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Off Air with Jane & Fi

Downward dog, upward rage

Off Air with Jane & Fi

The Times

Conversation, Relationships, Fi Glover, News, Women, Community, Chat, Entertainment News, Society & Culture, The Times, Jane Garvey, Times Radio, Entertainment

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Namaste. Happy Monday. Jane’s got a bee in her bonnet about - well, quite a few things... Jane and Fi also chat about the 5am Club, unexpected legumes in the bagging area, playing the organ, and the talents of Omar Sharif.


Our most asked about book is called 'The Later Years' by Peter Thornton.


You can listen to our 'I'm in the cupboard on Christmas' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1awQioX5y4fxhTAK8ZPhwQ


If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


Podcast Producers: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Are we on? Definitely. We've had a funny review, haven't we, over the weekend.

0:13.8

Actually, to be fair, it was you, I wasn't around at the time. It was before Christmas,

0:17.3

and let's just honour the fact that you, no, you fee, have been reviewed quite

0:21.5

favourably in the, well, I'll give you the opportunity to name that publication.

0:26.7

No, I wasn't talking about the Church Times one.

0:28.6

Oh!

0:29.5

Okay, so there are two things.

0:30.9

First of all, the addition of the podcast that featured Susie Dent, which was in December,

0:36.6

the Church Times has given it a very favourable review.

0:39.3

Well, that has got nothing to do with me, actually, because I was presenting the show and therefore

0:44.0

doing that interview with the wonderful Rosie Wright. Right. So I think that's the connection.

0:47.9

Well, well done, Rosie. Because Rosie sings in many church choirs and has the faith that I don't have so I think that would be the

0:56.5

connection okay well look congratulations to Rosie yes and to you what a positive way to start

1:01.2

the week isn't that lovely and then the other one which was in our own newspaper suggested that

1:05.5

we have full-on structure and planning meetings before this and we don't let's just reassure you

1:10.7

on that fact in case you're thinking,

1:12.7

what a waste of time those meetings are.

1:16.0

We don't do anything of the sort, do we?

1:18.4

No, we don't, and we've always prided ourselves on that.

1:21.1

We're only a few years away from that very earnest woman

1:23.8

who approached us at the BBC and asked us who wrote the script for the podcast we did that. She said, does sound quite authentic. Anyway, there you go. Look, trust us, if you're

1:34.3

listening to this, it genuinely, it's just, we're just talking. And we benefit enormously

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