Shani Silver: Angering The Relationship Gods

08/27/20 • 41 min

I’m calling it – this podcast should be compulsory listening for all single people. Scratch that – all people. Shani Silver, host of the A Single Serving podcast, radiates sunshine and NYC cool girl vibes (she's based in Brooklyn) in this episode. She’s a woman with a mission; a key voice, and a lovely one, within the single positivity movement, redefining the way we see being single. In her words: ‘You can choose how you feel about your own single life, and I hope you choose to enjoy it, to live it fully and in validation, rather than let it pass you by in an endless search for someone else.’ It’s clear, from talking to her, what choice she has made.

You can listen to Shani’s brilliant podcast, A Single Serving, on Apple Podcasts.

Twitter: @ChezSpecter @shanisilver

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You can listen to Shani’s brilliant podcast, A Single Serving, on Apple Podcasts.

Twitter: @ChezSpecter @shanisilver

Instagram: @alonementofficial @shanisilver

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Previous Episode

Konnie Huq: I've Never Felt Lonely

So – pinch me. If you'd told eight-year-old me that I'd one day get to interview 'Blue Peter' presenter Konnie Huq when I grew up, it would have been way too exciting to process. As it happens, 28-year-old me managed to keep it together (just about) in order to interview the lovely presenter-turned-children's author about alone time, finding genuine happiness away from the spotlight and why she's never, ever felt lonely.

Thanks to a social-distancing friendly video chat, I also got to meet Huxley, the youngest of Konnie's adorable sons (she has two under the age of nine with her husband, 'Black Mirror' creator Charlie Brooker). Huxley makes his cameo right at the end of the episode, turning out to be the unexpected star of the show and also proving Konnie's assertion that she gets ZERO alone time as the mother of two young children.

Konnie's latest book, Cookie and the Most Annoying Girl in the World, is available now from Amazon and from all good booksellers. Perfect for any little people in your life!

Twitter: @ChezSpecter @Konnie_Huq

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Next Episode

Vick Hope: Taking The Time To Feel Good

HELLO and happy September! This week’s guest is radio and television presenter Vick Hope a.k.a ‘The New Voice of a Generation’ (to quote a recent Sunday Times Style article).

My conversation with BBC Radio 1's new addition meanders from Nigerian cooking journey during lockdown to love languages and the joy of dancing like no one's watching while alone at home.

During this recording, Vick also reminded me of a beautiful word, 'sonder', meaning the realisation that everyone else lives a life just as rich and vivid as your own. She describes it the sensation of 'souls intermingling', which is just gorgeous.

I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed recording with Vick.

P.S. This is the ManRepeller article Vick referenced during the podcast about always returning to a certain ‘happiness set point’.

P.P.S. We also discuss Gary Chapman's Love Languages theory – also referenced in the Daisy Buchanan episode in season one.

Twitter: @ChezSpecter @vicknhope

Instagram: @alonementofficial @vickhope

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