Olly Mann was born in 1981, the day after Cats opened in the West End. An only child, he spent his schooldays muttering to himself whilst pretending to host a radio show, which turned out to be the ideal training for podcasting. His teenage years were reminiscent of the film Rushmore, but without the handjob. He has worked as a journalist and TV producer, and is now a ‘freelance broadcaster’ living in Highbury, yet aspires not to be a middle-class cliche.