Show Us Your Bits

By Alice Cripps and Josie Lloyd

Curious magpies Alice Rivers Cripps and Josie Lloyd uncover the personal stories behind everyday and extraordinary pieces of jewellery. Alice is the founder and Creative Director of Posh Totty Desi

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January 26, 2024 Showing The World We Can Fly with David Attree
This week we bring you the magic of poetry, with our inspirational guest David Attree who is a spoken word performer, as well as a broadcaster, charity fundraiser, long distance cyclist and a paralympi-parent supporting his daughter, Fabs, a GB wheelchair racer On the show, he describes his transformation following serious heart surgery and a stroke and brings along his special keepsake - a Fisher Space Pen. Carrying it everywhere he goes, David tells the touching story of how he came to own it in 2010 and how, since then, he’s been inspired to write and perform poetry. He tells us about the poetry takeaway - a takeaway snack van with three poets inside who cook up poems on the spot. Becoming a poetry chef has given him some extraordinary insights into people's deepest feelings. We were lucky enough to put him on the spot and he kindly recited his poem, 'Appetite' which was on BBC Upload. Giving himself the challenge of writing a poem inspired by the first word he heard on the radio, this thoughtful mediation on creativity will particularly appeal to anyone who has ever experienced writer’s block. David can be heard on The week in words on Allison Fern's BBC Radio show.
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31min
January 19, 2024 My Mother's Secrets with Donna Freed
Scandal, duplicity and secrets with our special guest New Yorker, Donna Freed who is a journalist and writer living in London and the founder of Radio Gorgeous, the longest running all-female podcast. On today’s episode, she tells us the story of discovering she was adopted when she was six years old, but was never able to discuss it with her family. When her adoptive mother died in 2009 Donna set out to track down her birth mother. What she discovered was truly shocking - that she was the daughter of a pair of infamous con artists, at the heart of one of the biggest true crime stories to grip the USA in the 1960s. Donna has recently written a memoir, 'Duplicity' which the New York Times described as reading like a thriller. Donna says her jewellery is like tattoos for her, each piece having an origin story and a special place in her heart. She opens her bold and fabulous jewellery box to show us her bits - each ring bearing a special memory of her fascinating family. Funny, irreverent and wise, Donna’s attitude of 'just going for it' is truly inspiring.
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42min
January 12, 2024 The Debrief...literally!
Alice and Josie are back with a January catch up after Christmas and New Year. Alice shares her 'show us your bits' moment after a skiing mishap, whilst Josie discusses losing her grasp on tech and feeling exposed, having accidentally wiped her entire laptop. But excited to be back in their podcasting seats, they are excited about the season ahead which is full of fascinating guests ready to open their jewellery boxes and share the stories behind their precious keepsakes.

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36min
November 24, 2023 If you love it, enjoy it with Natasha Kissell
This week, Alice is over-exuberant at an auction and comes home with a giant giraffe. Josie discusses the art of hanging pictures and the perilous Poundland frames on her stairs. Our guest is our friend and phenomenal artist, Natasha Kissell, who tells us about her journey from being an unpopular student at the Royal Academy to earning her place as a YBA, when Charles Saatchi bought her entire final show. She now exhibits her unique landscape paintings in galleries all over Europe. And, as if that wasn’t enough, along with her teaching and musical life, she also paints spectacular murals. Natasha has a fabulously unconventional and bold sense of style and in her jewellery box, she shows us the huge Alexander McQueen skull ring she received to celebrate the birth of her daughter, Lux. She also shows us her late mother’s jewellery from South Africa and how these statement pieces, with big painted beads and beaten metals, give her a precious link to her past and her mother’s glamorous swimming pool parties in the 1970s.

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33min
November 17, 2023 Loving The Lifestyle with Sara Darling
This week Alice and Josie are entranced by exotic places and having been marvelling at David Attenborough's Planet Earth III. Alice shares her amazing holiday-of-a-lifetime story about swimming with Whales in Tonga, and they both have a laugh at their misadventures when getting out of the water... never a good look! Someone who has travelling to exotic places down to a fine art, is lifestyle writer Sara Darling, who shares her globetrotting tales and her tips on rotating bikinis. She show us her 'guardian angel' constellation necklace by Chupi and how a cheeky smile has helped her be bold in almost every situation.

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31min
November 10, 2023 The Proposal With Laura Cruise
We're getting loved up this week, as Josie and Alice share their wedding proposal stories - the first and second times! We have Dream Transition Mentor, Laura Cruise as our special guest. Josie and Laura met at the Postcards From Midlife Live event and hit it off straight away. She tells us about her mentoring business helping women to pursue and realise their dreams. She talks about what holds people back, our fears and how to make things happen when life gets in the way. She's written a brilliant book, packed with advice called 'Dream It and Do It: Six Steps Into Your Own Dream Life and Business'. Forthright and funny, Laura also shares her own inspiring proposal story.
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33min
November 03, 2023 Consider Yourself Kissed with Henny Swan
Alice and Josie have a rummage through Alice's jewellery box for inspiration for Alice's new collection focussed on lucky charms. Special guest - the brilliantly named Henny Swan - talks about her accessibility consultancy and the work she does to ensure websites and apps work for disabled people. She reveals how her decision to be bold resulted in her fabulously romantic marriage to a lost love. Plus, how an eccentric uncle, whose famous catchphrase 'Consider Yourself Kissed', became a CYK inscription on pieces of jewellery for her whole family during lockdown.
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25min
October 27, 2023 Feeling seen, heard and special with Lyndsey Clay
Alice and Josie chat about the joy of community and singing in their local choir together. They discuss why they’re definitely dog people (after mates of Alice’s came to stay for the weekend with their cat) and how walking the dog is a good way to meet people. Special guest, Lindsey Clay talks candidly about finding herself single in Brighton in her forties and why she set up Connected Brighton, www.connectedbrighton.com, a peer-to-peer social network which empowers people to live a better life. In an age where we’re more digitally connected than ever, but more physically disconnected, she’s passionate about helping to stop people feeling lonely. She hosts safe, inclusive dinners and boujie bespoke events in Brighton and her business is going from strength to strength. All about authenticity, Lindsay shares her lovely home-made motivational cards and jewellery with hidden personal messages.
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26min
October 20, 2023 The F**k it list with Melanie Cantor
Josie and Alice talk about going from shabby to shiny, decorating and colour conundrums. They are joined by fashionista, ex-agent,TV publicist and serial manuscript writer, Melanie Cantor who chats about her life as an author and her latest book 'The Fuck It List'. Irreverent, chatty and with a uniquely flamboyant style, Melanie talks about her love of dressing up and her Punk Pensioner instagram feed. She shows us her Fuck It earrings and the candlesticks her Grandfather stuffed with stones to up their weight. Melanie firmly believes in being bold and saying 'fuck it' to age and other people's expectations. Truly an inspiration.
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38min
October 13, 2023 Lady Di's Sheep Jumper with Joanna Osbourne
What would happen if you found a bit of history in your attic. In this episode of Show Us Your Bits, Josie and Alice talk to Joanna Osbourne and her link to Lady Di.
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34min

FAQs about Show Us Your Bits:

How many episodes does Show Us Your Bits have?

The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.