4.8 • 803 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Author Cash Carraway tells Angela about her remarkable year - and the even more remarkable life that came before it. From working in Soho’s sex industry to being forced out of the city she loves, Cash’s personal journey is told with bags of humour, warmth... and flilth. But what is she thankful for today? Angela finds out.
TRIGGER WARNINGS: references to sex, mental health, suicide.
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0:00.0 | I'm always up before the birds and the kids. |
0:02.9 | Good thing Costa Express is always up too. |
0:07.0 | Early starts are easier with great coffee. |
0:09.7 | And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company. |
0:14.5 | Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep. |
0:17.2 | Oh, you legend. |
0:19.6 | Now that's a proper coffee. |
0:21.3 | Should kick in Justin Samfut to remember which end of the screwdriver to use. |
0:25.1 | Hmm. |
0:26.3 | Costa Express. |
0:27.8 | Quality coffee every time. |
0:33.3 | When the train you're late for is all so late, when a stranger is prepared to lend you their phone charger, knowing today will come to an end eventually. |
0:41.3 | There are a million things I'm thankful for, but what is my guest thankful for today? |
0:46.4 | I was traumatised, absolutely traumatised, and I went into the kitchen, made myself a cup of tea, and I text my friend. |
0:53.9 | I just accidentally, I've just |
0:54.8 | accidentally smiled at David Cameron. And straight away, he wrote about, you prick. |
1:01.1 | Welcome to Thanks a Million. I'm Angela Scanlon, and this is the show that takes a sneak |
1:05.1 | peek at my guest's gratitude list to find out the people, places and things that have shaped |
1:09.9 | their lives. My guest today is Cash Carraway. |
1:14.6 | She's written plays, published books, and you'll soon be seeing her work on |
1:18.6 | telly. The biggest to date has been Skint Estate, her first memoir about her time as a single mom |
1:24.6 | couch surfing across London and doing some seedy things for |
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