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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

S6, Ep 8 How to Fail: Jane Garvey

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.79.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

*SEASON FINALE KLAXON* I mean...where does the time go? A minute ago it was summer and now here I am posting the final episode of Season Six and it's a mere 24 shopping days left until Christmas. Sheesh. But what a pleasure I have in store for you! She comes in the form of the ICONIC Jane Garvey: broadcaster extraordinaire, host of Radio 4's Woman's Hour and one-half of the brilliant podcasting duo, Fortunately...with Fi and Jane. I couldn't have asked for a better guest to bring this season to a close. (Well, I suppose I could have asked, but the point is, no-one would have been able to fulfil that request).Jane so engaged with the premise of How To Fail that she sent not three but seven failures over email, saying she was 'struggling to narrow it down' and that it was up to me to choose which ones we talked about. We talk about her failure to listen, her tendency never to be seen to be trying too hard in case she doesn't succeed and her failure to appreciate fully what women were really up against in terms of equal pay at the BBC, partly because of what she sees as her own internalised misogyny and self-acknowledged white privilege. Most poignantly, Jane talks about her three miscarriages, and the long-felt emotional impact of each one. As anyone who has ever been through it will know, having a miscarriage is a specific form of grief that is difficult to describe but Jane articulates her feelings so beautifully that I know her story will be a great help to many of us.'All sounds a but whiny,' she signed off her email, 'but I’m actually a laugh when I try!!' You are indeed Jane. You're HILARIOUS. But you're also someone who isn't afraid to go deep and we're so grateful for it. I'll be taking a little break now but will be back in January with eight more fabulous guests. I'm deeply appreciative of everyone who has listened, downloaded, rated, reviewed and subscribed. You make me very happy (and, on a practical note, you also make it more financially feasible for me to carry on doing this so YAY for that). Until next year: thank you and keep failing better! * Looking for a Christmas present? THEN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN MY MEMOIR, the Sunday Times Top 5 bestselling book of the podcast, How To Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong which is available here.*You can listen to Fortunately...with Fi and Jane here* This season of How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day, produced by Naomi Mantin and Chris Sharp and sponsored by Sweaty Betty. Sweaty Betty are offering listeners 20% off full-price items with the code HOWTOFAILTo contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com* Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayJane Garvey @janegarvey1Sweaty Betty @sweatybetty           Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Channel 4 is the home of your next TV obsession.

0:04.6

As the UK's biggest free streaming service, they have it all, they really do, you know,

0:09.8

from classic comedy box sets to shocking reality, gripping drama and mind-bending documentaries.

0:17.1

They make content that's different from the rest, and which represents a broad cross-section

0:21.9

of society.

0:23.3

Channel 4 is the home of unfiltered entertainment.

0:26.7

It's all together different, telly, made for you.

0:30.6

And happily, for me, there's so much I always want to watch on Channel 4, whether it be

0:36.4

a bit of Made in Chelsea or the entire box set of Derry Girls, which is one of my favourite

0:41.2

programmes of all time.

0:43.1

Regular listeners will know that I grew up in Derry, and it totally reflects my experience

0:47.4

all be it through an utterly hilarious lens.

0:50.2

And there's also a three-part series that I can't wait to feast my eyes on, called

0:54.6

Dep versus Herde.

0:56.7

It unpicks the court case that so many of us watched online and saw being absolutely

1:03.6

everywhere in various comment sections, the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Herde.

1:09.0

So this is the first place that collates all of that material in one simple format.

1:14.8

It allows you to see the story from all sides, a three-part series, Dep versus Herde, can't

1:19.6

wait to watch it.

1:21.0

And I highly recommend that you do too.

1:24.4

See you soon now on Channel 4.

1:30.9

When it comes to helping those that really need it, action is being louder than words.

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