Best Suzy Coulson Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 6 - endings and beginnings 11:41

4y ago11:41

11:41

Being Socially Distant is a new lockdown audio comedy from the producers of The Backstory Podcast. Written and produced by Tin Shed Productions with additional writing by Kate Wilson, starring Suzy Coulson, Claire Mutimer, Kate Wilson and Ivan Vaughan. It is recorded remotely. Please follow us on instagram: @beingsociallydistant Music: 'Latin Night…

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Episode 5 - Cummings and goings 13:40

4y ago13:40

13:40

Being Socially Distant is a new lockdown audio comedy from the producers of The Backstory Podcast. Written and produced by Tin Shed Productions and starring Suzy Coulson, Claire Mutimer, Kate Wilson and Ivan Vaughan. It is recorded remotely. Please follow us on instagram: @beingsociallydistant Music: 'Latin Nights' Composer: Tim Brown, Brown House …

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Episode 4 - parents, the pox and pissing it up the wall 11:00

4y ago11:00

11:00

Being Socially Distant is a new lockdown audio comedy from the producers of The Backstory Podcast. Written and produced by Tin Shed Productions and starring Suzy Coulson, Claire Mutimer, Kate Wilson and Ivan Vaughan. It is recorded remotely. Please follow us on instagram: @beingsociallydistant Music: 'Latin Nights' Composer: Tim Brown, Brown House …

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Episode 3 - temperatures, TikTok and taxidermy 11:36

4y ago11:36

11:36

Being Socially Distant is a new lockdown audio comedy from the producers of The Backstory Podcast. Written and produced by Tin Shed Productions and starring Suzy Coulson, Claire Mutimer, Kate Wilson and Ivan Vaughan. It is recorded remotely. Please follow us on instagram: @beingsociallydistant Music: 'Latin Nights' Composer: Tim Brown, Brown House …

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Episode 2 - Milk, Cheese and Whatever You Please 10:16

4+ y ago10:16

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Being Socially Distant is a new lockdown audio comedy from the producers of The Backstory Podcast. Written and produced by Tin Shed Productions and starring Suzy Coulson, Claire Mutimer, Kate Wilson and Ivan Vaughan. It is recorded remotely. Please follow us on instagram: @beingsociallydistant Music: 'Latin Nights' Composer: Tim Brown, Brown House …

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Trailer for our new podcast - Being Socially Distant 11:40

4+ y ago11:40

11:40

Hi everyone, we'd love you to give our new podcast a listen. Being Socially Distant is a new lockdown audio comedy from the producers of The Backstory Podcast. Written and produced by Tin Shed Productions and starring Suzy Coulson, Claire Mutimer, Kate Wilson and Ivan Vaughan. It is recorded remotely. You can listen to episode 1 here or click here …

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Episode 1 - home schooling, date night and jizzing on a coconut. 10:25

4+ y ago10:25

10:25

Being Socially Distant is a new lockdown audio comedy from the producers of The Backstory Podcast. Written and produced by Tin Shed Productions and starring Suzy Coulson, Claire Mutimer, Kate Wilson and Ivan Vaughan. It is recorded remotely. Please follow us on instagram: @beingsociallydistant Music: 'Latin Nights' Composer: Tim Brown, Brown House …

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A New Normal - Nancy, Nina and Wes's story 22:32

4+ y ago22:32

22:32

This week we hear from Nancy and daughter Nina who, together with lodger Wes, find themselves living together in lockdown in a newly constituted household. Nancy works in mental health so she has spent the last few weeks holed up in her bedroom supporting clients via Zoom, whilst she and Nina get used to living together after being apart for a whil…

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A New Normal: Lex's story 26:09

4+ y ago26:09

26:09

This week Suzy and Claire put five questions to each other about their new normal - how is life in lockdown in the Norfolk countryside? They talk about creative writing, podcasts they are listening to, their highs and lows and what might happen next. Then we hear from Lex who is in Sussex and reads out her blog which caught Claire's eye last week a…

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A New Normal: Masha's story 21:57

4+ y ago21:57

21:57

We are bringing you a season of backstories with the theme - a new normal - telling the real-life stories of us all adjusting to life in the midst of the corona outbreak. We hope you find some comfort in hearing other people's new normals. This week we hear from Masha who lives in Buenos Aires with her husband. Masha's two sons are in Canda and her…

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A New Normal: Amy's story 18:45

4+ y ago18:45

18:45

We are bringing you a season of backstories with the theme - a new normal - telling the real-life stories of us all adjusting to life in the midst of the corona outbreak. We hope you find some comfort in hearing other people's new normals. We kick off with Amy who is in the midst of a very tricky time as her Mum was diagnosed with a brain tumour ju…

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Backstory Mash-up - Recovery 29:31

5y ago29:31

29:31

In this week’s mash-up we hear a selection of stories on the theme of recovery. First we hear from from Jilly Moss whose little girl Alba contracted what turned out to be measles before her first vaccination. Jilly tells how frightening it was when no -one could recognise the illness and her daughter became so ill. This interview is with Claire on …

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Backstory Mash-up - Transformation 29:58

5y ago29:58

29:58

This week we’re talking ‘Transformation’ - experiences that can blindside or creep up slowly but that change your life. We hear from Marc who was diagnosed with HIV in the 80s, when treatment and prognosis were very different. HIV is a disease that has seen massive change in recent years, although as Marc explains, there’s still some way to go with…

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Backstory Mash-up: A Sudden Change 24:07

5y ago24:07

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This week we have our second mash-up, this time our first story is from another podcast The Break-up Monologues and we hear from comedienne Jane Postlethwaite interviewed by host Rosie Wilby about a big break up she went through. Carrying on the theme we hear about Nick Little and how it was for him to lose his business partner and best friend to a…

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Backstory Mashup - Altered States 25:39

5y ago25:39

25:39

Backstory is back! This time we’re hearing from a mixture of new and familiar voices as we look at the theme of Altered States. We hear from Pat, whose Parkinson’s Disease causes hallucinations that her family is there, from Jess and Matt who lived through Jess’s post-partum psychosis and from Natasha who had intrusive thoughts as part of her OCD. …

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Acid attack: Adele's story 32:39

5+ y ago32:39

32:39

Rounding up our season looking at people seeking justice, we hear from Adele Bellis who suffered an acid attack in August 2014. The attack was arranged by her ex-partner, Anthony, but carried out by someone acting on his behalf. It followed a long and abusive relationship in which Anthony had made numerous threats against Adele and her family, as w…

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Shot in the back: Lee's story 30:27

5+ y ago30:27

30:27

This is Lee’s story of getting justice for his mother - Cherry Groce - who was shot in front of him by the police on 28th September 1985 when they raided his family home. She was shot through the spine and paralysed and the incident led to several days of rioting in Brixton. Lee was 11 at the time. Cherry died 26 years later from complications rela…

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Dead in the Water: Penny's story PART TWO 31:15

5+ y ago31:15

31:15

In PART TWO we continue the shocking and compelling story of how Penny Farmer and her family tracked down her brother and his girlfriend’s killer; 38 years after they were murdered on a boat off the coast of Guatemala in 1978. After a eureka moment out walking with her mother, Penny suddenly realised that facebook may hold the key to finding the so…

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Dead in the Water: Penny's story PART ONE 31:24

5+ y ago31:24

31:24

This is part one of Penny Farmer's remarkable story about her brother Chris and his girlfriend Peta who went off travelling to South America in 1978. Peta wrote home detailed letters every week and then the letters suddenly stopped. In this two-parter Penny describes the pain of Chris and Peta not coming home and their slow realisation that somethi…

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Fit for life: Olly and Zane's story 19:28

5+ y ago19:28

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Rounding up our season looking at the people whose job it is to help others, this week we’re heading to the gym to meet personal trainers Olly and Zane. Both have had their own struggles and have used exercise and fitness to help themselves out of a slump and maintain their mental well-being. For them, fitness isn’t about achieving the sort of imag…

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The art of nursing: Christie's story 29:12

5+ y ago29:12

29:12

This week Claire went to meet Christie Watson who worked as a nurse for over twenty years. We hear about when she found herself on the other side of the fence watching Cheryl her Dad’s nurse - look after him when he became terminally ill with lung cancer. She describes the minute cues that Cheryl took from getting to knowing her Dad that helped her…

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Your own front door: Nicky and Alan's story 26:36

5+ y ago26:36

26:36

Continuing our season looking at the people whose job it is to help others, this week it’s Nicky and Alan from St. Martin’s Housing in Norwich. They tell us about their work with John, who has been an on/off client of St. Martin’s. John (not his real name) was a rough sleeper, a chaotic heroin user and supporting him was not easy. When people are b…

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Losing your business partner : Nick's story 28:10

5+ y ago28:10

28:10

This is a new season of the backstory - this run of four has a particular theme - we are looking at people’s jobs which involve doing good. This week we hear from Nick Little who set up a social enterprise company called the Outsiders with close friend Oz Osbourne. They quickly realised that in the world of social enterprise community work their hi…

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Living with Parkinson's: Terry's story 30:24

5+ y ago30:24

30:24

Season 5 Episode 8 Terry was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease when he was 59. 8 years after his diagnosis, he and daughter Vicki talk about how the illness has changed their lives, individually and as a family, the strains and losses that come with living with a progressive disease and how it also has the potential to bring people closer together…

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Me, my baby and psychosis: Jess and Matt's story PART TWO 32:14

5+ y ago32:14

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Season 5 Episode 7 In part two of Jess and Matt's story we hear about the tough journey from Norfolk to London to get Jess and baby Albert in to a psychiatric Mother and Baby unit. Jess explains what it was like to get treatment there and how they all coped with hospital life and getting used to slowly go out again. We hear about how it was eventua…

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Me, my baby and psychosis: Jess and Matt's story 30:20

5+ y ago30:20

30:20

Season 5 Episode 6 Jess and Matt had an excellent birth but then things started to go a bit weird, Jess just wasn't herself. Matt had been warned that women can be very affected by hormones after the birth, but this was extreme. It turned out that Jess was suffering from postpartum psychosis a mental illness that comes on just after having a baby. …

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Getting used to the quiet: Lillian's story 28:36

6y ago28:36

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Season 5 Episode 5 Lillian and Dan have enjoyed a long marriage, full of travel and dancing. With Lillian in her 70s and Dan in his mid-90s, the time came recently when they took the difficult decision to move Dan into residential care. Lillian talks about still being married but not feeling like a wife, the gains she enjoys and the sadness of the …

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Trichotillomania: Cara’s story 24:00

6y ago24:00

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Trichotillomania: Cara’s story Season 5 Episode 4 When Cara moved from a happy primary school to a large, intimidating high school her mental well-being plummeted. Her height and long red hair made her stand out and the attention caused her eczema to flare. Struggling to cope, Cara turned to hair pulling, a coping mechanism that offered temporary r…

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The road to recovery: Hope’s story 26:43

6y ago26:43

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The road to recovery: Hope’s story Season 5 Episode 3 Hope is one of 5 children. It was a big, busy family and not without its fair share of conflict and discord. By the age of 17 Hope had been suffering from anorexia for 4 years, a condition she’d done her best to hide from friends and family. But when her heart nearly stopped things had to change…

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7/7 Behind the scenes: David’s story 32:25

6y ago32:25

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7/7 Behind the scenes: David’s story Season 5 Episode 2 In July 2005 London and the country were in jubilant mood, celebrating winning the bid to host the 2012 Olympics. The next day, during the morning rush hour, four bombs exploded, three on the Underground and one on a double-decker bus. 52 people were killed and hundreds were injured. David Vid…

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Brethren to burlesque: Sapphira’s story 25:33

6y ago25:33

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Brethren to burlesque: Sapphira’s story Season 5 Episode 1 Welcome back to Season 5. We start with a love story. Sapphira felt like a misfit, naturally flamboyant but brought up by brethren. Eventually excommunicated, her life spiralled but then she met Tony. Tony had also been raised by brethren and together they started to heal. Sapphira talks ab…

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Mindfulness on wheels: Tim’s story 31:34

6y ago31:34

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Mindfulness on wheels: Tim’s story Season 4 Episode 7 This is Tim McKenna’s account of what it is like to live with bipolar disorder – I think it is an amazing account of being male and mentally ill and initially not having much help or support through not knowing what was wrong and hiding how he was feeling – as he felt ashamed of it. It does incl…

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From free school meals to the High Court: Ali’s story 26:23

6y ago26:23

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From free school meals to the High Court: Ali’s story Season 4 Episode 6 Ali grew up in Wales on free school dinners with four other siblings. This is the story of how he made an extraordinary success of himself and how his experience of difference tallies with his work as an immigration barrister. What gives some children the drive to move beyond …

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Who helps NICU parents? Vicki’s story 28:58

6y ago28:58

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Who helps NICU parents? Vicki’s story Season 4 Episode 5 Vicki is a young woman on a mission. Having experienced life on the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after the birth of her first son, she’s determined to push for better mental health provision for parents in similar situations. Vicki struggled with the shock and her mental health suffere…

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One Punch: Michael and Robert’s story 33:13

6y ago33:13

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This backstory is about two remarkable brothers. Michael is now 33 and he was punched in the jaw six years ago down on Great Yarmouth seafront on a saturday night, which knocked him over smashing his head on the side of the kerb. His brother Robert, who is ten years younger than him, has been a huge part of his support in enabling him to learn how …

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Right person, right place: Naomi’s story 26:33

6y ago26:33

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Right person, right place: Naomi’s story Season 4 Episode 3 Naomi is a woman of many talents. Actress, stand up and academic. As part of her role with a school where the pupils wore Tudor uniform, Naomi went to Romania to work with young people in an orphanage, children who had been institutionalised their whole lives under Ceausescu’s regime, chil…

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Recovering from anorexia: Dave’s story 30:20

6y ago30:20

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Recovering from anorexia: Dave’s story Season 4 Episode 2 Dave’s backstory is a tale of going to the brink and then choosing to live, of recovery and the ongoing struggles that come as part of the package. Challenging all the stereotypes, Dave talks about his anorexia with a massive dose of humour and gives a new perspective on this most pernicious…

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Hide or confide? Kiki’s story 34:50

6y ago34:50

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Hide or confide? Kiki’s story Season 4 Episode 1 Kiki’s backstory is a tale of two halves – she is a footballer but it isn’t about football. It is about something that happened that changed the course of her career forever, a simple mistake that stopped Kiki’s plans in their tracks. The second half is about something she needs to tell someone but h…

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Backchat Learning to Live Again: Tiff’s story 15:28

6y ago15:28

15:28

Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about Learning to Live Again: Tiff’s story (Season 3 ep 4). Join us as we discuss what we’ve learnt about whether we consider Tiff to have been brave, what you can donate from your body whilst you are still alive and how to deal…

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Learning to live again: Tiff’s story 34:36

6y ago34:36

34:36

Season 3: Episode 4 Learning to live again: Tiff’s story In the latest episode, Claire travels to Leicester to talk to Tiffany Youngs… Tiff appeared at the age of 28 to have an amazing life – recently married to Tom Youngs, the England and Leicester Tigers rugby player, with a new baby girl Maisie and a lovely family home in Leicester. However this…

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Backchat – A Different Kind of Grief: Kathryn and Joy’s Story 17:02

6y ago17:02

17:02

Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about A Different Kind of Grief: Kathryn and Joy’s Story (Season 3 ep 3). Join us as we discuss what we’ve learnt from online suicide awareness training, apps that might help and how we manage our own stress. Help and support: C…

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A Different Kind of Grief: Kathryn and Joy’s story 30:03

6y ago30:03

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Season 3 Episode 3 A Different Kind of Grief: Kathryn and Joy’s Story is about two women who have got together to run a support group for people who have lost a loved one to suicide. We realise this programme could be a trigger for some people so please look after yourselves and perhaps don’t listen if you feel this will affect you. Support groups …

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Backchat – A Targeted Assault: Sheila’s Story PART TWO 14:10

6y ago14:10

14:10

Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about the second and concluding part of A Targeted Assault: Sheila’s Story (Season 3 ep 2). Join us as we discuss what happened after the rape, why Sheila confided in Bridget and what we’ve learnt about how to respond if someone…

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A Targeted Assault: Sheila’s Story PART TWO 23:06

6+ y ago23:06

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Season 3 Episode 2 Sheila was raped at a garden party when she was 62. She’s a retired nurse, a mother and grandmother. In the concluding part of this two-part backstory, we find out what happened after the rape, how she confided in best friend Bridget and how the support of local services led to a full investigation and, crucially, a trial. Help a…

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Backchat – A Targeted Assault: Sheila’s Story PART ONE 13:55

6+ y ago13:55

13:55

Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about A Targeted Assault: Sheila’s Story (Season 3 ep 1). Join us as we discuss our thoughts about the terrible assault that Sheila was subjected to. We’ll also discuss your feedback about the programme, what we’ve learnt and wh…

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A targeted assault: Sheila’s story 27:01

6+ y ago27:01

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Season 3 Episode 1 Sheila was raped at a garden party when she was 62. She’s a retired nurse, a mother and grandmother. In episode 1 of this two part backstory, Sheila talks about the build up and how she believes she was targeted. Movingly, she describes the attack itself and we hear how best friend Bridget helped her to move forwards in the after…

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Backchat: Ali Golds A Life Less Ordinary PART TWO 12:57

6+ y ago12:57

12:57

Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about Ali Golds: A Life Less Ordinary (Season 2 ep 4). Join us as we try to answer some of the questions thrown up by Ali Golds’s backstory – Ali’s relationship with her own mother, how backstories can be awkward sticking points…

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Ali Golds: A Life Less Ordinary PART TWO 28:14

6+ y ago28:14

28:14

Claire with Ali Golds Ali is 50 years old and has had a life less ordinary – she has a complicated backstory. This is a two-parter and in this second part (please do listen to part one first) Ali is just escaping a violent partner with her youngest son Conor. Ali goes on to reflect on her tricky childhood which contains an episode of abuse. We go o…

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Backchat: Ali Golds: A Life Less Ordinary PART 1 13:36

6+ y ago13:36

13:36

Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about Ali Golds: A Life Less Ordinary (Season 2 ep 3). Join us as we try to answer some of the questions thrown up by Ali Golds’s backstory – why Ali’s kids lived with their dad, what Esther Perel would make of her marriage and …

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Ali Golds: A Life Less Ordinary – PART 1 29:04

6+ y ago29:04

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Claire with Ali Golds Ali is 50 years old and has had a life less ordinary – she has a complicated backstory. This is a two-parter and in this first part we meet Ali as she is meeting her second husband. She already has two children who live with their dad and and after a series of failed relationships Ali is hoping that this next one will be diffe…

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