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Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball lift the lid on the messy, everyday reality of trying to live well. Long-time friends and beloved broadcasters, they swap the studio for the sofa to catch up on everything going on in their lives — from homes and gardens to family life, health, ageing and music.
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81: Feral Squirrels and Toy Story: Speculum Edition
Jo and Zoe chat vaping squirrels and all the strange things turning up in British gardens. Also, a brilliantly unhinged story about a speculum becoming a…
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80: Monty Don: Bare Bum, Begonias and British Gardens
Monty Don joins us to talk about British gardens, chasing cows in the nude and accidentally declaring war on begonias. You can order Monty's new book 'British…
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79: DIG IN: Should I Feel Guilty For Moving Away From My Parents?
Hannah asks a question about how to manage the guilt of moving away from parents, especially as they get older. Katrina wants to know all about any tall tales…
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78: Garden Gnome Bans and the Joy of Drinking Less
The big story on everyone’s lips this week is of course the lifting of the gnome ban at Chelsea Flower Show. But where do Jo and Zoe sit on such a hot topic?…
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77: DIG IN - Can “Nesting” Make Divorce Easier?
Jo & Zoe dig into whether “nesting” - where the kids stay put and parents rotate in and out - can actually make divorce easier on children. Plus, Jo picks up…
Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball76: Special Episode: The Madison - Our TV Pick for March!
This special bonus episode is brought to you by The Madison on Paramount+ Consider this your must-watch recommendation for March. Jo and Zoe are chatting about…
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75: Manosphere Meltdowns and How Your Garden Can Make You Happy
Zoe & Jo have a frank and honest conversation about how Louis Theroux’s Inside The Manosphere documentary made them feel (spoiler: not good). But thankfully…
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74: DIG IN: Saucy Plaster Casts, Decision Fatigue and A Very Cheeky Piece of Police Evidence…
Jo & Zo cover all the topics in this week’s Dig In! From how to deal with feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of decisions required of us on a daily - or…
Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball73: Fearne Cotton: 'I Was Exhausted Trying To Be Likeable'
Fearne Cotton joins Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball for a brilliant, honest chat about her new book Likeable and the pressure so many of us feel to keep everyone happy…
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72: DIG IN: School Anxiety, Lost Toy Stories, and Ending Period Stigma
In this week’s Dig In, Becki’s asking for some advice on how to help manage her son’s anxiety about going to school. Jo and Zo share some of your amazing…
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71: Managing Overwhelm & Making Time to Rave
Zoe & Jo discuss how the constant stream of shocking global headlines can make you feel anxious, helpless or emotionally drained, and suggest some ways to…
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70: DIG IN: Thriving While Single and Talking to Your Kids About Dating
In this week’s Dig In, we have some great advice about how to live a fulfilling life as a single person in a world that can often seem like it’s built for…
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69: Holiday Dramas, Puppy Love and Propagation Stations…
Jo and Zo catch up on each other’s holidays…with a few unexpected twists thrown in the mix. Jo has us all on tenterhooks with her potential puppy update. Plus…
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68: DIG IN - French Plait Envy, Olympic Overshares and the Most Uplifting Funeral Story Ever
Jo & Zo discuss the shocking Olympics interview confession that’s had everyone talking. Reece has been in touch about her incredible fundraising efforts for…
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67: Red Light Masks, Drill Bits and Chitting Potatoes
Welcome to the Dig It Spa, where Jo and Zoe go full red-light-mask mode and chat beauty tweakments, teary days, puffy eyes and the gadgets that genuinely help…
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66: DIG IN: Speculum Acrobatics and Pupdates
Jo & Zoe get a gorgeous message from the amazing Lorna who donated a kidney to her brother-in-law John. Lou’s also been in touch with a really important…
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64: Bad Bunny, Bird Watching and the Great Muppet Debate
Jo & Zo have so much love for Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, and simply CANNOT stop watching the Winter Olympics. Plus, we drop in on Sean Bean in his…
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63: DIG IN: Surfing with Mark Owen and Snowboarding with Howard Donald
This week, Faye’s after fashion advice for a Fat Boy Slim gig, Becky shares her sensational celeb spot and Stu’s got another cringey sex scene story for us…
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62: THAT Chappell Roan Dress, a Winter Olympics Whirlwind and Partying with Baz Luhrmann
Jo and Zoe discuss all the Grammys goss and consider whether to recreate Chappell Roan’s sensational look with a pair of dungarees… Plus, snowboarder…
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61: DIG IN: Mangetout Cats and the World’s Best Sister
It’s February. Praise be. Jo and Zo kick off with the brutal truth about running (sometimes you feel like a gazelle, sometimes you feel like a fridge). Lauren…
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60: Harry Styles, See-Through Leggings and the Most Awkward Discovery Ever
January drags on, but Dig It brings the JOY! Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball chat Harry Styles’ brilliance, unforgettable BRIT Awards moments and garden centres as…
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59: DIG IN: The Most Unhinged Revenge Story We’ve Ever Heard
Friendship gets tested, wardrobes hide secrets, and someone makes a decision involving a Nokia that can never be undone. Jo and Zoe cover the stuff no one…
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58: Brooklyn Beckham’s Statement: Why It Feels So Heartbreaking
Jo and Zoe discuss the Beckham drama (honestly, heartbreaking). There’s 2016 nostalgia, a running mishap featuring “first aiders”, and celeb sightings in very…
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57: The Garden Story That Floored Us
There’s advice for juggling work, study and physio, a moving message about love, ageing parents and a final day spent in the garden. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FREE…
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56: Dishwasher Wars: Architect vs. Raccoon
A full house, a full sink, and a fully deranged squirrel shaking the bird feeder. This week, Zoe and Jo dive into life as full nesters. Plus, birthdays, birds…
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55: DIG IN: Going Sober, Family Wars, and Poo in Your Handbag
Another wild ride in this week’s Dig In. How do you give up drinking in what many would call the toughest month of the year? How do you stop your husband’s…
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54: Jolly January, Bra Recycling & Easter Eggs Already?
Jo and Zoe are here with a ‘jolly’ good idea to beat the January blues. Do most women only wear a fraction of the bras they own? Plus, a full-bodied rant about…
Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball53: Dr Rangan Chatterjee: Simple Daily Ways to Feel Happier
Dr Rangan Chatterjee joins Jo and Zoe to talk about the small tweaks that make us happier in our day-to-day lives. They chat micro-stress doses (and why your…
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52: Crate Digging Special: Our 2025 Recap + 2026 Predictions
It’s a crate-digging end-of-year special as Jo and Zoe look back on 2025. Plus: the albums, gigs, TV and films that got us through. Watch or listen now…
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50: Happy New Year from Dig It - Back on 2nd of Jan
here’s no full episode today, but Dig In returns on Friday 2nd January. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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51: DIG IN: Sex Cardigans, Sniffing Armpits, and Silencing Your Inner Critic
In the last Dig In of the year, no topic is off limits. We chat about Elphaba’s infamous sex cardigan, how to stay kind to yourself without chucking in the…
Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball48: Dig In Special: Featuring Robbie Williams, Fearne Cotton & more
Robbie Williams kicks off with “hardest boyband member” chat, Rosie Ramsey calls in from a soft play hangover to talk hormone rage, and Scott Mills delivers an…
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49: Back on Boxing Day!
We’ll be back on Boxing Day with a Dig In Special, featuring some well-known faces and voices bringing us their burning questions. Hosted on Acast. See…
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47: Martha Collison on Perfect Roasties and the Ultimate Christmas Gravy
We’re joined by the brilliant Martha Collison and we’re tackling the big stuff: perfect (and more importantly, easy) roast potatoes, gravy upgrades, and a…
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46: Do We Really Give Fewer F**ks With Age?
It’s all kicking off in this week’s Dig It. Fashion really does come full circle… except those 90s jumpers are somehow much tighter than we remember. Jo and…
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45: Disco Steve’s Christmas Quiz
Jo and Zoe are joined by Coco, India and Nelly for four rounds of proper Christmas trivia DIG IT LIVE AT CROSSED WIRES PODCAST FESTIVAL Our first ever Digit…
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44: Early Onset Festive Frazzle
Spoiler alert: may contain mice destroying treasured advent calendars, teenagers issuing hostile birthday-party ultimatums, and a Proud Mum crying her way…
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43: DIG IN: Virginity Cake, Mug Wars, and Help for Thinning Hair
Jo and Zoe are back in the potting shed tackling everything from thinning hair to teenagers in love and the chaos of Christmas. Hair guru Michael Douglas…
Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball42: Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka SELF ESTEEM on Aging, Ambition and the Pressure to Perform
The brilliant Rebecca Lucy Taylor joins Jo and Zoe for a wide-open conversation about aging, ambition, burnout and the pressure to perform a version of…
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41: DIG IN: I Accidentally Sent My Dad a Filthy Text
Today, when do you finally stop letting your parents’ advice (and gentle nagging) steer your life? They also decode the delicate art of leaving a Hen Do…
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40: Winter Wobbles Club and ‘The Sexiest Man Alive’?
It’s a lively one this week: Zoe’s just emerged from her birthday-weekend marathon of mates, kids and three birthday cakes, while Jo’s been off making memories…
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39: DIG IN: Insomnia, Huge Nipples & Invisible Eyebrows
Jo and Zoe investigate the mysteries of sleepless nights, magnesium baths and the age-old question — does one armpit smell more than the other? There’s a hunt…
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38: Glastonbury… but completely naked!
Jo and Zoe are back with a freshly brewed episode full of life updates, dodgy outfits and cat chaos. Jo takes us behind the scenes at a very bare Glastonbury…
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37: DIG IN: “My Teen Was Sextorted”
Listener Jo shares an extraordinary story of caring, grief and catastrophising, and an anonymous mum raising the alarm on teen sextortion. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR…
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36: Retro Robbie Williams & Garden Clogs
Jo’s back from Brighton with sea swims, a moonlit Beach Box sauna and a bit of silver-birch “wellness” (yes, really). Zoe gets misty-eyed over the John Lewis…
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35: DIG IN: Menopause Special with Dr Naomi Potter
Jo and Zoe are joined by menopause specialist Dr Naomi Potter for a no-nonsense, warm and wonderfully honest chat about everything from HRT and hormones to…
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34: Bonfires, Bird on a Perch and the Barry White of Gardening
Jo relives the wild bonfire bash that ended with her “cool mum” status in tatters, while Zoe swaps party mayhem for peace in a walled garden retreat. Plus…
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33: Dig In: Dating Post-Divorce & A Very 'Indecent' Proposal
This week, Alpa’s dipping her toe back into dating after divorce, Sam’s wondering if leaving London was a terrible idea, and Kaye tells us about her ‘indecent’…
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32: Bush Thongs, Strictly Shock & Jo’s New Addition
Jo welcomes a new family member — Nemo the kitten — while Zoe is reeling from the news that Claudia and Tess are leaving Strictly Come Dancing. The pair chat…
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31: Dig In: Tool Belts, Van Life & How to Survive Your 20s
This week, Jo and Zoe share the lessons they wish they’d known in their twenties - from being completely hopeless with bills and cooking to finally figuring…
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30: Facelift or Full Beard?
This week on Dig It, Jo says a heartfelt goodbye to her beloved dog Brodie and hello to a beautiful new dogwood tree planted in her family pet’s memory. Zoe…
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29: Dig In: Love, Loss & Ligaments
This week, Jo and Zoe tackle love, loss and ligaments - from whether you should keep a diary for your kids, to how to honour a loved one’s memory at Christmas…
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28: Should You Put Magnets in Your Bra?!
This week, Zoe’s recommending magnets in bras and men in tool belts, while Jo’s knee-deep in kitchen paint charts. They weigh in on Alan Carr’s betrayal, share…
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27: DIG IN: “I Danced My Coil Out At Butlin’s!”
This week, Jo and Zoe are in hysterics over a listener story that might just top them all - Tracy’s coil made an unscheduled exit after a weekend rave at…
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26: Prince William’s Letter & Celebrity Traitors
This week, Jo and Zoe catch up on their time on The Weakest Link - and want to know, have you ever been on a TV game show with a great story? Get in touch…
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25: DIG IN: Is HRT the Game-Changer for Midlife?
This week on Dig In, Jo and Zoe share their experiences with HRT and what’s worked for them, reflect on the ups and downs of parenting teenagers, and ask: what…
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24: AI Phone Scams, Strictly Legends and Bulb Lasagnes
It’s the first of October… which apparently means people have already started the Christmas countdown online (honestly, who shares that? Please stop). Zoe’s…
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23: Dig In: Fairy Lights, Fish Tales and Geriatric Pregnancy
This week on Dig It, Jo and Zoe share your brilliant dilemmas and stories, from planning weekends with a new partner to teaching kids the value of pocket…
Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball22: Will Young: Anxiety, Gardens and Finding Purpose
Jo and Zoe welcome their very first guest, the wonderful Will Young. Will opens up about anxiety, shares the joy of his two gardens, and explains how his new…
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21: DIG IN: “Heartbreak Takes YEARS to Heal”
Jo and Zoe share teenage love woes and rules for life. We hear your feral weeing mishaps, wrapping paper pulled from ears and revenge dishes served with pastry…