Beste Elizabeth Day podcaster (2024)

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Luke Evans - ‘If I didn’t have to take my top off on a movie set, I’d let myself go’ 57:07

3d ago57:07

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Lovely, lovely, LOVELY Luke Evans. I think he’s quite possibly one of the nicest men in Hollywood - a bona fide A-Lister after star turns in Beauty and the Beast, The Hobbit, Fast & Furious, to name but a few. And yet, his early life was challenging. Raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, he was unable to be open about his sexuality for fear of banishment …

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Andy Cohen - ‘Madonna says I’m a trouble-making queen’ 52:41

10d ago52:41

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Andy Cohen doesn’t just shape the culture. He is the culture. And if you think I was excited-slash-terrified to interview a man who means so much to me (despite us never having met until this moment) then you would be entirely correct. In many ways, Andy is the godfather of reality TV. He’s responsible for the birth of The Real Housewives franchise…

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Ella Purnell - ‘Therapy changed my life’ 43:50

17d ago43:50

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TW: self-harm You might know Ella from her leading roles in the hit TV show ‘Yellowjackets’ or Amazon Prime’s ‘Fallout’. She’s been acting since she was a child (and is still absurdly young tbf) and bears the notable distinction of having played the younger versions of Keira Knightly, Margot Robbie and Angeline Jolie on-screen. What a thruple! At 2…

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Lashana Lynch - ‘I didn’t know when I was auditioning that I was going to be 007’ 49:06

24d ago49:06

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Lashana Lynch has had a pretty incredible few years: she was the first ever Black female agent with a licence to kill in the James Bond franchise, played a ferocious warrior (and performed her own stunts) in The Woman King, became part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and portrayed Mrs Honey in the movie adaptation of Matilda. Now she’s back in a S…

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Jilly Cooper - ‘What’s a dick pic?’ 39:33

1M ago39:33

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Dame Jilly Cooper. What a legend. For the uninitiated (where have you been?) she’s a journalist and author most famous for her bestselling Rutshire Chronicle series which includes Riders, Polo and Rivals - the latter of which has now made into a hugely popular TV series starring David Tennant, Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson. In the past, Dame J…

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James Blunt - ‘The Iraq war lost me my GRAMMYS’ 51:56

1M ago51:56

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TW: miscarriage and pregnancy loss You’ll probably have heard of James Blunt. And if you haven’t, you’ve almost definitely heard his most famous song, You’re Beautiful. There was a time in the early 2000s that it was EVERYWHERE. And that’s because James Blunt was absolutely huge. His debut 2004 album, Back To Bedlam, was the biggest-selling album o…

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Miranda Hart - 'I always knew I’d get married at 51' 58:00

2M ago58:00

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It’s been ten years of ‘bear with.. bear with’ but *finally* we’ve got our beloved Miranda Hart back. Due to a long-term undiagnosed chronic illness (which we talk about, of course) Miranda has been largely out of the public eye for the past decade. I was so touched to be the first person she spoke to on her return to work. We covered writing her n…

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Neneh Cherry - ‘My mother’s death undid me.’ 45:45

2M ago45:45

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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 Massiv…

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Rupert Everett - 'Everyone is my Professional Nemesis' 51:02

2M ago51:02

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Rupert Everett is the best type of A-list guest. He’s been through the highs and the lows of fame and come out of the other side wiser, stronger, and with no qualms about speaking his mind. Plus his new book ‘The American No’ was born from failure (a collection of brilliant short stories that were TV and film ideas). We talked about: ‘learning to d…

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Yuval Noah Harari - ‘AI doesn't have to end badly for humankind’ 56:30

2M ago56:30

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Well, look, of COURSE I was intimidated. Yuval Noah Harari is one of our most revered thinkers - a philosopher for our age and a bestselling writer of books that have redefined our thinking about humanity. You will probably know him as the author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (25 million copies sold and counting). Now, he tackles AI in h…

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Diane Abbott - ‘I’ve never had a nice chat with Keir Starmer’ 52:10

2M ago52:10

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Diane Abbott is a force of nature - and she needs to be, with so much vitriol directed towards her. She has weathered decades of racist and sexist abuse but has still blazed a trail through British politics as the first ever Black female MP. Not for nothing is she now known as ‘Mother of the House’. We talk about why some people (*cough* white, pri…

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Kate Winslet - ‘I remember thinking: I do not want to be famous’ 58:01

3M ago58:01

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Look, I don’t like to brag but in case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve got Kate Winslet on How To Fail this week. ACTUAL KATE WINSLET! The one and only! And oh my goodness, what an incredible guest she is: acutely intelligent, funny and brilliantly forthright. We covered so much ground - from the media obsession with her body image, to her regret at givi…

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Agony Uncle Salman Rushdie – ‘I walked into a glass door and fell in love’ 24:54

3M ago24:54

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This is a very special one-off edition of How to Fail, where I bring you a peek behind the paywall to hear one of my favourite subscriber editions of ‘Failing with Friends’. If you’re not already a subscriber (and if not, why not, quite frankly?) then this is a little glimpse of what we’ve been up to. Failing With Friends is where my lovely listene…

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Ellie Simmonds - Being different is a superpower. 45:23

3M ago45:23

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Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds OBE has won five - count ‘em - Gold Medals. Amazingly, her first two were at the age of 13 and she’s set two world records. But she happily admits she learned more ‘from the races that didn’t go well’. Ellie talks to me about putting an intense amount of pressure on herself, never being able to switch off and how s…

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Guenther Steiner - F1 made me an absent father 46:18

3M ago46:18

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The first thing Guenther Steiner said when he walked into the HTF studio was: ‘Recently your guests have been Shania Twain and Salman Rushdie, are you sure you want me and haven’t made a mistake?’ This tells you almost everything you need to know about the breakout star of Netflix’s F1: Drive to Survive and former Haas team principal: he’s hilariou…

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Ade Adepitan - ‘At 16 I’d seen more violence than anyone should ever see’ 54:26

4M ago54:26

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TW: contains references to racist abuse and racially-aggravated violence. This is probably one of my favourite episodes of all time, and I don’t say that lightly. The former championship wheelchair basketball star turned TV presenter, Ade Adepitan, came into the How To Fail studio with an open heart and a moving story to tell. He blew us all away. …

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Pat Cummins - 'My mother’s death taught me cricket isn’t as important as family' 43:51

4M ago43:51

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Considered by many as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, the Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins is extremely well-placed to tell me how he wins but also how he’s been shaped by losing. But his losses have not been limited to the cricket pitch. In an extremely moving exchange, he tells me about his mother dying from cancer and how her d…

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Luke Evans - ‘If I didn’t have to take my top off on a movie set, I’d let myself go’ 57:07

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Andy Cohen - ‘Madonna says I’m a trouble-making queen’ 52:41

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Ella Purnell - ‘Therapy changed my life’ 43:50

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Lashana Lynch - ‘I didn’t know when I was auditioning that I was going to be 007’ 49:06

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Jilly Cooper - ‘What’s a dick pic?’ 39:33

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James Blunt - ‘The Iraq war lost me my GRAMMYS’ 51:56

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Miranda Hart - 'I always knew I’d get married at 51' 58:00

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Neneh Cherry - ‘My mother’s death undid me.’ 45:45

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Rupert Everett - 'Everyone is my Professional Nemesis' 51:02

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Yuval Noah Harari - ‘AI doesn't have to end badly for humankind’ 56:30

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Diane Abbott - ‘I’ve never had a nice chat with Keir Starmer’ 52:10

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Kate Winslet - ‘I remember thinking: I do not want to be famous’ 58:01

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Agony Uncle Salman Rushdie – ‘I walked into a glass door and fell in love’ 24:54

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Ellie Simmonds - Being different is a superpower. 45:23

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Guenther Steiner - F1 made me an absent father 46:18

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Ade Adepitan - ‘At 16 I’d seen more violence than anyone should ever see’ 54:26

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Pat Cummins - 'My mother’s death taught me cricket isn’t as important as family' 43:51

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