Baz Luhrmann - ‘I self-medicate with creativity’
Few filmmakers have a style as bold, romantic and unmistakable as Baz Luhrmann. From his breakout debut Strictly Ballroom to the glittering spectacle of The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio, an...
25 Feb 50min
ON SELF ACCEPTANCE... With Pamela Anderson and Rylan Clark
Welcome back to this How to Fail special where we revisit conversations from the archive to highlight particular themes and tap into the wisdom they contain. This week we look at two guests who have...
23 Feb 23min
Jennette McCurdy on Reclaiming Her Voice
This episode includes discussion of eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia. Listener discretion advised. This might be one of the most powerful conversations I’ve ever had on How To Fa...
18 Feb 57min
ON FAMILY DYNAMICS… With Bella Freud and Danny Dyer
Families are fascinating: how those first bonds shape our understanding of love, security and ourselves. In this episode, we revisit episodes with Bella Freud and Danny Dyer, who each open up about th...
16 Feb 21min
Mo Gilligan - Fatherhood Is A Gift I Didn’t Know I Needed
Mo Gilligan started out working in retail (think Jo Malone and Levi’s) but quit in 2018 when his online comedy videos went viral. The leap paid off - sell-out tours across the UK, a late-night enterta...
11 Feb 52min
ON FINDING LOVE AT ANY AGE… With Luke Evans and Dolly Alderton
We’re taught that love should happen early, and if it doesn’t, something’s gone wrong. But what if that’s not true? In this episode, we hear from past How to Fail guests who found love later, or in ...
9 Feb 28min
Shabaz Ali - ‘I’ll be a diversity quota as long as I get paid’
A few years ago, Shabaz Ali was a chemistry teacher in Blackburn. Today, he’s one of the internet’s most beloved creators, best known as Shabaz Says, with millions of fans and a knack for skewering th...
4 Feb 49min
ON FINDING HOPE IN ADVERSITY… With Sir Chris Hoy and Michael Rosen
This week we’re revisiting two deeply moving conversations that explore what it means to find hope in the face of profound adversity. First, we hear from the 11-time world champion and a six-time Oly...
2 Feb 19min
