Find out why Jo felt she could not attend Folkestone's Most Wuthering Heights Day this year and hear more about what actually happened at the London March for Palestine and why she felt compelled to be there. This weeks facts include Wuthering Heights Day, Holocaust history in schools and laughter related facts.

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Socialist Worker Article about the march.

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From 95th birthdays, Tango updates and the filmed version of her spoken word piece, Seeing Red. Jo's had a busy old week. Have a listen and find out why she is a women who cannot be contained! Her facts this week are all protest related from Suffragettes, Poll Tax and Iraq War protests. 

The London Protest Route is here for this Saturday 19th July starting along The Embankment.

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Jo co-hosted the Folkestone Book Festival Launch last week, tune in to find out who will be speaking at the festival in November. Tickets available now for Joanne Harris, Irvine Welsh and many more. Her fun facts are all custard related, see links below. Jo winds up this weeks catch up by premiering her, hot of the press poem, Seeing Red, written, performed and produced by Jo with music by Julian Eftei.   

Link to Channel 4 documentary: https://www.channel4.com/progra.../gaza-doctors-under-attack

How to walk on custard
Colnel Custard Paul Megran World Record pies in face
Leslie Lemon WW2 veteran aged 106 secret to long life

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Jo's been preparing scripts for a Channel 4 new writers opportunity deadline, plus it was Phil's birthday so listen to find out what experience she bought instead of a physical gift. It's still hot hot hot here in the UK so why not have a dip with a flip flop? Her three fun facts are all tango based this week and below are the links she mentions in this weeks Strictly tango facts:

Longest tango You can watch edited highlights of their record-breaking dancefest here.

World record tango spins watch it here.

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We are half way through the second year of Utter Burke! Thank you for supporting Jo's chaotic life and general nonsense.

Have a listen to find out how Jo's been balancing life, work and fun. This week you get Jo's take on mobility scooters, honest funeral speeches and notes on how not to woo a woman. Plus three or fun funeral facts, yes fun facts about funerals...no one get's outta here alive...

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Find out why Jo's in her knickers and vest! She's been helping out on a friends film set (not the reason she's in her pants), hear her mum's story about a weirdly generous passenger on her coach trip and she has three facts about this weeks Strawberry Moon. Plus an Ab Fab recommendation on BBC Sounds

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Find out why Jo's been on the floor with her stunt woman mum-in-law, what else she's been up to this week, plus three fun facts which are all cat related.

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Jo's in fine fettle as her other podcast Real Folk with Jo Burke has reached over 1K downloads! This one isn't far behind either. Yay.

Find out if Jo is still bouncing, her thoughts on Bob Mortimer's debut novel The Satsuma Complex, Lynda La Plante's new autobiography Getting Away with Murder and Matthew Perry's book Friends, Lovers and The Big Terrible Thing. Plus many more ramblings about maintaining a healthy work/life balance and of course her three fun facts all connected to the bore of chores.

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It's another May Bank holiday Monday here in the UK, hooray!

Jo recorded this episode in the evening, slightly under the influence of an Aperol Spritz and whilst sipping a 'Jold Fashioned' her version of the 'Old Fashioned' cocktail of the 1920's.  Find out how to make her version, her gazebo story and her review of the latest Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible offering The Final Reckoning. Plus as usual her three fun facts all Mission Impossible related.

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How often to you do something you wouldn't normally do?  Jo saw Nikita from Strictly Come Dancing's new show and has three Strictly related facts for you.

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