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Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Battling Expectations, Love and Breakups with Laura Whitmore

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8651 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Laura Whitmore, who is a broadcaster, presenter, and now author of her new book No One Can Change Your Life Except for You. Laura discusses being taught sex ed by a nun in Catholic school, the stories they were told, and the pressure around what you should be doing with your sex life, pregnancy, and parenting styles. She and Hannah talk about being pregnant in lockdown as well as relationships, break-ups, and break-up songs. Finally, Hannah and Laura answer some of your questions from Instagram!

MORE ABOUT LAURA WHITMORE:
Laura Whitmore (she/her) is an established and highly experienced TV presenter and radio broadcaster, known for her roles hosting Love Island, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Now!, MTV and much more, as well as her own BBC Radio 5 Live series, The Laura Whitmore Show. She hosts Castaway - the podcast about podcasts - and recently wrote and starred in the award winning short film, Sabhdh.

With a degree in Journalism, Laura has always regarded writing as her first love. In 2018 her article expressing her views on Upskirting and the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns went viral after publication on The Huffington Post, being shared millions of times around the world. And she has written features on topics ranging from abortion to the effects of social media, for Grazia Magazine, Hot Press, Elle and Glamour. Her poem for International Women's Day, She, was shared all over social media in March 2020.

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0:00.0

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0:06.3

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0:10.5

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0:14.7

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0:18.7

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0:21.7

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0:27.2

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0:30.0

Like why do you always have to like, you know, say something about everything?

0:33.5

Why can't you just be like, you know, like our parents' generation and just get on with it?

0:37.7

And I'm like, the women in Ireland, like, had babies taken away from them. Like, they didn't

0:42.7

have any, like, control over their bodies. Like, that is not the world that I want to live in, do you

0:48.1

know? And I think it's okay to move forward and speak up about things. And it's very important because I hope that, you know, when I have a child

0:56.2

in this world and then the next generation, the next

0:58.0

generation, that it'll be a little bit better than

1:00.0

it is now.

1:04.8

Welcome to Doing It with me, Hannah Witten,

1:07.6

where we talk all things, sex,

1:10.0

relationships, dating and our bodies.

1:16.4

Hello, welcome to doing it. I'm trying to ignore the fact it's already March. Feel free to join me

1:23.1

in the denial that time is in fact passing. But for now, it's time for another good old

1:30.0

nata about relationships. And today, I am joined by the fabulous Laura Whitmore, broadcaster,

1:37.0

presenter and now author of her new book, No One Can Change Your Life Except for You, which I can't

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