Funny In Failure

#137: Rosie Wilby - Breakup Queen


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Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author, journalist, broadcaster, TEDx speaker and award nominated podcaster. 

Rosie has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 programmes including Woman’s Hour and Four Thought. Her first book Is Monogamy Dead? was long-listed for the Polari First Book Prize and followed a TEDx talk and a trilogy of internationally acclaimed solo shows investigating the psychology of love and relationships.

Rosie has also appeared as a commentator on sexuality, dating and love on TV programmes including Good Morning Britain, radio shows including LBC's Lucy Beresford on Sex and Relationships and podcasts including The Guilty Feminist. She also presents The Breakup Monologues podcast, which provides the inspiration for her brand-new book and was nominated for a British Podcast Award in 2020. Her latest book, The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy Of Heartbreak, is out now! Check the link in the episodes notes.

As you can imagine we cover a lot in this chat such as being on a lesbian dating show where all the contestants are chained together, transitioning from electronic engineering to the arts, house fires, the breakup queen label, monogamy & polyamory and relationships, performing at a sex party & changing publishers. Check Rosie out on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakupmonologues/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosiewilby Podcast: The Breakup Monologues http://www.podfollow.com/breakupmonologues

The Breakup Monologues book:  https://linktr.ee/breakupmonologues

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