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Thank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Millie GoochMillie Gooch is the founder of The Sober Girl Society, a hugely popular Instagram community of over 100k and one of the leading voices pioneering the sobriety movement in the UK. High-profile followers include Sam Smith, Bryony Gordon, Zoe Ball & Jameela Jamil's iWeigh. As a journalist, she has written for a range of publications, and her campaigning work has been featured everywhere from Elle and Stylist to the BBC and Evening Standard.Her first book, The Sober Girl Society Handbook - an empowering guide to living hangover free, offers tips and advice on how to stay...
2021-01-1442 minThank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Millie GoochMillie Gooch is the founder of The Sober Girl Society, a hugely popular Instagram community of over 100k and one of the leading voices pioneering the sobriety movement in the UK. High-profile followers include Sam Smith, Bryony Gordon, Zoe Ball & Jameela Jamil's iWeigh. As a journalist, she has written for a range of publications, and her campaigning work has been featured everywhere from Elle and Stylist to the BBC and Evening Standard.Her first book, The Sober Girl Society Handbook - an empowering guide to living hangover free, offers tips and advice on how to...
2021-01-1442 minThank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Lizi HillsLizi Hills - the "Accidental Accountant" - is the Commercial Finance Director of Burger King, as well as one of my closest friends. Lizi is rare, because she first became Finance Director at aged TWENTY NINE (what!?) but also has a Sense of Humour (myth busted!), is always up for a laugh and still has the lovable traits of being scatty (and sometimes late for work, at least when I worked with her) that made me stare at her in wonder over my cup of morning coffee about how on Earth she managed to be both a genius and a...
2020-12-221h 03Thank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Lizi HillsLizi Hills - the "Accidental Accountant" - is the Commercial Finance Director of Burger King, as well as one of my closest friends. Lizi is rare, because she first became Finance Director at aged TWENTY NINE (what!?) but also has a Sense of Humour (myth busted!), is always up for a laugh and still has the lovable traits of being scatty (and sometimes late for work, at least when I worked with her) that made me stare at her in wonder over my cup of morning coffee about how on Earth she managed to be both a genius and...
2020-12-221h 03Thank You SaturnThank You Saturn - ArrowsArrows is a model, vlogger & film producer. Their latest projects include a queer virtual blind date show called Butterflies, a new episode of which drops every Sunday; Drag Me, King! A drag king competition incorporating 3 categories, the past, the future & Daddy; and Link in Bio, talking about the confidence, safety, censorship and money involved in sex work. These can all be found on the Whatta Weekend YouTube channel.Arrows and I discuss polyamory and its opposite: learning to turn all that love onto yourself for healthier relationships, the morning ritual that helps them start their day...
2020-10-1445 minThank You SaturnThank You Saturn - ArrowsArrows is a model, vlogger & film producer. Their latest projects include a queer virtual blind date show called Butterflies, a new episode of which drops every Sunday; Drag Me, King! A drag king competition incorporating 3 categories, the past, the future & Daddy; and Link in Bio, talking about the confidence, safety, censorship and money involved in sex work. These can all be found on the Whatta Weekend YouTube channel.Arrows and I discuss polyamory and its opposite: learning to turn all that love onto yourself for healthier relationships, the morning ritual that helps them start...
2020-10-1445 minThank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Aaron KentTW: Mild abuse reference.Aaron Kent is a poet and director of independent poetry publisher Broken Sleep Books feat. the Legitimate Snack imprint. He is also the epitome of a multi-hyphenate, considering his full-time job as a GCSE & A Level English & Drama teacher. Not only that but Aaron is a house master, is also qualified to teach Film & Media Studies, and was a submariner in the Navy. We discuss his Saturn Return involving his move from Cornwall to Wales, cynicism with compliments about one's own work, patience, night terrors and how group therapy saved his life.
2020-09-1658 minThank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Aaron KentTW: Mild abuse reference.Aaron Kent is a poet and director of independent poetry publisher Broken Sleep Books feat. the Legitimate Snack imprint. He is also the epitome of a multi-hyphenate, considering his full-time job as a GCSE & A Level English & Drama teacher. Not only that but Aaron is a house master, is also qualified to teach Film & Media Studies, and was a submariner in the Navy. We discuss his Saturn Return involving his move from Cornwall to Wales, cynicism with compliments about one's own work, patience, night terrors and how group therapy...
2020-09-1600 minThank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Topher TaylorTrigger warning: Mild suicide reference. NSFW.September means back to Saturn School & first on the roll call is sex educator and adult toy consultant Topher Taylor, discussing his Saturn Return with the rare vulnerablity that benefitted his life (and even career), teen loneliness, internalised homophobia, the infamous Channel 4 Love in Lockdown mini doc that racked up 4.3 million views (and with it, some despicable comments paired with curious DMs) and becoming a better person despite the trolls.Show NotesChannel 4 Love in Lockdown mini doc - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
2020-09-0248 minThank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Topher TaylorTrigger warning: Mild suicide reference. NSFW.September means back to Saturn School & first on the roll call is sex educator and adult toy consultant Topher Taylor, discussing his Saturn Return with the rare vulnerablity that benefitted his life (and even career), teen loneliness, internalised homophobia, the infamous Channel 4 Love in Lockdown mini doc that racked up 4.3 million views (and with it, some despicable comments paired with curious DMs) and becoming a better person despite the trolls.Show NotesChannel 4 Love in Lockdown mini doc - https://www.youtube.com/watch...
2020-09-0200 min
People's Poetry PodcastS5 Ep4: Fern Angel BeattieSeries 5 Episode 4 Fern Angel Beattie - We talk about Fern's new collection 'The Art of Shutting Up' out on Broken Sleep Books, we also talk about setting up Write Bloody UK publishing, hindsight, prose poetry, struggling to write when you're happy and much more! Poetry recital from Fern Angel Beattie.
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2020-08-2146 minThank You SaturnThank you Saturn - Blimes BrixtonBlimes Brixton is a hip hop artist from the Bay Area, California. Her debut album under the Blimes Brixton moniker was Castles, released in 2019 on her own all-female record label, Peach House, and her most recent album with musical partner Gifted Gab is out now! Talk About It includes hit singles Magic, Shelly's & Hot Damn feat. Wu Tang's one & only Method Man. Blimes started her music career as a battle rapper and has now progressed into a fully-fledged artist with a backlog of hits, cementing a name for herself in hip hop. She is an incredible lyricist...
2020-07-1500 minThank You SaturnThank you Saturn - Blimes BrixtonBlimes Brixton is a hip hop artist from the Bay Area, California. Her debut album under the Blimes Brixton moniker was Castles, released in 2019 on her own all-female record label, Peach House, and her most recent album with musical partner Gifted Gab is out now! Talk About It includes hit singles Magic, Shelly's & Hot Damn feat. Wu Tang's one & only Method Man. Blimes started her music career as a battle rapper and has now progressed into a fully-fledged artist with a backlog of hits, cementing a name for herself in hip hop. She is an incredible lyricist with the...
2020-07-1551 min
Thank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Vangelis PolydorouVangelis hasn't had his Saturn Return yet, so we take a look at his birth chart to see what lessons are store for him: whether he is on the right career path, has successfully embraced his inner freak (which Vangelis associates mainly with whether or not he feels comfortable wearing make up in public), is comfortable expressing his own ideas, and feels able to prioritise love over work. Hear him take the piss out of me as usual, and tally how many times the both of us say "like", bearing in mind I've already edited around five minutes worth...
2020-06-2400 minThank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Vangelis PolydorouVangelis hasn't had his Saturn Return yet, so we take a look at his birth chart to see what lessons are store for him: whether he is on the right career path, has successfully embraced his inner freak (which Vangelis associates mainly with whether or not he feels comfortable wearing make up in public), is comfortable expressing his own ideas, and feels able to prioritise love over work. Hear him take the piss out of me as usual, and tally how many times the both of us say "like", bearing in mind I've already edited around five minutes worth...
2020-06-2454 min
Thank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Katie LoweKatie Lowe's Saturn Return initially presented as a health problem, but this led her to assess what was important in her life and how she could pass the time while experiencing debilitating pain. This culminated in Katie quitting her day job in events and ultimately writing The Furies, gaining her a major book deal and setting her on a brand new career & life path. Katie is now a full-time writer, and has even returned to university to study for a PHD in a female rage in literary modernism and contemporary women’s writing, a subject she is passionate ab...
2020-06-1300 minThank You SaturnThank You Saturn - Katie LoweKatie Lowe's Saturn Return initially presented as a health problem, but this led her to assess what was important in her life and how she could pass the time while experiencing debilitating pain. This culminated in Katie quitting her day job in events and ultimately writing The Furies, gaining her a major book deal and setting her on a brand new career & life path. Katie is now a full-time writer, and has even returned to university to study for a PHD in a female rage in literary modernism and contemporary women’s writing, a subject she is passionate about, wh...
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