Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball - Introducing... Dig It

Episode Date: July 8, 2025

Welcome to Dig It! The podcast where Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball lift the curtain on the messy, everyday reality of trying to live well. With over 30 years of friendship, Jo and Zoe invite listeners into their regular catch-ups. From family life and home improvements to health, ageing, and the things that make them laugh until they cry. Two new episodes drop each week, fully visualised on YouTube, plus bonus content for subscribers. Jo and Zoe really want to hear from you — your thoughts, your questions, your moans, your wins, your gardening disasters… Voice notes are always preferred, but they’ll take an email or a cheeky text too. 📧 Email us: [e-mail] 📱 Text us: 07477 038795 💬 Or tap here to send a voice note or message on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/447477038795

How do people ask us questions, Zoe? They... I'll get it, I'll get it, I'll get it. This is never going to work. Hi, I'm Joe Wiley. And I'm Zoe Ball. Zoe Ball, the first thing I would say is that she has the biggest heart of anybody I know, and she has always had the biggest heart.

Joe Wiley, I have known this woman of 30 years. She is the best at what she does. She plays amazing music on the radio. She also happens to be my mate, and she's one of the best. that felt like a eulogy. I was just thinking if I died. And we're really sad that she's gone. Joe, have we got a title for this shenanigan? We've got many titles. Joe and So's Big Bushes was a favorite. Fats slags. What do we learn? Never ask your kids to name your podcast. Should we go dig it? Dig it. It's kind of music. It's kind of gardening. It's like, yeah,

do you like my new trousers? Yeah. Dig it. I think it suits. Yes, you can. And that's kind of kick it. Digit is all about the things that Joe and I love and the things that we encounter. So we'll be talking about gardening because we have a shared love. We do, yep. It's just what's going on in our worlds at the moment, isn't it? So it's everything. It's from the kids to the parents and all the stuff in between. And, you know, we love our interiors.

As you say, we love our gardens. And there's a lot going on when you get to this age. Should I be taking this supplement? What do I do about my besitis? and how are you a strand here? I mean, that's just a small section of what we could be discussing. Good strap line. What we're not going to talk about?

We're not going to talk about the band members that I slept with in the 90s. We've had that conversation already this morning. Probably finance and politics, maybe. Why rule those out, Joe? We may have a whole change of career. Whatever people bring to us, we will talk about really. Because, I mean, there's a lot we don't know, but there'll be people out there listening to the pod that we want to discuss it with us. And maybe we'll get informed as well.

I mean, I don't know much about cookery, but I'll be really eager to know. Then we can learn. I'm really bad at cooking. This is something else we share. Yeah. There are many things that Joe and I do in a similar way. Cars, shops that we like, certain things, bands we like. But then there are things in which way we are polar opposite.

Are there? Yes. Sport. Oh, you don't do sports? I don't do sport. Try to do a triathlon. No way. Okay, let's see.

Twelve months down the line. Let's see what happens. I'd rather pull my own wisdom teeth out. Rather than give each other advice. We're quite good at sounding off to each other. Yeah. I've probably never given you only advice. No.

I asked you about bras for small boobs and you didn't come back at me. That's it. You come back to me because now I've seen you and you've got big boobs. I never used to have boobs and then they came with the menopause. It was the only good gift of the menopause was the boobs. Did you find a good bra by the way? Not yet, no. Do you want padding?

No, I don't want padding. Do you want a fancy, sexy strap? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The strap is important. Yeah, okay. You want to flash that. She's still got it. If I could take Zoe to a gig, dead or a little.

Live? Maybe we should stick with bands who are alive. That's probably, oh, you're going to suggest. Who do you want to go and see? Fontaine's. Yeah, we can we go up to front. And dead artists? Who would I, who would you really want to go and see? Do you like John Travolta? I think he's alive. Oh, he is. Yeah. I was just thinking who might really want to meet. You've just killed John Travolta. I love it. So, we're going to have two episodes. I don't want to scare you or anything, but look at your mouth, dropping over. This is a commitment. Because it's not like we're busy. or anything. One, we're just going to have a catch-up and a chat about what's going on in our

worlds. And then if anybody has got any questions, can we take any questions from the floor? If people want to get questions to us, where do they go? How do they do it? It's so easy. You just write to questions at digitpod.co.uk. Easy for you to say. Oh, well, I know. I'm a professional. Joe, if I wanted to listen to this, where would I find it? Wherever you get your podcast, that's exactly where you'd find it. You can also watch on YouTube. I need to go to Turkey, quick. What would you have done in Turkey? Oh, the whole lot. It's every week. Every week for the rest of time.

Yes. Okay, good.