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Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

51: DIG IN: Sex Cardigans, Sniffing Armpits, and Silencing Your Inner Critic

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

Persephonica

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

4.6606 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In the last Dig In of the year, no topic is off limits. We chat about Elphaba’s infamous sex cardigan, how to stay kind to yourself without chucking in the towel. Plus, we ask: has your child ever brought something into school that they definitely shouldn’t have?

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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.

0:01.6

I will spray my perfume on, or I used to when they were younger, the kids, teddy bears, when they went away on school trips. So it's smell of home. Everyone used to call me sorry ball at school because I was always saying sorry. I'm one of those people I'll run in someone. I'm so sorry. Do you know what? I think Scott has done something by getting that phrase out there into the people's consciousness.

0:21.3

You hear so many people saying love you bye and it's like, it's quite nice.

0:25.0

I sometimes accidentally say love you to people like, don't even know.

0:29.6

Yeah, love you, bye, thank you.

0:31.4

All of that right up with this.

0:46.8

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

0:52.9

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

0:54.2

And if you haven't heard of Crosswires,

0:59.2

it's basically the world's biggest podcast festival. People have called it the Edinburgh Fringe for podcasts, even the Glastonbury of podcasting. It is a whole weekend packed with live shows

1:04.6

from some of your favourite podcasts. They take over venues across Sheffield. There are after parties,

1:09.7

DJ sets, outdoor bars, food stalls and loads of free events too.

1:13.9

And we'll be at the Crucible, which is an iconic, intimate venue, the home of World Snooker, will be properly up close with all our diggers.

1:24.3

Now, Sheffield is right in the middle of the country and very easy to get to by train.

1:28.2

So if you fancy making a whole weekend of it, you can. And the Peak District is right on the doorstep.

1:33.2

Tickets are now on general sale for everyone and selling very fast, very flattering. We're

1:38.4

thrilled. Whether you're a potting shed subscriber or not, if you're wanting, you can grab your seat

1:43.5

right now. We cannot wait

1:45.5

to meet you in the flesh. All the details are there for you at crossedwires. Live. We'll see you there.

1:54.1

Digget is sponsored by Strope and Stair. Can I say, Joe, I think comfort has become my number one

2:00.1

priority with clothes now, especially

2:02.9

underwear. Hell yeah. I mean, life is simply too short to be uncomfortable. There are items

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