The Trawl Meets: Natasha Devon
The Trawl
Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss
4.6 • 708 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Jemma and Marina are delighted to speak to LBC presenter and writer, Natasha Devon, about the time she was fired by the government, why the younger generation prioritise work/life balance and why callers need to be ‘match fit’ if they want to talk about Meghan.
Plus, Marina and Jemma spring a round of Education Secretary bingo on her. A wonderful chat with a friend of the pod. Enjoy!
Natasha's Website: natashadevon.com.
Follow her on Instagram and Threads as @_natashadevon.
Clicks: How to Be Your Best Self Online: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/natasha-devon/clicks-how-to-be-your-best-self-online/9781529066630
Babaushka: https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/babushka-natasha-devon/7514111
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| 0:00.0 | Let me just tell my story. |
| 0:03.1 | Do you know what, Penny, I don't really want to because I suspect that it's ho-combe-cum. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello and welcome to The Trawle Meets. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm Marina Perkis and I'm Gemma Forte and on the Trawle meets, Marina and I get to chat with |
| 0:22.6 | someone we admire and or find interesting. We discuss political topics they're passionate about |
| 0:28.2 | and explore their unique experience of and views on social media. And today, the Troll meets |
| 0:35.3 | someone whose dulcet tones you may well have heard on LBC, |
| 0:40.0 | where she has her own show every Saturday at 7pm. |
| 0:43.3 | But what you might not know is that she's a fellow of Aberystwyth University. |
| 0:48.6 | So is an honorary Welsh person. |
| 0:51.5 | She used to work for the government as the mental health czar, but got sacked in |
| 0:57.0 | 2016. And at the time, the Guardian described her as proper angry. Oh, in 2015, she was awarded an |
| 1:06.3 | MBE for her services to young people who she continues to inspire and mentor in schools all over the UK. |
| 1:13.5 | She's written multiple books and recently decided X is too volatile to be on these days, |
| 1:18.7 | so she's done a flit to threads, and she also loves a bit of Instagram. |
| 1:22.7 | She also happens to be our mate and is on our political spice WhatsApp group where she regularly messages |
| 1:29.6 | to say that she's listened to the latest troll. So today the troll meets Natasha Devin. |
| 1:36.8 | Hello Natasha. So lovely to have you. Thank you so much. It's so good to be on a show that you |
| 1:43.3 | are actually genuinely a fan of. |
| 1:45.7 | They are. |
| 1:46.6 | Well, that's good to hear. |
| 1:48.1 | What are you calling your fans? |
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