S1, Ep1 How To Fail - Phoebe Waller-Bridge

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator and star of Fleabag, writer of Killing Eve, superstar feminist and human embodiment of a Star Wars droid, joins How To Fail to talk about how she failed at her 20s (but got lots of brilliant material from the terrible dates she endured), failing at drama school, terrible auditions (including one for Downton Abbey) and how her female best friend is quite possibly the love of her life. She also talks about emotional vulnerability, why women fail at anger and about finding glory in one’s mistakes. There’s a great exchange about whether women should be open about whether or not they want children and a whole segue into the desirability of alabaster foreheads. Oh, and we cover the time Phoebe met Meryl Streep and embarrassed herself horribly, in what might be one of the greatest celebrity anecdotes of all time involving apple crumble. How To Fail is hosted by Elizabeth Day and produced by Chris Sharp How To Fail is sponsored by Moorish Social Media: Elizabeth Day @elizabdayMoorish @moorishhumousDryWrite @DryWriteFleabag @FleabagKilling Eve @KillingEve Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:59.2	Hello and welcome to How to Fail. The podcast that celebrates the things that haven't gone right.
2:18.6	Hosted by author and journalist Elizabeth Day, that's me. This is a podcast about learning
2:25.4	from our mistakes and understanding that why we fail ultimately makes us stronger.
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