Inspirational Women - Pop Star Turned Horticulturalist, Kim Wilde - An Episode from the Cellar
White Wine Question Time
Biscuit Jim
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🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Throughout March we're celebrating inspirational women, and where better to start than 80s pop star turned award-winning horticulturalist, Kim Wilde.
In this episode, Kim takes us through her incredible journey—from a shy girl raised in a musical household to a teen being catapulted to global fame with "Kids in America", a song that changed everything for her and her family. Here, she reflects on the wild ride of her music career and reveals how stepping away from the spotlight and into gardening in her 30s gave her life a new sense of purpose.
So join me as we head back to 2024 for another classic conversation from the Cellar.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to White Wine Question Time, the podcast that asks its guest three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine. |
| 0:07.1 | And today, we're heading back down to the cellar for another episode from the archives. |
| 0:11.8 | And in March, well, it's all about inspirational women. |
| 0:16.4 | And on this episode, we're revisiting my chat from 2024 with 80s pop icon turned horticulturalist Kim Wilde. Yeah, |
| 0:25.6 | a woman that has absolutely been at the top of both of her games. Trust me, you're going to be |
| 0:31.2 | very inspired. I hope you enjoy it. Coming up on this episode of White Line Question Time. |
| 0:43.4 | I wanted to disappear, actually. |
| 0:45.6 | I was so bored of myself, if I'm honest. |
| 0:48.9 | So I took a big step out of the music industry. |
| 0:51.7 | I met my husband Howl, and life changed very, very quickly and |
| 0:56.2 | before I knew it, the children that I wondered if I'd ever have materialised in a rather wonderful |
| 1:02.7 | way and I knew my life would never be the same and I knew it was my passport to dropping Kim Wilde and becoming Mrs Fowler. |
| 1:13.6 | And that was very liberating. |
| 1:16.6 | I had no intention of getting back into the music industry at all, none. |
| 1:24.6 | And so I really did leave it. It wasn't like I left and thought, well I can go back when I fancy it. |
| 1:31.3 | I mean in my heart and in my head it was over. |
| 1:35.3 | So when I did eventually get lured back by a tour with the Human League, which I couldn't turn down, it all started again. |
| 1:43.3 | Then I realised I couldn't believe that people would still started again. Yeah. Then I realized, I couldn't believe |
| 1:44.9 | that people would still want to come and see me singing kids in America with a mortgage and a |
| 1:49.6 | husband and, you know, not size 10 anymore and with kids and looking a little bit, housewifey. |
| 1:58.5 | And they did. And I thought thought wow wow and now I think about it it's just ridiculous |
| 2:07.0 | isn't it totally ridiculous scenario and 80s pop star finds herself getting a gold medal at the |
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