When Orla Met...

When Orla Met Pippa York is a conversation about the difficulties and struggles of living life as a transexual in elite sport. Pippa was, for many years, Robert Millar, the most successful British cyclist in history at the time. From the age of 5 she realised she was different, and in her years standing on the podium of the toughest bike races in the world, she realised what that difference was. Pippa candidly lays bare the "awful situation' of being trans, and the relative ease of her life now, as a woman.

In Part Two of When Orla Met Sir AP McCoy, we hear from the record Champion Jockey about the demons that tormented his two decades at the top of his sport, the impact of losing his mother who recently passed away, and his ongoing quest for happiness.

When Orla Met Sir AP McCoy is a brutally honest conversation with the world’s most successful ever jump jockey about life at the top of elite sport, and the struggle to find meaning when you walk away from it. Sir AP tells of his pact with the Devil, in living the highest of highs but knowing it can’t last forever, and details the lows that come with striving to be not just the best he could be, but the best anyone in the sport could ever be.

What does it take to get to the very top of your game? What kind of personalities thrive in high-pressured environments, and what can we learn from them? This is When Orla Met...a conversation with people from the world of sport, about sport, but it's not just a sports podcast. It's a podcast for anyone interested in stories, in the fortitude and frailties of those who push themselves to the limit. It's a conversation about outrunning demons and finding inspiration in the pursuit of excellence. It's a chance to get to know some of the biggest names and brains in sport along with Orla, and to learn a little more of the motivation, fears and discipline that drives the ordinary to become extraordinary, to become the very best.