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This week on Flobble Gobble: The Vodkast, Hazel and Jem are joined by the powerhouse that is Michelle Edmondson — former English teacher, Aussie passport holder, and self-declared menopausal legend.

We dive into:
🍸 Why a smokey Old Fashioned is the drink of midlife queens
📚 Her former life marking essays and dodging teen drama
🌡️ How menopause brings both fire and freedom
🛫 Identity, resilience, and what happens when you truly stop caring what people think
🎸 Plus: why “Rock the Casbah” isn’t just a tune, it’s a lifestyle

Michelle brings the kind of clarity, courage, and completely unfiltered honesty that only comes from living it — and laughing about it.

#FlobbleGobble #MichelleEdmondson #MenopauseMatters #RockTheCasbah #OldFashioned #WomenInCyber #TheVodcast #SipHappens

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In this episode of Flobble Gobble: The Vodkast, we’re joined by Ellie Blore — single parent, GDPR powerhouse, karate enthusiast, and possibly the only person alive who can balance wine, Schubert, DIY, and flying lessons without breaking a sweat.

We chat:
🍷 Parenting + privacy law = elite multitasking
🛫 Learning to fly (literally) while holding down a DPO job
🎶 Her playlist — part Prodigy, part Swift, part Schubert’s Trout Quintet
⛺ Her love of a holiday, from skiing to Interrailing with mates
🥋 Why karate on a Thursday night is the perfect reset
…and the unsung joy of mowing your own lawn

Ellie Blore doesn’t just follow rules — she manages them, rewrites them, and then takes a plane break.

#FlobbleGobble #EllieBlore #WomenInPrivacy #GDPRQueen #FlyingLessons #KarateLife #PodcastDrop #SipHappens #DarkNStormy #TheVodcast

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The Mic Is On. The Pod Is Off.
It’s PodOff time — and going mic-to-mic with Hazel and Jemma is none other than the unshakable, unbuilt, and undeniably sharp John Lyons.
This is the man who:
 🧼 Cleaned the Houses of Parliament (from the inside — with a mop)
 🧱 Owns every LEGO brick needed for a life-sized trilby… but has never built it
 🎩 Was once photographed pretending to be Banksy… by actual Banksy
 🥃 Has cocktail opinions strong enough to trigger a licensing review
In The Pod-Off, we get into:
The grime behind political shine
The LEGO hat haunting a shelf near you
A Marvin Gaye moment worth bottling
Why Whisky Sours are sacred
And which cocktails are now officially banned
John brings stillness, soul, and stories you couldn’t script. We bring the flobble and the gobble — and just enough lemon juice to keep it sharp.

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Hazel and Jem sit down with Oliver Betts-Richards — thrill-chaser, Forest diehard, comedy survivor, and proud cortado drinker with excellent taste in rejection anthems.

We talk:
🪂 Why he jumped out of a plane on purpose — and what that has to do with risk, resilience, and needing a hobby
🎤 The time he bombed spectacularly at a comedy show (and what he learned from it)
⚽ What it means to love Nottingham Forest like a long-term situationship
🎶 And why You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby by The Smiths is his go-to banger for bruised egos and bouncing back

He’s self-aware, sharp, and somehow both chilled and wired — a man powered by cortado by day and Neck Oil by night.

#FlobbleGobble #OliverBettsRichards #PodcastDrop #YouJustHaventEarnedItYetBaby #SkyDiveToStageDive #CortadoLife #NeckOilEnergy #SipHappens

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Hazel and Jem welcome the brilliant, bilingual, and beautifully unexpected Sara Carty.

She’s trained in drama and diplomacy, speaks fluent French and firewall, and somehow makes a Vanilla Vodka and Diet Pepsi sound like a lifestyle choice we all should’ve made sooner.

We talk:
🎭 Acting behind a face mask at a conservatory during Covid
🌎 The wild world of Cyber Diplomacy and her PhD journey
🍁 Growing up anglophone in French-speaking Canada (and surviving solely on poutine and maple syrup)
🥝 And why the Kiwitini walked so Jemma’s cocktail could run

Sara brings geekery, grace, and Otis Redding-level soul to everything she does — and this episode is no exception.

#FlobbleGobble #SaraCarty #CyberDiplomacy #ForeverStudent #PodcastDrop #DramaSchoolToData #VanillaVodkaLife #SipHappens

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Hazel and Jem are joined by the wonderful Heather Lowrie — a woman who finds her freedom on the hills, her pace on the trails, and her peace under summer skies.

We talk:
🏃‍♀️ The magic of running and hillwalking
🌄 Chasing horizons instead of deadlines
🎶 Why Dignity by Deacon Blue is her personal summer anthem
🌶️ And the bold, tomato-fuelled glory of her go-to drink: the Virgin Mary

Heather is all about balance — quiet strength, sharp wit, and enough spice to remind you she’s not here for bland takes or boring paths.

🍹 Drink of the Episode: The Virgin Mary
Tomato juice

Dash of Worcestershire sauce

Tabasco (to taste)

Lemon juice

Celery salt & black pepper

Optional garnish: celery stick or pickled sass

Zero alcohol. Maximum heat.

Tune in for some crisp wisdom, good stories, and the kind of guest who could run a 10K before breakfast — then politely disagree with your life plan over brunch.

#FlobbleGobble #HeatherLowrie #HilltopsAndHorizons #VirginMaryVibes #Dignity #PodcastDrop #SipHappens

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This week on Flobble Gobble: The Vodkast, Hazel and Jem are joined by the quietly legendary Gary Hibberd — blackbelt in Bujinkan Taijutsu, Titanic aficionado, early-2000s fiction author, and curator of one seriously classy mocktail.

We talk martial arts, shipwrecks, the chaos of publishing before social media existed, and why writing a book feels like surviving a fight with yourself (but in soft pants).

He’s part stealth mode, part storyteller, and 100% sipping greatness, and have you seen those waistcoats?

🥤 Gary’s Blackberry Paloma Mocktail Recipe:
Fresh blackberries, muddled
Juice of 1 lime
Grapefruit soda (sparkly, like his wit)
Optional dash of chili for the kick
Serve over ice, preferably after mastering inner peace

📚 Karate chops. Ship facts. Soft-spoken sass. This episode’s got it all. Shaken, not stirred.

#FlobbleGobble #GaryHibbert #BlackbeltVibes #VodkastEpisode #BlackberryPaloma #SipHappens #TaijutsuTales #TitanicTalk

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This week on Flobble Gobble - The Vodkast, Hazel and Jemma sit down with Holly Foxcroft; cybersecurity trailblazer, neurodiversity champion, cat-mum to a tiny fascist named Mouse, and survivor of two near-death experiences (and corporate meetings).

We talk about resilience, Vimto-fueled rebellion, banana justice, and how to make space for neurodivergent brilliance in tech, all while sipping irresponsibly and spiraling into fruity chaos.

And yes, we reveal the official recipe for a Cheeky Vimto, because you deserve joy.

💻 Cybersecurity, 🍌 extinct bananas, 🐱 Hitler cats. It’s a cocktail of chaos you don’t want to miss.

🥤 RECIPE: Cheeky Vimto
(No Vimto actually in it. Chaos.)

1 shot port

1 bottle/can WKD Blue

Pour. Stir. Regret nothing.

Optional garnish: existential dread

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This week on Flobble Gobble: The Vodkast, Hazel and Jem welcome the rumbling engine of chaos himself — Stuart Avery.

He’s a mechanic by trade, a rebel by nature, and currently the proud(ish) owner of seven cars, all of which are deeply loved… and equally unreliable.

We talk:
🚗 Fixing things that probably can’t be fixed
🥃 Why an Old Fashioned is the only acceptable drink while defying the system
🔥 How to spot authority from 50 feet and disrespect it properly
⚙️ And what it means to live life full throttle, even if your MOT’s expired

Stuart brings oil-stained truth, punk energy, and the most glorious kind of stubbornness.

🥃 Drink of the Episode: Old Fashioned
50ml bourbon or rye whiskey
1 sugar cube (or 1 tsp sugar)
2–3 dashes Angostura bitters
Orange peel garnish
Muddle sugar & bitters, add whiskey & ice, stir until chilled.
Best served with an eye-roll toward management.

Grab your toolbox, pour a drink, and prepare for high-octane storytelling.

#FlobbleGobble #StuartAvery #PunkMechanic #SuspectDevice #OldFashionedVibes #PodcastWithTorque #SipHappens

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This week on Flobble Gobble, Hazel and Jem are joined by Kelly Allen; ex-child star, Olympic comms wizard, queen of “Unboring,” and certified danger behind the wheel (especially if there’s a handbrake involved).

We kick off with a very serious question: How boring are you, really?
From there, it’s a fabulous free-fall into Kelly’s early life on stage in Joseph, her blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role in Teachers, surviving the chaos of working at the Olympics, and her mission to make the world unboring, one brand (and martini) at a time.

Spoiler alert: she drinks chocolate martinis like a boss — and we’ve got the recipe.

🍫 Kelly’s Chocolate Martini Recipe:
Shake it like you mean it:
25ml vodka
25ml chocolate liqueur (e.g. Mozart, Crème de Cacao, or pure chaos)
25ml Irish cream liqueur
Ice, shake hard
Strain into a martini glass
Garnish with zero shame
Pairs well with glitter, unfiltered opinions, and questionable driving.

Come for the cocktails, stay for the chaos.
This one’s rich, ridiculous, and Unboring AF.

#FlobbleGobble #UnboringAF #KellyAllen #ChocolateMartini #OlympicChaos #PodcastQueen #SipHappens

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