Kicking off season 2 of Honestly podcast are powerhouses AJ Odudu and Adrienne Herbert. Showcasing true courage throughout their careers - from SAS Who Dares Wins to more personal challenges of loss, AJ and Adrienne share honest accounts of their struggles and triumphs, as well as what it means to be brave in moments of danger. 

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Name a topic that makes your palms sweat. Have you ever thought about why it makes you feel uncomfortable and what might happen if we all just spoke more openly? Join me for Season 2 of Honestly as I continue to chat to fascinating people about supposed taboos including infertility, phobias, disability and so much more. 

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There are a lot of things that you shouldn’t have to do before you turn 35 - telling your family you have terminal cancer is one of them. This was the unthinkable reality for Saima Thompson and Deborah James, as they both live with Stage 4 cancer. Both women share how they live with their prognosis to help squash the taboo, believing that the more informed we are, the closer we are to beating cancer. Proving that a cancer diagnosis doesn't stop you from living in the present, Deborah and Saima’s positivity, honesty and humour make this a truly inspiring conversation.

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Hangxiety - The feeling of overwhelming guilt, stress, and worry you experience the day after a drinking binge. We’ve all been there, waking up with the dreaded fear of what you did or said last night. But what if that was a thing of the past? Swapping sloshed nights out to sober nights and hangover-less mornings, Millie Gooch is changing the perception of what a night out can look like. Suffering from periods of heightened anxiety from alcohol and hangovers halving her weekends, Millie has gone sober and formed a community online @sobergirlssociety which destigmatises sobriety and shows people that you can have just as much fun, without the sore head the next day.

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To mark Pride Month, Clemmie shares this poignant conversation about gender and trans rights with Charlie Craggs - author, activist and founder of Nail Transphobia. As someone making waves in the LGBTQ+ community, Charlie is passionate about giving the community visibility and sharing her story of identity, acceptance, and her unwavering determination to be authentically herself.

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This week, Clemmie speaks to Nilly Dahlia about motherhood, her faith and how the two interact with one another. Growing up in a predominantly non-Muslim area, Nilly explains how her faith found her and shares her experience of being a modern Muslim and raising her young family with culture and faith at the heart of their daily lives.

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Speaking to Clemmie this week is self proclaimed 'sassy Welsh gal' Callie Thorpe - blogger, model and plus size body positive campaigner praised for creating a community that is body shame free. Believing that you can be whoever you want to be regardless of your size, Callie shares her journey to body acceptance. Clemmie and Callie talk travel, diet culture and calling out internalised fat phobia. This much welcomed chat sets the record straight - that all shapes and sizes should be celebrated.

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Life on both sides of the bars. Lisa Selby tells Clemmie about her experience of keeping a relationship alive when the one you love is doing time. She opens up about the reality of being the one on the outside looking in, shedding light on how she and her boyfriend of three years, Elliot, have coped. Divulging both her hopes and worries about the prospect of Elliot's release, this is a fascinating account of how prison life has affected them both as they plan for their future. Editors note: Elliot has now been released, but at the time of recording was still behind bars.

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Do you get that uncomfortable feeling when people ask you how much you earn? Why is it that we cringe with awkwardness when we're asked about our financial situation? Clemmie gets to the bottom of this with journalist and author of 'Open Up: The Power of Talking about Money' Alex Holder. Together they explore 'FOMO spending', the link between salary and self esteem and why money is one of the last taboos. In a bid to get more people talking openly about their financial situation, they hope to shake off some of society's shame around this subject.

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Clemmie's guests this week are Niran Vinod and Candice Brathwaite who delve into the topic of race, explaining why they may never feel completely free from judgement. Niran and Candice are both parents who want their children to feel encouraged to be completely who they are instead of being boxed in by societal stereotypes. Exposing truths with a few laughs along the way, this conversation is one we can all learn something from.

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