Giovanna Fletcher

Castaway

Laura Whitmore + Mags Creative

Comedy, Arts, Society & Culture

4.6 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, Laura is welcomed into the home of presenter, actress, bestselling novelist and podcast host Giovanna Fletcher. They chat about running marathons (...well 10K and half marathons which are just as impressive!), G’s yellow sofa and their insatiable love of a good cushion, writing books, David Tennant, relationships before and after children and why Giovanna launched her podcast Happy Mum Happy Baby to help other women feel less alone in motherhood. They also laugh a lot.

Podcasts referenced in the conversation include:

Happy Mum, Happy Baby

RunPod

David Tennant Does a Podcast

Sh**ged Married Annoyed

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

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0:00.0	We don't talk anymore.
0:07.7	I think as a society we just don't talk.
0:09.3	We're not used to it.
0:10.3	We're not used to listening or having people listen to us.
0:13.1	And there's something gorgeous about having a place where you can listen to people
0:16.1	and you can take little pieces of what they do and try and apply it to your own life.
0:24.4	Hello and welcome to the podcast Castaway. A podcast about podcasts. Across between a goggle box
0:32.9	and desert island discs of podcasts. I'm Laura Whitmore, broadcaster, performer, chancer and podcast lover.
0:41.0	I've been on a mission to get my next fix of podcast recommendations. Every week I'll be talking
0:45.9	about all things podcasts, but people who love podcasts, many of whom have podcasts themselves.
0:52.0	Many times can I say podcasts in one sentence? Reckon a few more. So
0:55.8	whether you're looking for podcasts about mental health or comedy, love, crime, or your next
1:01.8	fictional series to binge listen to, my guests have got you covered. You may also be surprised
1:07.6	by what some folk are listening to. And from that, a springboard into some really
1:12.7	interesting discussions. Welcome to Castaway. This week's podcast was recorded before I released
1:26.9	any of Castaway. So still working it out, what I'm doing. I released any of Cast Away.
1:28.2	So still working it out, what I'm doing.
1:30.5	I mean, I still am.
1:31.4	But since then, we've had a few episodes out and I'm really enjoying it.
1:35.6	So I want to thank you for your comments.
1:37.4	We've had a really nice reaction.
1:39.5	Stephen Frye tweeted about it.
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