Louise Minchin: why midlife is the time to take more risks
My guest today is author, endurance athlete and ex BBC breakfast presenter Louise Minchin. Louise is, of course, best known for her twenty year stint on BBC Breakfast’s sofa but she has also been main...
1 Loka 202458min
Moon Unit Zappa: "We're all just growing each other up"
Today’s guest is the American actress, writer and singer Moon Unit Zappa. Moon shot to fame in her early teens when her vocals featured on her father Frank Zappa’s unlikely hit Valley Girl. Subsequent...
24 Syys 20241h 1min
Carol Vorderman on finding her voice (and how!) at 60
My guest today is a woman who has truly come into her own in middle-age. A broadcaster, engineer, statistician and entrepreneur, at the age of 63 Carol Vorderman is now best known for fearlessly calli...
17 Syys 202454min
Bella Mackie: "Nobody tells you motherhood is a choice"
My guest today is Bella Mackie. Until her mid-30s Bella was a journalist, then she wrote a book called Jog On and her trajectory changed - dramatically. Ostensibly a book about running, Jog On was act...
10 Syys 202457min
Ruth Crilly: "This is my face, I don't want to tweak it"
My guest today is the award-winning… well what is she? Writer? Content creator? Blogger? Influencer? Ruth Crilly is all of the above. She started her blog A Model Recommends in 2010 - before it was re...
3 Syys 202456min
Deborah Harkness on witches, wising & the cancer diagnosis that upended her life
My guest today is the creator of the global bestseller and smash hit TV adaptation, The Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness. Now, I’m not sure if you know this about me, but I’m a bit obsessed with...
27 Elo 202456min
Fearne Cotton on the joy of embracing her second chapter
Today’s guest is the queen of embracing the second chapter. Fearne Cotton started young. She became a children’s TV presenter at 15, presented Top of The Pops at 19 and took over Jo Whiley’s mid morni...
20 Elo 20241h 1min
Lindsay Nicholson on resilience, recovery and the pursuit of perfection
I have known today’s guest for quite some time. Decades in fact. To begin with she didn’t really know me, because she was close friends with my first ever boss. During the time I sat on the sidelines ...
13 Elo 20241h 2min
