Episode 103: Rachel Riley

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Kat Rulach

Kids & Family, Arts, Music, Parenting

4.8 • 527 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Riley is the co-host and face of maths on Countdown and a self-confessed 'proper maths geek'.

I first met Rachel 10 years ago when we were both on Strictly together. When we chatted recently we touched on those rollercoaster competition weeks, and the mild PTSD which Rachel experienced afterwards. However she also said she got some good things out of it, namely a lovely husband and two children.

Last month Rachel picked up her MBE for services to Holocaust Education. She also told me about the vitriolic trolling that she suffered during her campaign against antisemitism, which coinicided with the birth of her first daughter.

She and her husband, Pasha, are bringing up their two little daughters to speak both English and Russian, with a little Ukranian added into the mix.

Spinning Plates is presented by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, produced by Claire Jones and post-production by Richard Jones

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Sophia Lusbexter and welcome to Spinning Plates, the podcast where I speak to
0:09.6	to busy working women who also happen to be mothers about how they make it work.
0:14.0	I'm a singer and I've released seven albums in between having my five sons aged 16 months to 16 years,
0:20.2	so I spin a few plates myself.
0:22.3	Being a mother can be the most amazing thing,
0:24.9	but can also be hard to find time for yourself
0:26.8	and your own ambitions.
0:28.3	I want to be a bit nosy and see how other people balance everything.
0:31.9	Welcome to spinning plates.
0:37.3	Hey, hey, how are you?
0:38.3	I'm speaking to you from a quiet house.
0:41.3	This is a nice feeling.
0:43.3	Listen to how silent is.
0:45.3	Actually, I can hear the rain.
0:47.3	It's been a bit drizzly recently.
0:49.3	How are you? How's everything?
0:52.3	I am actually not up to much. I'm having a little weekend off.
0:57.9	It's been very chill and that was exactly what I needed. I was very ready for a little break.
1:03.7	Back at it again soon though. Got a couple of festivals coming up next weekend. Don't worry.
1:08.2	I'll be back to the grind. But for now it's just not doing very much,
1:13.2	just playing with the kids and being in the pool and that kind of thing. A.k.a. A holiday day.
1:18.4	Anyway, no rest for spinning plates. No, no. This week, what a gorgeous guest. My friend, actually, Rachel Riley.
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