56: Dishwasher Wars: Architect vs. Raccoon
Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
Persephonica
4.6 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
A full house, a full sink, and a fully deranged squirrel shaking the bird feeder. This week, Zoe and Jo dive into life as full nesters. Plus, birthdays, birds, Golden Globes glam, and a surprising shout-out to Rose Byrne’s reptilian childcare strategy.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Diggett. |
| 0:01.4 | My peeve is when you're watching something on the telly is if someone starts watching something on their phone. And I'm like, no, no. Oh my God. When people stack the dishwasher wrong, it drives me insane. I have been known to put up stickers around the sink. Just clean the sink. Load the dishwasher properly. Joe Wiley, do you do a slightly passive-aggressive sticker up? |
| 0:21.4 | I love that. |
| 0:22.5 | I'm extraordinarily |
| 0:22.8 | passive-aggressive |
| 0:23.7 | apparently, |
| 0:24.1 | according to the family. |
| 0:25.9 | You're going back |
| 0:26.6 | to work as well, |
| 0:27.4 | aren't you? |
| 0:27.7 | You'll be back on the radio. |
| 0:28.5 | I've missed you. |
| 0:29.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:29.5 | I had the real |
| 0:30.1 | Sunday night |
| 0:30.7 | swobbles. |
| 0:31.6 | You know, |
| 0:31.8 | when you suddenly think, sick first day back. All of that right after this. |
| 0:49.6 | Digit is sponsored by Strope and Stair. Can I say, Joe, I think comfort has become my number one priority with clothes now, especially underwear. Hell yeah. I mean, life is simply too short to be uncomfortable. |
| 0:57.6 | There are items in my wardrobe. I think maybe there's one thong and maybe there's a couple of crop tops like brawlets, |
| 1:04.1 | which I really like, that are quite tight because I like to be compressed if I've got a t-shirt on. |
| 1:08.5 | But on the days when I don't need to wear those, I just want to |
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