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The Way They Were

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Mar 14, 2025 • 1h 5min

107 GLEN MOORE & KATIE STOREY: FRASIER AND LILITH

Hey baby, can you hear the blues a-callin’? It’s time to toss some salad and scramble some eggs. And this week, we’re serving up a full plate. This week, British comedy power couple Glenn Moore and Katie Storie join Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate to psychoanalyse one of TV’s most cerebral couples: Lilith Sternin & Frasier Crane.Their romance spanned three sitcoms and four decades. From their barbed exchanges in Cheers to their sensual years in Frasier, and we promise we aren't going to talk about that reboot. We’re charting the highs, the lows, and the perfectly enunciated heartbreak.So, pour yourself a sherry, don your finest opera attire, and prepare for a love story as intellectual as it was doomed. Join us as we remember the way they were! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 14, 2025 • 4min

Introducing The Newsworthy Podcast

In this episode, Grainne and Chantal introduce a podcast called The Newsworthy which you MUST check out!
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Mar 7, 2025 • 1h 7min

106: MILO EDWARDS: JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOURG

Love is in the air—or should we say Je t’aime… moi non plus? Comedian Milo Edwards joins Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate for a deep dive into France’s most effortlessly cool couple: Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin.A whirlwind romance of cigarette smoke, black paint, and an unfortunate incident with a ruler, their love defined an era—though, like a well-worn Birkin bag, it didn’t stay pristine forever. This week, it’s the most French episode of the podcast so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 28, 2025 • 1h 6min

105: LIZ GUTERBOCK: KYLE RICHARDS & MAURICIO UMANSKY

We're so back, baby! Comedian Liz Guterbock needs to talk to somebody about the breakup of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills royalty Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky. Luckily, Gráinne Maguire and Chantal Feduchin-Pate had microphones set up and ready for the occasion.Theirs was a love story straight out of reality TV legend, but as we know on this podcast, all that glitters is not gold. This week, we're going to mention it all: the magazines, the teeth, the dinner party from hell, and of course Morgan Wade.So, what really made Mo say, "Goodbye Kyle"? Don’t worry—Gráinne and Chantal have all the answers… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 26, 2025 • 42min

Breakie Awards 2025, Oscars preview and Paper Cuts crossover!

Bonus episode! To get you excited for the new season of The Way They Were, Gráinne and Chantal have teamed up with journalist Miranda Sawyer to delve into the dazzling world of award shows in a very special crossover with Paper Cuts. Chantal shares her red carpet dos and don'ts while Gráinne discusses her mission to watch every Oscar-nominated film. Plus, get ready for the hottest awards show of 2025: The Breakies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 13, 2024 • 48min

I'm Dreaming of The Way They Were at Christmas!

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Dec 6, 2024 • 24min

6: The Way They ARE: Bill and Hillary Clinton

In the final instalment (for now) of this off shoot series of the main show, Grainne and Chantal get to the heart of why love and politics DO mix... at least in the case of Bill and Hilary Clinton, a power couple in just about every sense of the word, despite a few ummmm challenges that is. See you next week for The Way They Were Christmas special, maybe it's time to look at the lasting love of Mr and Mrs Klaus? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 29, 2024 • 28min

5: The Way They ARE: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

In today's instalment of The Way They ARE, we are ALL amused at the right royal romance that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, as it's often held aloft as the quintessential fairy tale love story.. but perhaps other motives were at work behind the scenes, and that one of the party weren't quite as on board with it as legend suggests? This ep is an eyeopener in more ways than one...believe me.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 22, 2024 • 23min

4: The Way They ARE: JFK Jnr & Carolyn Bessette

In our next instalment of our mini-series, The Way They Are, Chantal and Grainne explore the tempestuous - and ultimately tragic - love story of JFK Junior and Carolyn Bessette, which was as overtly passionate, as it was stylish. As we know the lives of this beautiful young couple were cut way too short, so our hosts imagine what this romance could have been if it was allowed to run its full course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 16, 2024 • 22min

3: The Way They ARE: Meryl Streep & Martin Short

Chantal is back in the chair for this episode of The Way They ARE - and what JOY she is spreading, as she presents to us the elusive, but very much celebrated and newish love that appears to have formed between two of showbiz's most loved stars ... Meryl Streep and Martin Short! Grainne nearly jumped out of her seat when the realisation hit that we would be revelling in this most well deserved happy endings, the likes of which most movies could only dream of! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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