OK Annabel is still OOO, so Emilie has roped in a friend of the pod, the marvellous Esther Coren to help. Esther has her own podcast, Giles Coren Has No Idea and a Substack called The Spike and she also gives excellent book recommendations. Given weāre all feeling mad, bad and dangerous to know (not in a swashbuckling-Byronic-way but in a teetering on The-Brink-kind-of-way) perhaps books can soothe us tiny bit: little umbrellas for the mind. We talk about The Paleo Life by Clare Foges (out June 6), Quint by Robert Lautner, The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (May 14), One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn,Ā The Egg & I by Betty MacDonald (out of print, but will be on World of Books, which, incidentally, is the preloved Amazon), Hugo Rifkindās Rabbits (also June 6), and In Memoriam by Alice Winn. Plus thereās a cameo from Estherās cat Iris.Ā
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Who doesnāt love a solution story? The tale of a grown-up woman who had a problem and thought, āYou know what? I am not going to wait for some fucker to fix this ā I am just going to do it myselfā? This week we have two such stories from the podvault ā first up is Sahar Hashemi who smashed through many a ceiling and is still busy opening lots of doors for women: she founded Coffee Republic - three years before Starbucks landed on our shores; for the past couple of years, sheās been putting her considerable energy into spotlighting women-owned businesses with her Buy Women Built movement; asking the question: why do we only hear about the men? Did you know that 81% of 11-18-year olds are unable to name one single female entrepreneur? SheāsĀ out to change all that.Ā
Then we have some highlights from our interview with Joanna Jensen, who suffered from eczema as a child and, when her own children were born with the same condition, she decided āenough is enough.ā In 2010 she created Childās Farm from her kitchen table and, by the end of the decade, it was the UKās number one baby and child brand. She sold it to Cussons for Ā£40 million in 2022. *does a little dance*. Anyway, it might sound like an enviably smooth ride but, like all of these stories,Ā it is full of bumps, lumps, divorce and other crises. Why have one brilliant female entrepreneur when you can have two?
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You will have heard of Hadley Freeman, The Sunday Times columnist who writes about feminism, the arts, politics and, she says, anything else that takes her fancy. She is also the author of several acclaimed books ā including Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia, just out in paperback. Itās a searing record of her own illness, illuminating the dark corners of this most brutal of mental health disorders, with her deft blend of forensic detail and humour. Please note we talk frankly about this devastating illness. It sounds āoofā (take this as your trigger warning) but Hadley is so generous both in the book and on the podcast that it feels like a ray of light rather than a trauma wallow...
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Happy Friday! Just slipping into your feed to let you know that the week is nearly over, and thereās only one more week to go before we have to get through the next week. Oh God. This week we talk about all theĀ terribleĀ things that happen to our faces and bodies in pictures: one huge eye bulging next to a normal-sized one; extra leg/hand/foot (who does that belong to?!?), limbs that look like hams - is it because weāre terrible people? Also weāre announcing a change. Sorry.Ā We hate change. But we have to change. Hereās the thing: For the past six years, weāve been sending out our free newsletter.Ā But if internet years were like dog years that would be (Jesus, MATHS now?) 42 years. Itās so nice to get things for free, isnāt it? Unfortunately, itās no longer possible for us to do it for free, so we are going to have to change. And, by change, we mean charge. Weād love you to continue to sail with us on HMS Midulthood for this bumpy, occasionally nausea-inducing, disappointingly-hot-pirate-free voyage on Substack - you know we believe that, if weāre not in it together, weāre not in it at all.Ā Link in bioā¦Ā
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Are youĀ nearĀ burn out? DoĀ you find yourself having the same arguments over and over again? Have you had therapy and still find yourself stuck down the sameĀ emotionalĀ cul-de-sac? In other words, what are you missing? Well, this week we areĀ thrilled to welcome psychotherapist Emma Reed Turrell back to the podcast. Sheās written another banger of a book, What Am I Missing?, about our blind spots and how they hold us back. We talk about whether we are Rocks, Gladiators, Hustlers or Bridges; aboutĀ attachment styles andĀ assumptions. Yikesā¦
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Happy Good Friday! Just slipping into your feed to let you know that the week is nearly over, and thereās only one more week to go before we have to get through the next week. Oh God. This podshot isĀ all about the anti-bucket list: things we plan never to do again. Are we all moving from our āYes please!ā era to our āAre you f***ing joking?ā era? Hell, yes.Ā Ouzo (just hearing the word makes us gag a little),Ā organisedĀ fun, bikini waxes, segways and moreā¦
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"When you talk about women like me, there comes a whole host of other things: 'what religion is she? What caste is she? Does she eat pork? Why is she holding champagne? Why is she wearing those clothes?' Then come death threats. And if you're not wearing a headscarf, if you're not talking about religion, you're in no man's land. They say 'you're Asian and you're acting mainstream, what the heck's that about?'"
This week on the podcast, the indomitable Saira Khan on the reality of being an Asian woman in the UK and why, with her skincare line, Saira Skin, sheās finally found her tribe. Please note there are themes of sexual abuse in this podcast.
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Happy Friday! Just slipping into your feed to let you know that the week is nearly over, and thereās only one more week to go before we have to get through the next week. Oh God. Anyway, needless to say, 2024 is kicking our arsesā¦So what does fun even look like, these days? Sitting in the car outside the house? Going home to get ugly? Rubbing our cracked heels together like decrepit crickets? Sending everyone masses of loveā¦
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Ok guys, time to talk about sex. Are we doing it right/enough? Is the sex weāre having good/interesting/naughty enough? Are we good/interesting/naughty enough? And what to do when it feels as though itās all gone wrong. THE PRESSURE. So we roped in a psychosexual therapist, and not just any psychosexual therapist: Kate Moyle is also the hostĀ ofĀ The Sexual Wellness Sessions PodcastĀ and sheās written a book calledĀ The Science of Sex: Every Question About Your Sex Life Answered. We discuss rhetorical predicaments couples canĀ findĀ themselvesĀ in; sexual anxiety; āshould sexā; how to fix a sex drought; how to introduce kink and what to say to yourself if you are single, no longer 25 and havenāt had sex with someone new for a long time. Plusā¦. lube. LETāS GET DOWN TO ITā¦
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Happy Friday! Just slipping into your feed to let you know that the week is nearly over, and thereās only one more week to go before we have to get through the next week. Oh God. This week we are asking: are you a kitchen criminal? Do you gouge the butter rather than scrape? Do you try to shove the rubbish down in to the binĀ againĀ andĀ againĀ in order to avoid taking it out? Do you put the milk bottle back in the fridge with a pointlessly minuscule amount left in it? Time to confessā¦
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Youāve heard of the glass ceiling, of course. You may have bumped your head on it - or even smashed through it. But have you heard of the glass cliff? This is the phenomenon where female leaders are much more likely to be given the opportunity to step into leadership roles within businesses that are already in a prolonged period of poor performance. And therefore, set up for organisational failure. Well, the wondrous Sophie Williams (author of Anti-Racist Ally and Millennial Black) is the global expert onĀ this phenomenon and itās what her latest book - The Glass Cliff: Why Women in Power are Undermined and How To Fight BackĀ - is all about. Sheās on the podcast this week being magnificent;Ā makingĀ us a little angry and lot more informed. BraceĀ yourselvesĀ and have a listen...Ā
Ā The Glass Cliff: Why Women in Power are Undermined and How To Fight Back out on March 7
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