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Hello, I'm Krista Young. Welcome to Young again, the podcast that asks fascinating people,

what advice would you give your younger self?

Today, I'm in conversation with a household name who became famous and very successful by making us laugh.

In her new memoir, she wants to make us think, revealing the health crisis that left her debilitated and alone,

the hard lessons she learned when she hit rock bottom,

and how even a very difficult and at times sad story can have a truly glorious ending.

In this edition of Young Again, I am talking with Miranda Hart. Miranda, welcome.

Thank you for taking the time.

It's the premise then of these conversations to ask my guests to sort of revisit moments in their life when they would most like to go back and give themselves some important advice. And your book that you've written, I called it a memoir. It's sort of a lot more than that, but we'll get there. It opens with this really horrendous moment. Can you describe the moment and can you think about the help and advice that might have

been helpful to you in that moment of crisis?

Yeah.

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