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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

S16 Ep9 How To Fail: Greg James on radio, rebellion and failing to be a good at fame

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.79.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

One of the only times my friend Fran has been truly impressed by a podcast guest was when I sent her a picture of me recording with Greg James. During the pandemic, Fran and her family would listen to him on Radio 1 every morning and he helped them through those long lockdown days with a necessary a dose of good cheer.Many people around the country will relate to that story: since 2018, Greg has hosted BBC Radio 1’s iconic breakfast show, attracting around five million listeners every day. He's got one of the most beloved and familiar voices in broadcasting, so it's a total joy to welcome him to How To Fail.He joins me to talk about his failures in cricket, in fame and...dog ownership.--Greg James's new Formula 1 podcast, The Fast and the Curious is available to listen wherever you get your podcasts, along with his cricketing podcast, Tailenders, and Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie.His chldren's books, co-authored with Chris Smith, are avaialble to buy here.--My new book, FRIENDAHOLIC: Confessions of a Friendship Addict, will be published next month and is now available to preorder - at half price - here.--How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted and produced by Elizabeth Day. To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com--Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayHow To Fail @howtofailpodGreg James @gregjames Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.0

Very excitingly, I mean, for me at least, my new book is coming out.

0:35.0

It's coming out on the 30th of March.

0:37.0

It's called Friendaholic Confessions of a Friendship Addict.

0:40.0

And it sort of does what it says on the turn.

0:42.0

It is the story of my journey to understand how and why I became addicted to friendship

0:49.0

and what I went on to do about it.

0:51.0

It's also an attempt to give friendship a language.

0:55.0

It has a crucial influence on so many of our lives.

0:59.0

And yet for so long, it's been overshadowed by romantic relationships.

1:04.0

It was a real journey of exploration for me writing this book.

1:08.0

I loved it. I loved what I discovered.

1:11.0

I loved trying to put into words one of the most crucial aspects of my life.

1:16.0

And I got the chance to speak to lots of interesting people, including five of my dearest friends,

1:22.0

each of whom has a chapter devoted to them and each of whom expresses a slightly different aspect of friendship.

1:30.0

So in between all of that, there are thematic chapters that look at the history of friendship,

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