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Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

Hosted by Marian Keyes · society · EN · 52 episodes

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About this Podcast:

Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn want to solve your problems. Or try, at the very least. Join Marian and Tara as they dig into their own life experience to find advice for all of us. Marian Keyes is a multi award-winning writer, with a total of over 30 million of her books sold to date in 33 languages. Her close friend Tara Flynn is an actress, comedian, and writer. Together, these two friends have been through a lot, and now want to use their own life experience to help solve your biggest - and smallest - problems. From dilemmas about life, love and grief, to the perils of laundry or knowing what to say at a boring dinner, we'll find out what Marian and Tara would recommend...which might not solve the problem exactly, but will make us all feel a bit better. Got a problem you want Marian and Tara to solve? Email marianandtara@bbc.co.uk. Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn is produced by Steve Doherty. It is a Giddy Goat Production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

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What is Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn about?

Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn want to solve your problems. Or try, at the very least. Join Marian and Tara as they dig into their own life experience to find advice for all of us. Marian Keyes is a multi award-winning writer, with a total of over 30 million of her books sold to date in 33 languages.

Who hosts Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn?

Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn is hosted by Marian Keyes. The show has published 52 episodes to date.

What has Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn covered recently?

Recent episodes include "The 'Functioning Alcoholic' Problem" (21 January 2025, 29 minutes), "The Knick-Knack Nightmare Problem" (14 January 2025, 29 minutes), and "The Steamy Reading Question" (7 January 2025, 28 minutes).

How often does Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn publish?

Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 20 minutes across 52 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn?

Booking probability for Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn's contact route on record: verified email.

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Marian Keyes hosts Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn, a society show with 52 episodes published.

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  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    The 'Functioning Alcoholic' Problem

    Jan 21, 202529 minS0

    <p>Alcoholism and the idea of the 'functioning alcoholic' is one of the serious topics tackled by Marian and Tara in this final edition of series 4 - alongside ways to choose your battles with a petulant 11 year-old...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    The Knick-Knack Nightmare Problem

    Jan 14, 202529 minS0

    <p>You're gay and your best friend is married to a man who seems to be jealous of your relationship with his wife - what would you do? Your girlfriend's father is sick and you want to support her but are conflicted...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    The Steamy Reading Question

    Jan 7, 202528 minS0

    <p>Is your wife's bedtime reading a little on the raunchy side? Should you worry, if it is? Do you have a friend who never helps to organise your get-togethers? And ... what is love, anyway? Another superb slice of life...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    The Upstairs Neighbour Problem

    Dec 30, 202429 minS0

    <p>Neighbours - you can't live with 'em and you can't live without 'em. This week, one of our askers is having trouble with the mysterious noises from upstairs, another is feeling increasingly awkward when sex scenes...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    The Motorway Problem

    Dec 23, 202429 minS0

    <p>Motorway driving, trouble at work with HR, and historic nudism exposed. Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn grace us with their witty and wise advice, answering their listeners' questions in the best and only way they know...

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    The Returning Children Problem

    Dec 17, 202428 minS0

    <p>This week, Marian and Tara have advice for an autistic man who finds it hard to break the ice with women at the age of 51. There are thoughts for a mother of two ex-students who have arrived back home, just as she...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    The Production Crush Problem

    Dec 10, 202428 minS0

    <p>Is 60 too old to develop a crush? Not if you're working closely with a handsome stranger on a amateur dramatics show, it seems. Meanwhile, the programme takes a foodie turn with a worry about when 'splitting the...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    The Breastfeeding Problem

    Dec 3, 202429 minS0

    <p>This week's first 'ask' doesn't get more serious - a listener wants to know if she should tell her family about having been groomed for sexual abuse as a teenager. Marian and Tara draw on their wisdom to do their...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    The Voice Notes Problem

    Nov 26, 202429 minS0

    <p>This week: Do you feel hanker after a more creative live than the one you're living? What should you do when an elderly parent insists on discussing death, when you'd rather not? And voice notes - are they a blessing...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    Live at Hay Festival 2024

    Nov 19, 202429 minS0

    <p>Are your super-sociable new neighbours just a bit too much? Are you a photographer who's been booked for the wedding of the girl who bullied you in school? Does your husband's desire to expose his perineum to the sun...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    No Limits: Ep 10. Guilty Pleasures

    Feb 20, 20249 minS0

    <p>Now that Abba are cool again (what do you mean? They were always cool!) we dedicate a whole episode edition of No Limits to deride the idea of a 'guilty pleasure'. Are you guilty of 'contempt prior to investigation'...

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    No Limits: Ep 9. Threesome

    Feb 13, 20249 minS0

    <p>A female asker's husband has walked in, saw his wife hugging her female best friend, put two and two together ... made five and now all he wants is a threesome. What do Marian and Tara think of the whole...

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    No Limits: Ep 8. Gym Etiquette

    Feb 6, 20248 minS0

    <p>Marian and Tara find that Alpha males get everywhere - especially on your nerves. Is someone hogging the gym equipment you want to use? Hey bro! Get off that machine.</p><p>Each week for this series of 10...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    No Limits: Ep 7. Critical Mother

    Jan 30, 20249 minS0

    <p>Throughout his life, the asker's mother has found time to criticise - and that all adds up. What can he do to heal those wounds? Marian and Tara bring their words of wisdom.</p><p>Each week for this series of 10...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    No Limits: Ep 6. Lingerie

    Jan 23, 20248 minS0

    <p>Tara hates frilly lingerie and is not afraid to let her feelings be known in this edition of our spin-off podcast, No Limits. If they're scratchy and uncomfortable who exactly are they really for and why should women...

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    No Limits: Ep 5. Farting at pilates

    Jan 16, 20245 minS0

    <p>An otherwise enjoyable pilates class is interrupted by an unmistakable smell. All eyes turn on our asker - the only man in the room. Except it wasn't him. He doesn't want to point the finger but neither does he want...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    The Celebrity Selfie Problem

    Jan 16, 202429 minS0

    <p>What do you do when a celebrity says no to your polite request for a selfie ... and what are para-social relationships, anyway? You've left your old job and none of your old colleagues have kept in touch ... what...

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    No Limits: Ep 4. Should I strip the bed?

    Jan 9, 20247 minS0

    <p>You've stayed overnight at a friend's house, the question is whether or not to strip the bed when it's time to say goodbye.</p><p>Each week for this series of 10 mini-podcasts, Marian and Tara take one email from a...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    The Middle Fingers Problem

    Jan 9, 202429 minS0

    <p>What do you do when you’re bisexual and rejected by your family, a parent worried about your son sucking his fingers, and someone whose friend brings you nothing but problems? These and many others have turned to...

  • Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn

    No Limits: Ep 3. Rekindled Romance

    Jan 2, 20246 minS0

    <p>You're back with your ex after a firework-filled love affair with another man. The problem is, even though he's lovely, the sex is terrible.</p><p>Each week for this series of 10 mini-podcasts, Marian and Tara take...

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