I'm Absolutely Fine! by The Midult

This week it’s the superb Scummy Mummies - and it's chaos! We had them round Annabel’s kitchen table one evening - back when such things were allowed - to talk terrible sex injuries and why we’re all feeling so insane. They are properly funny stand-ups, properly famous podcasters and properly brilliant human beings: we love Helen Thorn and Ellie Gibson so excuse the swearing, the snorting and the...

On the podcast this week we have a guest with a unique perspective on the horrors of getting dressed in the morning. It’s hard enough when you only have yourself to answer to. Imagine, if you can bear it, knowing that the eyes of the world will be on you, poised to criticise your figure and your fashion choices. Well, Samantha Cameron had years of those terrifying camera flashes and, since then, s...

Today we are delighted to have a real fashion authority with us. Anna Murphy is Fashion Director of The Times and renowned for her stylish, real life approach to getting dressed; drawing our attention to wearable, relevant clothes as well as new and interesting brands with all sorts of creative, sustainable, ethical and fantastical stories to tell. Thanks to her we might all find it a little less...

In these strange times, when we are so unsure, it’s reassuring to talk to experts. So, taking a break from weeping into our wardrobes, we talked to the peerless Caroline Issa: fashion super force, publisher of Tank magazine, consultant for beautiful brand after beautiful brand, street-style queen, on every best dressed list for ever. Because if anyone can navigate us through these choppy wardrobe...

Way back in the mists of time - 2018 - the authors of the bestselling Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl’s Bible, came on our podcast. It opened our eyes. So, as soon as there was a whisper of a new book, we booked them in. So yes, Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinene are back with Loud Black Girls, an anthology of 20 black British women writers asking what’s next… Learn more about your ad choices...

Do you suspect that you may have aged 1000 years in the last six months? Well you probably have…. stress + environment + everything = skinpocalypse. So we talked to one of London’s leading cosmetic doctors Dr Suha Kersh about life, lines and how to get your face back on track. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is the sensational Sophia Money-Coutts who is an actual person and a writer, not a made-up character. She is the author of best-selling, sexy novels; a journalist and now the host of a new podcast about freezing her eggs called Freezing Time. We probed her on every single detail - legs in stirrups please. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re back! Are we though? Oh God. Everything is so crazy. So... to counter the moaning, the madness, the uncertainty, the sheer precariousness of everything, Annabel takes us for a romp around her bathroom cupboard. This week we are all about September Beauty Heroes from a soothing cleanser to a sensational new mascara via the best bath oil and glowy skin stuff... @drunkelephant @oskiaskincare @k...

Are you a bit miserable? Do you feel as though you’re failing? As though you’ve missed the life you could have had. Because most grown-up women are finding themselves living in a total shit show. But – as we always say – if we’re not in it together, we’re not in it at all. So, it’s very exciting that just before we fully surrender to our nervous breakdowns, we have a real authority on the line. Ad...

This week our guest is sunshine in man form. Jules Von Hep has worked in the tanning industry for over 10 years, bronzing up Hollywood’s finest, getting models golden backstage at fashion week, always on and off TV sets, including Strictly and The X Factor – you name it, he’s seen them naked and at their most vulnerable. So it’s no surprise that he is also obsessed with body positivity, inclusivit...

We all have a super weird relationship with food, don’t we? Well, this week we’ve got a rosé-drinking, no-nonsense nutritional therapist, the wonderful Eve Kalinik on the line. With her realistic approach to gut health and food fads, she talks sugar, gluten, caffeine - all the big guns - and what the perfect poo should look like. It’s a gut ‘un… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

This week we talk to the brilliant columnist, satirist and broadcaster Hugo Rifkind about the rubbish new normal - from the threat of 'space weather' to Donald Trump sex dreams, via our old friend Brexit (remember him?) and our even older friend impostor syndrome. P.S. This week’s episode is sponsored by the fun-fact-filled magazine, The Week Junior. You know how when you are a kid you think, 'I c...

This week we have a real, live female film director here. The magnificent Coky Giedroyc is known as the queen of costume drama: she’s made Wuthering Heights, Oliver Twist, The Virgin Queen, all with Tom Hardy coughs. Also Harlots and The Hour to name but a few… Her latest film is How to Build A Girl, an adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s book, which lands on Amazon Prime on the 24th July. In lockdown s...

This week we talk to a proper beauty expert, the delightful Emma Guns, about everything from our terrible toes to our terrible hair, via stretch marks and beards. P.S. This was recorded remotely so please forgive us if it’s a bit rough and mad. Here are all her top tip products... Boots Foot File https://bit.ly/3euumWD Philips Lumea https://amzn.to/318ewgd Braun Silk-Epil https://amzn.to/2V80vva B...

This week we talk about quicksand, office a***holes and daily malpractices - from Manifestering to adopting a Positively Mental Attitude... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From suspender belts to knee supports, this week’s episode of I’m Absolutely Fine! is all about the multiple personalities of our knicker drawers. Bravely sponsored by Stripe & Stare - who are offering all of you 20% off with the code FINE10 (until 31st July) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss living in The Overwhelm, on The Brink, in Denial, deckchair panic and how we've forgotten how to be civilised members of society. P.S. All these episodes are recorded remotely so please forgive us if they are a bit rough and mad. Love A&E x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk about what would happen if Midults did Love Island, Locktail hour, and all the therapy we are going to need when this madness is over. P.S. All these episodes are recorded remotely so please forgive us if they are a bit rough and mad. Love, A&E x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are deranged with joy to welcome our very dear friend Gavanndra Hodge to the podcast. Her new book, The Consequences of Love, is about love, addiction, trauma, parties, grief and the eventual understanding that, if we are brave enough to look at long ago loss, we can change our lives. Listen to her. Then read the book. Trust us x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

This week we’re back on the Corona-coaster talking about all the different flavours of panic, insomnia and some of the times we disgraced ourselves… P.S. All these episodes are recorded remotely so please forgive us if they are a bit rough and mad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Annabel and Emilie talk about The Tiredness, micro horror stories and games you can play to keep the madness at bay. Sort of… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Annabel and Emilie comb through the remnants of their former lives, from past-their-sell-by-date condoms to hair balls to secret copies of The Rules... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Episode 3 from reality 2020. This week we discuss the erosion of our sense of self and how our fantasy life is getting out of control - in all directions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re absolutely fine but… we’ve gone lockdown loco. It’s our second dispatch from the new normal. We talk about the magimix of feelings, the terrible sex dreams and how it’s possible to feel lonely and claustrophobic AT THE SAME TIME. Love A&E x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re absolutely fine but…. we’re in lockdown. This is our first episode from Reality 2.0. Join us as we share some of our wildest thoughts in these strange times… P.S. This was recorded remotely, on our phones - which are now actually fused to our hands - so forgive the glitches… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices