Stories Seldom Told

Smita Tharoor

Booking Overview

Interview podcast focused on true stories of resilience, recovery, trauma, and personal transformation, featuring external guests with distinctive lived experiences and public-facing expertise. PR agencies could credibly pitch authors, filmmakers, mental-health and recovery advocates, trauma-informed professionals, and other compelling storytellers with firsthand experience; booking appears relatively accessible for well-developed, emotionally resonant pitches.

Metrics

Episodes: 113

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: United Kingdom

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

smita.tharoor@gmail.com

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Host

Smita Tharoor - Host of Stories Seldom Told, facilitating heartfelt conversations about the experiences, challenges, and turning points that shape people's lives.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Authors, filmmakers, creative professionals, public-service professionals, and other guests with distinctive lived experience and the ability to discuss resilience, trauma, recovery, or personal transformation with honesty and insight.

Required Achievements:

Published memoirs or other books, Professional experience in creative industries or public service, Documented personal journeys involving recovery, resilience, or major life transformation

Recent Guest Discussions

Benji Thomas - Addiction, Sobriety, Grief, Anxiety, Surrender, Recovery, Resilience, And Second Chances.

Todd Maguire - Trauma, Suicide Loss, Undercover Policing, PTSD, Addiction, Healing, Self-forgiveness, And Hope.

Recent Topics

Resilience, Trauma, Recovery, Parenting, Personal Development

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Stories Seldom Told

Pause and Play: Choosing Life Every Day

August 12, 2026

What do you do when life forces you to press pause?In this moving episode of Stories Seldom Told, Smita Tharoor speaks with former French teacher Sarbari Sen, whose life has been shaped not only by two primary cancer diagnoses but by an unwavering belief in the joy of living.For more than three decades, Sarbari inspired generations of students with her love of French, literature and learning. Today, while undergoing chemotherapy every two weeks for pancreatic cancer, she lives by a simple phi...

Learning to See Through Another's Eyes: A Father's Journey Beyond Autism

July 15, 2026

What does it really mean to understand someone whose mind experiences the world differently?In this episode of Stories Seldom Told, Smita Tharoor speaks with advertising executive and author Debasish Paul, whose greatest education came not in the boardroom, but through raising his autistic son, Noel.Drawing on deeply personal stories from his book I Have Autism and I Like to Play Bad Tennis, Debasish shares the lessons that transformed him as a father. From recognising the importance of emoti...

The Day Surrender Saved Me | ft. Benji Thomas

June 18, 2026

What happens when the thing you rely on to cope becomes the thing that almost destroys you?In this episode of Stories Seldom Told, I speak with writer, filmmaker and creative producer Benji Thomas about his journey through addiction, recovery, and rebuilding a life with purpose. From working in London’s nightlife scene as a teenager, to experiencing withdrawal seizures, multiple rock bottoms, and eventually entering rehab in South Africa, Benji shares his story with remarkable honesty and ins...

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