The barber saving lives one haircut at a time - a podcast by BBC World Service

When British barber Tom Chapman got his first hairdressing job his manager congratulated him and said "be prepared to be a psychiatrist and a therapist as well as a hairdresser". These words stuck with him when he lost a good friend to suicide. Tom decided to use his barber's chair to get men to open up about their problems. He set up the Lions Barbers Collective, which runs Barber Talk training for barbers all over the world.

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: June Christie

Picture: Tom Chapman
Credit: Tom Chapman

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