Episode 136: Midult Special - books, beauty, solo parenting and shardigans

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

How many times a day do you find yourself saying "I'm absolutely fine," when the truth is you're absolutely f***ed? What's wrong with the term "middle-aged"? Are we really all winging it? Or just whinging it?

Answering all these questions are the fabulous Annabel Rivkin and Emilie McMeekan, otherwise known as The Midult! They tell us all about their brilliant new book and multimedia empire.

Annabel tells us about her experience of being a solo parent. As the beauty correspondent for the Evening Standard, she also reveals what she puts on her face. We find out how Emilie managed a big career change, and how many times Helen was sick at their book launch.

I'm Absolutely Fine: A Manual for Imperfect Women is out now. You can read more from Emilie and Annabel at TheMidult.com, and they're on Instagram and Twitter @themidult. They've also just launched an ace podcast, also called I'm Absolutely Fine. Look out for a guest appearance by the Scummy Mummies coming soon...

The beauty products we discuss are Dr Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Cleanser, Votary oils, Drunk Elephant moisturisers, Bobbi Brown moisturising balm, M&S Ultimate Sleep Cream, Aldi Day and Night Cream, Ultrasun, and P20.

The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review!

**SEE US LIVE** Come to our live comedy show! We are on our way to Catford, Stratford, Derry, Belfast, Brighton, Winchester, Twickenham (NEW DATE ADDED!!), Leatherhead, Cambridge, Bath, Milton Keynes, Hertford, and more... To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com.

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
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0:20.1	If you could go back in time. If you could go back in time, would you save the world or yourself?
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0:40.2	starring Papa Esi Edo and Caroline Quentin alongside a stellar British cast.
0:44.8	Watch all episodes of the new series of the Lazarus Project on Sky. This is the scummy mummies podcast. Hello and it is me, Ellie Gibson.
1:08.0	Hello and welcome to the Scummy-Mummy's podcast. It's me Helen Thorne.
1:09.0	And it is me, Ellie Gibson.
1:11.0	And Ellie, we don't have one guest tonight. Is that because we have two guests?
1:14.3	That's exactly right we have Annabelle and Emily. Amazing scenes. And they are the
1:19.5	middle, Ellie. Yes. And they are literally in the middle of us, the middle of us. Welcome, that was a very slick introduction.
1:27.0	Welcome to Mid-Earth.
1:29.0	Yeah, middle-class.
1:31.0	So how are you? How are feeling you your book has just come out? Well we're pretty
1:36.7	fucking excited actually. To be here on this sofa the legendary the DFS sofa. Yeah.
1:43.0	I feel like I want to bounce up and down.
1:46.0	I am actually bouncing up and down.
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