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My Perfect Podcast: Maisie Adam

In this column, we ask a pod person about the ‘casts that mean a lot to them. This month, it’s Maisie Adam who co-hosts Big Kick Energy alongside fellow comedian Suzi Ruffell. Over 40 episodes deep, their award-winning podcast takes an incisive and, of course, witty look at the current issues revolving around women’s football 

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My Perfect Podcast: Maisie Adam

Which podcast educates you? Real Dictators. It’s really informative and covers a whole host of historical figures. Bizarrely enough, Josh Widdicombe recommended it to me: I don’t know if he’s worried I’m heading that way! 

Which podcast makes you laugh? My Mate’s A Footballer by Joe Wilkinson and current Leeds legend Patrick Bamford: so perfect for me! Joe is one of the funniest people I know, and it’s great to see the more human side to some of your footballing idols too. 

Which podcast makes you sad or angry? Any podcast while I’m running. I’m training for the London Marathon at the moment and someone told me to listen to podcasts while I’m out running. Worst advice ever. I just got angry at whoever it was that was talking because I knew they were sat down and warm, and I was outside running in the cold. I was livid!

Which podcast is your guilty pleasure? The Rest Is Entertainment, which is Richard Osman’s podcast all about the entertainment industry. It’s a guilty pleasure because I feel guilty for listening to it when I’m not working; it’s sort of like talking shop really isn’t it? But I’m learning lots of insights from it so I can’t stop haha!

Tell us someone who currently doesn’t have a podcast but totally should. And why do you think their one would be amazing? Cher. Because it’s Cher.

Pitch us a new podcast idea in exactly 25 words A person’s old Facebook statuses are read out. The host must guess who they are from. Could be anyone: a celeb, a friend, your mum.

New episodes of Big Kick Energy are available every Tuesday; full info here; Big Kick Energy Live appears at The Folk House, Bristol, Friday 24 May; Maisie Adam: Appraisal tours Tuesday 17 September–Thursday 7 November; main picture: Matt Crockett.

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