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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

S18, Ep2 Sara Pascoe on fertility, fear and what success really means

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.79.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

TW: fertility and miscarriage Sara Pascoe is a critically acclaimed comedian, writer and actor. Her latest stand-up tour is called - aptly enough for this podcast - Success and her debut novel, Weirdo, is published tomorrow. It's a dark, funny, stream-of-consciousness narrative ride through the internal machinations of Sophie, an anxious, sometimes obsessive, often unhappy woman trying to feel less lost. I gobbled it up. Sara joins me to talk about failing at acting, why every year she promises herself she'll never do the Edinburgh Fringe again (and every year breaks that promise) and, in a heartbreaking third failure, she talks candidly about failing to get pregnant for over a decade, suffering a miscarriage, doing IVF and eventually having a baby but remaining in a state of high anxiety throughout her pregnancy. It's a beautiful conversation, and I am so grateful to Sara for talking about something that is very difficult to put into words. I know her courageous vulnerability will help so many people. -- Weirdo by Sara Pascoe is out tomorrow. -- I'm going on tour! To AUSTRALIA, mate! You can now purchase tickets to see me live at Sydney Opera House on 26th February 2024 or the Arts Centre Melbourne on 28th February 2024. -- How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted and produced by Elizabeth Day. To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com -- Social Media: Elizabeth Day @elizabday How To Fail @howtofailpod Sara Pascoe @sara.pascoe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Now time to thank our partner of this episode, Theory. Now I am someone who is lucky enough

0:31.6

to have a very varied life and I really rely on my clothes to do a lot of work for me.

0:39.0

That means day to night dressing, taking me anywhere and everywhere from the podcast

0:43.4

studio to a drink with friends. I'm always on the go from early morning meetings to evening

0:49.6

meals. It's really helpful to have pieces that I can wear in multiple settings while feeling

0:55.0

confident, comfortable and polished. That's where Theory come in. They've done something

0:59.4

so clever. They've introduced Theory Wardrobe, which provides the building blocks of a perfect

1:05.2

wardrobe. These timeless, best-selling, curated styles embody the attention to fit fabric

1:11.9

and elegance that their New York Atelier is known for. I can dress with ease and I'm

1:17.4

someone who often overthink dressing in the morning and it just waste so much of my time.

1:22.6

With Theory, I feel much more confident getting dressed, knowing that I have these pieces

1:26.8

in my wardrobe. They all go together. They take the stress out of my mornings because

1:31.2

I never have to think about what I'm going to wear and that allows me to focus on all

1:35.1

the other important stuff. I especially love my Etienne at Blazer and Demetria

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trousers. The trousers are such a flattering cut. They flare out gently at the bottom.

1:45.6

They elongate any leg and they've been a wardrobe staple of mine for a long time. Whether

1:50.4

I'm working from home, recording a podcast, travelling, writing in a cafe, I can dress

1:55.5

them up or down depending on the occasion. I constantly go back to Theory. They're that

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