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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Elizabeth Day

Booking Overview

Interview-led personal-development show focused on failure, resilience, vulnerability, and the formative setbacks behind accomplished people's public success, typically featuring high-profile authors, entertainers, activists, athletes, and other notable public figures. Credible pitches include bestselling authors, award-winning creatives, prominent advocates, and public figures with an unusually candid personal story and clear relevance to failure or reinvention; booking difficulty is very high.

Metrics

Episodes: 408

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100,000 - 1M

Gender skew: Female

Listener location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 62.0k subscribers

Instagram: 425.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

elizabeth.day@fane.co.uk

assistant@elizabethday.org

podcasts@sonymusic.com

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Host

Elizabeth Day - British author, journalist, broadcaster, and podcaster known for her work on failure, vulnerability, relationships, and personal development. She is also a Sunday Times bestselling author.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Bestselling authors, award-winning or widely recognized creatives, prominent entertainers, influential activists, and other high-profile public figures with a substantial career and a compelling, candid story about failure, recovery, reinvention, or vulnerability.
Required Achievements:  
Bestselling books, Major awards or critical acclaim, Prominent public or cultural profile, Successful long-term careers, Influential activism or creative work

Recent Guest Discussions

Sir Paul Smith - The Cycling Accident That Led Him Toward Fashion, Maintaining An Independent Global Business, Insecurity, Creativity, Collaboration, Long-term Relationships, And Aging.

Louise O'Neill - Recovery From An Eating Disorder, Heartbreak, Dating, Beauty Pressure, Aging, Vulnerability, Hope, And Redefining Success.

Nish Kumar - A Failed Edinburgh Show, Public Backlash, Turning Failure Into Comedy Material, Racism, Therapy, Post-traumatic Stress, Politics, And Personal Growth.

Gloria Steinem - Family Regrets, Aging, Fear, Activism, Misogyny, Racism, Injustice, Childlessness, Friendship, Love, And Compassion.

David Sedaris - Dropping Out, Family Conflict, Self-worth, Heartbreak, Grief, Crystal Meth Addiction And Sobriety, Fear, And Creative Development.

Recent Topics

Lifestyle, Personal Development, Resilience, Mental Health, Women's Issues

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
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Bella Mackie - ‘I Will Never “Fix” My Mental Health’

October 19, 2026

Bella Mackie began her career as a journalist, writing for publications including the Guardian, Vice and Vogue, before writing her bestselling debut, Jog On. The book explored how running helped her rebuild her life after the end of her first marriage triggered debilitating anxiety and panic attacks. She followed it with How To Kill Your Family, a darkly comic novel about a young woman methodically murdering her wealthy relatives. It spent 47 weeks on the Sunday Times bestseller list and is ...

Anthony Scaramucci - My Biggest Failure? Working For Donald Trump

October 14, 2026

Scaramucci’s 11-day tenure as the White House Communications Chief under President Donald Trump’s first term ended in a blaze of recrimination. Scaramucci was advised by a PR consultant to disappear for five years. He refused - and reinvented his career. Now, he is the co-host of the US version of The Rest is Politics podcast alongside British journalist Katty Kay. After Harvard Law School, he joined Goldman Sachs and built a career in finance, eventually founding the investment firm SkyBr...

Luke Evans, Sarah Solemani & Elizabeth Day: The Making of The Party

October 12, 2026

Luke Evans and Sarah Solemani join Elizabeth to talk about the journey of Elizabeth’s 2017 novel The Party to its new five-part ITV adaptation.  Luke stars as the show’s protagonist, Martin Gilmour, and Sarah stars as his wife, Lucy… oh and she also brilliantly adapted the novel for screen.  The trio discuss the making of this exciting new drama for TV, how Luke discovered the book and kick-started the process and what the show is about. They discuss themes including: sexuality, t...

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Frequently asked questions

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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
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How do I get in touch with How To Fail With Elizabeth Day?

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day. Its publicly listed emails are elizabeth.day@fane.co.uk, assistant@elizabethday.org, and podcasts@sonymusic.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for How To Fail With Elizabeth Day?

The publicly listed emails for How To Fail With Elizabeth Day: elizabeth.day@fane.co.uk, assistant@elizabethday.org, and podcasts@sonymusic.com.

How many listeners does How To Fail With Elizabeth Day have?

Podseeker estimates How To Fail With Elizabeth Day reaches 100,000 to 1 million listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for How To Fail With Elizabeth Day?

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Bestselling authors, award-winning or widely recognized creatives, prominent entertainers, influential activists, and other high-profile public figures with a substantial career and a compelling, candid story about failure, recovery, reinvention, or vulnerability. Common among recent guests: Bestselling books; Major awards or critical acclaim; Prominent public or cultural profile. Recent guests include Sir Paul Smith, Louise O'Neill, and Nish Kumar.

How hard is it to get booked on How To Fail With Elizabeth Day?

Very high. It mostly books well-known names.

What topics does How To Fail With Elizabeth Day cover?

Recent episodes cover Lifestyle, Personal Development, Resilience, Mental Health, and Women's Issues. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

elizabeth.day@fane.co.uk

assistant@elizabethday.org

podcasts@sonymusic.com

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