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The Fringe of It
by Liv Purvis & Charlotte Jacklin
Pals Liv Purvis and Charlotte Jacklin, a self-professed pair of out-of-touch early grandmas, navigate their way through the wins and the wobbles of millennial life. But where might you know Liv and Charlotte from, I hear you ask? Well, Liv is the creator of the fashion/lifestyle/travel blog What Olivia Did, and Charlotte is a fashion and lifestyle blogger who founded Betty Magazine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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#99 Flattie Thoughts, Toothbrush Hell and The Great Midnight Feast Ban
It’s Tuesday. It’s September. And according to Liv, porridge season is upon us! There’s been flirting with the thermostat, dreams of a UK tour and Charlotte’s love hate relationship with East Midlands Airport. Oh and Greggs. And Burger King. Oh and pastries. And toothbrushes too- okay maybe a few...
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#98 The Hugh Jackman Cherry, being Stonehenge Curious and Lyn! Lyn! Lyn!
This week we’ve gone international baby! Reporting live from Rab’s record room in France, Charlotte joins us from across the pond- bringing news of her broken Hugh Jackman virginity and lamenting the end of giant Babybels- a mixed day, if ever there was one. Back in the U.K Liv has some exciting...
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#97 Napmaxing, Lower London and Soufflé the Dog
If you like your podcasts brimming with #hacks, #lifegoals and #tips to maximise on everything, perhaps you’ve actually come to the right place… Well, that is, if you like napping. Enter napmaxing! From Liv’s thrill of a Power Nap, to Charlotte desperately seeking time to lie down to a very big,...
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#96 Mad 4 Prawns, Arctic Colin and Bartering with Marshmallows
It’s what, week 2 (week 4 current TFOI time) of the school break and Liv has no tan and a new vertical grey hair- happy holidays! It’s just what Enid Blyton would have wanted! This week, joined by a small whistling child (who will only come off air if rewarded with giant marshmallows) Charlotte…
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#95 Don't Call it a Comeback!
Happy New Year! We're back! And only a cool 8 months after the Hootenanny aired, and Charlotte and Liv are back in you ears for more timely chat! Including (but never limited to) World Cup nonsense (which is good because it only finished about 4 weeks ago), a birthday trip (in May) around the...
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#94 Telly Tennis, Overtaking Santa, and Mad for Christmas
It's the great Fringe of It Christmas bumper episode! Wrap yourselves in tinsel and adorn your festive (monogrammed, if you're Charlotte) jim-jams as we accompany you through your last minute wrapping, dishwasher loading or quiet moment in solitude for some peace and, erm, giggles. If your...
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#93 Christmas Chips, Liv's Film Oscar and Snowman Noses
After weeks of crafts, Christmas prep, wrapping gifts for the thousands and erm, visual merchandising slap bands- the girls are tired. Evening teas are brewed, Liv is yawning and chat swiftly turns to piles cushions and the new iPhone update. Nope, you haven't got the wrong podcast- stay with us!...
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#92 Elf Curious, Fear of Wind, and Emma Mackay
As we all know, every now and again it will be a week of two halves. This week it's a cocktail of explicit (used loosely) elf drama combined with Charlotte kindly relieving her loved ones of a spa voucher (not all heroes etc. etc.) It's also been an enormous week for the silver screen- if the...
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#91 Cry Charts, Handsome Foxes, and Mission More Sleep
The mugs have been switched over. The VM team has been assigned, and Liv's cracked it. The only way to adopt some of Charlotte's festive tenacity and hall decking is a trip to Robert Dyas to purchase two turkey roasting trays, some twine and a whole heap of ambition- what could possibly go…
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#90 A Kate Hudson Picnic, Early Retirement and Charlotte's Snowflake Factory
If you think you've been busy, then look away now friends- because this week Charlotte has been putting us all to shame with a week of hosting, crafting, snowflake making, sewing, bulb planting and almost any other activity you can think of. And breathe! Whilst Charlotte has been cooking her...
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#89 The Savoy, God of Bonnets, and Homes Under the Hammer
Feeling down? Having a hard week? Lady muck, sorry, Liv, simply recommends a five star hotel for the night, an eight hour bath soak and erm, perhaps some Homes Under The Hammer to balance it all out. In other big news, Charlotte has made it to print under a defamatory headline and the girls' step...
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#88 Friled, Dream Cheese Board, and Only Fools and Horses
It’s been a funny week. The Traitors has ended (to which Liv is so cross she invents a whole new word at the spoilers she encountered), Charlotte has realised the Bake Off is better when viewed with an 8 year old and also dives back into a sitcom that first aired in 1981, oh sweet nostalgia. And...
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#87 Grimsby’s Mariah, Beehive Blindness, and The Big Gig
It’s an ordinary week. Charlotte, or should we say Mariah, is defrosting for Christmas and has the mood boards cooking. Liv is pondering if her house purchase of last year will serve her fittingly this firework night- oh, and Charlotte went… to a gig. A pop show! A rock concert! And has kindly...
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#86 The Big Pie Debate, Spooky TV and Bangers with Odessa Young
It’s a cosy autumn Thursday morning. There is talk of Charlotte’s full-bodied soup, roast hunting and Jack eating chicken once again on the horizon. But! That’s not all- Liv has discovered (arguably) her TV watch of the year, and wait for it, it’s on the wrong side of spooky- what could it be?!…
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#85 Cherry Pie, The Protein Bag, and Charlotte's Big News
It's... erm, chapter 4 and we are back with a... poot? Anyway- Charlotte is just about upright and out of the duvet and has some enormous news to share in the shape of her going from being Traitors curious to Traitors committed- what a time to be alive! In the giddiness of it all Liv shares her...
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#84 Potpourri, Rain Dungarees, and A Live Lamington
Like all good things, this season of The Fringe of It must come to an end... So here it is, your season finale! And to make sure they go out in style, Liv and Charlotte are together IRL to talk telly, food and everything in between. There's raincoat chat (Why do some have no hoods? Why aren't all...
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#83 A Dusty Slow Cooker, Taking a Beehive to the School Gates, and You're a Liar!
It's been a week and the girls are already requesting a polite refund on September. But! There's hope yet- isn't there? A promise of autumnal apple cakes, slow cookers, soups and oh, erm, never mind. Anyway! Liv finally, finally completed Love is Blind- and they have thoughts! Mainly Charlotte...
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#82 A furore, Crounching, and Anything Covered in Chocolate
As we slink into the 'ber months it's a week of all things marking the start of cosy season. Beans, Bake Off (even if, erm, there were some power naps) and the autumn classic...101 Dalmatians. Who'd have thought?! Is Glenn Close autumn's new Meg Ryan? Only time will tell... Plus, in a classic…
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#81 The Loo View, A Little Women Christmas, and The Grimsby Penalty Feeling
Does everyone look their very best at the end of August? Or, ahem, is it just Charlotte? (It certainly isn't Liv, let's put it that way). Regardless of whether you have new highlights, a tan and a fierce new passion for bingo or not- we want holiday chat, and we want it now! But it's not just...
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#80 Summer Correspondence Special
With Charlotte on her summer holidays (advice on how to find a partner with parents who retire to France within!) it's time to open up the electronic mail bag and see what's inside. Charlotte and Liv answer your questions on finding time for hobbies (or trying to manifest a weekly crafts club),...
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#79 Respecting Cardamom, Liv’s Linda Moment, and Style of the Golf Course
Did Charlotte just say… golf?! Not another hobby! Alas, it’s juts another obscure TV show from Charlotte (well worth it, in our opinion) as well as some serious culture-vulturing from Liv (did she just say… Proms?!) and a game that means you can reenact the Traitors at home. But don’t worry…
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#78 Roses & Thorns, Peter Password and Feeling a Bit WHAM!
A week of roses and thorns; from broken laptops, old appliances and planned obsolescence to holidays which could be Hinge adverts (Hinge! Hit us up!!), an afternoon floating and a first ever exclusive 1000/10 rating on The Fridge of It- it really isn’t all that bad! There’s also a trendy nut chat...
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#77 Racing on the Belmond, A Sandwich for the Ages, and The Shrek and Donkey of Podcasting
It’s a week of sandwiches worth leaving the M25 for, big TV moments (which show has taken Charlotte on a journey this week?!) and a very apt realisation that Charlotte and Liv might well be podcastings Shrek and Donkey- the glamour! There is also imperative (and delayed) football chat. Did the...
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#76 A Parent Trap Summer, The Big Tennis Myth and Jaffa Cakes on the Telly
The throes of summer can only equate to one thing- and that means that dreams of a full Hallie Parker and Annie James summer camp are rife. For Charlotte anyway! (Just sans poker by the lake, of course). For Liv it’s trying to decode tennis post Wimbledon, trying the infamous Ben Shephard…
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#75 The Paddington Review, Festival Wristbands and The Joy of Looking Your Age
Cheese and wine nights? Jazz festivals? Yes, you did hear correctly! This episode comes to you following a week Nigella would be proud of. We know! Who ARE WE?! We have also rolled into the part of summer where Charlotte becomes a human buckaroo of accessories, and Liv reminisces over hair braid...
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#74 The Big Ice Lolly Search of 2025, Sexing Up Salads and The Sample Sale Excuse…
It’s the height of summer, and it was only a matter of time before conversations turned to sexing up salads, growing courgettes and Charlotte beginning the search for The Great Ice Lolly of 2025. It’s also a a slippery slope back into sailor dressing- and with Liv having not done her homework (as...
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#73 We're Back, Baby!
The bras are off and the girls (ahem, Charlotte and Liv)- are back! Just give Charlotte five minutes to remove her contact lenses please... It's the second comeback tour of the decade, and it's like we never left. No stone is left unturned from the last six months; from Charlotte's great rebrand…
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#72 The Joy of Awe, Comparison and 2am Crosswords with Gemma Styles
We told you we wouldn't be gone for long, didn't we! This week is a *very* special bonus episode with none other than podcaster, activist, mental health ambassador and writer Gemma Styles. With today being publication day of her debut book, Why Am I Like This? We pulled Gemma into our virtual...
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#71 Our Nora Ephron Inbox and See It, Say It, Compliment It
As Shania Twain once said- looks like we made it! It’s the final episode of the series, and we go out with a big chocolatey bang (without giving anything away… ahem). From car MOT’s resembling Grease (or not), an inbox worthy of a dreamy scene with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks and a very exciting Blue...
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#70 Extreme Culture, A One Woman Monologue and A Very Important Dessert
It’s the penultimate episode of series 2, and this week The Fringe of It goes to the Fringe! Taking us on a rollercoaster of culture- it’s a buffet of comedy, crying and cabaret as well as a beautiful one woman monologue about Love is Blind (courtesy of Charlotte, sadly not performed at the…
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#69 A Love is Blind Deep Dive, and a Very Normal Casual Tennis Lesson with Andy Murray
It’s a late night edition of The Fringe of It this week. And by late night we mean it was recorded at 9pm on Saturday, way past Liv and Charlotte’s bedtimes, resulting in giddiness and the human equivalent of dog zoomies. Liv delves into her mad week which contained: a chic work trip, playing...
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#68 Foot Measuring, Standing Up Snacking, and the Discovery of Silent Discos
Wondering about what cereal to buy next? Do nothing until you’ve listened to this episode. Liv discusses her favourite chocolate granolas, and we really get into the merits of a good salad, in particular, the importance of it being well-dressed. Colin from Accounts gets some high praise, and…
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#67 Summers Gateway Reads, Our Lazy Human Summer and Becoming Girls That Grill
This week Charlotte and Liv are looking to the little (and larger) joys of the summer months- with a hot weather medley to get stuck into. Diving straight in with their summer reads and the gateway book that finally rescued Charlotte from her Book Drought 2024, we go from the best reads to the...
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#66 Bruce Bogtrotter vs Brat Girl, An Acting Debut and The Big Snack Off
Is a Bruce Bogtrotter summer the new brat girl summer? What do gym bros *really* have playing in their ears? And will Charlotte ever complete another two-step authentication ever again? A week of big questions and phone updates- all alongside Liv’s acting debut and why she never did quite make it...
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#65 An Andrew Scott Summer and Our Quest To Becoming Woman’s Weekly
Nostalgia and Anxiety* are back for another catch up, and this week we’re hankering after our very own Andrew Scott summer (Taylor? Kylie? Go on then!) Diving into the big terrestrial TV toss up that was presented earlier in the week before onto a formal introduction to what Liv deems as the very...
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#64 Entering Our Gardening Era, Writing Fan Fic and Styling Like A Sailor
Ahoy there! Wasting not but a second before delving into grand garden reveals, it’s straight into bulb catch ups before Charlotte *finally* dips her toe into One Day (spoilers and waterworks ahead) and Liv starts fancying herself as a film critic. Is this the end of the Mamma Mia 2 chapter?! Only...
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#63 Primary School P.E, A Matilda Disagreement and The Paddington Campaign Trail
From Strictly sequins (did…Liv, erm, mention she’d had a birthday?) to primary school P.E- it’s a week of joy shared in all it’s shapes and forms (even if the rules of tennis are still just too complicated for some of us). In exciting news, Charlotte gets deep in pesto-appreciation and we do a...
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#62 Our Most Intimate Album Yet and That Sweet 2 Inches
Resisting the urge to brag about pottery for too long *again*, there's a cruise straight into some top telly recommendations- including a brilliant show you may not have heard of and, in our opinion, a perfect film discovery, with a stellar soundtrack (not to brag or anything). We also begin a...
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#61 Pottery Painting, Bus Encounters and The Tiers of Swiftie
Oh hello there! This weeks episode is accidentally (or not) peppered with a whole lot of wholesome. From discovering pottery painting, getting into (serious) collaging and the joy of supermarket summer picnic collections (Waitrose and those quiches, we’re looking at you)- it’s a summer feast of…
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#60 The Nanas are Back!
Oh hello, look who it is! After an unplanned four year hiatus, your two favourite (now fringe-less) grandmas are back, and we have A LOT to catch you up on. Strap in. The new season kicks off with a mammoth edition of Telly Talk, where we pick our favourite TV and films from the past 4 years.…
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#59 The Start of Quarantales, A Normal People U-Turn and Isolation Hair Cuts
With a week of Covid confusion, we are back with some (hilarious) Quarantales (from screaming neighbours to Blackbird Omens), a follow up of that Normal People conversation, a conversation about '90s films (and if we can get past some problematic aspects) as well as discussing the important topic...
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#58 Normal People, Golden Gods and Thursday Wobbles
This week we catch up on everything we’ve been up to in Lockdown, including anniversaries, birthday’s and emotional roller coasters. We also have our usual telly talk chat featuring a big discussion about Normal People which we will finish next week. We also this week do our semi-regular feature...
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#57 Catching Breath, Crying and Existing
This week is a catching up episode after last weeks break. We talk about our Instagram live we did where we mostly spoke about our favourite crisp flavour for some reason. We chat about some interesting family members, meeting The Beatles and working on The Thunderbirds. Also we get you up to…
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#56 Self Isolation Kicking In, A Craft Addiction & A Meg Ryan Marathon
This week self isolation finally kicks in, and we had to avoid not renaming the podcast 'The Cheek of It'. All grumbles aside, we're thrown into Easter weekend nattering (and June's over-indulgent egg hunt), our new favourite (and least favourite) rom-coms, Michael NOT Martin Sheen, the great...
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#55 Overcome by crisps, Mind craft? and Failed Pizzas
Shopping and Fridge fantasy special. We go through everything we've been buying or putting on our wish lists the last few weeks. We also talk baout the products we cannot live without in our fridges and Charlotte reveals her Butter hoarding. Liv tells a story of a made from scratch pizza that...
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#54 Exercise, Disney+ and The Figgy Pudding Lady
This week our topic is all about our changing attitudes to moving our bodies. We talk about the way our relationship has changed over the years going from exercise for weight loss to exercising to improving our state of mind. HELLO ENDORPHINS! We also hear from you, our listeners and find out…
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#53 Desert Island Films Special
This week we have our usual Telly talk then we take you on a trip through some of our favourite films. We both pick our childhood film, coming of age film, film we’ve watched the most, favourite musical and the film we think everyone should watch. If you do find yourself staying at home we hope…
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#52 Little French Attics, Bidets and Pockets of Joy
This week the podcast comes from a self-isolating Liv in London and a kind of isolated Charlotte in the French countryside. We cover things to do while self-isolating at home (we got this!), ways to keep yourself from becoming overwhelmed by the news with of course lots of Telly Talk. Highlights...
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#51 Creative Ruts, Detective Daughters and Vocal Warm Ups
This week we discuss how to get out of a creative rut. We get some advice from fellow creatives including, Medina Grillo, Hannah Bullivant, Sarah Tasker and Camille Roman Dixon. We also ask each other some questions sent in from our amazing listeners. Telly talk this week is Steve Coogan heavy…
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#50 Book Round-Up
This week is our 50th Episode! This week we have our usual storm watch with Liv half hoping we get to storm Olivia and the usual Telly Talk. Highlights include: Booksmart, The Trial of Christine Keeler and both of us have some odd discoveries, from the Icelandic Eurovision entry to Julian Simmons...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Pals Liv Purvis and Charlotte Jacklin, a self-professed pair of out-of-touch early grandmas, navigate their way through the wins and the wobbles of millennial life.
But where might you know Liv and Charlotte from, I hear you ask? Well, Liv is the creator of the fashion/lifestyle/travel blog What Olivia Did, and Charlotte is a fashion and lifestyle blogger who founded Betty Magazine.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Liv Purvis & Charlotte Jacklin
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Pals Liv Purvis and Charlotte Jacklin, a self-professed pair of out-of-touch early grandmas, navigate their way through the wins and the wobbles of millennial life. But where might you know Liv and Charlotte from, I hear you ask? Well, Liv is the creator of the fashion/lifestyle/travel blog What...
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