Miquita Oliver loves parks, good views and the comfort of being outdoors

She arrives on a mission to get people skipping. Miquita Oliver is a supremely talented broadcaster known for her long career as a TV and radio presenter and, more recently, for providing essential podcast listening in the shape of Miss Me? But we begin our chat with a conversation about her latest venture, Ropes, a skipping rope brand launched by Miquita to get more people jumping. Miquita is our first balcony gardener, keen on growing herbs for teas and flowers to bring colour to her garden in the sky. She’s also made the bold design choice of having a white sofa in her outdoor space, which just about survived through a tough winter. We learn all about Miquita’s favourite parks and the majestic view from Alexandra Palace in London. She also shares how she has a love of hillwalking (and shortbread) in her DNA and the joys of working closely with her mum, Andi Oliver. Caitlin takes time to analyse the continued success of Miss Me? which launched with Lily Allen as Miquita’s co-host before Jordan Stephens stepped up to the mic permanently in June. And Adam rises to the balcony challenge with his end-of-show plant selection. Let us know if you’re enjoying Outsiding and please send us your favourite outside places, memories, smells and gardening questions to hello@outsiding.co.uk Follow Outsiding on Substack for gardening tips, tricks, upcoming live Q&As with Adam and the progress of Caitlin’s garden project. Find us on Instagram too. You can watch full episodes of Outsiding on Spotify and YouTube. Our first live show is taking place in London on September 4 and you can buy tickets for it now. Outsiding is a Cold Glass Production 00:00 - Welcome back & catch up01:25 - Listener questions03:07 - Today's guest is Miquita Oliver!05:25 - Skipping08:00 - Balcony gardening11:43 - Growing up connected to nature13:17 - Ranking London parks18:11 - Hillwalking in our DNA20:30 - 'Miss Me' Podcast & Personal Growth27:57 - Quickfire Quiz31:03 - Bird Of The Week33:13 - Adam's gift to Miquita35:03 - Saying our goodbyes & Connect with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices