S9, Ep3 How to Fail: Annie Nightingale

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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At the age of 80, Annie Nightingale still manages to be one of the most forward-looking and future-facing people I've ever interviewed. She is the legendary Radio 1 DJ - the first woman ever to get a job at the station and now the BBC's longest-serving presenter and a vital force in British music.Annie joins me to talk about confronting sexism, breaking the mould, getting the best of of interviewees and what it's like to have met everyone from David Bowie to Paul McCartney to Eminem and Jim Morrison (he didn't impress her much tbf). We also touch on her convent school education, her inability to tell a lie, her failure at A-Levels and her terrible financial planning. She is, it has to be said, a total riot.*PLEASE PRE-ORDER MY NEW BOOK! Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong is available here*To celebrate the publication of Failosophy, I am doing a LIVE show at The London Palladium. It is also live-streamed online. If you'd like to buy tickets for either option, you can do so here.*Annie Nightingale's memoir, Hey, Hi, Hello, is out now.*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 @elizabdayAnnie Nightingale @aanightingaleHow To Fail @howtofailpod 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. As the UK's biggest free streaming service,
0:07.9	they have it all from classic comedy box sets to shocking reality, gripping drama and
0:14.0	mind bending documentaries. They make content that's different from the rest and that
0:18.8	represents a broad cross-section of society. It's the home of unfiltered entertainment.
0:24.4	It's altogether different telling, made for you and happily for me because regular listeners
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.
0:42.3	And for anyone who doesn't know, it follows Australian singles who tie the knot with partners,
0:47.2	selected for them by relationship experts, including male shilling, former How to Fail podcast
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	Moffa, Nicola Adams and others cope without light stream all of this now on Channel 4.
1:25.3	Hello Albert Einstein here. Today I've popped into Dev's Cafe. He's one of many business owners
1:32.7	who are already using a smart meter to feel more in control of their budgeting. A smart meter helps
1:38.8	you track your energy use and costs over time. So you know how much you're spending on your energy
1:45.5	bills, meaning less time guessing and more time to focus on the other important
1:49.2	do you want milk with that bits of your business. Such can a smart meter today eligibility may vary
1:54.1	consumer action required. Today's episode is sponsored by BetterHelp, a professional
1:59.8	counseling service done securely online. Regular listeners of How to Fail will know that I'm a
2:05.0	passionate advocate of therapy. Is there something interfering with your happiness or that's
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