4.6 • 618 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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On this week's episode, Laura chats to the brilliant Kate Thornton who is a true podcast addict. Kate, who started off in journalism and made her mark as the youngest-ever editor of Smash Hits magazine, chats to Laura about her journey in getting to this position and some of the famous faces she's met in her career. In amongst this, Laura and Kate talk through all things podcasts including Kate's own podcast White Wine Question Time, why she believes in the power of therapy taking inspiration from Esther Perel and why she couldn't stop listening to real life drama series The Dropout.
Podcasts in this episode includes:
Full Disclosure with James O'Brien
Scroobius Pip's Distraction Pieces
David Tennant Does A Podcast
Where Should We Begin?
The Dropout
White Wine Question Time
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0:37.0 | On this week's episode, I chat to one of the most hardworking and effervescent people I know, Kate Thornton. |
0:43.6 | Kate is a true podcast addict like me, and in a world of pull quotes, we both love the long form. |
0:49.6 | Kate started off in journalism and made her mark as the youngest ever editor of smash hits magazine. |
0:55.2 | We chat about her grit and fearlessness in getting to the position and some of the famous |
1:00.0 | faces she's met in her career. In fact, Kate tells me about a band of five women during her |
1:05.6 | smash hits days storming into her office and demanding to be heard. If I say, hot pants and buffalo shoes, |
1:12.3 | I wonder if you can guess who they are. |
1:14.0 | In amongst all of this, |
1:15.4 | we talk through all things podcasts, |
1:17.6 | including Kate's own podcast, |
1:19.4 | White Wine Question Time, |
1:20.9 | why she believes in the power of therapy, |
1:23.2 | taking inspiration from Esther Perel, |
1:25.3 | and why she couldn't stop listening |
1:27.1 | to Real Live drama series, The Dropout. I'll leave you to enjoy this episode. taking inspiration from Esther Perel and why she couldn't stop listening to real live |
1:27.8 | drama series The Dropout. I'll leave you to enjoy this episode as it's a good one. So let's get |
1:33.4 | Castaway with Kate Thornton. Kate Thornton, welcome to Castaway. I'm so excited to be here. |
1:40.5 | I'm a big fan. This is where I come to get all my inspiration. I know for a fact, |
1:47.0 | you are a podcast fan anyway and have been for a long time. Do you remember the first podcast |
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