Keeping it real in the Brownies
Off Air with Jane & Fi
The Times
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
It's Monday, which means the fire is lit and Jane and Fi are providing all the facial expressions... You can watch this episode on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@OffAirWithJaneAndFi
Jane and Fi tackle some heavy topics today: the lost art of team-building exercises, why professional scaffolders are preferable to amateur ones, how drunken tattoos led to Brexit, and why problems arise when an M&S food hall is too big…
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| 0:00.0 | We can begin. |
| 0:09.7 | Very formal. |
| 0:10.9 | Yes, we are beginning. |
| 0:12.1 | Welcome. |
| 0:12.7 | Here we are. |
| 0:13.6 | We're visualised, which won't mean anything to you if you're listening to this. |
| 0:17.1 | But we don't care, do we? |
| 0:18.9 | Well, we do care. |
| 0:20.1 | Oh, no, we care. We do care very much we don't mind |
| 0:22.9 | whether people watch or listen yes so we don't mind what you choose and don't you go worrying about |
| 0:28.7 | us because actually i think for both of us having thought that having to go into hair and makeup |
| 0:33.8 | might be a little bit bothersome it's actually lovely isn't isn't it? Because for 10 minutes, somebody just gently wafts these lovely badger brushes over your face. |
| 0:43.6 | And, you know, we have nice chats about other people in the building. |
| 0:47.0 | It's lovely. |
| 0:47.5 | So it's gorgeous. |
| 0:48.5 | And they are very gentle brushes. |
| 0:50.5 | Very gentle. |
| 0:51.7 | And then someone comes along and just gently poofs the back of your hair, which of course |
| 0:56.5 | in other parts of the building is an HR problem. |
| 0:59.7 | But in that room it's not. |
| 1:01.6 | So it's turned out to be lovely. |
| 1:03.1 | I do, when I catch a glimpse of myself on the visualization days in the ladies' |
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