Navigating Your Twenties

Kate is joined by viral sensation & comedian Ali Woods. Boasting 197,000 Instagram followers and 11 million TikTok likes, 29 year old Ali has tapped into relatable scenarios in your 20s to create a global fan base. Ali chats all avoid how he got into comedy and why it appealed to him. He delves into what makes good comedy, creative inspiration and how it has used experiences in this decade to inspire his content. Plus, he chats about how failure helped him and how he turned a hobby into a full time career. It was a true honour to be joined by Ali in his twenties “exit interview.” Follow Ali @aliwoodsgigs and tune into his podcast, All I Do is Fail.

Kate is joined by Ricardo Burt, radio & audio personality, with credits including BBC Music Introducing, BBC Open Music + Foundation FM. They chat all about the phenomenon of impostor syndrome. What is it and why does it happen? What causes it? How can we use it to our advantage and over come it? There’s chat on how to use it to your advantage and how to let it empower you. Plus, there’s chat on how to use your 20s to learn, grow + say “f*** you” to impostor syndrome. Follow the journey over on Instagram at @katewhitaker1919.

Kate is joined by dear friend Hannah Radley for a juicy Sunday afternoon chat all about dating apps. They chat all about their best and worst chat up lines they’ve received, their craziest dates & all the green/ red flags to look out for. Do we rely on dating apps too much in 2023? Is there still a stigma around meeting online?  By day Hannah is a script editor for telly which is nearly as glamorous as it sounds. By night she is just a single girl, on a dating app, asking hinge to find her the love of her life. Or just a good anecdote! She is creator of Instagram @hannahshungryhinges documenting screenshots of the worst and the very worst the app has to offer.  Hit follow @katewhitaker1919 and @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast to join in on the adventure.

Kate is joined by dear friend and stand-up comedian Hannah Radley, fresh after being shortlisted for a prestigious comedy commission by UKTV *gasps.* They pour a glass (or 7) of vino and ponder the phenomenon that is post-lockdown dating and sex. From taking a one-night stand to A&E to waking up in a village outside of London, there's no holding back on the good times that have rolled back around post pandemic. Are we in an epidemic of break ups? Have we all ditched Hinge now that we are allowed out of the house? Is this year the year to be single and embrace being sexually vivacious? Plus, there's chat on the cringiest thing that has happened to them lately and why clubbing in 2021 just hits differently.  Grab tickets to my workshop, 'How to Podcast like a Pro', on Event Brite for Assemblage Collective's Digital Exhibition, on Tuesday the 21st September, 7-8pm BST: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-podcast-like-a-pro-tickets-168601039247?aff=ebdsoporgprofile   Follow the adventure @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast on Instagram to stay up to date. For enquiries, please email: navigatingyourtwenties@gmail.com.

Kate is joined by Izzy Radford, TV Development Researcher and creator of a hilarious Tik Tok video that has just casually hit 1.3 million views. Izzy has written audio pieces in collaboration with BBC Arts and is a published poet. In today’s episode, Kate & Izzy chat all about why we all need to chill the f**k out in our twenties and stop putting pressure on ourselves to achieve milestones by a certain age. They explain why we shouldn’t compare our journey to someone else’s and how to stay in our own lane. Does social media make us feel pressured to constantly achieve? How do we suit ourselves and do our own thing without worrying about societal expectations? Plus, they talk about how the “future you” will have different goals and so it’s silly to expect so much of ourselves. A whopping 67% of millennials feel gigantic pressure to succeed but why do we need to achieve everything by 30? Plus, there’s chat on why we really don’t need a ‘glow up!’ Follow along the sit-com of your twenties on Instagram & Facebook at: @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast. For enquiries, email: navigatingyourtwenties@gmail.com.

In this special bonus episode, Kate chats to Tahmid Chowdhury, listed in Forbes Under Thirty and founder of Here for Good. At just 22, Tahmid founded Here for Good, a charity providing free immigration advice to EEA nationals and their family members living in the UK. Amazingly, the charity is supported by the UK Home Office, Trust for London and the Mayor of London. Tahmid reveals all his top tips on how to turn a hobby or a side hustle into a job and how, with a little bit of self-belief, you really can launch your own business. Tahmid also explains how to make a business model, how to register your business or charity, finding your purpose and managing goals & expectations. Plus, they chat about the admin involved, finance, asking for help and why it’s great to make mistakes. This episode was also played on BBC Radio Lancashire along with a little chat about the podcast; you can catch up on BBC Sounds. Follow along the adventure on Instagram & Facebook @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast. For business enquiries email navigatingyourtwenties@gmail.com. 

Kate drops in to chat to dear friend Tascha Von Uexkull, workshop facilitator for Little Artists London and the Victoria & Albert Museum, for a chat all about creativity and experimentation in your twenties. Psychologists say we reinvent ourselves more in our twenties than any other age and that creativity peaks in this decade. They chat all about finding your creative spark, changing your mind about who you are & what you want. putting yourself out there and how to use creativity to thrive and grow. Follow the adventure on Instagram and Facebook @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast and contact navigatingyourtwenties@gmail.com for enquiries.

Kate is joined by TV Editor Will Clarke for a *very* juicy chat about dating apps and all the disastrous dates that arise from them. From hooking up in a budget hotel with chicken wings to being propositioned to be a step-dad, there's no holding back, as per. They chat all about misleading photos, catfishing, setting rogue age ranges, receiving dodgy voice notes and even dodgier chat up lines. Has traditional romance become love at first swipe? Do dating apps make us less likely to approach a fittie in a bar? Are dating apps a form of online shopping for fun flings in your twenties? Plus, they gossip all about finding best pals from first dates, being asked for sexual acts in public and the rudest thing a date has ever done.  Please note, these opinions are not professional since Kate and Will are both still on dating apps and therefore clearly do not know what they're doing... Follow the adventure @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast on Instagram & Facebook. For partnership enquires email: navigatingyourtwenties@gmail.com

Why is dating in your twenties an unholy combination of a sit-com and a tragedy? Kate is joined by Adam & Yasmin as they confess to all their first date disasters. From kissing another guy whilst on a date to getting hit on whilst on the bus, navigating the dating scene is nothing less than entertaining. They’ll be discussing their weirdest turn-ons, awkward conversations about an ex, ghosting a bad date, terrible chat-up lines and all the times they’ve wanted to run out of a date. Follow the podcast on Instagram/Facebook @yourtwentiespodcast. © Music from https://filmmusic.io "Life of Riley" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)