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The First Six MonthsMastitis, IV Drips and Vaginal Mesh (amongst other things)Helen Duff is a brilliant comedian (@duffmarvel) and VoiceOver artist (enjoy her dulcet tones) who brings to The First Six Months a vast array of topics as she shares her experiences, whilst heavily pregnant with her next one. We talk about prolapses, mastitis, other cultures honouring new mothers rather than hiding them away and many, many other things. 2025-04-1746 minThe First Six MonthsMy Persona Has Been Entirely Consumed By My PhysicalityElizabeth Oldfield is one of my wisest pals and I am so glad she agreed to come on The First Six Months. We talked about leading a ThinkTank whilst being secretly pregnant (spoiler:no one noticed), the pros and cons of having a Midwife for a mother and missing that soft, soft baby. Elizabeth is the host of @sacred_podcast - an exploration in talking to people different than ourselves.2025-04-1723 minThe First Six MonthsHelen Jukes - Mother Animal meets ImprovisationAfter reading Mother Animal by Helen Jukes I KNEW we would have such a fantastic conversation about all things pregnancy and matrescence. Helen was a wonderful guest and we get right into it about what the animal kingdom has to teach us about our still pretty victorian birth and parenting practises. We discuss everything from chaos and structure, baboons, the use of the phrase 'baby brain' and why we love bats. You can find Helen on Instagram @helen.jukes and her book, Mother Animal, is out now in the UK.2025-04-1742 min
My Time CapsuleEp. 473 - Pippa EvansPippa Evans is an award-winning musical performer, improviser, author, writer and dramaturg who specialises in improvisation and musical theatre. Pippa is a regular on BBC Radio 4 with credits including: The Now Show, Just a Minute and The Unbelievable Truth and she has toured theatres nationwide as a member of the official I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue cast. Pippa wrote NOW! That’s What I Call Musical, which will begin its nationwide tour in September 2024, directed by Craig Revel Horwood. She was the dramaturg on the Savoy Theatre’s production of 9 to 5: The Musical, which toured the UK follo...2025-03-141h 17The First Six MonthsRelentless EnrichmentMinia is a massage therapist who lives in Bristol with her partner and her six year old daughter. We talk about the joy of being surrounded by women, dislocating her arm within the first two weeks, having a fabulous birth despite bits of placenta being left inside and the realisation that despite being committed to breastfeeding, she just wanted her breasts to be hers again. #birth #sixmonths #placenta #IVF #miraclebaby #Bristol #mums #instagrammums #life #mothering 2025-02-2847 minThe First Six MonthsYou Will Never Again Do Things You 'Quite' Want To DoMargaret Cabourn Smith is a podcaster and actress and mother to two children. She talks about how she found the first six months really, really hard and how she kept Bridget Christie and Lucy Montgomery's names written down to remind her that people had had children and managed to have a career in comedy. We talk about the contradiction of how any minute spent with your child is not a wasted minute but also that there’s a lot of time to fill when you have a baby.#mcs #crushed #Margaret #Sixmonths #baby #mama #li...2025-02-2446 minThe First Six MonthsForgetting to Feed Your BabyJay Lafferty discusses all things IVF, fear of a C-Section, going back to work almost immediately and how one of the less talked about aftereffects of birth can be blood clots in your vajayjay. Always a pleasure to speak to one of my favourite Edinburgh comedy pals. #bloodclots #firstsixmonths #baby #mum #backtowork #csection #IVF 2025-02-1757 minThe First Six MonthsLove and AnxietyAlyssa Kyria is a fantastic comic who performs as The Funny Mummy around the UK. Married to Will with one daughter Lola, Alyssa talks about the ups an downs of her first six months, including her panic at the sudden realisation that children are forever. She also opens up about her depression and the support she received from a Mental Health Midwife. @thefunnymummyuk 2025-02-0644 minThe First Six MonthsPull A John And YokoMelissa Jacques is one of the UKs West End Royalty and also mum to two girls. She talks about juggling Mamma Mia and a new baby, the kindness of custard creams and how if they are the only person awake, you need to call Mary Poppins. @melissajacques2025-02-0553 minThe First Six MonthsBreast Is Best Except When It's NotAli is the local Sing and Sign leader in Edinburgh, where Pippa lives. Ali is married with three children and talks all things mastitis, PND and deciding to have more children when the first-first six months is so tricky. We also agree that Sleep When The Baby Sleeps is the most annoying advice. 2025-02-0542 min
The Unbelievable TruthRepeat: Series 27 - Episode 5David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies.They compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.The panellists are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as cars, Coca-Cola, donkeys and tomatoes. With:Pippa EvansGeoff NorcottFern BradySimon EvansProducer: Jon NaismithA Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2022.2024-12-1328 min
Holly Burn's Dream HouseEp 14: Pippa Evans' Dream HouseGot your gaff goggles on? Ready for another poke and nosey round the roof over someone's head which only exists in their head? Will we discover where she displays her Olivier Award ( Showstopper! The Improvised Musical.), on which book case she houses her book Improv Your Life: An Improviser's Guide To Working With Whatever Life Throws At You and where abouts the cast of her musical - Now That's What I Call A Musical! will be having their party...Usually she's Sorry She Hasn't A Clue - so let's hope she can...2024-12-1040 min
One Large DuvetThe One with Maia HawkinsThe One with Maia Hawkins
Maia is playing the Young April from the late 80s. We speak about the part. The concepts and more.
Inspired by the 40th Anniversary of the iconic CD series, the premiere tour of NOW That’s What I Call A Musical comes to Milton Keynes Theatre from Tue 12 - Sat 16 Nov.
The world premiere of NOW That’s What I Call A Musical, a brand-new British musical written by award-winning comedian Pippa Evans and directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, comes to Milton Keynes this...2024-11-1214 min
The Realisation Festival PodcastLevity, trees and the shape of the festival. A conversation with Pippa EvansThe Realisation Festival is five years old, so how is it shaping up? What ways best describe the gathering? And also, what of its distinctive coupling of music and improvisation with ideas and the challenges of today?Two directors of the festival, Pippa Evans and Mark Vernon, share their sense of St Giles House, the place that hosts the weekend, as well as the genius brought by the Realisation Players, the improvisers of which Pippa is one. They talk about improvisation itself and how it powerfully fits with the spirit of the gathering, being an...2024-11-0532 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - Cathrine Frost BonusWhilst at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Pippa went to see Good Luck, Cathrine Frost - a brilliant show about pregnancy, miscarriage and motherhood which somehow manages to talk about all these things with a lightness and a seriousness, whilst spanking Socrates on the bottom. Pippa leapt at the chance to interview Cathrine about her First Six Months and to discuss some of the themes of the show. If you have a chance to see her performances at Edinburgh Fringe 2024, you can book tickets here https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/good-luck-cathrine-frost#pregnancy #theatre #miscarriage #socrates #bonding #love #si...2024-08-1551 min
The Theatre Thoughts PodcastPippa Evans helps IMPROV your life with SHOWSTOPPERS! The Improvised MusicalOn this episode we head over to the UK to talk to comedian and improviser extraordinaire, Pippa Evans about Showstoppers! The Olivier Award winning improvised musical! Pippa joins host, Justin Clarke, to discuss Showstoppers! The Improvised Musical as well as her career in comedy, where Showstoppers! began and some hilarious moments of comedy and heart.Discussion Highlights:
Pippa's Career in Theatre
Improvising as a respected form of comedy
Theatre Thoughts Questions
Showstoppers!
Tickets for Showstoppers! The Improvised Musical can be booked belowTickets - https://showstopperthemusical.com/🔗 Unlock exc...2024-07-2239 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - SophieContent Warning: Difficult birthPippa talks to Sophie about a tricky birth, body autonomy and uncovering health issues later in life that may have impacted those first six months.2024-07-1946 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months- GemmaTW: MiscarriageIn this episode, Pippa talks to Gemma about having a baby in a different country, sleep deprivation and the fear that comes when you have experienced multiple losses; how it can feel impossible to believe this pregnancy is going to make it. They also discuss, at length, piles and what to do about them.2024-07-1937 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - Carrie CarlisleCONTENT WARNING: Attempted suicideIn this episode, Pippa is talking to Carrie Carlisle about her First Six Months. Carrie’s husband tried to take his own life when she was six months pregnant, which meant her first six months was dominated by trying to get her husband well.She talks about the amazing care she received, the loneliness of people not knowing what to say and how life doesn’t have to be picture perfect to be perfect. It’s your perfect, not everyone else’s. www.clarkeandcarrie.com#firstsixmonths #suicide #suicidalth...2024-06-2842 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - MichelleMichelle talks to Pippa about her relatively easy pregnancy and birth experience (amazing what we count as easy, that's all I'll say), having a Lockdown Baby and many tales of trying to express milk. #mum #newmum #firstsixmonths #matrescence #express #lockdownbaby #SpritzForBits2024-06-2144 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - Clare BournePippa talks to Clare Bourne (@clarebournephysio), a pelvic health specialist and full time mum. She loved her first six months but her second six months was disrupted by covid, meaning her husband couldn’t come home as a GP in the NHS. Clare talks about navigating loneliness and anxiety but ultimately finding her way through. Being a Pelvic Health Specialist, we also talk A LOT about vaginas. So if you have any crotch concerns, this is the episode for you. We decide, in fact, that Clare is the Bear Grylls of Vaginas.#firstsixmonths #pelvichealth #vagina #vagi...2024-06-2138 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - Prachi"If you've waited so long for this, are you allowed not to enjoy it sometimes?"In this episode, Pippa speaks with Prachi, a mother and sexual health doctor based in Edinburgh about her experiences of the first six months. After a difficult time with IVF, Prachi was determined to make the best of her first and (most likely) only six months. There is a lot of joy in this episode, as well as travel tips alongside the stresses of navigating fertility treatments.#IVF #FirstSixMonths #Newmum #Mom #Stories #womensstories 2024-06-2049 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - CariadTwo weeks late, double mastitis and a 27 hour labour. Anything else you want to throw at me?Pippa talks to the delightful Cariad Lloyd about her first Six Months and how she managed to navigate the unbelievable number of challenges sent her way. We had to label this episode 'explicit' because of Cariad's potty mouth.#hipdysplacia #mastitsis #csection #breastfeeding #hormones #brownies #phonescrolling 2024-06-0752 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - RoddiePippa talks to the delightful Roddie about becoming a dad for the first time and how he navigated supporting his partner, Natalie, through a difficult birth, in Covid conditions. Content Warning: We discuss the fear of cot death quite a lot, as something that played on our minds hugely for the first six months. 2024-06-0348 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - MumBeing a mum in the 80s. Has anything really changed?I got the unusual privilege of interviewing my own mother, Trish Evans, about her four (yes, four) births. It was really lovely to talk about that experience with her and I had no idea of what a struggle it had been for her at times. Great episode if you have multiple children, are feeling blue or overwhelmed or are about to have a 'surprise' baby.2024-06-0335 min
Go Home, You’re Drunk!S1 Ep.3 - Pippa Evans and the Cult of the N666Can Pippa Evans escape the cult at the back of the bus or will she be trapped there forever?
Go Home, You’re Drunk! is a Gigglemug Sounds Production
Starring Pippa Evans
Written & Edited by Sam Cochrane
Script Consultant Xavier Fawcett
Crash Test Dummy & Additional Edits by Alex Prescot
Music Composition & Recording by Benedict Richardson
Artwork by Bethany Weston
2024-03-1245 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - AthenaLast episode in this series. Athena talks to Pippa about suspected PTSD, moving in with her mum and how Capitalism is telling us we need things we don't. Had to mark this one EXPLICIT but only for a couple of swears. 2024-03-081h 03The First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - LaraLara talks to Pippa about becoming a mother at 20, buying everything the books tell you to and then regretting it and how hard it can be to maintain friendships when you are the first one of your group to have a baby.2024-02-1638 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - JenJen talks to Pippa about being a solo IVF mum, horrific mastitis and an obsession with Bourbon biscuits.2024-02-1652 min
Joy AgendaCrisp Sandwiches with Pippa EvansJoysticks we are in to double figures welcome to Episode 10 with our fabulous guest comic, improviser and author Pippa Evans.
This week Amelia and Jay got their joy on at Laura Bond Jewellery in Edinburgh with some high-end piercing fun. Before heading to the Monkey Barrel studio to talk with Pippa about Now albums, bin days and Jane McDonald’s deep connection to horses.
We were very buzzy from the joy of piercing so this one’s chaotic. Strap in x
Thanks to MB and Chris Thorburn2024-02-051h 09The First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - VictoriaPippa talks to Victoria about the joys of losing all bodily autonomy, the impact of her child arriving prematurely, particularly on her mental health and now looking back longingly at the excuse to simply enjoy the sofa and watch all those box sets. 2024-02-0250 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - SivaPippa talks to Siva about her memories of the first six months which include drinking garlic milk, an obsession with breastfeeding and perhaps the best way to look at unsolicited advice ever proffered. 2024-01-2650 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - SarahSarah talks about adopting her daughter and the joys of juggling bureaucracy with all the usual first six months. And there's another vote for Tommy Tippee's formula maker. 2024-01-1942 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - Tess and MariaTess and Maria talk about their comparative experiences during the first six months and what is is like to navigate the world of new motherhood as a same sex couple. 2024-01-091h 03The First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - LucyLucy talks to Pippa about the loneliness she felt during her first six months and the frustrations of trying to pump in a disabled toilet.2024-01-0948 minThe First Six MonthsThe First Six Months - JoPippa talks to Jo about having a generally rosy memory of her first six months and what it's like for your contractions to start during a lovely pub roast. 2024-01-091h 02
The Coaching InnS3 Episode 39: Coaching and Improv with Pippa EvansImprov Your Life is one of the top 3 coaching books we recommend because it gets into not knowing - and it’s SIMPLE. Pippa Evans has done something huge for the coaching profession without knowing it. We talk about offering something to another person to do with what they will; being in relation to another without losing yourself. And don’t judge a scene until it’s finished - or you have checked out before the end.
A great resource for coaches. And you will make your own meaning from what you hear.
Tak...2023-09-2740 min
Richard Wiseman's On Your MindPippa Evans & Improvising in Everyday LifeIn this second of our two special episodes from Edinburgh Festival, we talk to improv comedian Pippa Evans about how improv can help us in everyday life. Plus, how we can use these skills in our relationships and to be more successful.
We're back to our normal format next week, with Richard and Marnie in the studio. Don't want to miss an episode? Follow the show (it's published weekly). Got a question for Richard? We’d love to hear from you - send a text or voice message to @wisemanpod, email kate.white@telltaleindustries.com, or head to lis...2023-08-3023 min
Drunk Women Solving Crime256 DWSC LIVE: With Pippa EvansJoining the Drunk Women on the second show of their Edinburgh Fringe run, was not only a sold out audience, but also the legendary comedian, author and improviser, Pippa Evans.Pippa started off the night with a tale of tables and punches flying, a police caution and the ruining of Christmas ... not something you'd associate with the UK city of Bath.All of this sets us up nicely to hear about the dodgy dealings of breakfast cereal copyright law, which is not as dry as it sounds, even if it does involve Shredded Wheat.2023-08-1652 minDrunk Women Solving Crime256 DWSC LIVE: With Pippa EvansJoining the Drunk Women on the second show of their Edinburgh Fringe run, was not only a sold out audience, but also the legendary comedian, author and improviser, Pippa Evans.Pippa started off the night with a tale of tables and punches flying, a police caution and the ruining of Christmas ... not something you'd associate with the UK city of Bath.All of this sets us up nicely to hear about the dodgy dealings of breakfast cereal copyright law, which is not as dry as it sounds, even if it does involve Shredded Wheat.2023-08-1652 min
Mind Your FitnessRED-S Recovery, Advocacy, and Support w/ Pippa WoolvenRetired GB athlete and cross country runner, Pippa Woolven, experienced her share of highs and lows during her career as an international athlete, including RED-S. Now a Positive Psychology Coach (MSc) and Athlete Mentor, Pippa is aiming to educate and inform other athletes on the seriousness and warning signs of RED-S. Several years after overcoming the condition herself, Pippa established Project RED-S with the aim of providing the resources she needed at the start of her struggles and increasing awareness among athletes and support staff2023-07-1426 min
YOUR WEEKLY LIFTSpecial Guest & Client Pippa Winfield on Getting Strong, Eating More and Building a Toned Physique.Today we are joined by a very special guest, her name is Pippa and she has pretty much been a client of mine for 2 and a half years. Todays podcast is all
around getting you to think differently when it comes to your health and fitness journey. We are moving away from fat loss & focusing on getting strong, building that toned physique and eating more. Join me and Pippa for a bit more on her experience of this journey over the last 2 and a half years, how she has gone from in a vey low point with her own...2023-05-2249 min
The Chat with Nita Evans#27 Pippa StamEnjoy Nita’s chat today with Pippa Stam. Pippa is a masseuse and fitness trainer in Columbus, Indiana. Her husband, Scott, is a Fire Dept fireman. The two have been foster parents to 27 children. May you be encouraged as to listen to God’s faithfulness during some really tough struggles in her life.2023-04-1342 min
How did I end up here?How did I end up here? Pippa EvansIn this weeks episode we chat to the insanely talented Pippa Evans and find out about all her big life lessons. Pippa is an award winning musical performer, writer, dramaturg and improviser.You can find her in I'm sorry I haven't a clue and Showstoppers the improvised musical, as well as solo shows. Pippa has also written a great book; Improv your life, available in all good book shops.Lets find out how she ended up here 2023-03-261h 00
Research and RealityB1 - Feeding bonus episode - Interview with Pippa van Wijk on the OT role in feeding therapyOur first bonus episode where we interview our term's guest, and touch on why she chose the article "Relation of sensory processing and stomatognical system of oral respiratory children." (See episode 3 for full review of that article).Pippa van Wijk, BOccThy MOccThy, graduated from the University of Queensland in 1994 with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy. She completed her Masters in Occupational Therapy in 1999 through the University of South Australia. She has worked across the world (Australia; UK; Cambodia; Romania; Bhutan) in both metropolitan and rural settings, hospital, community and home visiting, face to face and via telehealth.
Pip...2022-09-1954 min
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookArthur Smith's Balham Bash: The Complete Series 1-3: A BBC Radio 4 comedy Audiobook by Arthur SmithListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 583517
Title: Arthur Smith's Balham Bash: The Complete Series 1-3: A BBC Radio 4 comedy
Author: Arthur Smith
Narrator: Arthur Smith, Full Cast , Jenny Eclair, Josh Widdicombe, Micky Flanagan, Miles Jupp, Milton Jones, Paloma Faith, Paul Sinha, Sophie Ellis Bextor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:59:55
Language: English
Release date: 07-07-22
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Humor
Summary:
Arthur Smith presents music, comedy and entertainment from his South London home - plus a special show from the Edinburgh Festival
Welcome to Arthur Smith's 26-bedroom mock-Tudor manor house, in the heart...2022-07-075h 59
Cross Question with Iain DalePippa Crerar, Frances O'Grady, Suzanne Evans & Simon HefferJoining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are the Mirror's Political Editor Pippa Crerar, General Secretary of the TUC Frances O'Grady, political commentator Suzanne Evans and historian Simon Heffer.2022-04-2753 min
The Way They WerePippa Evans: Kenneth Branagh & Emma ThompsonThis week Gráinne and Chantal immerse themselves in the life and romances of the luvvies who dominated the world of film in the 1990s, traversing from one EM Forster adaptation to another, and King and Queen of the luvvies were of course Emma Thomson and Kenneth Brannagh, who guest Pippa Evans still mourns the loss of to this very day... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-04-1556 minThe Way They WerePippa Evans: Kenneth Branagh & Emma ThompsonThis week Gráinne and Chantal immerse themselves in the life and romances of the luvvies who dominated the world of film in the 1990s, traversing from one EM Forster adaptation to another, and King and Queen of the luvvies were of course Emma Thomson and Kenneth Brannagh, who guest Pippa Evans still mourns the loss of to this very day... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-04-1556 min
Tracking Yes: A Guide to Everyday Magic - with Liz Wiltzen, PCCImprov Your Life with Pippa EvansShow Notes:Pippa Evans is an award winning comedian, improviser and the author of "Improv Your Life: An Improviser's Guide To Embracing Whatever Life Throws At You". Join us as she shares the wisdom she's gained about bringing the spirit, spontaneity and skill of improv to your everyday life.On today’s show we talk about how the magic of improv can help you to:let go of perfectionism meet life with flexibility and creativitytrust the adventure of the unknownlean into community and tap into the collective imagination honour our “no’s” - or a...2021-12-011h 08