How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

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S20, Ep15 Bonnie Tyler - Her first ever podcast interview

TW: miscarriage This week, brace yourself for A TOTAL ECLIPSE… of all other podcast episodes, because this one’s a total banger. I could not have asked for a more open, hilarious, moving or riveting encounter than with the formidable Bonnie Tyler. She grew up in a working-class W ... Show more

. 52min 39sec

S20, Ep14 Will Young - ‘I like to talk about it because I survived it’

TW: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault and suicide. In many ways, Will Young is the definition of resilience. As a child, he endured physical and psychological abuse at prep school. In his 20s, he found fame on a reality TV show and was forced to be public about ... Show more

. 58min 17sec

S20, Ep13 Richard Osman on cats, crime and c**ts

I loved interviewing Richard Osman and can’t stop thinking about our conversation. I think it’s because his brain works at warp speed: I genuinely felt he was three steps ahead of every question I was about to ask. It became something of a personal challenge to ask a question he ... Show more

. 59min 7sec

S20, Ep12 Dr. Jen Gunter - Patriarchy, periods and penile failure

TW: infant loss and birth trauma Dr Jen Gunter is an obstetrician-gynaecologist, pain medicine physician and bestselling author. She’s most well-known to many of us as Twitter’s resident OB-GYN, the woman who took on Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop with claims of medical misinformation an ... Show more

. 54min 49sec

S20, Ep11 Adeel Akhtar - The importance of staying true to yourself

My guest today has a nickname in showbiz circles: he’s called ‘Ideal Actor’ because of his scene-stealing talent and his ability to get under the skin of what it is to be human. If you’ve watched Netflix’s monster hit, Fool Me Once, or seen Sherwood or Back To Life or The Night ... Show more

. 48min 4sec