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Acerbic and affecting tales from

Katherine Ryan – podcasts of the

week

The comic tells the world about everything from lockdown romance to baby loss.
Plus, a smart new show from the authors of Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible

Hannah Verdier, Hannah J Davies and Madeleine Finlay

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‘Her empathy with other women who have experienced baby loss is beautiful’ ... Katherine
Ryan. Photograph: Emery PR

Picks of the week

Katherine Ryan: Telling Everybody Everything
Ryan’s acerbic one-liners are in full flow in a podcast that covers a lot of ground,
including The Tiger King, her daughter Violet, and getting romantic in lockdown. But
it’s the unexpectedly personal episode about baby loss that stops listeners in their
tracks. “No matter how many times people tell you: ‘It’s just one of those things,’ you
feel this shame,” she says, as she talks about that gruelling time. The moment where
she fights back tears is almost impossible to listen to, but her empathy with other
women in the same situation is beautiful. Hannah Verdier

Slay in Your Lane: The Podcast

Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené, authors of the non-fiction hit Slay In Your
Lane: The Black Girl Bible, make the jump to another medium where self-
improvement is often the order of the day: podcasting. As their smart, often
irreverent show kicks off, the pair discuss the status of black-owned businesses both