Ctrl Alt Delete

By Emma GannonArts

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January 25, 2022 Rachel DeLoache Williams (REPLAY): The Story of Anna Delvey
This is a replay episode! My guest today is Rachel DeLoache Williams, Vanity Fair photography editor and now author of My Friend Anna: The True Story Of The Fake Heiress Of New York City (all about her relationship with NYC scammer Anna Delvey. One of TIME magazine's must-read books of 2019. This book is the true story of Anna Delvey through her friend Rachel's eyes, someone you might have read about in the news, the fake heiress whose deceit and elaborate con-artistry deceived the Soho New York scene before her lies were dramatically exposed. This is Rachel's story who is still dealing with the consequences of being so betrayed.The pair met through mutual friends, and became inseparable. But after Anna’s debit card was declined in a Morocco whilst on holiday in a five-star luxury resort, Rachel began to suspect that her increasingly mysterious friend was not all she seemed. This book has been called Catch Me If You Can meets Gossip Girl with Instagram filters. Between Anna Delvey, Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland (Anna even tried to scam Billy) and Elizabeth Holmes, whose start-up app duped the high and mighty of Silicon Valley, 2019 seems to have be the year of the scammer.Hope you enjoy this interview with Rachel and please do leave a rating or review if you did!Check out the book here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781787478305
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28 min
January 20, 2022 #366 Julia Cameron (NEW): Navigating Worries, Doubts & Fears
My guest today is the wonderful Julia Cameron - again! She is a third time guest on this podcast and that’s because I just love her wisdom so much. She is a huge inspiration of mine when it comes to creativity and wellbeing, and she has a new book out, called Seeking Wisdom: A Spiritual Path to Creative Connection, which is a comforting, brilliant guide to stepping back and finding faith in your creativity again, and yes, in some cases a higher power. In the new book, she recaps on her recovery from alcoholism and addiction, its a deeply personal account of pain, healing and growth, showing the reader how to harness prayer (in whatever form that takes for the individual) to overcome our lives challenges and obstacles, and forge ahead towards becoming the person we are meant to be. It’s inviting and welcoming: she embraces her reader to believe in something again, and you of course don’t have to use the word God if you don't want to, you can use whatever word or concept you like. I also really recommend her memoir Floor Sample which is one of my favourite ever memoirs. So, here is a brand new episode with Julia and I really hope you enjoy it!!

Pre-order Floor Sample here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781800811959
Buy Seeking Wisdom here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781788168250

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37 min
January 13, 2022 #365 An Interview With Me(!): My New Book Disconnected: LIVE at BookBar
I’m excited to share this episode with you, this time it’s an interview with me! All about my new book Disconnected, which is out TODAY (January 13th 2022). I did an in person event at BookBar in London, a gorgeous independent bookstore that I recommend you visiting if you are ever in the area, and I was interviewed by the founder of the bookstore Chrissy Ryan. It felt amazing to be in person with people again after launching projects on Zoom for so long. We discussed many themes in the book; how to unplug without going cold turkey, why I don’t believe in guilt-trips or intense digital detoxes and why I think there’s a better way to create a healthy distance with your phone. We discuss our Internet selves, how to stay true to who we are online, what an e-personality is, how to slowly step away from society’s productivity obsession, how to realise when your devices are making you anxious and prompts on how to create space for yourself again. So I really hope you enjoy this conversation, and if you’d like to buy the book, in hardback, audio or e-book I have left the links below in the show-notes. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for listening!

Order yours here!

Hardback: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781529373127
Audio: https://adbl.co/336s13H
E-book: https://amzn.to/336lYfv

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37 min
January 06, 2022 Dame Stephanie Shirley (REPLAY): On Learning To Love Change
This is a replay of an episode with Dame “Steve” Stephanie Shirley. I recorded this one in 2019, it was a sunny summer’s day in London and we recorded it in a meeting room at Penguin’s offices. Dame Stephanie is tech pioneer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She also goes by the name "Steve" which she used to sign business letters to potential clients when they were not responding to her. If you haven't already, go and watch her Ted Talk "Do ambitious women have flat heads?" it is funny and moving and super interesting to hear what it was like being a woman in tech during the 60s. In this episode, we talk about her brilliant memoir Let It Go. In this episode we talk about workplace misogyny, making money, resilience, giving back, and why it's important to always keep learning. Hope you enjoy x
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January 04, 2022 Finding Myself Again (Disconnected Audiobook Sample 4)
Thanks for listening! I have a NEW BOOK out! The audiobook narrated by me for DISCONNECTED is available through Audible.

You can get yours here: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Disconnected-Audiobook/B09KW5DXHY

Check out the hardcover of DISCONNECTED here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781529373127

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12 min
January 03, 2022 Falling Out of Love with The Internet (Disconnected Audiobook Sample 3)
Thanks for listening! I have a NEW BOOK OUT! The audiobook narrated by me for DISCONNECTED is available through Audible.

You can get yours here: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Disconnected-Audiobook/B09KW5DXHY

Check out the hardcover of DISCONNECTED here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781529373127

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12 min
January 02, 2022 Who Are You Online? (Disconnected Audiobook Sample 2)
Thanks for listening! I have a NEW BOOK OUT! The audiobook narrated by me for DISCONNECTED is available through Audible.

You can get yours here: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Disconnected-Audiobook/B09KW5DXHY

Check out the hardcover of DISCONNECTED here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781529373127

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14 min
January 01, 2022 The Trees And Us (Disconnected Audiobook Sample 1)
Thanks for listening! I have a NEW BOOK OUT! The audiobook narrated by me for DISCONNECTED is available through Audible.

You can get yours here: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Disconnected-Audiobook/B09KW5DXHY

Check out the hardcover of DISCONNECTED here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781529373127

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12 min
December 30, 2021 Philippa Perry (REPLAY): How We Internalise Our Parents' Voice
This episode is a replay from 2019 with the wonderful Philippa Perry. Since this episode aired she has started a new role as agony aunt for the Observer, answering reader questions and her responses are of course wise and wonderful. Her most recent book, The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did), was a number one Sunday Times bestseller and continues to dominate the charts, a book all about what really matters and the vital dos and don'ts of parenting. Hope you enjoy re-listening to this!
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December 27, 2021 Poorna Bell (REPLAY): Quit Your Job. Go Travelling.
This is a replay episode! Poorna Bell is award-winning journalist of 15 years and a digital expert having worked as UK Editor and Global Lifestyle Head for Huffington Post. Her debut non-fiction book Chase The Rainbow came out last year; a moving memoir about how Poorna's life was affected —but not defined—by the suicide of her husband Rob. Poorna's second book In Search Of Silence is out now, all about her deeply personal journey which asks us all to define what 'happiness' truly means to each of us. In this episode, we discuss the inspiration behind this second memoir, her wariness of self-help books, and what she's learned along the way. Since this recording she has also released the brilliant book Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women's Strength which is part memoir, part manifesto. Stronger explores old-fashioned notions and long-held beliefs about getting strong. Hope you enjoy this conversation :)

Check out Poorna's books here: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/poorna-bell

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46 min

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Ctrl Alt Delete subverts the traditional career show. Instead, it's for people who are more interested in shaping their work rather than letting their work shape them. The main focus is work,…