Neneh Cherry - ‘My mother’s death undid me.’

Neneh Cherry - ‘My mother’s death undid me.’

If you’d told the 12-year-old me, listening to Manchild and Buffalo Stance on repeat at school in Belfast, that I would one day be interviewing Neneh Cherry, I wouldn’t have believed you. This woman is so iconic and has shaped so much of our culture - it’s not just her monster hits such as Seven Seconds (with Youssou N’Dour) or the fact that Massive Attack recorded their seminal first album in her bedroom, or that she’s met everyone from James Baldwin to Chuck D, it’s also that all three of her children are musicians too, including her daughter, chart-topping popstar Mabel (and former How To Fail guest - you can listen to her episode here). Neneh joins me to talk about an unconventional and itinerant upbringing, surrounded by music, art and expression. We chat about creativity and self-doubt, about motherhood and sisterhood and about how she once spectacularly failed to make pizza for Ian Dury. Neneh’s beautiful memoir ‘A Thousand Threads’ is out now. Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com Production & Post Production Manager: Lily Hambly Studio and Mix Engineer: Gulliver Tickell and Josh Gibbs Senior Producer: Selina Ream Executive Producer: Carly Maile Head of Marketing: Kieran Lancini How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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ON SELF ACCEPTANCE... With Pamela Anderson and Rylan Clark

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Jennette McCurdy on Reclaiming Her Voice

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

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

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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

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’

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

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

Golda Rosheuvel - ‘I don’t see my dyslexia as a failure anymore’

Golda Rosheuvel - ‘I don’t see my dyslexia as a failure anymore’

Best known for her role as Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton, Golda Rosheuvel is an acclaimed actor of stage and screen. Her career spans powerful theatrical roles including Romeo and Juliet, Jesus Christ...

28 Jan 53min

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