eat on saturday you're like you're coming cool okay i've said it but between now and saturday there's a few things that you're gonna have to do okay see what i did there you know that is how you do it set it up but you're going to prepare you're going to think about the menu you're going to think about the money you have to spend on that there's all these variables that you prepare prepare you for that meal yeah it's the same in life in my opinion you know i'm saying like people can do anything they want to do but are they did they go and do the shopping list do they check out the ingredients do they know how they're going to cook this how long what time is everyone eating how many foods that sort of level of thinking is what you have to apply to everything yeah you do it when you prepping the show yeah everyone here you like okay this is what i need to achieve you already cut the the fit the the edit in your head before you even you here you know it i do do that that so funny even when you came in i was like i'll put the intro first and then i'll move that other part back over there i already told you you're gonna be a good director that's so funny thank you for believing me you know i just tried it for my first time yes i know i had it kicked my ass real bad it was very challenging really yes very challenging yes because we did it on a small budget and i did there's a lot of things i didn't anticipate and but it's great i can't wait to do it again because i'm like anticipate yeah that's the thing didn't anticipate the work the toll the tiredness the things that might go wrong and it's applicable to life generally i think you know So what are your goals for this year? What could you possibly be chasing at this point? You've already done so much, my friend. I'm happy to just be healthy. Be happy, love, and be loved. I mean, I'm serious. These are the things that I really value. I like doing what I do for a living, and I'm very thankful for it. but I would not swap my health or my happiness just to keep acting or keep doing stuff. Because from a simple base of health and happiness and contentment, that's really important. I can do anything. Do you know what I'm saying? Like you can take it all away from me if I've still got my health, I've got some sort of positivity as in happiness, and I'm content with just, all right, this is what I've got. I can go out and make another $100. Do you know what I mean? But if I don't have those three or version of, I don't think I can do any of that. You can't do that. Yeah. So I'm not really chasing anything special. I'm just, you know, I'm blessed, man. I'm lucky. I'm so lucky. And I get to do it again. I have an in real life bowl brought to you by Walden University. These are questions about real life. I want you to go into the bowl. Oh, man. And pick out a question. Do I have to be honest? Yes. Always. Are you an honest man? Yes. I'm guarded though I'm guarded Oh like in an interview Like with the cameras on A little bit Do you sometimes say too much? Yeah It depends on who's interviewing me Yeah Have you said too much with me before? No No I don't think so No You and I When we talk Outside of the cameras We talk deep Yeah You know what I'm saying And sometimes we might not agree on stuff We don't want to air that Yeah That's good though To not disagree Great Disagreeing is fun You don't want to go Walk around with people I learn from someone That I disagree with Because If they can articulate Why they feel the way they feel I'm like Yes please So I've got to pick something out Read it out And then speak on it Yeah It's just some real life questions There's nothing dramatic Or Do you have a sound effect For this bit No but Would you like me to Yeah Adding I think it sounds like Noted It's going to be your voice Doing that exact thing Idris Elba has now become the voice of the Andrew Martinez IRL bowl. And it's going to go. All right. So here's my question. I hope it's good. What is your go-to self-care ritual when you are burnt out? Oh, burnt out. Do you have a self-care ritual? To define burned out for me, right? To be burnt out is when I don't want to speak to anyone. I mean, literally, I just don't want to see no one and speak to anyone. I am very tired. And when I'm burnt out, I get grumpy, short-tempered. No. 100. 100. You're taking this. I fell for that. I get grumpy, short-tempered, and just short with people. That's my definition of burnt out. My go-to ritual for that is to literally just be by myself. Just go somewhere where. Yeah, quiet. Silencio. You're a married man. You can't always be. How does that work in marriage? It's tough. Because you can't say to the wife, hey. No, you can. Okay. I mean, I feel like my wife and I have that rapport. She has five siblings. I have none. So she understands that I don't get it. When I say I don't want to be around you, I'm good. she's like yeah but that's so extreme i'm like no no no no it's not i just need to be by myself because you're an only child i am an only child too so i understand yeah yeah before you came i was sitting in the room by myself really yes i was and is that a ritual for you sometimes if i feel a little overwhelmed i just need a minute by myself it's quiet think about what i'm doing But you don't get grumpy. Touche. Anyway, so thanks for coming by. Hi, this is Jo Winterstein, host of the Spirit Daughter podcast, where we talk about astrology, natal charts, and how to step into your most vibrant life. And I just sat down with a mini driver. The Irish traveler said when I was 16, you're going to have a terrible time with men. Actor, storyteller, and unapologetic Aquarian visionary. Aquarius is all about freedom loving and different perspectives. And I find a lot of people with strong placements in Aquarius like are misunderstood. 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I hate those words that you make me uncomfortable. But I think when you get to a certain point, the fame or the success or the influence. It just accentuates and exacerbates the inherent person that you are. The guy that says he's always going to be there and that will do anything to be there is the only guy that's not there. I'm in Australia when Bo was born. My whole identity is that no matter what, I'm going to prioritize my wife and my children over my job. I dread the conversation with my son. What do you think you'd say? Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 2023, a story gripped the UK, evoking horror and disbelief. The nurse who should have been in charge of caring for tiny babies is now the most prolific child killer in modern British history. Everyone thought they knew how it ended. A verdict, a villain, a nurse named Lucy Lepi. Lucy Letby has been found guilty. But what if we didn't get the whole story? The moment you look at the whole picture, the case collapses. I'm Amanda Knox, and in the new podcast, Doubt, the case of Lucy Letby, we follow the evidence and hear from the people that lived it to ask what really happened when the world decided who Lucy Letby was. No voicing of any skepticism or doubt. It'll cause so much harm at every single level if the British establishment of this is wrong. Listen to Doubt, The Case of Lucy Letby on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. the skills and everything you need to build the future that you want. And you can make a difference where it matters most. If you've been waiting for the right moment, this is it. Head to WaldenU.edu and take that first step. Walden University set a course for change. Certified to operate by Shiv. I have some real life questions for you. Ready? This is like speed round in real life. Speed round. In real life, what are you most proud of about yourself? Let's go right in. Damn. Yeah. I am proud that I'm very proud that I don't really get bothered by, you know, criticism, opinions and such. It does bother me. I'm a human being, but I don't let it derail me. What do people ever say bad about you? Oh, come on, man. Like, you know, I can be fatiguing to people because I'm always trying to overachieve. that can be annoying to people 100% I'm a positive person I'll always look on the bright side and that can be annoying to some people I'm a British actor that made it in America that is annoying to some people recently though really? when they didn't know they didn't know we never would have thought Stringer Bell had an English accent it really confused us My granddad. We got over it by now, no? Well, I don't think, no. There's a big culture divide at the moment, which is a bit painful to watch. But my granddad is American. Kansas City. So, suck it! You've been waiting to say that all day, haven't you? 100%. It's very hard to do in real life questions in a fast round, but I'm going to do it again. In real life, what is your guilty pleasure, Idris Elba? Damn. So are we telling the truth here? Yes, the truth only. Facts only. Guilty pleasure, man. Who did we just have? We just had Jill Scott on. She said, what did we do? Krishan and Blueface. She said Krishan and Blueface's storyline is her guilty pleasure. That's what Jill said. I happen to love. I'm not proud. I happen to love the drama between Blueface and Krishan Rock. I love it. I know. I know. Now, what is it about this said situation that does it for you? What does it bring up for you? I think that that that's a pimp. And I think, I think that's a pimp. And I think that she got caught up with a pimp. It's your pleasure. Okay, I'm just gonna be honest. Like, I'll be watching those Nigerian comedy skits. Yeah. Where the guy, the skinny guy, he always after the girl with the big hips And he trying to wash outside and she just right in the garden And then his wife comes along and he doing something else And they always do these sound effects Oh, Jesus. Yo, I be bussing up. That's pretty good. I spend way too much time on that. I have not gone down that rabbit hole. Oh, yeah. It's a rabbit hole. Nigerian humor is very funny to me. I'm going to do that. um what is in real life what is a habit that you have that this goes in theme with our resolutions and discipline what is a habit that you are proud of and a habit that you are currently trying to break you have any bad uh the bad habit i'm really trying to break is that um i i go to bed way too late and i get just way not enough sleep yeah like i will be up until one or two in the morning knowing i have to get up at five you have the aura ring on doesn't it tell you yeah i got this for christmas and uh and i'm starting to learn some shit i'm starting to learn i'm like rem wow i didn't get that much you know i'm really getting into that good for you but that's a habit i'm definitely trying to break i'm a night owl i don't really love getting up early but i can't go to bed early have you conquered any recently habits uh i um new habits any good new habits good new habits um i'm being disciplined around not losing my temper getting grumpy this is really a theme it is i find that i suppress that urge to be like shut the fuck up man all the time i suppress it yeah because I get irritable and I'm better at it now. It's come up a couple of times today. I feel like this is something you're really battling. Well, you know what I mean? Like, I don't want to say it's like a relationship thing or anything, but I just find myself that the older you get, not the smartest person in the room, but you've just been there. And when someone hasn't been there and they're giving you advice, it's just like, man, listen, shut up. Are you going to be a grumpy old man when you get older, do you think? no i won't be grumpy but i i feel like you might be going in a direction i feel like a grump i feel like a grump it is a sweater i strive to be that though i strive to be that person that's not grumpy but just no fucks straight all the way yeah i want that no fucks i think that's a healthy place to be right i think in a world where everyone's bullshitting each other be straight straight as a die and also i think once you get to a certain age you kind of earn that right to your point of like you've experienced enough you've seen enough you've earned the right to be a straight shooter exactly you know what i mean and that's even if it offends or yeah insults or insults people and also even though i said earlier i don't care about people's opinions i find myself getting a little consumed when i i don't understand what what you're saying yeah like come on break it down for me what what and only to want to tell you to shut up shut up what about in work what about in challenges do you still get that feeling of like wanting something to perform well needing something to perform well anxiety of how something's going to be received even is season two going to be received like season one like do you have that type of pressure yeah definitely i'm always calibrating and figuring out you know is what I work so hard for going to be received? What are the steps towards that? Some of it is out of my hands. You know, I put a film up, you know, hijacked who's coming. I don't know if it's going to do as well as the first. I did the work. I don't know how it's going to perform. Now you can get bogged down with the minutiae of trying to be in the weeds. I find that very dangerous, especially when I'm an executive producer on the show and an actor. So it's a bit of a weird place to be when you're trying to make sure that the health of the distribution of the show is done well to your taste oftentimes out of my hands you know i'm saying um so i do find myself doing that but i think you should always you know uh having good output is impressive everybody's impressed when someone dresses up nice or really good at what they do everyone's impressed by that and actually it's good it's good that the world values their output yeah i'm saying it's good yeah so i don't feel bad about that pressure but yeah but you do put the pressure on yourself i do i'd imagine i do and i don't do it in a way that is about you know performative i just want to be consistent yeah you know i'm saying like i i don't like doing things that oh why did you do that it wasn't that great why did you do it i don't i hate that yeah you know what i'm saying you would have to be that to have this type of long i think anybody who has like the longevity that you've had and be able to have a career you have to shoot for greatness all the time right you're never shooting to be average or basic or for something to be okay i i i just assume that this is my last job i might not work again really yeah still it's that crazy it is crazy yeah you have that fear and that fire still you gotta remember i was 29 30 when i got the wire you know what I mean so for 30 years I was broke and not hitting you know that output and so you know I'm 53 now and you know I feel like I'm just getting into my stride I don't want to let it go I still have that that mentality of like not wanting to let it go today's show is brought to you by our presenting sponsor hard rock bet florida sports book listen even if you're not the biggest football fan in the world you are still tuning in and maybe you want to get in on the action too. 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I do a lot different things i'm trying to diversify my talent so right now my day job is being an actor i do direct i write but i want to just spread that out a little bit further i don't want to have to be in front of the camera all the time director you didn't notice i see i see what's happening here uh i feel like that's a part of the next stage is kind of taking that um you're so good at it though but i like i love directing this is like you know you get to sit in the seat that talks to everybody as opposed to the seat that everyone talks to you as the actor so more behind the scenes that way more behind the scenes i'm i'm doing quite a bit of work with elba hope and the charity work which has been amazing because you get i'm again i'm in sectors that have nothing to do with entertainment but i have real life you know implications real life outcomes especially where in africa and syria and in ghana where the things i'm working for impacting lives you know there's a young generation over there who have never been to a cinema i can build a cinema i can build things like that is that what you're doing there i'm trying to yeah oh wow that's beautiful yeah what about love valentine's day is upon us is it idris what Yes That's why I wore this red sweater Do you have a Valentine's Day for all the lovely We have a very high A lot of women High women demographic on the IRL podcast Hey ladies What's happening? Would you like to send a message of love? What is love? My wife always says to me I am not romantic What? What? You are going to break the hearts of everyone right now. I try. I definitely try. She'll say you do try, but it's not natural to me. I'm tough love. And how do you receive that? Do you receive that as an opportunity to try harder? No? Yes. Because that's how you're supposed to receive it. If your wife says you're not romantic enough, you should receive that as, I need to be more romantic. Yes. okay, let me put it this way, right? I mean, I come from, you know, romance. I wasn't raised in a house that looked at romance in that way. What was romantic to my mom and dad is not, you know, Valentino and bows and arrows. It was like my dad coming home with, you know, food to cook for my mom. My mom would be like, wow, you got the good meat from the market. Great. It's so romantic. That was romance, a piece of meat. Well, you know, putting food on the table and, you know, it's going to be a good Friday. We're going to eat good. That's romantic. So what is your definition of romance? I like being encouraging to my wife. Do you know what I'm saying? I love when she has moments of doubts. I like being that arm, that ear to be like, yo, you got this, you know, and just reinforce that she can do what she wants to do. And to me, when she does that for me, that's romance. She buys me flowers break, but she just hugs me and is like, yo, you're doing your thing, homie. Words of affirmation. Yeah, you know what I mean? That's romantic to me. Yeah, that's romantic to me. But the whole, you know, hey. You're not a flowers and candy guy? I am. I mean, I have to. It's Sabrina. She lives for it. But you and the receiving end of romance, what you think of it is like support. Support, love. I'm praying for the ladies who are going to go home to their husbands. This is your advice to them how to take care of you. I appreciate when it's kind of like, hey, I know you had this type of week. So I hooked your favorite things. And I know you want to be by yourself. So I hooked up a little studio for you. you know there you go that to me is so thoughtful that's romance like i'm like oh man that's amazing you know what i'm saying that's i think you're gonna do well this this valentine's day season and i think hijack 2 is gonna do amazing on apple oh thank you thank you and i can't wait to see yeah i can't wait to see all the work you're gonna do this year i know i wish i had more time we will we'll come back more take one more before you go okay there we go hi this is joe interesting host of the spirit daughter podcast where we talk about astrology natal charts and how to step into your most vibrant life and i just sat down with a mini driver the irish traveler said when i was 16 you're gonna have a terrible time with men actor storyteller and unapologetic aquarian visionary aquarius is all about freedom loving and different perspectives and i find a lot of people with strong placements in Aquarius like are misunderstood. A sun and Venus in Aquarius in her seventh house spark her unconventional approach to partnership. He really has taught me to embrace people sleeping in different rooms on different houses in different places, but just an embracing of the isness of it all. If you're navigating your own transformation or just want a chart side view into how a leading artist integrates astrology, creativity, and real life, this episode is a must listen. Listen to the Spirit Daughter podcast starting on February 24th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. I'm Clayton Eckerd, and in 2022, I was the lead of ABC's The Bachelor. Unfortunately, it didn't go according to plan. He became the first Bachelor to ever have his final rose rejected The internet turned on him If I could press a button and rewind it all I would But what happened to Clayton after the show made even bigger headlines It began as a one-night stand and ended in a courtroom, with Clayton at the center of a very strange paternity scandal. The media is here. This case has gone viral. The dating contract. Agree to date me, but I'm also suing you. Please search warrant. This is unlike anything I've ever seen before. I'm Stephanie Young. This is Love Trapped. This season, an epic battle of he said, she said, and the search for accountability in a sea of lies. I have done nothing except get pregnant by the bachelor. Listen to Love Trapped on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm joined by Luke Combs, award-winning country music artist and one of the most authentic voices in music today. Luke opens up about success, self-doubt, mental health, and what it really takes to stay true to who you are when your life changes overnight. I hate fame. I hate the word celebrity. I hate those words that make me uncomfortable. But I think when you get to a certain point, the fame or the success or the influence, it just accentuates and exacerbates the inherent person that you are. The guy that says he's always going to be there and that will do anything to be there is the only guy that's not there. I'm in Australia when Bo was born. My whole identity is that no matter what, I'm going to prioritize my wife and my children over my job. I dread the conversation with my son. What do you think you'd say? Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 2023, a story gripped the UK, evoking horror and disbelief. A nurse who should have been in charge of caring for tiny babies is now the most prolific child killer in modern British history. Everyone thought they knew how it ended. A verdict, a villain, a nurse named Lucy Letby. Lucy Letby has been found guilty. But what if we didn't get the whole story? The moment you look at the whole picture, the case collapses. I'm Amanda Knox, and in the new podcast, Doubt, the case of Lucy Letby, we follow the evidence and hear from the people that lived it to ask what really happened when the world decided who Lucy Letby was. No voicing of any skepticism or doubt. It'll cause so much harm at every single level if the British establishment of this is wrong. Listen to Doubt, the case of Lucy Letby on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm really going to use that sound effect, by the way. No, you are. You get bored by the second time you use it. Okay. It's possible. But for twice, it's going to hit. All right. I like this question for you. And then I know we got to go. That's one. You take that one. And then I'm going to find the one I love. And then we're going to let you get out of here. All right. Here we go. Here's the one that I'm going to do in the interim, which is, what do you think is your superpower? um my superpower is that i think if you sit down with me long enough you'll see a version of yourself within my presence i think that it's a superpower to sit with someone and even if they don't look like you don't relate you know enough culturally different different gender that actually when they talk to you and you connect with them you're actually like you know what? I feel like that sometimes. I could be there. I could do that. It is the only thing that allows me to be transparent as an actor. When people watch my characters, are they like me or not? They'd be like, I kind of believed him in that role. Oh, he was good in that. The reason what they're saying is because they see something within the character, within my vessel that they relate to. That is to me a superpower. That's something that I definitely feel like, you know, I can talk to young people in a room and I pride myself on being able to talk to a bunch of 10 year olds who don't relate to me whatsoever I see my son, my son's 11 I talk to his friends and we kick it I love that and then I'll be able to sit in a room with a head of state who has degrees in social, political management I have nothing like that but I can talk on a level about what they might be going through, how to think through things. And that is, to me, is my superpower. Yeah, that's a pretty good one. I think you have the same. You think so? Of course. You've been part of the discussions with some of the most famous people in the world and opened up and given the world a window that no one else could get, only through you. Thanks. Superpower. Thanks, man. Last question and then go. Okay. I asked this question to everybody on the walkout, so you got to get it too. Okay. before you go, can you kick a 16 freestyle off the dome? Are you going to do that? Wow. Okay. No, it's not the question guys, but if I wanted you to, you just worked with the great slick Rick. If I wanted you to kick a freestyle right now and you've made your own music, lots of it successful. Could you kick a 16 right now? If you had off the dome. Yeah. No. Could you kick a pre-written 16? I could kick, I could kick a pre-written, but I don't write rhymes when I rhyme. I have to, weirdly enough, off the dome, but I don't write them down. You want to make a spit a verse about my... Nope. I do not. Okay. Okay, then fine. Then just read the question. If God were to text you right now, what would he say? What would it say? Damn. If you got that big text, that big text, um wow um um I think he would say something like or she would say something like it's okay go ahead close your eyes and just let it out which I would interpret to interpret as, you know, for example, when press runs, right, you thinking about your answers, sort of like, you have to be presentable going on Kelly Clarkson, going on Angie Martinez. I have to give some, but sometimes it's better just to shut your eyes and just speak from your heart. You know what I mean? And I think that's what he would say. I love that. I think you did that today. Think so? 85% of the day. Yeah. Yeah. 80% of it. Yeah. And I'll edit the other 20. Yeah. The boring stuff, like the sound effects and all of that. No, we keep being mad. We love you, Idris. Thank you for today. Love you more, man. It's so good to be here. Thank you so much. It's going to be a great year for everyone. For everyone. You included. You're going pro. I'm going pro. You are going pro. And you are going to- To direct. Okay, perfect. Idris Elba, you're alive. Hey, what's up? This is Idris Elba. in real life. All right, guys. So it is now Angie Martinez in real life. So we do have a segment on the show and it's the voice note. It's presented by Boost Mobile where you guys get to call in or you send a comment, send a question. And I'm going to try to do more of these so that we can have a little bit more interaction with each other. So again, go to the Angie Martinez IRL page and then you can follow there, subscribe and send questions or comments. And if you're like a regular, we'll put in the stories like who's coming up. We'll tease what guests are coming up. And if you're a fan of any of them or you have a question for any of them, then you can send us messages that way. So that's how we'll communicate. But we have a voice note right now. This one's for me, right? Yep. Let her rip. Hi, Angie. I'm an on-air personality, and I just launched my own podcast where I interview different guests. And I'm really trying to stand out from the crowd. You know, they say everyone has a podcast. What's the difference between a good interview and a memorable one? Listen, it depends what your standards are. like a lot of people, how many people watched it is a good interview. For me, I think, you know, sometimes a good interview is just a good conversation and people like it and they don't feel like they wasted their time watching it. And maybe you learn something about the guest and the conversation stays flowing and interesting. I think that's a good, a good interview. One that stays with you that's really meaningful, that really matters is when somebody shares something or you learn something that long after you've watched the interview, that that stays with you. Like I was talking to Gab Union about this. She's a fan of the podcast and she was saying that she watched Lauren London's interview and then had to reach out to her and they had long form conversation after that. Or sometimes I meet people in the street and say, you know, when this person said this, I needed to hear it in that moment. To me, those are the meaningful ones. When people share stories that we actually use or that just stay with you, just stay with you in your life. There's so many moments, little moments with people that I have all the time that stay with me. And I'm so grateful for that. So I'm always chasing that. So to me, I think that's the separation for me, but I guess for everybody else it's different, but ultimately you want to learn something and you want to take away something from every conversation. And so I think as an interviewer, to answer your question, when you have somebody coming in, you're about to interview them. Think about that in advance. What inspires you about this person? What is interesting or to be learned from their life or their experience? And I think you start your question asking from there. And then also, once you're in the interview and you're in the conversation, listen to your guests because sometimes they will take you to a place you're not even expecting them to go and you have to be present to be able to let them go there. So being prepared, having a perspective, an idea of what you think the conversation should be like, and then being free enough to be in the moment and let something happen, I think is kind of the sweet spot. So good luck to you. Thank you for your question. Martinez IRL podcast. Hi, it's Joe Interstein, host of the Spirit Daughter podcast, where we talk about astrology, natal charts, and how to step into your most vibrant life. And today I'm talking with my dear friend, Krista Williams. It can change you in the best way possible. Dance with the change, dance with the breakdowns. The embodiment of Pisces intuition with Capricorn power moves. So I'm like delusionally proud of my chart. Listen to the Spirit Daughter podcast starting on February 24th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. I'm Amanda Knox and in the new podcast Doubt the Case of Lucy Letby, we unpack the story of an unimaginable tragedy that gripped the UK in 2023. But what if we didn't get the whole story? Everything's been made to fit. The moment you look at the whole picture, the case collapsed. What if the truth was disguised by a story we chose to believe. Oh my God, I think she might be innocent. Listen to Doubt, The Case of Lucy Letby on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is Special Agent Regal, Special Agent Bradley Hall. In 2018, the FBI took down a ring of spies working for China's Ministry of State Security, one of the most mysterious intelligence agencies in the world. The Sixth Bureau podcast is a story of the inner workings of the MSS and how one man's ambition and mistakes opened its vault of secrets. Listen to The Sixth Bureau on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Clayton Eckerd. In 2022, I was the lead of ABC's The Bachelor. But here's the thing. Bachelor fans hated him. If I could press a button and rewind it all, I would. That's when his life took a disturbing turn. A one-night stand would end in a courtroom. The media is here. This case has gone viral. The dating contract. Agree to date me, but I'm also suing you. This is unlike anything I've ever seen before. I'm Stephanie Young. Listen to Love Trapped on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human.