That Gaby Roslin Podcast: Reasons To Be Joyful - Show n Tell with Bananarama

Episode Date: November 10, 2023

Bananarama joins Gaby Roslin for this week's extra nugget of joy! They tell us why walking, their dogs, the sea and their children bring them the most joy - and why they don't feel the need to buy 'stuff' anymore... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Friday extra for our show and tell, our extra nugget of joy. We always ask our guests to tell us something that really brings them joy. You can bring it along. It can be on your phone. It can be something you describe. You could be wearing it. Let's go with. Who are we going to go with first? Me. All right, go. I'm making this up as I go along. It doesn't really bring you joy. I think, I just think the simplest things in life now are what other things that bring me joy. So that would be walking on ham. with dogs, with friends, my daughter. I even bought, this makes me sound really ridiculous, bird feeders,

watching the birds arrive on, like, simple things like that I just absolutely love and I love the outdoor life. Yeah, simple things. You don't need all the rubbish in life, just that quietness and, yeah. Okay, I'm going to join you on that walk in Hampstead Heath because I'm up there. I love that. Okay, good choice. And you're, what brings you to say?

Bring me joy as walking on the beach with my dog in Cornwall. And you've got a photo. More joy than everything. I will have a photograph of my dog. And I think our children, we both have the loveliest nature children. And I think that's a real achievement. My son got married in July. Congratulations.

And love my new daughter-in-law as well. Very no nonsense, which we love. And my daughter has just got engaged. Congratulations. So having to sort of attached happy children, I think brings us a huge amount of joy as well. Yeah, like I say, not stuff that you go out and buy. No, not anymore. And I think that's where people sometimes go wrong.

They think they need stuff to make them happy, whereas it's actually the free stuff that makes you happy. That's perfect. It's very interesting that I don't think we've had anybody on this who is brought a bit of, of something that they've gone out to buy. It's been family or dogs or an item in the house that brings them such joy. We've had really lovely things that people say. And it's funny how many times going out and dogs. Dogs.

Yes, animals. Animals, well, I mean, I had a bird feed. I don't have one at the road. I was upset. None claim. I had the wrong seed in it. When I put in the sunflower hearts, they all came with us. There's all different birds.

After my day on the RSPB website, checking what birds were on my feet. Oh my God, it's a nut hatch. But isn't it funny? Years ago, you would have done that quietly and not shared it. Now, we're all so loud and proud. The little things are important. It is important. It is important.

Look at what's around you. You know, it's just amazing. I mean, that is my therapy, beach. Anytime anything starts to get to me, it's like, I'm going to the beach. I just go, well, don't care what the weather's like. Just, you know, dog, joy, beach. Puff. Yeah.

Thank you. Thank you.