When Life Gives You Melons
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsMaya Jama hosts this podcast about work, life, sex, and boobs. Featuring all-female guests, the panel talk pay rises, love stories, and the quarter life crisis in this second 6-part series, brought to you by Freya Lingerie.
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Episodes
S02 Episode Six - Blood, Sweat and Smears
September 11, 2018 23:00 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MBIn the final episode of When Life Gives You Melons S2, the inimitable Maya Jama is joined by documentary host and TV personality Cherry Healey, and model and DJ Zara Martin for a no-holds-barred chat about periods, smear tests, freezing your eggs, and the pink tax. Blood, Sweat and Smears covers bodily functions in front of a new squeeze, the rise of the moon cup, and a very surprising new surgery trend…
S02 Episode Five - What Goes On Tour
August 28, 2018 23:00 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MBTake a hilarious trip down memory lane with this week’s panellists as they recount scandalous holidays abroad and first breaks with partners, keeping nothing back as they delve into the outrageous world of foam parties, trysts with would-be Soap stars, and catastrophic injuries after one too many Pina Coladas. Comedian and TV personality Ellie Taylor, and comedian, journalist and Instagram sensation Bella Younger (aka Deliciously Stella) spill all to host Maya Jama in #MelonsPodcast What Goes...
S02 Episode Four - Grown Up Mean Girls
August 14, 2018 23:00 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MBFor anyone who’s ever made a bathroom bestie on a night out, tune into episode 4 of When Life Gives You Melons, where presenter, DJ and model Yinka Bokinni, and presenter and body positivity spreader Chessie King, join the lovely Maya Jama to talk about friendship cliques, internet trolls, being left out, and how to know if you’re best friends forever. Grown Up Mean Girls is a celebration of gal pals everywhere, and a look into how women can be unfairly perceived in the workplace just for sho...
S02 Episode Three - Put Your Hands Up and Give Me A Payrise
July 31, 2018 23:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBEpisode 3 of When Life Gives You Melons is Put Your Hands Up and Give Me A Payrise, an inspiring look at how women can get ahead in the work place, which sees Maya Jama joined by author and presenter, Emma Gannon, and Katherine Ormerod, the Grazia features editor and founder of Work Work Work, an anti-perfectionism project. The impressive panel of ladies talk us through their career fails, how to quit, how to land that dream job and why being a hustler pays off.
S02 Episode Two - The Quarter Life Crisis
July 17, 2018 23:00 - 36 minutes - 16.7 MBIn this week’s When Life Gives You Melons, Maya Jama is joined by Capital FM radio presenter Vick Hope, and the all-knowing wellness guru, Niomi Smart. Episode 2 The Quarter life Crisis touches on those major life milestones, from changing career paths, to dropping your childhood sweetheart, to the pressures we face from social media. Don’t worry about saving for a house, just tune into the latest #MelonsPodcast because you don’t need to worry about a life schedule!
S02 Episode One - The L Word
July 03, 2018 23:00 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MBWhen Life Gives You Melons kicks off in style with a load of hilarious and heart-warming tales about The L Word. In the first #MelonsPodcast of the hotly anticipated Season 2, host Maya Jama is joined by beauty and fashion queen, Tia Ward, and model, presenter and former Miss England, Georgia Jones. The girls are talking about L-O-V-E, covering everything from first relationships, to playing the game, to the importance of sex in a long term relationship.
S01 Episode Eight - Surviving Christmas (Live)
December 19, 2017 00:00 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MBMaya is joined by Kimberley Walsh, Angela Scanlon and Samantha Barks in front a of a live audience to talk surviving Christmas, New Year’s resolutions and their choice of celebs to kiss under the mistletoe..
S01 Episode Seven - The Friendship Breakup
December 12, 2017 00:00 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBKeep your friends close, keep your frenemies closer. Maya welcomes Anna Richardson, Billie JD Porter and Gemma Styles to discuss how friendships are built and broken in this penultimate episode of the series.
S01 Episode Six - Oh. Am I Old?
December 05, 2017 00:00 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBMaya is joined by model Charlotte De Carle, chef and author Jasmine Hemsley and Refinery 29’s Sarah Raphael to answer the important questions about ageing… How old is old? Is 40 the new 30? Will I still be on Insta when I’m 80? All is revealed in episode six of ‘When Life Gives You Melons’.
S01 Episode Five - Drop and Give Me Zen
November 21, 2017 00:00 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBWould people be happier without social media? Are coffee enemas a good idea? Tune in to hear Maya Jama talking mental and physical well-being with Laura Whitmore, Melissa Hemsley and Annie Clarke.
S01 Episode Four - On Dumping and Being Dumped
November 07, 2017 00:00 - 36 minutes - 16.7 MBMontana Brown, Dolly Alderton and Katy Colins join Maya to discuss dumping and being dumped. Listen in for tales of ghosting, jilting and what to do when you’ve sent your ex a nude photo.
S01 Episode Three - How to Keep Secrets
October 23, 2017 23:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBMaya welcomes Alice Liveing and Persia Lawson to the studio. Listen in to hear them discussing how and when to keep quiet, Persia's Russian adventure and some secrets of their own...
S01 Episode Two - The Best Career Advice You've Ever Had
October 09, 2017 23:00 - 30 minutes - 14 MBMaya chats to Gemma Cairney, Katie Piper and Alex Brownsell about the best career advice they've ever had. Listen in as they cover work highs and lows, pulling sickies and the salary gap.
S01 Episode One - The Worst Date You've Ever Been On
September 25, 2017 23:00 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBMaya chats to Vanessa White, Becca Dudley and Louise Troen from Bumble about the worst dates they’ve ever been on. This hilarious episode covers dating app mishaps, foot fetishes, pre-date grooming, and dodgy pick-up lines.
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