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Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

42: Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka SELF ESTEEM on Aging, Ambition and the Pressure to Perform

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

Persephonica

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

4.6606 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The brilliant Rebecca Lucy Taylor joins Jo and Zoe for a wide-open conversation about aging, ambition, burnout and the pressure to perform a version of yourself that isn’t always true. They chat about her new book A Complicated Woman, the wobble around turning 40, egg freezing, misogyny in music, and learning to slow down after years on the road.

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A Complicated Woman is out now - https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-complicated-woman/rebecca-lucy-taylor/9781914240652 

Rebecca Lucy Taylor stars in the 50th anniversary of Teeth 'N' Smiles - https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/teeth-n-smiles-tickets 

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CREDITS
Exec Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan
Assistant Producer: Eve Jones
Technical Producer: Will Gibson Smith
Video Editors: Danny Pape and Jack Whiteside

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on Digit.

0:01.5

There is something that happens about female ageing. It's really been sold as like not cool. I just would never talk about being a mum. It wasn't cool to say that you had a child. That blur documentary, I was watching it going, God, they look cool. They're all just like cane in the siggies and drinking all night and they're in the studio. I thought, women of the same air who's doing that, people would be like, oh my God, that's awful. And that just sums it up.

0:23.3

We are quite broken.

0:24.5

All of us.

0:24.8

We're all quite damaged. And we have to kind of address that constant monologue. I looked at the audience, and I just thought, I'm just going to ask them what they want. Who wants, Mariah Carey? And then the crowd went, boo!

0:39.4

Oh, he sums down. That's hilarious. All of that right after this.

0:47.5

Okay, so we have some very, very exciting news. We are taking Digit to the stage.

0:58.2

Woo-hoo! Yes, we're going to be live in Sheffield at Crosswires on Sunday the 5th of July.

1:04.0

And if you haven't heard of Cross-Wires, it's basically the world's biggest podcast festival.

1:08.5

People have called it the Edinburgh Fringe for podcasts, even the Glastonbury

1:12.3

of podcasting. It is a whole weekend packed with live shows from some of your favourite podcasts.

1:17.5

They take over venues across Sheffield. There are after parties, DJ sets, outdoor bars,

1:22.5

food stalls and loads of free events too. And we'll be at the Crucible, which is an iconic, intimate venue,

1:29.6

the home of World Snooker, will be properly up close with all our diggers. Now, Sheffield is right

1:36.5

in the middle of the country and very easy to get two by train. So if you fancy making a whole weekend

1:40.7

of it, you can. And the peak district is right on the doorstep.

1:50.7

Potting Shed members will get an exclusive pre-sale link at 11am on the 10th of December so you can grab early access tickets. And then general sale opens at 11am on the 11th of December.

1:56.1

And if you subscribe to the Potting Shed through Apple subscriptions, you'll need to email hello at digitpod.co.

2:02.3

com.uk because Apple doesn't share your contact details with us. That is the only way we can make sure you get the presale link.

2:09.0

We'd absolutely love you to come and soak up the atmosphere at Crosswise. It's a brilliant weekend.

2:15.5

Come and join us for our first ever Digit live show. We cannot wait to meet you in the flesh. All the details are there for you at crosswires. Live. We'll see you there.

2:30.8

This episode of Digit is sponsored by QVC. I've been improving my bedtime routine lately. Lights low,

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