Off Air with Jane & Fi
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Off Air with Jane & Fi
Jane Garvey and Fi Glover keep the mics on, grab a cuppa and say what they really think - unencumbered and off air.If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio and follow our antics away from the mic on Instagram:...
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I got a pocket, got a pocketful of Anusol (with Dame Maggie Aderin)
Jane has yet again come to work with a smile on her face (the office heating was on and the canteen was stocked with Cadbury’s Fruit and Nut). Fi’s st...
Skipping revision for Crossroads and Corrie (with Stéphane Babonneau)
Fi’s still off, so Jane is holding down the fort, with some help from Eve ('fresh' from Berlin). There’s more discussion about revision, fear of failu...
No one has the right to bore you!
Fi is on half term this week but fear not... school is still in session for Jane, who is joined by Robbie Millen, literary editor of The Times and The...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
Welcome to a Friday special! This week's bonus episode features an interview with Julianne Miles MBE, chartered psychologist and co-founder of Career...
Stolen glances by the sensitive-gut kibble (with Jennie Godfrey)
It's Thursday and we're about to break up for half-term... Fi's off next week so Jane will be holding down - with some (minimal) help along the way. B...
Unstable but not unfriendly (with Zac Goldsmith)
This podcast is the living embodiment of managing your expectations - please keep them low… at all times. In today’s episode, Jane and Fi chat piles,...
Headbanging to The Three Humanities Degrees (with Lisa McGee)
We know you’ve all been on the edge of your seats (particularly if you’re anything like Shaun Evans), but fear not, Fi brings you an Anusol update… Pl...
Juliet Bravo and a tube of Canesten
Fi’s had a bumpy start to the morning in the form of a classic misplaced-phone palaver, but crisis averted… After that, Jane and Fi chat unsubtle Anus...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
Welcome to a Friday special! This week's bonus episode features an interview with Vicky Ward, an investigative journalist who has spent decades report...
Opening jars in a quiet corner of Only Fans (with Michaela Strachan)
Jane and Fi's work outside the home is over for the week... They'll now be moving indoors... Before that, they chat nut balls, the downside to en-suit...
A life of letting them dangle
This is an after-hours podcast episode…Welcome to the twilight zone… well, 4:12pm. Expect more butter-dish chat, non-traditional ratatouille, neuterin...
Fnarr fnarr at the silver screening... (with Emma B)
Jane and Fi are feeling nostalgic today and they’re reminiscing about simpler times: when the landline phone knew its place, the Mini Cooper stayed in...
Really fruity stuff!
Happy Monday! Jane’s been putting her pipes to good use over the weekend, and she brings a flavour of it to this episode… aren’t you lucky? Jane and F...
Propelling a barge with Arnold Schwarzenegger and some caramelised houmous (with Ellie Reeves MP)
Forget his party, your party, Melania’s party - this is an Off Air party! Welcome… Jane and Fi cover the practicality of the negligee, funeral cruisin...
Bamboozled by the three-hole teat
Normal programming resumes - Jane’s back, and there’s actually a guest. Jane and Fi discuss glove flirting, removing offspring from the phone plan, th...
Falling down a Mark Carney thirst-trap rabbit hole
Jane’s still off, so it’s an Off Air Fi and Eve special... They’re ricocheting between knick-knacks for dickheads’ business ventures, enlightenment in...
Massaging the old joints with a bit of Antony Beevor
Welcome to Monday! Jane is off today and tomorrow, so we’re bringing you a big book special today… Robbie Millen, literary editor of The Times and The...
Big Mamma Garv unleashed on the streets (with Carol Vorderman)
It’s a jam-packed Thursday: there are parish notices; an idea for a new podcast format steam-rolled by a book club announcement; a reflection on the l...
Missing the climax for fishcakes (with David Baddiel)
Happy hump day! Owners of France and Mytchett - or, as you know them, Jane and Fi - discuss Dongret, women in dungarees, how to tie a loincloth, and t...
Picky, indecisive, and uninterested in a place in the sun (with Claudia Hammond)
Fi's a bit blissed out on medication and Jane doesn't really know anything today, so bear with us as we muddle through... Jane and Fi chat the Buxton...
On the cusp of exercise
Forget Blue Monday - we’re all about Waffling Monday here! Jane and Fi muse over well-turned calves, party leaders in Lycra, being overwhelmed by M&S,...
The well trodden path from kilted yoga to Heated Rivalry
Warning! This episode covers sexual activity! Explicit sexual activity! Jane and Fi also cover getting your tonsils out in Dundee, lying-in hospitals,...
Hearing from the Manchego again in warrior pose (with Derek Jacobi and Richard Clifford)
Happy Hump Day! It’s all going on: Fi’s been taken over by a spirit, and we’re about 50 miles outside Bromley… Jane’s added even more items to her eve...
Leaping straight into hockey sex (with Helen Garner)
Jane and Fi consider coming out with their own self-help book and muse on the title: ‘Do Less, Be Happier’ or ‘Can I Be Arsed? Probably Not’… the jury...
Downward dog, upward rage
Namaste. Happy Monday. Jane’s got a bee in her bonnet about - well, quite a few things... Jane and Fi also chat about the 5am Club, unexpected legumes...
Feeling limitless just north of Hatfield
Jane and Fi’s career delusions continue today as they ponder why they’ve never been offered a professional cricket commentary career. They also chat e...
Snogging the Yale lock? (with Jake Humphrey)
Happy Wednesday! Hope you're keeping warm and managing to stay upright. Besides sport, politics, corruption, and shortbread, Jane and Fi discuss using...
Girlguiding and PVC jumpsuits (with Maggie O'Farrell)
Fi’s blood pressure has well and truly spiked today, so join us as we collectively try to bring it back down… Coming off the lid today, there’s chat a...
Never as far as Reading without a bumper pack of Imodium
It’s 2026, and Jane and Fi are back - reunited and ready to run their mouths. In this episode, they demonstrate their budding potential as high-level...
OFF AIR…EXTRA (with Ancestry)
In this special bonus episode brought to you by Ancestry, Fi chats to The Times and Sunday Times editor Andy Silvester, and Ancestry family history ex...
BEST OF 2025: Interviews - Part Two
It’s officially 2026! Happy New Year - we hope your head is OK… In this bonus episode, we revisit Jane and Fi’s conversations with Joanna Lumley, Rob...
LIVE AT CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL (with Penny Lancaster)
Merry Christmas! You may be hiding in the pantry right now - we’re right there with you! In this bonus podcast episode, Jane and Fi are live on stage...
BEST OF 2025: Interviews - Part One
Happy Monday! Just three more sleeps until Christmas - we hope this will help you drift off soundly, or simply provide you with an excuse to step out...
Hot under the collar over some ribbed cranberry sauce (with Chris McCausland)
It’s the final official podcast episode of the year! Merry Christmas from all the Off Air team. Pour yourself a glass of fizz and settle in as Fi chat...
Exfoliating with a Follett face towel (with Andrew Billen)
’Twas the penultimate Off Air episode of the year, and all through the studio… it was anything but quiet. Fi chats yacht showrooms, Christmas haikus,...
A bustling lesbian bonobo community (with Susie Wolff)
Fi’s still manning the podcast solo, with a bit of help from Eve and your wonderful emails along the way. There’s chat of double reeds, doing the spli...
OFF AIR…EXTRA (with Emma Bridgewater and Thomas Fudge's biscuits)
In this special bonus episode brought to you by Thomas Fudge's biscuits, Fi chats to Britain's most celebrated ceramicist, Emma Bridgewater.
The...
The potential to be problematic (with Paul Feig)
Today is a new day and the playlist is closed! Fi finally delivers her heavily-trailed lodger email, and there are accents… proceed with caution. Ther...
Relieving yourself in the Christmas lunch canteen queue (with Spencer Matthews)
The playlist is open and the cupboard door is closed and locked! Take a deep breath... In this episode, Fi is underwhelmed by a French B&B, she’s over...
Fi's secret sleeve tattoo... (with Sebastian Faulks)
There are lots of questions left unanswered in today's pod. Fi is steering the ship solo - exploring whether TV characters should say goodbye? What th...