Happy Place

Megan McKenna talks about coping with PTSD, anxiety, and sleep paralysis after a traumatic robbery. She also reflects on how reality TV shaped her public image, and how she’s now choosing a more authentic life centered on family, less drinking, and home cooking.

Stephen Graham and psychology researcher Orly Klein talk about manhood, fatherhood, and the messages teenage boys need most. The conversation looks at consent, compassion, generational trauma, and why boys need guidance rooted in love rather than blame.

Susie Dent joins Fearne to talk about Death Writ Large, a murder mystery set off by strange Oxford graffiti and a dead lecturer. The conversation also wanders into unusual words, the origins of everyday phrases, the benefits of swearing, and how naming emotions can help.

Female rivalry is the heart of this live conversation between Fearne Cotton and Miquita Oliver. They revisit the insecurities, projections, and media narratives that made them misread each other, while also opening up about drinking, self-worth, bigger dreams, and the need for more play in adult life.

Fearne talks about movement and mental health through the highs of running and the frustration of being injured. The episode also moves through playful everyday topics, from skipping and winter hibernation to kind stranger moments and the sting of friends talking behind your back.