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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

S4, Ep8 How to Fail: Jamie Laing

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.79.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

'And now, the end is near / And so I face the final curtain...'Yes, it's the SEASON FINALE! I know, I know: it's gone so fast hasn't it? What's that they say about time flying when you're having fun calling your brain Becky? (That's a podcast in-joke, peeps, don't panic if you're a new subscriber and you haven't got a clue what I'm on about, but do check out my episode with Mo Gawdat, S4, Ep4).Anyway, don't be too sad because I have one solid-gold, cast-iron, brilliant guest for you to usher out this season. Step forward, Jamie Laing. Some of you might know him from E4's structured reality show, Made In Chelsea. Some of you might not watch reality television and believe it to be ushering in the end of days. But I implore you, even if you have no interest in the show and even if you've got preconceptions of who Jamie is, to give this episode a listen. He is such an sincere, funny, generous and self-aware person and so willing to talk openly about the times in his life when things didn't go according to plan that I truly think you will get a lot from it.Jamie joins me to talk about he impact of parental divorce, panic attacks, anxiety, sporting injury and what happens when your idea of your entire future seems to collapse. We also talk about why he's never managed to have a lasting long-term relationship. Along the way, he quotes life lessons learned from Socrates, William Blake and, that seminal 21st century philosopher, Lucy Watson.I hope you enjoy the final episode in this season. Thank you for all your incredible support. We'll be back in July with eight new fantastic guests for season five. In the meantime, if you felt like rating, reviewing and subscribing, I'd be eternally grateful. How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day, recorded by Chris Sharp and sponsored by 4th Estate BooksThe Sunday Times Top 5 bestselling book of the podcast, How To Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong by Elizabeth Day, is out now and is available here.You can buy Jamie's delicious all-vegan Candy Kittens sweets here and you can listen to his and Frances Boulle's podcast, Private Parts, here. Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayJamie Laing @jamielaing_UKChris Sharp @chrissharpaudio4th Estate Books @4thEstateBooks     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to How to Fail with Elizabeth Day, the podcast that celebrates the things

0:19.1

that haven't gone right.

0:21.9

This is a podcast about learning from our mistakes and understanding that why we fail ultimately

0:27.5

makes us stronger because learning how to fail in life actually means learning how to

0:33.1

succeed better.

0:34.1

I'm your host, author and journalist Elizabeth Day and every week I'll be asking a new

0:40.1

interviewee what they've learned from failure.

0:44.6

Reality television has its detractors.

0:47.3

It has been blamed for everything from body dysmorphia to the downfall of Western civilization

0:53.4

and yet there is no dispute that it has shaped the world we live in.

0:58.3

Look no further than Donald Trump, the former reality TV star who is now president of the

1:03.7

United States.

1:05.5

He's not my guest today but I'm delighted instead to welcome Jamie Lang who knows better than

1:11.6

most the reach of reality TV.

1:14.7

Since 2011 he has appeared in every series of e4s hit TV show Made in Chelsea.

1:22.1

As one of the longest serving cast members devoted Made in Chelsea fans of which I am

1:27.1

one, have followed Jamie as he parties through his twenties, falls in and more frequently

1:32.9

out of love and finds his perfect shade of peroxide hair dye.

1:38.4

On the show he is hilarious and good fun.

1:42.1

Off screen he has a serious side, setting up a highly successful sweet company, Candy

1:47.4

Kittens, which seems apt for the man whose great grandfather invented the digestive biscuit.

1:54.4

Lang also hosts his own podcast Private Parts with Made in Chelsea alumnus Francis Boul.

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