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Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Jessie Cave

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.5567 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

There is something wonderful about this episode. Jessie has been through a lot. She’s taken more life thrown at her than most other people could handle, yet there is still an emphatic positivity that shines through. These Five Brilliant Things have a bittersweet quality to them which makes for a tender, funny and terrific show. Jessie talked about her novel ‘Sunset’ on the podcast, and it really is a great piece of work, highly recommended. Please either buy it from an independent bookshop, or you could get it online HERE.   Jessie also has a podcast called ‘Whenever it Kicks’ which is about parenthood, life generally and more - give that a look HERE.  In our Patreon show with Jessie this week, her Five Brilliant Questions did tend towards the Harry Potter, I’ll be honest. But there was none of that in the main show so it was fascinating hearing what it was like on set, what cliques there were - and then we get into the real business of Jessie and Russell discussing the finer points of filming sex scenes.  Do I have your attention? It’s all in our Patreon which you can find here patreon.com/RussellHoward  And now you can see the walls coming back into focus as we descend back into the real world and leave this astral plane of blurb. It’s been a wild trip and it has been a humbling experience to be your spirit guide through this.  If you ever regain your sanity maybe we’ll see you again next week?  Good Day to You, Enlightened One. Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to Five Brilliant Things with me, Russell Howard.

0:11.7

My guest today is a comedian, cartoonist, author and actor.

0:16.0

She's been in Black Mirror, called The Midwife, and Buffering.

0:19.7

Her debut novel, Sunset, is a Sunday Times bestseller,

0:23.8

and she's best known for playing lavender brown in the Harry Potter films. It's Jesse Cave,

0:28.5

and here are her five brilliant things.

0:36.6

So we're just talking sleep.

0:38.5

Great, we can talk sleep more.

0:39.5

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:40.3

So basically he said, I can help you.

0:43.4

Let me help you.

0:44.7

I started crying.

0:46.4

And now I'm waiting.

0:48.6

I've been referred.

0:50.0

And it's the only...

0:50.4

What a cliffhanger start to the podcast.

0:53.4

Everyone at home was like, what is this?

0:55.0

What are they discussing?

0:56.0

We're talking about sleep apnea, which for people who don't know, my understanding of

1:01.5

it is that you kind of and then come to sort of feel like you're dying in your sleep

1:06.9

and then you're awake.

1:07.6

Multiple times a night, you feel like you've just escaped death.

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