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Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

81: Feral Squirrels and Toy Story: Speculum Edition

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

Persephonica

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

4.6606 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary


Jo and Zoe chat vaping squirrels and all the strange things turning up in British gardens. Also, a brilliantly unhinged story about a speculum becoming a child’s favourite toy.

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CREDITS
Exec Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan
Producer: Samantha Psyk
Assistant Producer: Eve Jones
Technical Producer: Oliver Geraghty
Video Editors: Danny Pape and Jack Whiteside 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on Digit, what is this story that's just flushed up on our screen in front of us? Squirrels at vape? What? Surely not. This is what you're doing. Look, squirrels are now vaping people. My God, what's happening? You can be the god puppy mummy. Pup mummy. Pup mummy. Because I can't have one, so we can just be pup mummy from here. No, hang on, that sounds weird.

0:21.9

If ever I'm feeling a bit fragile if everything's getting on top of me

0:24.6

and I listen to some sad songs, it just destroys me and I just need to hear songs with joy in.

0:30.0

The clear plastic speculum was left lying on the kitchen table

0:33.6

and was then claimed by my youngest son.

0:36.3

It became his favourite toy. Oh, what? All of that,

0:40.2

right after this.

0:48.5

Digit is sponsored by Alzheimer's Society. Joe, I had no idea that every three minutes in the UK, someone develops

0:56.7

dementia, every three minutes, that's someone's parent, partner, best friend. I know it's such a

1:02.5

shocking statistic. And when you actually stop and think about it, it means that so many of us

1:06.7

have been touched by dementia in some way or will be. And it doesn't just affect the person living with a condition.

1:13.1

It can turn a whole family's life upside down.

1:16.0

Yeah, absolutely. There's the confusion, the changes in behaviour,

1:19.3

and of course, wanting to understand what's happening.

1:23.0

It could be so frightening.

1:24.3

And often people feel like they have to face it alone.

1:27.3

That's why it's so important

1:28.7

that charities like Alzheimer's society exist. They're the UK's leading dementia charity and the

1:34.1

only one tackling every part of it. Not only do they give vital support to people living with

1:39.0

dementia and their loved ones, they also fund groundbreaking research and campaign to make dementia the priority

1:46.2

it absolutely should be, because dementia isn't just a normal part of aging. It's caused by

1:52.0

diseases, which means we can do something about it. To find out more about dementia, get support

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