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Helen is pleased to feature in a tapestry of media interviews and podcasts recorded at varying times of the day and in different moods with unsubtle leanings towards Helen's new book ‘Losing It’ and food.
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BBC Radio 5 Live brings you in-depth interviews with the biggest names in sport, entertainment, culture and politics. With Nihal Arthanayake, Gordon Smart, Adrian Chiles and Naga Munchetty.
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Award-winning LBC presenter and best-selling author James O’Brien hosts a series of compelling conversations with fascinating people. These are revealing interviews with people who rarely give in-depth interviews, be it from politics, entertainment or news. Subscribe to get a new episode every Friday. To listen to the latest episode of Full Disclosure on Alexa, just say "Alexa ask Global Player to play Full Disclosure." For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com
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The Inside Tri Show with Helen Murray brings you awesome interviews and special episodes from triathlon and beyond to keep you entertained and inspired while you train. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
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Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/hoovering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to The Graham Norton Book Club where each week Graham talks to a top author, hears from a famous voice behind a brilliant audiobook, gets the best book recommends from his stellar co-presenters, Alex Clark and Sara Collins, weighs up the pros and cons of the book of the week with his passionate band of book clubbers and finds out what’s hot and what’s hotter in the book charts. If you like books, you’ll love this. Come and join the club.
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I love books (and biscuits) but there are so many great books to choose from! This weekly podcast includes author interviews, book reviews, chat and biscuits. Email: quickbookreviews@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A podcast dedicated to all things literary and bookish in Brighton & beyond. Anna interviews authors, publishers, people working in literature programmes, gets recommendations from booksellers and bloggers, and shares the best upcoming events. Follow @annamburtt on Twitter and @btnbookclub on Instagram for updates. Email btnbookclub@gmail.com for enquiries.
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The Bottom podcast - three foxy stoats discuss and appreciate the world's greatest sitcom, courtesy of Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, over an Esther Rantzen cocktail and pickled onion sandwich. From Paul Tanter, Mat Brooks and Angela Pearson. Find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram all @talkingbottom or drop us an email at 11mafekingparade@gmail.com
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The Shift is a podcast that aims to tell the truth about being a woman post-40, created and hosted by writer and broadcaster, Sam Baker. Did you ever wonder why you stop hearing so many women's voices once they pass 40? That's where The Shift comes in - a frank, funny, sometimes heartbreaking, always honest look at what it means to be a woman in midlife and beyond. Work, life, love, health, sex, money, identity, body image... What does it all mean when everything around you (and inside you.. ...
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The first rule of Fan Club is tell everyone you know about it because we need the listeners. Nick Helm and Nathaniel Metcalfe are fans of stuff. Weird stuff. Mainstream stuff. Niche stuff. They’ve waited all their lives for a platform, and this is their time. Join them and a special guest every Friday as they talk about current trends, classic films and favourite bands. In this ramshackle, helter-skelter show Nick and Nathaniel try to keep the show on track as they wade through passionate ...
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I’m Stuart Miles, a TV and Radio host/journalist and I'm passionate about helping people to age well. If you want to feel inspired to look your best then this podcast series could knock 10 years off you in under 30 minutes! In every episode I hope to inspire you to take control of the ageing process and feel better about yourself. The earlier you start the better, I wish I had started in my 20’s! In each episode we will welcome experts and celebrities to give you the inspiration and knowledg ...
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BOOKS: WISHFUL DRINKING by CARRIE FISHERFORBIDDEN NOTEBOOK by ALBA DE CESPEDESYELLOWFACE by REBECCA F KUANG Harriett's guests today are comedian and writer Helen Lederer known for so many roles including as Catrionia in Absolutely Fabulous. Recently she has published her memoir Not That I'm Bitter and set up the Comedy Writing In Print Prize. She h…
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"At school, managing the stink bomb campaign, that was brilliant." This week we have the uber talented and super wonderful @helenlederer on the show. While very few photos are discussed, the sheer joy of conversation was palpable. PICS & MORE - https://www.instagram.com/memory_lane_podcast/ A Dot Dot Dot Production produced by Joel Porter Hosted by…
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Graham talks to Torrey Peters about her smash hit story of love, parenthood and trans life-choices, Detransition Baby and to Helen Lederer about her wry memoir, Not That I’m Bitter. Plus reading recommends, chart updates and, of course, our Clubbers deciding whether they’re going to play nicely or throw their toys out of the cot. See Privacy Policy…
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“Disobedience”, Naomi’s Alderman’s story of clandestine lesbian love amid the orthodox Jewish community, is our featured book and Katie Price reveals all in her new autobiography, This Is Me. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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"My mum's done so much for improving state school education and had a huge impact over politics, like my dad, but because he's a man she's just been content to not be championed in that way..." This week we have the brilliant and super talented @disgracecampbell on the show to talk about growing up in politics, her amazing friends and her daughter …
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There are plenty of famous women who we think we know all there is to know without ever having met them. Women we judge based on some random unsubstantiated headline, but there are few women that applies to quite so much as Katie Price. Katie has been in the public eye for thirty years. She started as the glamour model Jordan at just 17 years old a…
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I'm not sure there's anyone quite like Kate Mosse. The driving power behind the Women's Prize for Fiction which is now in its 27th year (the winner was VV Ganeshananthan's Brotherless Night) and now the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction (whose inaugural winner was Doppleganger by Naomi Klein), she also manages to write a book a year (and they're not sm…
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I interview Francesca de Tores about her book called Saltblood plus I review: Where The Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan The Husbands by Holly Gramazio The Love Of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood Body Language by A K Turner Be A Birder by Hamza Yassin The Revenge Club by Kathy Lette The three books that Francesca de Tores recommends are: Days With…
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When Joe Pasquale was just seven years old, his mum was involved in a car accident that left her with concussion and epilepsy. She struggled to look after Joe and his three siblings and became severely depressed. Determined to try and fix things, Joe made it his mission to make her laugh every single day. Forty years on, he has become a staple in B…
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Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. This episode is with comedian JACOB HAWLEY See him in Edinburgh and on tour with his show SPACE This podcast is largely funded on PATREON where if you join up you’ll have access to masses to exclusive and advance content from guest recipes to personal mentions and one-to-one virtual meet ups with me. …
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Candice Carty-Williams tells Graham about creating her best-seller, “Queenie” and our Clubbers decide if it deserves a 21-gun salute or should be sent straight to the tower. Actress, presenter and Graham’s co-agony aunt, Maria McErlane, talks about navigating “Bumps in the Road”, Alex Clark gets sporty and we find out what’s topping the book league…
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In the final episode of the Road to Roth series, sponsored by lifejacketskin.com it's race week in Germany! Join Helen in the last few days ahead of Challenge Roth and hear her post-race thoughts as she talks through the day which saw her finish in 11h12mins. Links Sponsor Helen for MOVE Against Cancer via her justgiving page If you're looking for …
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"How Princess Di is that haircut? She'd love you saying that!" This week we have the incredibly talented and Rachel Parris on the show. We chat about her mum, austentatious, university... Marcus (obviously...) and her son Billy. Photo 01 - Me and mum Photo 02 - School days (dress up) Photo 03 - Austentatious Photo 04 - Marcus and me Photo 05 - Bill…
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It's Gabby Logan's summer. First there's the Euros and then the Paris Olympics are hot on their heels. Plus, she has a new book, The Midpoint Plan, out so it seemed like a fine time to revisit my conversation with her from a couple of years ago... My guest this week has hosted everything from Final Score to the Six Nations to the Olympics. Formerly…
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Writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth has chosen EF Benson's entertaining tale of competitive snobbery in the 1920s, Mapp and Lucia. In a contrasting choice, neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow advocates for Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi, a story of a Ghanaian family transplanted to Alabama which takes in neuroscience and opiate addiction. Harriet…
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This week my guest is the incredible comedian/impressionist/actor/writer JESS ROBINSON. This recording was so much fun - I love her. We cover a lot of important ground in the episode, including the hot button topic of developing a massive crush on someone while you're in a panto together and what to do if you fall in love with a fictional detective…
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“I’m a Walter Mitty who’s actually done it.” Growing up in a tenement on the outskirts of Glasgow, Midge Ure dreamt of being a rock star, even though it seemed impossible for a working-class kid like him. But he had something special. At just 18, he got his first break as the guitarist for the pop band Slik and went on to be part of several influen…
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Our book is the first of best-selling author Lee Child’s smash hit Jack Reacher series, Killing Floor. Lee tells Graham about the extraordinary circumstances that surrounded the writing of his debut novel. Also, leading news anchor and Mastermind host, Clive Myrie reveals the man behind the bulletins in his memoir, Everything is Everything. All thi…
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"The monkey that I talk to... is my dad..." This week we have the amazing and brilliant and super super funny Nina Conti on the show. What an absolute treat. Photo 01: Nina with her dad Tom Conti Photo 02: Nina being surprised by Susan Saradon and Naomi Watts Photo 03: A ventriloquist convention Photo 04: Monkey taking charge of a film meeting Phot…
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How do you train for one of the biggest triathlons in the World? In part 2 of this special audio training diary from Inside Tri Show, host Helen brings you her thoughts and feelings with 9 weeks to go until Challenge Roth. Helen will talk you through her big period of training, her first sprint triathlon in years, a dodgy swim in a river, hellish b…
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It's season finale time! And my guest today is the whirlwind also known as Kathy Lette. Australian Kathy smashed her way into the global bestseller lists at the age of 17 with the novel Puberty Blues. Since then she has turned her irreverent, en pointe pen on the peaks and troughs, triumphs and total BS of female existence. I first read her with Gi…
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VOICES IN THE EVENING by Natalia Ginzburg (trans. DM Low), chosen by Tessa HadleyTHE ZONE OF INTEREST by Martin Amis (trans. Jessica Moore), chosen by Sebastian FaulksEASTBOUND by Maylis de Kerangal, chosen by Harriett Gilbert Two authors pick books they love with Harriett Gilbert. Tessa Hadley (Late In The Day, Free Love, After The Funeral) takes …
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Nick Lowles is chief executive of HOPE not hate, the UK's largest anti-racism and anti-extremism movement. For the last 35 years, he has tirelessly fought against those who try to exploit frustrations, create divisions and pit groups against each other. Nick began his involvement with the anti-fascist movement as a student volunteer. He then worked…
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Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. This episode is with comedian AMY MASON Go and her brilliant debut hour FREE MASON This podcast is largely funded on PATREON where if you join up you’ll have access to masses to exclusive and advance content from guest recipes to personal mentions and one-to-one virtual meet ups with me. You can still…
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‘Forever’ is Bon Jovi’s 18th album. The one and only Jon Bon Jovi told Nihal Arthanayake about writing the new album, the secrets of a long and successful marriage, how he hopes to be able to sing live again after having surgery on his vocal chords two years ago, and being an unashamed optimist.By BBC Radio 5 Live
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Ishi Robinson tells Graham about her debut, coming-of-age in Jamaica story, Sweetness in the Skin and how it caused a publishing bidding war, while suave Great British Sewing Bee judge, Patrick Grant, explains why we need fewer clothes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not…
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How do you train for one of the biggest triathlons in the World? In part 1 of this special audio training diary from Inside Tri Show, host Helen brings you her thoughts and feelings from 9 months out before Challenge Roth. Helen will talk you through her weekly training, how she got back into things after open abdominal surgery and why she decided …
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Satirical comedian, Michael Spicer, known for going viral and gaining millions of views online thanks to his iconic satirical show, The Room next door, chats to Johnny I’Anson about his journey through comedy. He talks about the state of politics in the past few years to the issues of today.He talks about his constant quest for new and unique conte…
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Recorded at the Hay Festival SHUGGIE BAIN by Douglas StewartON THE BLACK HILL by Bruce ChatwinAGAINST NATURE by Joris-Karl Huysmans Harriett Gilbert takes to the stage in the BBC Marquee at the Hay Festival for a special edition of the programme recorded in front of an audience.Actor and writer Doon Mackichan known for her outrageous character Cath…
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My guest today is the teacher, musician and writer Molly Roden Winter. Molly hit the headlines earlier this year when her memoir More was published in the United States and caused… let’s just call it “a storm”. Why? Because Molly’s book is an incredibly candid account of her open marriage. Which, lets face it, shouldn’t be that big of a deal in 202…
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On this month's show, we speak to two Brighton based writers Jo Furniss and Cassie Bruce about their new novels DEAD MILE and SIRENS BAY. We also speak to the excellent Sophie Flynn about her new novel WHAT STAYS UNSAID, a thriller set over a hen weekend Dartmoor. Follow the show over on InstagramBy RadioReverb
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We cover some absolute classic crushes in this episode. Not just the horror that is the made up boyfriend (we've all done it, right? Just me?) but the strange allure of a good, albeit dead and murderous, vampire. I think that one is more widespread than people let on. And I know that one definitely isn't just me, as today's guest Beth Morrey shares…
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Actor and writer Sally Lindsay has always loved the spotlight. She made her TV debut aged 7 when her school choir performed their No.1 single There’s No One Quite Like Grandma on Top of the Pops. But it wasn’t until university that she realised she could make a career out of performing. Sally's gone on to star in hit TV shows such as Phoenix Nights…
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Former Challenge Roth Champion Belinda Granger is the final special guest in Inside Tri Show's Road to Roth series, brought to you by lifejacketskin.com. She's spent the best part of two decades coming to Roth, first as an athlete and now as part of the commentary team and as you'll hear in this interview, her passion is as infectious as ever. Beli…
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"Not only will we not sponsor you but you are trivialising an atrocity." This week we have the brilliant and always surprising Marcus Brigstocke on to talk about his dancing days, weight loss, addiction, Prince and so much more. Marcus really has lived many many lives. Photo 01 - Me aged three Photo 02 - Growing up and going to uni Photo 03 - My lo…
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CONTENT WARNING: There are many moments of joy in this conversation, but please be aware that Liz talks candidly about grief and the sudden death of her son, which some listeners may find upsetting. My guest today is the writer and climate activist Liz Jensen. Half Danish and half-anglo Moroccan, Liz started out as a journalist, working in radio be…
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ABSENT IN THE SPRING by Agatha Christie (writing as Mary Westmacott) (HarperCollins), chosen by Simon BrettIN THE GARDEN OF THE FUGITIVES by Ceridwen Dovey (Penguin), chosen by Denise MinaHIDE MY EYES by Margery Allingham (Penguin), chosen by Harriett Gilbert Crime writers Denise Mina and Simon Brett join Harriett Gilbert to read each other's favou…
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Helen Lederer is a writer, actress and comedian. She began her career on the alternative comedy circuit, performing alongside many of today’s household names, and quickly landed roles in iconic sitcoms such as Absolutely Fabulous, Bottom and Girls on Top. Since then she’s appeared on TV and radio, written bestselling books and set up the Comedy Wom…
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Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. This episode is with comedian CHARLIE GEORGE This podcast is largely funded on PATREON where if you join up you’ll have access to masses to exclusive and advance content from guest recipes to personal mentions and one-to-one virtual meet ups with me. GET TICKETS NOW to see me on tour with my new show …
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In the first of a brand-new series, Graham and the Clubbers are on the hunt for a serial killer with top crime writer MW Craven’s The Puppet Show, while best-seller Marian Keyes lets us in on My Favourite Mistake. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Former German professional triathlon couple Lothar and Nicole Leder are the stars of episode 5 of Inside Tri Show’s Road to Roth series with lifejacketskin.com. Lothar was the first person to go sub 8 hours for the iron distance, a feat he accomplished in 1996. In 2003 it was a double win in the Leder household, while Lothar beat Chris McCormack by…
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