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This episode of Listen Bitch contains some very strong language, some adult themes and some you know pretty informative information about travel. I can't believe I'm saying this, but welcome to the 100th episode. Shut up. Yes, yes. This is including Listen Bitch and Miss Me, but this is our 100th episode. I don't even think we've been on air a year. So God, they've worked us like dogs. No, that wouldn't work out mathematically because there's 52 weeks in a year. So God, they've worked us like dogs. No, that wouldn't work out mathematically because there's 52 weeks in a year.

And so two a week. That's right. So wait, this must be our year anniversary as well. Next week should be our year anniversary or the week after. OK, we're still saying true to who we are on our 100th episode. Welcome to Listen, bitch. The theme is... Public transport or public transport here in America.

What do they say? What do they say? Public transport? Do they? Public transport? I don't think so actually. No, I think that's quite an English thing. Public transport.

I think they'd be like, they just say the subway, right? Because no one gets on the bus in New York. I think that's quite an English thing, public transport. I think they'd be like, they'd just say the subway, right? Cause no one gets on the bus in New York. Paquita, we have to not concentrate on just New York and London. There is a whole other world out there. Cause I wanted to just do the tube and then he was like, no, no, no, but there are people listening in Peru. So I have no idea what questions are coming up today, but I'm hoping for a quizzy type question about how to get around London.

That's what I'm here for today. Let's have our first question for today's listen bitch. It's all about public transportation. Hi, Makita and Lily. Ella here. I'm a Kiwi who's just moved up to Edinburgh. Love your podcast so much. It goes with me on my morning commute and my daily walks.

I've recently spent some time in London and am obsessed with the Tube. We don't have public transport like trains or definitely not an underground in New Zealand and I find the whole experience even if it's hot and smelly and dirty it's so much fun and it's such an efficient way to get around. So my question to both of you is when you're in London or Makita you are in London, do you use the tube? Is that like your common public transport? And if you do, do you have to kind of be incognito? Thanks. Love the pod. Bye. Incognito? No.

Yeah. I'm always on the tube in a wig and a cap. Moustache. Walking stick. Yeah. Like, you know, Sherlock Holmes kind of get up. Really not drawing attention to myself at all. I do get the tube. Yeah. I get the tube quite a lot. Sometimes people do recognise me. I can see that they're filming me. I'm like, nice. That's quite scary. It's not scary. It's just annoying. It's annoying when people Sometimes people do recognise me, I can see that they're filming me. I'm like... Hiiii! That's quite scary. It's not scary, it's just annoying. It's annoying when people are trying to do it without...

Oh yeah, no, OK, I do actually know that face. Yes, yes, like... Yes. Yes, no! You're like, why would you be holding your phone at that angle? And also, like, holding it so, like, intentionally, but be holding your phone at that angle? And also like holding it so like intentionally, but not looking at it. It's like, not doing anything here with this phone.

I think the self-doubting, for me, I've thought that like, God, you think you're really pulling the wool over my eyes and I've realized they aren't filming me and I need to get over myself. I was like, oh, okay. That's probably what's happened to me too. I mean, I do remember being on a train once and a famous footballer being sat in first class and he was like talking quite loudly into his phone and-

Lily, there's no first class on the tube. No, on the train. On a train. Yeah. I know there's no first class on the tube. Oh, busted. She's fucking revealed herself. Liar. I was in the first class carriage of the Circle Line. class on a jeep. Oh, busted. She's fucking revealed herself. Liar. I was in the first class carriage of the circle line. I was in the first class carriage on the Lizzie. Anyway, it was being quite like annoying and talking quite loudly into his phone,

like, you know, buy a cell, blah, blah, blah. And then his phone rang. Oh, stop. At least call your voicemail, bro. Come on. I was like, oh that is embarrassing. That is awful, that's awful. I've worried about that which is why I always call my voicemail. I love the Tube, Emma. I was on it today and I thought, God I love the Tube. What I don't like is the Overground. And the Overground in this city, in London, is just a minefield.

I live near an Overground, but the Overground station I live near has a train that doesn't go to many of the other, like there's about five Overground lines, and they have only this year named them all. Before it was just like the one that goes from here to here. It's just very confusing. But now they've given them sort of like

historical London names. I can't remember what they are. So that's kind of made the Overground a bit more exciting to here. It's just very confusing. But now they've given them sort of like historical London names. I can't remember what they are. So that's kind of made the overground a bit more exciting to me. I had one horrible experience when I had just become like a well-known person and I had gone into, funnily enough, I'd gone to meet my then boyfriend, Seb,

who was DJing at Bungalow 8 for New Year's. And so I'd driven my car into town and then it got to a cutoff point where you have to, they don't let any cars come into the centre of town on New Year's. So I had to park my car, I think it was in South Bank somewhere, and then get on the tube to go and meet him. And it was like, you know, 2007 or something, you know, when things were really kicking off for me. And I just was like, you know,

in my new year's outfit on my own, going down the escalator and people just looking at me going like, what are you doing on here? Or like singing smile at me. And I was just like, I hate my life. I hate, I actually hate my life. It would have been all right if I was with someone else because I'd have been like, shut up,

I take the tube all the time. But it was just like, yeah, you don't take the tube. I was like, well, I clearly do because I'm on the tube. Fucking moron. Anyway. Another question, please. Hi, Lillian Mcketa, it's Laura from Oxford. I love the podcast.

I wanted to ask what is your favorite tube line and your least favorite tube line? So my favorite tube line is the Circle line and my least favorite tube is the Central line. Thanks very much. What's your fave? What's my favorite? Okay, I've got three. You can't have three favorites. Thanks very much. What's your fave? What's my favourite? Okay.

I've got three. You can't have three favourites. You can have three that you like and one favourite. Okay. Imagine our favourites probably mix. I'd probably say Hammersmith City. Yes! Queen! No! The pink line! Because obviously where we grew up it goes to Westwood Park Royal Oak Paddington

Labbroke Grove Shepherd's Bush Hammersmith. There's only one fucking uh branch of t.sb That's anywhere near me and it's in Hammersmith So I have to get on the tube from where I have a flat Whenever i've forgotten my password for my online banking basically I have to go in there. Lily. Do you bank with t.sb? It's one of the many banks that I've banked with. That's where my nan banked in like the 90s. Exactly and is your nan, your nan knows what she's doing with her money so. Well she's got a pension exactly yeah. Real heads know it's all about. There are other banks obviously but and I do bank with quite a lot of them. But CSB is one that you know offered me a nice rate one time so yeah that's why I'm

with them. That's enough about that because I've been moving banks and so I'd like to make banks a listen bitch so let's stop there because I've got this really quite deep when you think about banks. What we actually do our favourite line was okay you say now your favorite line is it's hampton city Yeah, obviously, I mean i'd say this current point in my life Yes, but I do I am quite fond of the piccadilly and the northern line. How could you like the northern line? The northern line is the biggest head fuck in this city. You have to change to go anywhere.

And then also, when it goes past town, when it gets into zone three, it gets really rickety and then suddenly the trains aren't working. I'm sorry, it's my worst, that's my least favorite. I don't really go past zone three, I'll be honest. Well, you're starting to sound like a bit of an asshole on this episode. That's what Phoebe said the other day when she was like really thinking like where do

I want to live in London? She's like if I'm really honest I don't really want to leave zone three. I was like no one does, Phoebe. Yes, Northern Line. Well I like Northern Line because it's Angel isn't it? Which is where I grew up so it was like important to me. There's a nostalgia element to it. Yes and that's why it's annoying because to get to your house from Westbourne Park you

can't just go you have to change to get to the angel bit and I hate it. Also I just like to say I also despise the district line. Yeah district and circle can go fuck themselves. Because district no matter what, you have to get off at Earl's Court and then you have to wait for the next connecting train and it's always like 25 minutes. Not for me.

That's not how we run on the- Dead on the, that was in the city. Is this so fun? I knew I wanted to talk about the juice. You ask the next question then. Can we have another question please? Hello, my name is Hannah. I'm from London, but I now live in Spain. I love the podcast. You guys keep me entertained on my dog walks every day. So my question about public transport

is, well, when I lived in London, I used to always get the night bus home or the last tube home. And you always see the strangest things or cause shenanigans yourself. I can't remember after a Christmas work night out I vomited quite a lot on the night bus home into a bag thankfully but I know that I was the cause of much chaos that evening. So what's the strangest thing you've seen on your last bus or last tube home? No, I need to talk about the night bus. Thank you for reminding me. These people don't don't know Lil I don't think people know. You don't think people know about the night bus? I think if the people that do will

understand but if you don't know then you really need to explain like the arduous nature of an overnight bus. We're talking four-hour journeys no one's popping on a night bus so usually because you're stuck in town and you've got to get back to like east or West. It takes a while and they're packed and everyone's wasted. Could never be me. I'm sorry. What do you mean? It was you and me together on loads of night busses. Yeah, but I've wiped those memories from my brain. It wouldn't be me now, unless I was

like, you know, doing some sort of experiment where I was trying to expose my children to what, you know, their future. Unless it was some sort of social experiment. Wow. I don't think it for, yeah, I don't really get on the night bus, but I don't really go out like that anymore. But I have to say that, like, just in general, me and Lily's traveling and all our mates traveling around London was a very different thing. It was more arduous and you just kind of, you didn't know any better. What you mean and like being sent a Bentley by Burberry to show up at their show. Yeah, those, well our lives weren't always like that.

That was like two years ago. I'm talking about, I'm talking about squat party days. Oh yeah. Two years ago, I'm talking about squat party days. Like, right? Like you would miss the train. You'd be in like Twickenham, you'd miss the train and it'd be like the next one's in two hours. You don't even have a phone to entertain you. And then I guess we just stared at the platform,

like feeling ropey. And then they'd say it's canceled, but there's a rail replacement bus coming and then it really was game over because there's nothing worse than a rail replacement bus. Oh my god. All right let's have another question. Let's have another question. Hi Lillian Mckita, it's Katrina from Dublin. I love that this team has come up this week because I have a genuine travel query for London. So it's perfect timing. I'm traveling over to London in June for a concert and we are

staying in King's Cross and the concert is in Tottenham Stadium. I have Googled the ways to get from King's Cross to Tottenham and Google and people on the internet are giving me lots of different ways. So I would love if you guys could just tell me your quickest way to get from A to B. Whether it is overground, underground, bus, preferably not a cab. But there was lots of talk about taking this tube and getting off at this station and then walking to another station and getting on an overground and doing it was just mad. So the timing of this is perfect. So thank you if you can help me with this. Love the podcast. It's a joy. Isn't it a Northern line thing? Isn't it the Vicky line? The whole way there. Four stops I think. Oh my god I win. Yes! Take the Victoria line

my darling. It's one of my favourites actually I'd say under Hammers in the City. Efficient. Well you didn't mention that before. Well it's coming in as a close second. It's efficient, quick. There's only about 10 stops on it. Piccadilly line to Tottenham Hill. Yeah, Dino says he can do a Piccadilly line, but that's that he's from Sheffield so don't trust him. I think it's time for a break. Sure. I think it's time for a break.

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to me because of course if everyone did it it would be a cacophony and yet that person thinks that's fine. And one time recently it was the actual train conductor and you're sitting watching fucking stupid YouTube videos opposite me and he's the train conductor. So if you sort of feel like you can't say anything, I have in the past said stuff and as you might imagine it hasn't gone down well so now I don't but what would you do? I don't know if you guys have to take public transport anymore but would you tell somebody to pipe it on down or would you do? I don't know if you guys have to take public transport anymore, but would you tell somebody to pipe it on down or would you just let it go? Okay, I love you both. Okay, thank you. Bye.

If it was a younger, not scary looking woman, I would tell her to turn it off. If it was any one of the male species, I would not say anything. Really? I put my own headphones on and just be like, whatever, phone etiquette in itself is, that should be a listen bitch. Phone etiquette, very much so, stick it on the list. What's insane to me is when people are watching

full on dramas on their phone, on the tube, with no headphones, it's like, don't you kind of want some privacy between you and this thing that you've chosen to watch? I get scared if people can even hear what I'm listening to like through my headphones. I feel like it's really like, maybe I don't want you to know I'm listening to Bush. Exposing vulnerable. Yeah.

Yeah. Maybe I'm having a silver chair moment. I don't need everyone to know. Other things. I would love to know where you stand on food consumption on public transport. It's a mad one. It's a mad thing. For me personally, chicken is too far. Chicken in a box is too far. Yeah, see, this is my thing.

I think if it is a neatly contained snack, so I think if you have like a wrap, okay, as long as you can like keep everything in the wrap like before it gets into your mouth or a sandwich, you know, a neatly compiled sandwich, fine. Neat, yes. Well, you know what I mean? Like it has to be there has to be like some kind of receptacle to like catch anything that falls out of the sandwich underneath it. I think you're saying hot versus cold? No, I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying I'm not really into like, yeah, somebody getting on with like a box like, you know, what's that Italian restaurant that people get from in town with the pasta and you can get like all the different sauces. On the tube with a box of pasta.

People get on the fucking tube and they open up their box and guess what, there's nowhere for them to put the lid so they sort of balance it on the end of their knees and then they've got their food here and they just start like yamming and it's like, it's really, it's really offensive. But I have also been in the position of being on the tube or the subway and being really hungry and having my food in my bag and thinking like,

is it, is it okay? Is it okay for me to do this? My main tube food, because I am not so much in for work, I was usually going a lot around somewhere back home. And I would be like, the only thing I want is Leon chicken nuggets. They're so good.

Love them. And I'm like, I don't think they're offensive because they don't chicken nuggets. They're so good. Love them. And I'm like, I don't think they're offensive because they don't smell. And they're not loud. It's something that's too crunchy. Fuck off. That's it. Go to another carriage with your crunchy snacks.

I cannot abide that. Do you have that thing? Yes, I do very much so. So does Phoebe. Oh God. I feel like I can never eat neither of you ever again. It's actually making me nervous. Look, I'm touching them. Okay. I'll remember that before we have dinner next.

Sometimes it's crunch. Could be a slurp. It annoys me the most with my mother, I must say, who I love the most in the world, but also she has like this funny thing with her jaw, like when she crunches something or she's like, you know, biting something hard in her jaw, her jaw clicks and it's just like, yeah, but I think it's, but that reaction, it means it's not about the sound or the food because Phoebe is exactly the same. It's Tessa.

She's like, I can't with my mom. And she said- Slurping as well, slurping tea, fuck. Yes, she said slurping tea for Phoebe. Let me get this right. She said it reminds Phoebe of like feeling like the lack in her childhood with Tess. Yes, well, can I tell you something?

I spoke to my therapist about this once and apparently there is, you know, research it, which is that it's not with everybody that you that you can't deal with the sound. It's from people that you consider to be caregivers of you in some way, or you rely on them in some way. And especially if you're not very good at articulating your needs, right, which we all know I am not very good at in a relation, any relationship. And with said parent. It's said parent or partner or whoever else. So if I am unhappy, and for whatever reason,

I'm not able to articulate what it is that I need from that person to make me happy. And they cannot see that I am unhappy and are not trying to actively fix my situation for me. When they are then eating, as in giving themselves sustenance... Yes, yes, nourishing themselves. Yes, it's so offensive to me. I'm like, can't you see that I'm in pain and all you care about is shoving that fucking food in your mouth? You evil person. Right, no, but it's really good to figure out why, right?

Because we've just been said what it is. Misophonia. Yeah, extreme emotional. It's the extreme emotional reaction. Like my trypophobia one day we'll figure what that's about. But it's not fear. It's not particularly, it's like an emotional response. It's nice to know that you're not just hating on Alison for having

some crisps. Yeah, it's fight or flight. I mean, literally, I love my mum so much, but quite sometimes where I'll be like, oh, yes, let's all sit down, have dinners together. And then I hear the clicking and I'm like, I can't be in this room. I must remember that every time she says I'm going to make dinner, what do you want? I'm going to choose something that's soft. Yes, mashed potatoes and soup. No, cause they might be serving.

Anyway, we have, we are no longer talking about public transport stations. So we'll have another question to get us back on track. On track. I like what you did there. Yeah. Didn't even realize I was doing it. Hi, Lily and Makita. It's Sam from Melbourne, Australia. I recently lived in Manchester

for about six years. And since moving back to Melbourne, I've realised just how bad the public transport was in Manchester in terms of different tickets for different types of trains, trams, buses, all confusing, canceled all the time. Northern rail is the worst. Um, and Melbourne is a lot more streamlined, a lot more easy and a lot more affordable. My question for you both is what is the best public transport you have used in the world?

Uh, yeah. All right. Love the podcast so much. Thanks guys. Bye. I feel like this is a question for you, your jet setter. You're like always somewhere else. Is there somewhere that's particularly good? I mean, for me, it's the subway and the tube.

Not even like the Japan tube. That's not even better. I don't think I really did it. I feel like I can't, if I can't like navigate the system properly and I know I can't read Japanese. I probably now that you know, you've got Google Glass and all of that stuff I could probably find it would find it a lot easier But you know, the tube is great and the subway is great. The subway is has challenges, you know, like Aesthetically, it's not great. I mean, it's kind of like aesthetically in a sort of like, you know Ye olde type of way. It's cute, but it's disgusting. There's rats everywhere.

Can I say, yeah, when I was there, I was really surprised to be in such an affluent Western city, one of the most affluent cities in the world, and it still be such a shithole in the tube. How come? It can't be for atmosphere. Yeah, I don't think the affluence really exists for people that are taking public transport. See, that's different in London. Yes. Because I feel like everyone takes the tube and it's not a particularly, there's no kind of class system where certain people would take the tube and certain people wouldn't. Maybe that's because our tubes are nicer. Yeah, so a lot of people here, when I say,

you know, that I'm coming on the subway, they're like, Oh my God, you take the subway? I'm like, Yeah, I don't have a town car like on like, retainer outside my house. So the good old tube and the good old subway. Yeah, me too. Shall we have another question? Hello, Lily and Makita. I hope you're both well.

I really love the show, by the way, ladies. Lily and Makita. I hope you're both well. I really love the show, by the way, ladies. My name is Rose and I'm a North West London native. I have a bit of a rant and a quiz question for you both, actually. My rant is about the general common sense when it comes to public transport. Why is it that we always have a group of people who like to congregate by the ticket barriers and who never have either their ticket or payment card ready when you need to leave.

That really does great on me, does my head in. Anyway, rant over. My quiz question. Can you name 10 stations on the London Underground that has the word green in its name? Now, North Greenwich and Greenford are not included. This came up in a quiz that we did recently. We managed to get nine out of the ten. Anyway, hope you can get them. Good luck. Thank you for giving me everything I need.

Wood green. Wood green. Shore. Green park. Green park. Brook green. Okay, very good. Green Park. Green Park. Brook Green. Okay, very good. Green Lanes. Oh my God. I don't think Green Lanes has a station. That's annoying. We've got three.

This is harder than you'd think. West Green Road, Parsons Green. Yes, Parsons Green. Parsons Green. Fulham Green. Edmonton, that's not got green in it. Thanks Will, Edmonton. Edmonton Green. Fulham Green. Edmonton, that's not got green in it. Thanks Will. Edmonton. Edmonton Green. Edmonton Green. Okay, Edmonton Green.

It's a team game, we're all playing. As a mystery team, that was from Will. Wimbledon Green. I think it's Wimbledon as the station though. It should be in the station name. Gold is Green! Gold is Green! Gold is green! Gold is green!

Gold is green! I was just trying to do the Bakelou line. Bounds green. Ah, should have really done this for Miss Me Live. Bethnal green. Oh yeah, Bethnal green! All right, that will do. We need the other two, come on.

Oh, she did say 10. Shepherd's Bush Green, no. Kenzel Green. Oh, how could we forget? Kenzel Green lived there five years. Willsden Green. Willsden Green. Oh my God, and we end in the ends,

how it's meant to be. Bloody good question. What was the lady called, please? I wanna name her. Rose from Northwest West London. Oh well that's why. Great question from a woman, you know, from our area. Yeah. Final question in this week's Listen Bitch.

Hi Miki Tranilly, it's Freddie from London and I'm really excited to go to the live show next week. I was just wondering with regards to this week's theme of public transport, I was just wondering which tube station makes you smile? Which tube station gives you the fear and which tube station reminds you of being 22? You're both the best. Thank you so much. Oh my god. Amazing question. Thank you, Freddie. Arnos Grove makes me smile. Oh yeah. Just because it's very like Art Deco and I like those like old heritage stations

that have stayed the same. The ones that sort of like the periphery of like, I feel like they're all around North London and yeah. Arnos Grove, I love that those, they still have those Art Deco train stations, how lovely. Which one gives you the fear, Lil? Olympia. Kensington.

Kensington Olympia gives me the fear. Because it's that dreaded 20 minute wait to get off of the district and circle to somewhere else. Right, that's why. That's something terrible might have happened. Gives me the fear. Yes. Well, in that vein, I'd say no, Willsden junction. Okay. Because when I lived in on Ridley road in like, well, I used to say top of Kenzal

rise, but it was very much the edge of Halston. Um, I would say I go to that group, get in the car and be like, yeah, it's just Kenzal rise and then like four lefts and four rights car and be like, yeah, it's just Kenzel Rise and then like four lefts and four rights. He was like, well, that's not Kenzel Rise. That would be awesome. Anyway, Wilson Junction was the station that I had to go and I used to, I was still going to school.

It's 14 and there's this like long, horrible road between two train tracks and it's long and it's empty often. And when it's winter, when you're going to school, every time you come back from home time, it's pitch black. I just used to really hate that we lived there. I know you were trying your best though, mum and Garth, and you did give me your room and slept in a cupboard, but I just really hated that tube.

I wasn't taking the tube much when I was 22, because I was the famous Lily Allen being driven around in cars, but maybe either probably Angel or Grove, Labrador Grove. Yeah, I'd say a double. The one that makes me smile is Westbourne Park I like actually. Yeah, or Royal Oak even.

I quite like Royal Oak. I like when you come out and you're on the bridge and then you invite Gemma's house, Gemma's old house and you're like, yeah, we're a local. It's basically West London. And I would say the, what was the last thing? 22, same answer. Westland Park, Lerner at Grove. I think we might just need to move home. Okay. So, excellent. Next week's theme, as chosen by me, Lily Allen, is phone etiquette. Yeah, that's right, phone etiquette. And you obviously can submit your questions

to our trusty WhatsApp account, which is 08000 30 40 90. And it's 08000 30 40 90. Now, while you are recording your voice messages, please do it discreetly. Oh, yes. Somewhere where other people don't have to hear. They're intimate. Yes. Yes. Use your etiquette, phone etiquette, within the questioning. Yes. Yeah. Keep it classy, babes. You know, go to the toilet in the office. Don't do it at

your desk. Anyway, we'll talk all about that next week. Oh my God, here we go, Miss Me Live, here we come. We will see you at the Hackney Empire if you've got tickets to our two sold out shows at London and the Miss Me Empire. And also, just pray for us. Jesus, don't, shut up, it's gonna be fine. I know, but the love and prayers that we can get will be good, thank you very much.

Yeah, think good thoughts for Miss Me Live. We all want to walk into a safe space. It's gonna be great. Lily, I'll see you coming home. I am so happy you're coming home. We really miss you in this family right now. So can you get your mom to cook for me on Sunday, like cook a Sunday lunch or something? That's a really good idea.

What this Sunday? Let's do that. Come round to mom's and we'll get on the sofa under the covers. on Sunday like cook a Sunday lunch or something. That's a really good idea. What this Sunday? Let's do that. Come round to mum's and we'll get on the sofa under the covers. Yeah and chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken. Chicken, chicken, chicken. Chicken and Phoebe's here. Phoebe's in town, she'll be staying at my house.

Phoebe's here and chicken. I thought she was staying at my house. She's staying at yours next week. Okay. Okay, love you, see you next week. Bye. Bye. Okay, love you, see you next week! Bye! Thanks for listening to Miss Me with Lily Allen and Makita Oliver. This is a Persephoneka production for BBC Sounds.

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I said, listen, we're going to go make a run for it now. I'm Basher Cummings and I'm going to tell you the story of the Amarula Hotel in northern Mozambique and of what happened to the civilians who were abandoned inside and left to die. It's a story about a humanitarian disaster and a billion dollar promise. Listen to the full box set on BBC Sains. Hi, I'm Namulanta Kombo, here to tell you that my podcast Dear Daughter is back. And this time, I'm joined by an all-star lineup of guests, each with some sage life advice and a letter for their daughter.

Every mother has a letter in her head for their daughter. So it's really nice that that's being like expressed out loud. That's Dear Daughter's Stars from the BBC World Service. Listen now by searching for Dear Daughter wherever you get your BBC podcasts. Dear Daughter.