• Season 5 #1 Emma Kennedy

  • Jul 6 2022
  • Length: 53 mins
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Season 5 #1 Emma Kennedy

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  • My guest today began performing at Oxford with Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. She trained as a solicitor before moving into writing, presenting, acting, stand up and…pretty much everything. She’s won a Chortle Award, she was ‘Fun’ Editor at Tatler, Celebrity Masterchef Champion and – most importantly –runner up at the World Conker championship. Described in the Independent as TV’s Swiss army knife - Emma Kennedy is also the author of a remarkable new book, Letters from Brenda - a painful, funny record of Emma’s relationship with her complex, charismatic mum, Brenda, who died of breast cancer. Revisiting her mother’s letters has also allowed Emma to process a difficult childhood and the letters chart her mother’s struggles with mental health.

    TW: suicide, cancer

    In this episode we talk about:

    • mental health
    • generational trauma
    • acts of service
    • the power of dogs
    • …and Lego
    • …and comedy

    Letters From Brenda is out now, and you can follow Emma @EmmaKennedy

    My book, How To Be Sad, the key to a happier life is out in paperback and as an audiobook – and if you enjoyed this episode, give it 5 stars and leave a review and I’ll love you forever.
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