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Following Miley Cyrus's performance of Flowers at The Grammy's, Alice and Josie are talking about female empowerment this Valentine's day, and all things self-love. Ahead of the guest on Friday's podcast, fashion stylist Claire Ginzler, they discuss their own fashion faux pas - including Alice's pink pvc trousers and Josie's inappropriate funeral dress with a thigh-length slit. Join them for...

This week, Alice and Josie discuss the social embarrassment of unexpected visitors popping in and finding crumbs on the surfaces, plates in the sink and pants on the floor. Our special guest is podcast royalty and veteran journalist, Marianne Jones. She candidly talks about moving ‘kicking and screaming’ from London to Sevenoaks which she describes as a ‘Gilet, with a fun lining kind of a place'....

Alice and Josie catch up on the week and natter about falling off the wagon, getting bitten by a dog and being glad to see the back of January. Along the way, they discuss the pressure put on their kids around knowing what they want to do in life, and their own personal joy when it comes to winging it and learning on the job. They also get excited about their upcoming interview with podc...

We’re getting into women’s empowerment this week. Alice discusses her second viewing of the Barbie film (involved a party, obvs!) and we talk to our guest, Jess Rad founder of @thewomen_hood which was born out of a desire to connect women through the unspoken challenges of womanhood. Jess describes how she accidentally set up a WhatsApp group to connect women in her local area which, from humble b...

This week we bring you the magic of poetry, with our inspirational guest David Attree who is a spoken word performer, as well as a broadcaster, charity fundraiser, long distance cyclist and a paralympi-parent supporting his daughter, Fabs, a GB wheelchair racer On the show, he describes his transformation following serious heart surgery and a stroke and brings along his special keep...

Scandal, duplicity and secrets with our special guest New Yorker, Donna Freed who is a journalist and writer living in London and the founder of Radio Gorgeous, the longest running all-female podcast. On today’s episode, she tells us the story of discovering she was adopted when she was six years old, but was never able to discuss it with her family. When her adoptive mother died in 2009 Donn...

Alice and Josie are back with a January catch up after Christmas and New Year. Alice shares her 'show us your bits' moment after a skiing mishap, whilst Josie discusses losing her grasp on tech and feeling exposed, having accidentally wiped her entire laptop. But excited to be back in their podcasting seats, they are excited about the season ahead which is full of fascinating guests ready to open...

This week, Alice is over-exuberant at an auction and comes home with a giant giraffe. Josie discusses the art of hanging pictures and the perilous Poundland frames on her stairs. Our guest is our friend and phenomenal artist, Natasha Kissell, who tells us about her journey from being an unpopular student at the Royal Academy to earning her place as a YBA, when Charles Saatchi bought her entire fin...

This week Alice and Josie are entranced by exotic places and having been marvelling at David Attenborough's Planet Earth III. Alice shares her amazing holiday-of-a-lifetime story about swimming with Whales in Tonga, and they both have a laugh at their misadventures when getting out of the water... never a good look! Someone who has travelling to exotic places down to a fine art, is lifestyle write...

We're getting loved up this week, as Josie and Alice share their wedding proposal stories - the first and second times! We have Dream Transition Mentor, Laura Cruise as our special guest. Josie and Laura met at the Postcards From Midlife Live event and hit it off straight away. She tells us about her mentoring business helping women to pursue and realise their dreams. She talks about wha...

Alice and Josie have a rummage through Alice's jewellery box for inspiration for Alice's new collection focussed on lucky charms. Special guest - the brilliantly named Henny Swan - talks about her accessibility consultancy and the work she does to ensure websites and apps work for disabled people. She reveals how her decision to be bold resulted in her fabulously romantic marriage to a lost love....

Alice and Josie chat about the joy of community and singing in their local choir together. They discuss why they’re definitely dog people (after mates of Alice’s came to stay for the weekend with their cat) and how walking the dog is a good way to meet people. Special guest, Lindsey Clay talks candidly about finding herself single in Brighton in her forties and why she set up Connected Bright...

Josie and Alice talk about going from shabby to shiny, decorating and colour conundrums. They are joined by fashionista, ex-agent,TV publicist and serial manuscript writer, Melanie Cantor who chats about her life as an author and her latest book 'The Fuck It List'. Irreverent, chatty and with a uniquely flamboyant style, Melanie talks about her love of dressing up and her Punk Pensioner instagram...

What would happen if you found a bit of history in your attic. In this episode of Show Us Your Bits, Josie and Alice talk to Joanna Osbourne and her link to Lady Di. To view our guests' special bits, please follow us on Instagram @showusyourbitspodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maximalists Alice and Josie discuss their love of charity shops and talk to wonder-woman, photo-journalist and story teller Hazel Thompson. As well as tales from her hair-raising twelve-year passion-project to uncover sex trafficking in India, Hazel and Alice talk about their charity mission to help the women in war-torn Kosovo with the incredible charity Women for Women International which l...

Jangly bangles with messages, including Richard Curtis’s love tokens for his wife and Josie’s ‘Mumma bear’ message from her kids (not that they like being called kids anymore). Brighton jeweller and gold specialist Rebekah Ann tells the story behind her self-engagement ring, plus the joy of sea-swimming, finding beauty in imperfection, and the Japanese art of Wabi Sabi and Kintsugi.   To view...

Magpies Josie and Alice discuss being superstitious, lucky knickers and their adventures in Vegas. Elder Goth Jane Wilkes talks about taking up running aged 49 and being the inspiration for a character in Josie’s novel. She discusses her life-long attraction to the macabre and spooky and her fame as a YouTuber for her makeup tutorials. She talks Alice and Josie through her impressive rin...

  What not to do when you lose a diamond in a swimming pool, the mistaken symbol on Alice’s signet ring (turns out she’s not posh after all) and a glimpse behind the scenes at the museum, with Met Gala queen Rory Kotin, society calligrapher to the stars. Rory who has spent nearly forty years perfecting the art of writing name cards, place holders and the fancy menus for royalty and A-listers...

Special guest, the novelist Julia Crouch a.k.a. ‘The Queen of Domestic Noir’ chats to Alice and Josie about plotting her tense, twisty books and reveals the story behind her sybils made by the legendary jeweller Dianna Porter. Plus, Josie and Alice discover their mutual love of Scrabble and Alice divulges the ins and outs of hand stamping and the naughtiest message someone put on a pair of cu...

Brighton-based friends jeweller Alice, and novelist Josie introduce their new podcast with a light-heated natter about the jewellery they wear every day, including Alice's cursive 'A' necklace (which doesn't look at all like a turd!) and her shell necklace inspired by her wild adventures in Mexico. Josie shares her story about accidentally running the Brighton Marathon 10K and the woman who gave h...