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Hoovering with Jessica Fostekew

Hoovering - Episode 217: Melissa Stephens

Hoovering with Jessica Fostekew

Jessica Fostekew

Education, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8796 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.


I’m hoovering from the Edinburgh Fringe in this episode where I’m talking to a brilliant, wise, kind, innovative American comedian who I’d never normally have access to - it’s the excellent Melissa Stephens. She came to my flat for lunch where I braved knocking up a haggis salad. Yes you read that right. Why not?



Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. 



Honourable Mentions/ Links


Go and see Melissa’s show HOT DOGS & TEARS and get all over her INSTAGRAM


Love this podcast generally? Thank you. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM


Go to PATREON - really fun news coming soon regarding discounts. 


Come and WENCH at the EDINBURGH festival or ON TOUR? Yes please!


Ohhh we mentioned so many things. Here are links to just some of them:


This is the MIGHTY BLOOMING ONION and she talked about ARBY’S


I thew a TERRY’S CHOCOLATE ORANGE in there and also WORDLE. Things there’s no reason not to ‘do’ together. 

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0:00.0

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0:15.2

Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track

0:24.5

to your destination, not a care in the world as you simply lean back, and before you know it,

0:30.9

you're there, London to Manchester from just 32 pounds each way, Avanti West Coast,

0:37.3

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1:10.4

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1:23.2

Welcome to hoovering, the podcast about eating.

1:26.6

I'm Jessica Bostikyu. I love eating as much as anything else in the world. But also, it sometimes brings me conflict, shame and all sorts of other things that are rubbish. It's complicated and I think fascinating. This is a conversation with an interesting soul, not just about food, but about gobbling it up, or if you will, Hoover.

1:51.8

Hey, Wonderbums. This fortnight, this new episode comes to you from the Edinburgh Festival.

1:59.9

And it's so exciting because I get to hoover with people from the other side of the

2:05.9

world who I'd never normally be working nearby with.

2:09.9

So I am hoovering in this episode with the most innovative, wise, kind, brilliant comedian, Melissa Stevens. She's American and how great to have

2:22.8

access to her. She is here at the fringe doing a show unlike anything I've ever seen before called

2:28.8

Hot Dogs and Tears. If you're up at the fringe, I implore you to see it. She came round for lunch.

2:35.2

More on that shortly.

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