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Fortunately... with Fi and Jane

204. Cheese Blindness and Fictional Keiths, with Mary Ann Sieghart

Fortunately... with Fi and Jane

BBC

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.85.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Fi is at home and Jane is at Broadcasting House for this week's Fortunately podcast. Their guest is the journalist and presenter Mary Ann Sieghart. Mary Ann speaks to them about her new book 'The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It.' Expect interesting insights on workplace challenges, Canadian knitting and party name stickers. Before Mary Ann arrives Jane is lacking Saturday night antics and Fi suspects her of espionage. Get in touch: [email protected]

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.8

Where do we find you today with your assertive pose

0:07.6

and if I may say so, diligent jacket?

0:10.3

Yes, I have a very...

0:11.9

I'm a regional health correspondent.

0:14.1

That's the vibe I'm going for.

0:16.5

Well, you've nailed it.

0:17.5

Thank you very much.

0:18.5

I haven't actually brushed my hair

0:20.0

as I suspect regional health correspondents

0:21.8

have to do on a regular basis.

0:23.4

I am speaking to you, Fiona, and indeed to everybody.

0:27.3

From what could best be described as a freezing,

0:31.4

freezing cold room at London's

0:34.1

very stimulating broadcasting house.

0:37.4

It's a gorgeous afternoon, actually,

0:38.7

an autumn for our listeners outside the United Kingdom.

0:41.2

It's worth saying that September in England

0:43.9

and indeed in the rest of the UK

0:45.2

can be a very beautiful month.

0:46.5

And it's particularly lovely today.

0:48.4

That gentle, soft air and that warm, late summers,

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