How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
How To Fail with Elizabeth Day is a podcast that celebrates the things in life that haven’t gone right and what we might learn from them along the way. Every week, Elizabeth’s guest explores three failures, and what these failures have taught them about how to grow and succeed, better. We’d love to...
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Charlotte Church - ‘I was totally exploited. I was a commodity’
Charlotte Church is currently starring in the first ever series of BBC One’s Celebrity Traitors. But she first found global fame as the young classica...
ON BABY LOSS… With Sara Pascoe and Trinny Woodall
Welcome back to this How to Fail special, where we revisit powerful moments from the archive that offer insight, perspective and - hopefully - a sense...
Stephen Grosz - ‘Real love is going to hurt’
Warning: this episode may contain MIND-BLOWING moments.
Stephen Grosz is a practising psychoanalyst and a personal hero of mine. He has...
Jilly Cooper: On Failure, Love, and Literature
Today, we remember and celebrate the extraordinary life of Jilly Cooper, who has sadly passed away at the age of 88. A literary icon, Jilly captured h...
On Navigating Your 20s... With Phoebe Waller Bridge and Lily Allen
Welcome back to this How to Fail special where we journey through the archive to uncover insight and revisit powerful conversations. Each week, I hand...
Jane Goodall on Optimism, Hope, and Conservation
We said goodbye to Jane Goodall, who passed away yesterday at 91 after a life that inspired millions. I feel so grateful to have had the chance to spe...
Letitia Wright - ‘I was bullied… now I’m Black Panther’
You’ll know Letitia Wright from her standout roles in Black Panther, Wakanda Forever, Black Mirror and Top Boy. She won the BAFTA Rising Star award in...
ON ADDICTION... With Mae Martin and Marian Keyes
Welcome back to this How to Fail special where we revisit conversations from the archive to highlight particular themes and tap into the wisdom they c...
Joe Locke - ‘At 20, I Felt Like I Was Already 35’
Joe Locke shot to global fame as Charlie Spring in Netflix’s Heartstopper, a role that catapulted him overnight from a schoolboy on the Isle of Man to...
ON WRITING... With Salman Rushdie and Kazuo Ishiguro
Welcome to another special edition of How to Fail, where I revisit conversations from the How to Fail archives. Each week, we shine a light on a parti...
Mark Ronson - The Stories Behind ‘Uptown Funk,’ Amy Winehouse & ‘I’m Just Ken’
Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of drug use.
Mark Ronson is the hitmaker behind some of the most iconic music of the pas...
ON GRIEF… With Mo Gawdat and Bonnie Tyler
Welcome to the newest evolution of How to Fail! Each week, I’ll be diving into the archives to spotlight key themes that have come up throughout my co...
Robin Wright on ageing, confidence and the myth of being ‘too late’
‘I didn’t think I had that confidence, so I turned those roles down.’
Robin Wright is the legendary star of The Princess Bride, Forrest G...
ON HEARTBREAK... With Alain de Botton and Jay Shetty
Welcome to this brand-new concept for How to Fail – where I dive into the back catalogue of the How to Fail archives, highlighting specific themes eac...
Tom Ellis - Fatherhood, Surrogacy and Years of Therapy
You may know Tom Ellis as the devilishly charming lead in Netflix’s Lucifer, or as the lovable Gary in the BBC sitcom Miranda. He's also made waves in...
Failure Throwback: Jameela Jamil
Jameela Jamil is an actor, activist, and founder of the I Weigh movement. From teaching English to starring in The Good Place, Jameela shares the high...
Failure Throwback: Glennon Doyle
Author of Untamed and fierce truth-teller Glennon Doyle joins me for a raw and revelatory episode, first recorded in July 2020. We dive into:
Failure Throwback: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This week we revisit one of my all-time favourite guests: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, recorded in July 2021. Best known for Americanah and her globally...
Sir Tony Robinson - ‘I learned comedy as a defence mechanism’
Recorded with a live audience in Cambridge, this captivating conversation delves deep into the life and career of a cultural force of the last half-ce...
Fern Brady - ‘I make more money in comedy than I ever did from stripping‘
In this searingly funny and deeply affecting live conversation, Elizabeth speaks to stand-up comedian, author and Taskmaster favourite Fern Brady abou...
Dorinda Medley on Grief, Identity and The Real Housewives: ‘I was angry. I was lost. I felt like I got cheated.’
What happens when the life you thought you’d built - the one with love, money, recognition - seems to slip away? This week, Elizabeth speaks to Dorind...
Vanessa Williams - ‘It would be hard to be married to me!’
As a recording artist, Vanessa Williams has earned 13 Grammy nominations and racked up over 212 million digital streams over the course of her eight a...
Suzi Ruffell - ‘I didn’t know I was gay until I saw Titanic’
In this special live edition of How to Fail, Elizabeth is joined by comedian Suzi Ruffell. Suzi has performed five sellout runs at the Edinburgh Fring...
Pamela Anderson - ‘It wasn’t about being pretty, it was about being brave’
I can’t believe I get to say this but…PAMELA ANDERSON! ON HOW TO FAIL! The one and only!
A woman I grew up watching on TV,...
Melinda French Gates - ‘Just because you’re smart doesn’t mean you’re wise’
Melinda French Gates studied computer science and economics and completed an MBA before joining a tech start-up called Microsoft, in 1987. She rose th...
Monica Lewinsky - ‘I would have liked a more normal life’
Monica Lewinsky is an activist, podcaster and producer. At the age of 24, Lewinsky, a White House intern, found herself in the eye of a global scanda...
AJ Tracey - ‘Buying my mum a house will always be my proudest achievement’
Rapping phenomenon and Tottenham Hotspur superfan AJ Tracey joins us this week to talk about supporting his mum through her cancer journey, the press...
How To Cope With A Friendship Break-Up - with Cynthia Nixon - Special Release
Cynthia Nixon joins Elizabeth to answer YOUR questions and failures including: whose failures would you most like to hear (dead or alive) how to cope...
Cynthia Nixon - ‘Being brave is feeling scared and doing it anyway’
Whilst Cynthia Nixon’s versatility is beyond question, it's fair to say that she has become permanently associated with one character, Miranda Hobbs,...
Christine McGuinness - ‘I don’t want to hold back anymore - I date women! So what?’
TW: discussions around anorexia and sexual abuse.
In an incredibly powerful episode (and a How To Fail first), Christine Mc...
Vicky Pattison - ‘You don't become old and wise if you haven't been young and daft’
Vicky Pattison was 22 when her life changed and she was cast in reality TV show Geordie Shore. She was on the show for nine seasons between 2011 and 2...
Dannii Minogue - ‘I hit low points where I thought: “I just can’t take this any more.”
In her most revealing interview to date, Dannii Minogue talks openly about the pressures of fame, the relentless comparisons with her sister, Kylie, a...
Julia Stiles - ‘I ran in the other direction from fame’
For many of us who grew up in the the 90s, Julia Stiles was an integral part of our coming of age. Her portrayal of the clever, acerbic Kat in 10 Thin...
John Bishop - ‘I’ve always wanted someone to say: you’re good enough’
John Bishop has been a hugely successful stand-up comedian for 25 years. Yet that wasn’t his first dream, which was to play football. We discuss his f...
Simon Cowell - ‘I often think: what gives me the right to judge people?’
Simon Cowell has built an entertainment empire on his ability to say exactly what he thinks and an uncanny ability to judge the public mood.
Celeste Barber: the FUNNIEST woman on the internet
My guest today has been an integral part of my feminist awakening. Celeste Barber’s instagram posts - which parody the unattainable standards of the f...
Emma Dabiri - ‘We are still so obsessed with how we look’
This episode of How To Fail was recorded in front of a live audience at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy theatre.
Emma Dabiri is a...
Sally Phillips - ‘I saw Colin Firth and thought - he’s mine!’
This episode of How To Fail was recorded in front of a live audience at London’s Barbican Theatre.
Sally Phillips has appea...
Mae Martin - 'Everything I do is about proving those high school bullies wrong.'
Over on Failing with Friends this week, Mae Martin talks about self-care, how to stop pushing people away and we tackle a listener’s failure to be mes...
Jonathan Van Ness - 'I was one wrong thing away from losing everything'
Over on Failing with Friends this week, JVN and I get into relationship therapy and the perfect length of shorts on a man. To hear JVN tackling your f...