Suzi Ruffell - ‘I didn’t know I was gay until I saw Titanic’
In this special live edition of How to Fail, Elizabeth is joined by comedian Suzi Ruffell. Suzi has performed five sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as appearing on live at the Apollo and ...
10 Jul 202547min
Pamela Anderson - ‘It wasn’t about being pretty, it was about being brave’
I can’t believe I get to say this but…PAMELA ANDERSON! ON HOW TO FAIL! The one and only! A woman I grew up watching on TV, Pamela was an icon of a generation…But the second act of her career has b...
7 Jul 202552min
Melinda French Gates - ‘Just because you’re smart doesn’t mean you’re wise’
Melinda French Gates studied computer science and economics and completed an MBA before joining a tech start-up called Microsoft, in 1987. She rose through the ranks to become Manager of Information P...
2 Jul 202550min
Monica Lewinsky - ‘I would have liked a more normal life’
Monica Lewinsky is an activist, podcaster and producer. At the age of 24, Lewinsky, a White House intern, found herself in the eye of a global scandal. She was subjected to a mass public shaming - l...
25 Jun 202547min
AJ Tracey - ‘Buying my mum a house will always be my proudest achievement’
Rapping phenomenon and Tottenham Hotspur superfan AJ Tracey joins us this week to talk about supporting his mum through her cancer journey, the pressures of staying an independent artist and what foo...
18 Jun 202550min
How To Cope With A Friendship Break-Up - with Cynthia Nixon - Special Release
Cynthia Nixon joins Elizabeth to answer YOUR questions and failures including: whose failures would you most like to hear (dead or alive) how to cope with a friendship break up and how to know when to...
12 Jun 202527min
Cynthia Nixon - ‘Being brave is feeling scared and doing it anyway’
Whilst Cynthia Nixon’s versatility is beyond question, it's fair to say that she has become permanently associated with one character, Miranda Hobbs, in Sex and the City and its companion piece, And J...
11 Jun 202551min
Christine McGuinness - ‘I don’t want to hold back anymore - I date women! So what?’
TW: discussions around anorexia and sexual abuse. In an incredibly powerful episode (and a How To Fail first), Christine McGuinness speaks publicly about her sexuality for the first time. She revea...
4 Jun 202550min
