The Autumn Edit

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09/13/23 • 33 min

It's not actually an 'Autumn Edit', unless you count our autumnal cocktails and Jo's blackberry and apple pies, but we are attempting to talk all things autumn, now September is upon us and Jo has betrayed Gill with pumpkin spice lattes, even though regular listeners will know Gill thinks such things are nothing more than a conspiracy by Big Cinnamon. Gill ruins any chance of Starbucks sponsoring the podcast and reveals why her neighbours hate her 'bohemian ways', and Jo shares some very exciting brassiere related news!

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