• Book Club - Just Kids
    Nov 28 2025

    We've made it to our tenth book club edition! This one is what we call a mixed bag, so pop the prosecco and sit back... Jane and Fi discuss 'Just Kids' by Patti Smith. Plus, the wonderful Laura Hackett, deputy literary editor of The Times and Sunday Times, joins them to share her thoughts and bring a touch of class.


    Thank you so much for your engagement and interaction. We hope you'll join us for the next one.


    Get your suggestions in at: janeandfi@times.radio


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    Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

    Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    37 mins
  • Was marshmallow brought over on the Mayflower? (with Sally Wainwright)
    Nov 27 2025

    Gobble Gobble! Happy Thanksgiving... Jane and Fi try to clear up why Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November - and fail miserably. They also attempt to make sense of Easy Peelers, being Irish-adjacent, and the “e” at the end of “Concorde.”


    Plus, screenwriter Sally Wainwright discusses her latest show 'Riot Women'.


    You can listen to our 'I've got the house to myself' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2MkG0A4kkX74TJuVKUPAuJ


    If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


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    Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

    Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    52 mins
  • You say it best when your calligraphy says 'F Off!'
    Nov 26 2025

    We bring you an email-only episode to mark today's fiscal event… Jane and Fi chat supermarket encounters, road rage, and poonamis - plus there's more on the shower squad v bath brigade debate.


    You can listen to our 'I've got the house to myself' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2MkG0A4kkX74TJuVKUPAuJ


    If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


    Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


    Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

    Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    41 mins
  • The Most Excellent Order of Jane and Fi
    Nov 25 2025

    Jane has been telling porky pies (ahem) and she’s been caught out again… Jane and Fi also cover their love of Ikea, investment, driverless cars, and there’s even a special sound-effect competition.


    Plus, Dame Susan Langley, Lady Mayor of London, joins to discuss stepping into the role and what she wants for the future of businesses.


    You can listen to our 'I've got the house to myself' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2MkG0A4kkX74TJuVKUPAuJ


    If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


    Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


    Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

    Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    44 mins
  • Getting quite arsey in a Skoda Monte Carlo
    Nov 24 2025

    Please have your driving gloves at the ready - there’s plenty of car chat in today’s episode. Jane and Fi also chat replenishing the store cupboard, Windy Miller, cricket, and the dying art of sweet and sour.


    Please get your thoughts in for book club! We will be recording it this week.


    You can listen to our 'I've got the house to myself' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2MkG0A4kkX74TJuVKUPAuJ


    If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


    Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


    Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

    Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    37 mins
  • Thinking bidet positive (with Tom Allen)
    Nov 20 2025

    Happy Thursday! Feel free to suck the goodness out of this episode and spit the rest into a napkin. Jane Pongo Garvey and Fi chat manned petrol pumps, maternity, the longevity of baths, and The National Trust.


    Plus, comedian Tom Allen joins to discuss gardening and his new podcast 'Pottering with Tom Allen'.


    Please get your thoughts in for book club! We will be recording it next week.


    You can listen to our 'I've got the house to myself' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2MkG0A4kkX74TJuVKUPAuJ


    If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


    Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


    Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

    Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    54 mins
  • AI man flaps?
    Nov 19 2025

    We're in a healing mode so vasectomy chat is on pause... Instead, Jane and Fi chat driverless cars, which language you think in, and bold-faced lies...


    Plus, Samantha Secomb, financial planner and founder of Women’s Wealth, discusses how to get more women investing.


    You can listen to our 'I've got the house to myself' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2MkG0A4kkX74TJuVKUPAuJ


    We've announced our next book club pick! 'Just Kids' is by Patti Smith.


    If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


    Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


    Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

    Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The joys of Tom Schafernaker's mankle
    Nov 18 2025

    Why do black and white photos look so good? Who's carrying around turkey in their dressing gowns? What is it with celebrities in Suffolk? All questions pondered in today's pod...


    Plus Jane speaks to Lord Mark Price on his new book, "Work Happier: How to Be Happy and Successful at Work".


    You can listen to our 'I've got the house to myself' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2MkG0A4kkX74TJuVKUPAuJ


    We've announced our next book club pick! 'Just Kids' is by Patti Smith.


    If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


    Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


    Podcast Producers: Hannah Quinn and Eve Salusbury

    Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    52 mins