Big Breakfast

8am - 12pm Saturday

Jesus as a doula, surviving the early days of parenthood, and… is your baby really the cutest?

2 Dec 2025
20:09

Helena Whitwell and Naomi Musegula are both Christian doulas who walk with women through pregnancy, birth, and the early days of parenthood. They joined Max and Lydia for 'Just Like Jesus' to talk about the do's and don’ts of speaking to expectant parents, how to support them in this vulnerable time and, of course, whether you should ever comment on a baby’s cuteness… especially if the baby isn’t, well, conventionally cute.

The pop band bringing the gospel to schools up and down the country

27 Nov 2025
24:12

Manchester pop-dance duo Saintz join Max and Lydia to talk about their unlikely partnership, bringing the gospel to sleepy teenagers, and how Forrest Frank is shaking up worship music.

'I won't be praying for my football team to win'

25 Nov 2025
20:59

How can we be like Jesus on the side of the pitch? Ian Lancaster, Head of Mission for Christians in Sport, spoke to Max and Lydia about competitiveness, toppling the idol of sport in our lives and what the Church can learn from the sport community.

Miracle healings on the gym floor

20 Nov 2025
19:21

How can you be more like Jesus at your local leisure centre? Estelle Wallace is a fitness coach who runs a gym in a church. She spoke to Max about overcoming self-consciousness, seeing people physically healed on the gym floor, and whether there'll be a place to work out in heaven.

The documentary capturing real-life miracles

18 Nov 2025
26:59

Have you ever seen a miracle? Or experienced one for yourself? Kimberley Clarke was healed 7 years ago and ever since has been obsessed with hearing more stories of God doing the miraculous. She is the creator and executive producer of Angel Studios' new series, 'Miracle' and she sat down with Lydia to chat about how the miracle she experience completely transformed her view of God and why it's so important people know He still does miracles today.

Tattoos are as serious as a blood covenant!

12 Nov 2025
22:53

Christian Vargas joined Lydia this week on Big Breakfast to chat about how we can be more like Jesus when we pop down to the tattoo studio for some new ink. Christian is the founder of Think Plus, a coffee shop, hair salon and tattoo studio with multiple sites in London and Lydia asked him about the assumptions people make of him, the worst tattoos he's seen and the tattoos he refuses to do!

YouVersion founder on his 90's rap career, one billion downloads and hearing from God

11 Nov 2025
21:35

YouVersion CEO Bobby Gruenewald joins Max to celebrate one billion Bible App downloads. They chat about changing our scrolling habits, hearing from God, and why he’s instinctually excited about AI —plus, the story behind his short-lived rap career.

Indi Kent on why teenage girls need Biblical encouragement now more than ever

4 Nov 2025
24:32

Indi Kent, founder of Pink Letters, spoke with Lydia about the often harsh realities of secondary school life and why she set out to give young girls the encouragement and wisdom she wishes she’d had through the simple, powerful form of handwritten letters.

Smoking area evangelism and being like Jesus on a night out

4 Nov 2025
22:13

How can we be more like Jesus on a night out? On this week's Just Like Jesus, Max & Lydia chat to award-winning DJ Dan Sterry about living out his faith in the nightlife industry.

Do Christians need to engage more with spooky stuff?

4 Nov 2025
29:35

Should Christians see Halloween as a chance to celebrate life over death? This week on Just Like Jesus, Max talks with Rev Peter Laws — former Baptist minister, author, and host of Into The Fog on YouTube — about fear, death, Halloween, and why he thinks Christians get him (and his “spooky gene”) wrong.

How do I share Jesus with my Hindu mates?

24 Oct 2025
20:14

Max and Lydia sat down with London City Mission missionary Emmanuel Gill this week to ask how we can be Just Like Jesus during the Hindu festival of Diwali.

Jesus at the parkrun!

24 Oct 2025
15:36

On Just Like Jesus, Max and Lydia were joined by Instagram and TikTok stars Ben Barber and Barney Sampson to chat about their new-found fame with '2 Blokes Running'. They chat about staying humble, why running is so popular and how we can be more like Jesus at the parkrun!

The Christian rockstar who inspired Taylor Swift

24 Oct 2025
24:06

Steve Taylor is a musician, filmmaker, professor, and producer behind Angel Studio's new film Sketch, a family thriller where a girl's drawings come to life. He joins Max to discuss his "sardonic" music, enduring faith, and producing the song that first inspired Taylor Swift. SKETCH is out in cinemas 24th October.

What does it really mean to have hope in Jesus?

22 Oct 2025
18:52

The Bible is full of the word hope—but what does it actually mean to have or feel hope in Jesus? And how does it go beyond positive thinking? Creative Director Jenny Hamill and presenter Rose from Shine Films join Max to talk about their new series 'HOPE' aimed at sparking conversations with young people.

Harry Clark from The Traitors on turning faithful...

14 Oct 2025
20:18

Harry Clark, Series 2 winner of The Traitors, sat down with Max to chat about the early signs of his treacherous ways, how God rescued him at his lowest point, and why he's not scared to speak openly about his faith.