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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
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Jessel Taank - ‘Real Housewives? It’s like Game of Thrones’
50 mins; February 11, 2025
Jessel Taank - ‘Real Housewives? It’s like Game of Thrones’
53 mins; February 10, 2025
How To Date: How to meet someone
51 mins; February 09, 2025
Nick Grimshaw - 'I told The Guardian I was gay before I told my parents'
50 mins; February 04, 2025
Introducing How To Date: Am I ready to date?
50 mins; February 02, 2025
Introducing How To Date: Am I ready to date?
52 mins; February 02, 2025
Dame Harriet Walter - ‘I wish I’d had all this attention when I was 40’
53 mins; January 29, 2025
Sharon Horgan - ‘My marriage failed but it had such a positive impact on my life’
46 mins; January 21, 2025
Stephen Merchant: ‘Most famous people are f**cked up’
48 mins; January 14, 2025
Failure Throwback: Geena Davis
59 mins; January 07, 2025
Failure Throwback: Jamie Dornan
68 hours 19 mins; December 31, 2024
Failure Throwback: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
59 mins; December 24, 2024
Sir Chris Hoy - ‘There’s no cure but I still find hope’
54 mins; December 17, 2024
Kirsty Young - ‘The great benefit of age? You give less of a f**k.’
49 mins; December 10, 2024
Justin Baldoni - ‘I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD. It makes sense of who I am.’
41 mins; December 03, 2024
Luke Evans - ‘If I didn’t have to take my top off on a movie set, I’d let myself go’
55 mins; November 26, 2024
Andy Cohen - ‘Madonna says I’m a trouble-making queen’
50 mins; November 19, 2024
Ella Purnell - ‘Therapy changed my life’
41 mins; November 12, 2024
Lashana Lynch - ‘I didn’t know when I was auditioning that I was going to be 007’
47 mins; November 05, 2024
Jilly Cooper - ‘What’s a dick pic?’
37 mins; October 30, 2024
James Blunt - ‘The Iraq war lost me my GRAMMYS’
49 mins; October 22, 2024
Miranda Hart - 'I always knew I’d get married at 51'
56 mins; October 15, 2024
Neneh Cherry - ‘My mother’s death undid me.’
43 mins; October 08, 2024
Rupert Everett - 'Everyone is my Professional Nemesis'
49 mins; October 01, 2024
Yuval Noah Harari - ‘AI doesn't have to end badly for humankind’
54 mins; September 24, 2024
Diane Abbott - ‘I’ve never had a nice chat with Keir Starmer’
50 mins; September 17, 2024
Kate Winslet - ‘I remember thinking: I do not want to be famous’
55 mins; September 10, 2024
Agony Uncle Salman Rushdie – ‘I walked into a glass door and fell in love’
23 mins; September 03, 2024
Ellie Simmonds - Being different is a superpower.
43 mins; August 27, 2024
Guenther Steiner - F1 made me an absent father
44 mins; August 20, 2024
Ade Adepitan - ‘At 16 I’d seen more violence than anyone should ever see’
51 mins; August 13, 2024
Pat Cummins - 'My mother’s death taught me cricket isn’t as important as family'
41 mins; August 06, 2024
Elif Shafak - ‘There’s only one thing that scares me - and that’s indifference’
44 mins; July 31, 2024
Danny O Donoghue - ‘I’m finished drinking, I’m finished smoking, everything’
44 mins; July 23, 2024
Introducing How To Write a Book: Episode 1 - The Idea (Part 1)
34 mins; July 21, 2024
Sara Cox - ‘it made me feel a bit of a failed mum’
49 mins; July 16, 2024
HOW TO WRITE A BOOK - introducing your new favourite podcast!
2 mins; July 15, 2024
Danny Dyer - 'I’m a f**king legend or I’m a f**king disgrace. I suppose I divide people'
50 mins; July 09, 2024
Jesse Tyler Ferguson - ‘I was caught stealing gay porn'
49 mins; July 02, 2024
Sadiq Khan - ‘Had I known what it involved, I can’t say I’d have gone into politics’
53 mins; June 25, 2024
Vogue Williams - ‘I love therapy’
49 mins; June 18, 2024
Angel Strawbridge - No Regrets
39 mins; June 11, 2024
Salman Rushdie - ‘I’d rather have had a different life’
53 mins; June 04, 2024
Louise Thompson - ‘I asked myself: Am I alive?’
58 mins; May 28, 2024
Shania Twain - ‘There is no man that intimidates me’
50 mins; May 21, 2024
Dame Arlene Phillips - ‘I know the power of love’
54 mins; May 14, 2024
Henry Winkler - The Fonz, Getting Fired and Listening To Your Gut
36 mins; May 07, 2024
Bonnie Tyler - Her first ever podcast interview
50 mins; April 30, 2024
Will Young - ‘I like to talk about it because I survived it’
56 mins; April 23, 2024
Richard Osman on cats, crime and c**ts
57 mins; April 16, 2024
Dr. Jen Gunter - Patriarchy, periods and penile failure
52 mins; April 09, 2024
Adeel Akhtar - The importance of staying true to yourself
46 mins; April 02, 2024
Katie Price - ‘Everything bad that’s ever happened to me is because of men’
48 mins; March 27, 2024
Nicole Scherzinger - ‘I’ve never felt I’m enough’
39 mins; March 20, 2024
Jon Ronson on truth-telling and the culture wars
58 mins; March 13, 2024
AJ Odudu - ‘Living to tell the tale is the joyful thing’
41 mins; March 05, 2024
Mel B - ‘I was a Spice Girl shouting about girl power, but I was girl powerless.’
57 mins; February 27, 2024
Sabrina Dhowre Elba… I thought ‘this is how I’m going to die’
48 mins; February 20, 2024
Paloma Faith… ‘I overshare by whose standards? Not mine.’
53 mins; February 13, 2024
Sathnam Sanghera on why books can save us and how to understand Empire
48 mins; February 06, 2024
Joe Wicks on addiction, homeschooling and body image
52 mins; January 30, 2024
Dan Levy on overcoming rejection and harnessing grief
46 mins; January 23, 2024
Who’s ready for Season 20?
2 mins; January 19, 2024
HAPPY HIGH BETTER FAIL: The Ultimate Podcast Mash-Up with Fearne Cotton, Rangan Chatterjee, Jake Humphrey & Damian Hughes
61 hours 16 mins; December 14, 2023
S18, Ep10 Claudia Winkleman on the joy of imperfection
60 hours 35 mins; October 31, 2023
S18 BONUS EPISODE: Georgia Harrison on taking back her power
63 hours 30 mins; October 25, 2023
S18, Ep9 Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock: one of Britain's foremost space scientists on belonging and the meaning of life
55 mins; October 24, 2023
S18, Ep8 Dawn French on fertility, friendship and being an anti-perfectionist
62 hours 52 mins; October 19, 2023
S18, Ep7 Gillian Anderson on sex, body image and rebellion
40 mins; October 17, 2023
S18 MIDSEASON BONUS! Captain Sandy from Below Deck on surviving addiction, pirates - and reality TV
56 mins; October 12, 2023
S18, Ep6 Marina Abramovic: one of the greatest living artists on performance, passion and power
61 hours 50 mins; October 10, 2023
S18, Ep5 Geri Halliwell-Horner on writing, grief - and what the Spice Girls taught her
51 mins; October 03, 2023
S18, Ep4 Arlo Parks on the impossibility of perfection
57 mins; September 26, 2023
S18, Ep3 Rory Stewart on why politics is broken - and what to do about it
53 mins; September 19, 2023
S18, Ep2 Sara Pascoe on fertility, fear and what success really means
61 hours 40 mins; September 12, 2023
S18, Ep1 Miriam Margolyes on not marrying a nice Jewish doctor
51 mins; September 05, 2023
The F-Word Miniseries: Mo Gawdat and Elizabeth Day on Friendship
81 hours 14 mins; August 16, 2023
The F-Word Miniseries: Nigel Morris on leaving school at 15 and becoming a billionaire
53 mins; August 15, 2023
The F-Word Miniseries: Gabor Maté on Feelings
58 mins; August 14, 2023
S17, BONUS EPISODE: Lucy Spraggan on survival, sobriety and staying true to herself
77 hours 5 mins; July 18, 2023
S17 BONUS EPISODE! Dan Carter: one of the greatest rugby players of all time on what failure taught him about winning
66 hours 43 mins; July 13, 2023
S17, Ep10 Elliot Page on the transcendence of showing up as himself
45 mins; July 04, 2023
S17, Ep9 Mae Muller on failing to win Eurovision - but finding her voice
51 mins; June 27, 2023
S17, Ep8 Yomi Adegoke on social media, mental health and reality TV
59 mins; June 20, 2023
S17, Ep7 Sir Ranulph Fiennes on adventure, fertility and living up to his father's memory
56 mins; June 13, 2023
S17, Ep6 Diana Evans: the bestselling author on writing routines, dealing with her inner critic and living life to the fullest
55 mins; June 06, 2023
S17, Ep5 Bear Grylls on turning fear into courage
56 mins; May 30, 2023
S17 BONUS EPISODE: Rachel Cargle on reimagining the life we want to live.
55 mins; May 24, 2023
S17, Ep4 Dr Gladys McGarey: a 102-year-old doctor shares the secret to health and happiness
45 mins; May 23, 2023
S17, Ep3 Alex Crawford: the legendary war correspondent on staying alive, motherhood and the resilience of hope
64 hours 7 mins; May 16, 2023
S17, Ep2 Jay Shetty on failing to fit in, learning to love and how to survive heartbreak
67 hours 33 mins; May 09, 2023
S17, Ep1 Rylan Clark on fame, heartbreak and the long journey to self-acceptance
57 mins; May 02, 2023
BONUS EPISODE! Mel Schilling: the MAFS dating expert on confidence, relationships and the secret to finding true love
77 hours 53 mins; April 04, 2023
BONUS EPISODE! How To Fail x Happy Place: The Ultimate Podcast Collab
54 mins; April 02, 2023
S16, BONUS EPISODE! FRIENDAHOLIC: Confessions of a Friendship Addict - an exclusive extract from my new book,
29 mins; March 29, 2023
S16, BONUS EPISODE: Cody Rigsby on queerness, addiction and being Rishi Sunak's favourite Peloton instructor
57 mins; March 28, 2023
S16, Ep11 How To Fail: Bernie Sanders on defeat, defiance and the struggles that shaped him (plus: the power of mittens)
42 mins; March 14, 2023
S16, Ep10 How To Fail: Margaret Atwood on wisdom, witchcraft and womanhood
65 hours 57 mins; March 07, 2023
S16 Ep9 How To Fail: Greg James on radio, rebellion and failing to be a good at fame
63 hours 13 mins; February 28, 2023
S16, Ep8 How To Fail: Joan Bakewell - the legendary broadcaster on life, love and everything in between
64 hours 5 mins; February 21, 2023
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