S8, BONUS EPISODE! How to Fail: Gloria Steinem

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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GLORIA STEINEM. Gloria ACTUAL Steinem. For this very special bonus episode, I had the absolute honour of interviewing one of my all-time heroes, the feminist activist, writer and icon, Gloria Steinem. And yes, I'm still pinching myself. We talk about her failure to understand her mother, her failure to be at her father's deathbed and her failure to learn lessons quickly enough - yes, we go deep... She also talks to me about how, at the age of 86, she is joyfully outliving society's expectations of her; of how fear can often be a sign of growth (let that sink in), about how 'anger is an energy cell', about how we are 'linked not ranked', about not having children, about spending a lifetime combatting misogyny and racism and sexism and injustice, and about the counteracting forces of love and compassion and friendship which keep her going. If you've been watching the Mrs America miniseries about the battle for equality, then this is a MUST-LISTEN, even if I do say so myself. I love Steinem's work so much that I often quote her in my own - the book of How To Fail is a classic example (she's in the 'Anger' chapter) - and so to be given a chance to meet her, albeit remotely, was honestly a life highlight. She did not let me down. In fact, she exceeded my wildest expectations. Whoever said never meet your heroes clearly never met Gloria Steinem.*If you've enjoyed this season of How To Fail, you might like to join me for a livestream event I'm doing on 2nd October to mark the launch of my new book Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong You can book here*The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off, an illustrated collection of Steinem's best quotes, is out now and available to buy here.*How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day, produced by Naomi Mantin and Chris Sharp. We love hearing from you! To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com* Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdayGloria Steinem @gloriasteinemHow To Fail @howtofailpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.6	will know about my married at first sight Australia obsession. Currently on the TV, I cannot
0:37.0	get enough of it. I watch it every single night. I really miss it when it's not on on a Sunday.
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0:53.1	they meet for the first time on their wedding day and we watch to find out whether there will be
0:58.8	perfect matches ahead or marriage mayhem. I love it. So stream now on Channel 4. There is so much
1:07.4	on there, including Maffsa and Scared of the Dark, Danny Dyer hosting as eight celebrities
1:13.0	aplunged into complete darkness for eight days. How will Paul Gasco and Chris Ubank's scarlet
1:18.2	mothat, Nicola Adams and others cope without light stream all of this now on Channel 4.
1:26.2	Just a note before we start, this season of How to Fail with Elizabeth Day was recorded remotely
1:32.5	under lockdown. I am so excited about today's sponsor. Am I allowed to say that? Strange times call
1:41.0	for a little distraction. And what better way to do that than to eavesdrop on Robbie Williams,
1:46.8	wife, Eida and the family as they experience lockdown on their podcast staying at home with the
1:52.7	Williams's. This season, Robbie and Eida have been sharing tips on navigating self-quarantine,
1:58.4	what they've been doing to entertain themselves and the kids and sharing their thoughts on what it's
2:03.2	like being each other's company 24-7. For a lot of us that's pretty relatable but throw in an
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