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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

ON EMBARRASSING MOMENTS… With Dan Levy and Phoebe Waller-Bridge

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to this How to Fail episode where we journey through the archive to revisit some of the best bits. This week we’re keeping it light and taking a look at some of the funniest and most entertaining embarrassing moments on How to Fail. You’ll hear from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, originally released in July 2018. Phoebe talks about trying to impress Meryl Streep and her body sort of malfunctioned… involving an apple crumble! Then we hear from Dan Levy, from his original episode in January 2024. Dan talks about his birthday cake failure from his childhood and the humiliation at his knee-jerk response. I hope this episode brings some light to your day and reminds us that everyone experiences embarrassment at some point! Listen to Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s full episode of How to Fail here: https://link.chtbl.com/Xr_yQtIZ Listen to Dan Levy’s full episode of How to Fail here: https://play.megaphone.fm/b0cje4y2thgpbbpms2q64w 🔗 LINKS + MENTIONS: Elizabeth’s Substack: https://theelizabethday.substack.com/ Join the How To Fail community: https://howtofail.supportingcast.fm/#content 💌 LOVE THIS EPISODE? Subscribe on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts Leave a 5⭐ review – it helps more people discover these stories 👋 Follow How To Fail & Elizabeth: Instagram: @howtofailpod @elizabday TikTok: @howtofailpod @elizabday Website: www.elizabethday.org Have a failure you’re trying to work through for Elizabeth to discuss? Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Life's been full on lately in the best possible way. I've just wrapped up a world-win national

0:05.2

tour for my latest book. And while it's been an incredible experience, it's also been kind of

0:10.2

exhausting. And honestly, I know I'm not alone and feeling like there just aren't enough

0:14.8

hours in the day. Between work, family, friends and the general chaos of being an adult,

0:20.4

even finding time to eat

0:21.8

properly can feel like a luxury. That's where Uber Eats steps in, because let's be real,

0:28.8

adulting is a lot. Uber Eats gives me one fewer thing to worry about. It's fast, easy, and means

0:35.6

you can actually enjoy a moment of calm, even if it's just

0:38.9

flopping on the sofa in peace. So next time you're feeling like you've done just enough,

0:44.0

let Uber Eats take care of the rest. When you've done enough, order some food on Uber Eats.

0:50.3

How to Fail is partnering with Bumble to bring your second chance love stories to life.

0:56.3

Hear how this happy couple hit it off after they met on Bumble.

1:00.2

So I wanted to tell you about meeting my handsome partner because we met in an app.

1:05.8

It was actually quite funny because it was kind of live at first sight actually. So kind of weird really how much the world

1:14.5

has found its rhythm with meeting people that maybe your paths would never cross in a normal life,

1:21.7

even though me and my now boyfriend only live 15 minutes drive away, but had never come across each other. So I highly

1:29.3

recommend anyone looking for love to get themselves out there and I love the podcast. Love that.

1:35.2

Do you have a love story to share? We want to hear from you. Send a brief voice note to How to Fail at

1:41.8

Sonymusic.com and tell us about the moments that made your journey

1:45.8

unforgettable. We want to share it on how to fail.

1:59.7

Welcome back to this week's archive episode reflecting on some of the best bits from How to

2:04.6

Fail's past. This week we're keeping it light and taking a look at some of the funniest and

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