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Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

37: DIG IN: “My Teen Was Sextorted”

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

Persephonica

Society & Culture, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting, Home & Garden, Personal Journals

4.6606 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Listener Jo shares an extraordinary story of caring, grief and catastrophising, and an anonymous mum raising the alarm on teen sextortion. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on Diggins. They can't take a phone call without panicking. I mean, it's ridiculous. I have to phone up. When I call any of

0:06.0

them, I just have to go, it's okay, nobody's died. It's just mum. I'm just checking how you are. You know, because we mustn't feel guilty because life is so fast and there's so much going on. And sometimes quiet moments are just so important. Doesn't it give you hope, Joe. It's so lovely to hear

0:24.2

stories of people meeting later in life. All of that right after this.

0:35.4

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0:38.2

Can I say, Joe, I think comfort has become my number one priority with clothes now, especially underwear.

0:45.7

Hell yeah. I mean, life is simply too short to be uncomfortable.

0:50.1

There are items in my wardrobe. I think maybe there's one thong and maybe there's a couple of crop tops like brawlets, which I really like, that are quite tight because I like to be compressed if I've got a t-shirt on. But on the days when I don't need to wear those, I just want to hang loose and I want to have a really nice soft fabric. And that is my ultimate dream bit of underwear. That's why I love stripe and stare so much.

1:11.9

Their knickers are unbelievably comfortable. They're soft, they're breathable, really kind to your

1:16.6

skin. Yeah, they're made from natural fibres. There are no nasty chemicals. And I think you really

1:21.0

notice the difference straight away. And I love that they don't just stop at knickers. Their brawlets

1:25.5

are brilliant, no underwire, no digging in,

1:46.4

and their sleepwear is so comfy, you won't want to take it off in the morning. Honestly, once you start wearing them, they just slowly take over your drawer. They do, and they do them in lovely colours. It feels like one of those small upgrades that makes a huge difference to your day. Yeah, and also, Stripe and Stair are a female-led B Corp, which is something I really love supporting.

1:45.3

If you want to try them, visit Stripe and Stair.com and use the code Digit 20,

1:51.8

that's DIG-I-G-I-T-20 for 20% off. That's Stripe and Stair.com and the code is Digit 20 for 20% off. This episode of Digget is sponsored by Sofology. So what makes a good sofa for you? Oh, good sofa. It's got to be massive. There's a load of us. And it's got to be nice and deep and seriously comfortable. I also always agonise over the fabric and the colour as well. Because it's obviously, it's like the centrepiece of your home.

2:17.7

It's one of the most important decisions that you make when you're coming to decorate a room, I think. You don't just sit on it. You live on it. I mean, we do. You eat on it. I mean, not actually. But you talk on it. You watch telly on it. You fall asleep on it quite often. It's basically, it's like a member of the family.

2:32.9

It really is.

2:33.7

I think people can rush it.

2:35.1

I'm guilty of that.

2:36.7

They panic biosophagus.

2:37.9

They need... quite often. It's basically, it's like a member of the family. It really is. I think people can

2:34.5

rush it. I'm guilty of that. They panic by a sofa because they need one quickly. And then six

2:39.3

months later, you're sitting there thinking, this is actually really not very comfortable. What

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