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.

Navigating Your Twenties

S2 Ep2 - Post-Lockdown Dating & Sex with Comedian Hannah Radley

In the Season 2 debut, Kate is joined by Jessica Smith, author of Your Twenties, career coach, podcast producer and public speaker, for a chat all about everything they have learnt in their twenties. Having published her debut novel at age 29 which captivated a global audience, Jess knows a thing or two about embracing your twenties. As an explorer of life, Jess sees your twenties as one big experiment to learn and grow. She believes the main ingredient we need to cultivate is a connection to our -NESS and that we’re not here to figure out what to do but, rather, who we are. There’s chat about allllll the things she’s learnt about love, loss, friendship, heartbreak, travel, post-uni blues, friendship and truly embracing finding out who you are. To celebrate the launch of Season 2, our beautiful episode 1 guest Jessica Smith is giving away ONE copy of her book your twenties and THREE your twenties journals; there’s 4 winners, how exciting! To enter, head to Instagram @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast. For enquiries, please email: navigatingyourtwenties@gmail.com.

S2 Ep1 - Everything I Learnt in My Twenties with Author Jessica Smith

Kate drops in with dear friends and hosts of the 99% Certified Podcast, Anthony, Raj & Sunny, for a juicy chat on a guys and gals perspective on dating and sex in your twenties. For the season finale, there’s hilarious chat on how both guys and girls navigate first dates, hook-ups, break-ups, pillow talk and the L-word. How do guys know when they’re falling in love? What do girls mean when they play the friend-zone card? What does it mean when we get ghosted or breadcrumbed? What gives us the 'ich'?  They chat about first loves on MSN, a one-night stand with someone who growled like a bear, a tragic first date in a cemetery, asking a date to rate their evening and chirpsing an ex on LinkedIn.  Give the boys some love on Instagram at @99percent_certi and check out their podcast on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.  Follow the adventure @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast on Instagram and Facebook to stay up to date. For enquiries, please email: navigatingyourtwenties@gmail.com. 

S1 Ep12- A Guy & Girl Perspective on Dating and Sex

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.

S1 Ep11 - Breaking ‘Norms’ & Not Giving Goals an Age Deadline in our Twenties

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. 

S1 Ep10- BONUS EP: How to Start a Business in Your Twenties

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.

S1 Ep9- How to Use Your Twenties as a Creative Experiment

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

S1 Ep8- "She was 42!": Dating App Disasters, Catfishing & Hotel Hook-Ups

Kate is joined by Anna-Marie Descartes, presenter and creative entrepreneur, to chat about the *gulp* quarter-life crisis. Affecting a whopping 86% of millennials, they'll laugh off all the funny and eye-opening moments that come with not having a clue. What triggers the crisis and does our glorification of being 'busy' and ‘stressed’ contribute towards it? Is our generation, the Peter Pan Generation, more likely to experience it than our elders? They'll chat all about the advice they've received, the psychology and science behind a quarter-life crisis and how to overcome it. Is the crisis actually a good thing? Does it encourage us to keep pushing for more? Plus, they'll share what helps them navigate their twenties and the perplexity that comes with it. 

S1 Ep7- "Now what?!": The Quarter-Life Crisis!?

Kate is joined by DJ and badass Doctor-in-the-making Arjun Nayar as they chat all about budget travelling in your twenties and why it’s as important as your vitamins. They’ll divulge all their funny stories, stupid mistakes and all the times they were too drunk abroad. From nearly getting busted by cops for underage drinking to taking a nap on the edge of the Grand Canyon, there’s been a fair share of outrageous decisions abroad. They’ll also divulge nearly dying from hitchhiking, travelling solo across Asia, trekking through the Himalayas and nearly falling of a rooftop building. Plus, they’ll get deep about why travellingis so important and transformative at this age. Follow @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast on Instagram and Facebook to join the sit-com of your twenties. © Music from filmmusic.io "Life of Riley" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

S1 Ep6- “He survived an avalanche”: Budget Travel in Your Twenties

Kate is joined by AJ Hartley, founder of Zenaya Yoga, for a deep chat about tough times and why they’re beautifully transformative, especially in your twenties. Does ‘productivity culture’ in young people provoke an unhealthy relationship with failure? Do we expect too much of ourselves, especially when times are tough? From moving country after a break-up to being rejected from a job only to shortly be offered a better job, they chat all about how failure is actually a blessing in disguise. How do we manifest gratitude and calmness in tough situations? There’s real talk on the two mindsets, the ‘fixed mindset’ and the ‘growth mindset’, and how we can shift our brains to view failures and tough times as positive. Plus, they chat about how ‘not having your shit together’ seems like a tough time but is actually liberating and crucial in your twenties for self-development, growth and discovery. Follow @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast on Instagram and Facebook to join the sit-com of your twenties. © Music from https://filmmusic.io "Life of Riley" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

S1 Ep5- "Failure is a Blessing": The Beauty of Tough Times

Kate is joined by AJ Hartley, founder of Zenaya Yoga, for a deep chat about tough times and why they’re beautifully transformative, especially in your twenties. Does ‘productivity culture’ in young people provoke an unhealthy relationship with failure? Do we expect too much of ourselves, especially when times are tough? From moving country after a break-up to being rejected from a job only to shortly be offered a better job, they chat all about how failure is actually a blessing in disguise. How do we manifest gratitude and calmness in tough situations? There’s real talk on the two mindsets, the ‘fixed mindset’ and the ‘growth mindset’, and how we can shift our brains to view failures and tough times as positive. Plus, they chat about how ‘not having your shit together’ seems like a tough time but is actually liberating and crucial in your twenties for self-development, growth and discovery. Follow @yourtwentiespodcast on Instagram and Facebook to join the sit-com of your twenties. © Music from https://filmmusic.io "Life of Riley" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Kate is joined by Saba Masood as they get chat all about alcohol - otherwise known as truth juice. They reveal their best and worst drunk stories, biggest mistakes, all the times that beer goggles caused regrets, the pressures of drinking to seem “fun”, the first time they got drunk, blacking out, making friends on a night out and all the drunken times they wish they could erase from their memories. And of course, what episode on drunken antics would be complete without chatting about hangxiety, the morning after and guilt. Follow the podcast on Instagram/Facebook @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast. © Music from https://filmmusic.io "Life of Riley" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

S1 Ep4- “I got married in Vegas”: Drunken mishaps, Beer Goggles & Hangxiety

Kate is joined by Amy Fallon and Rosie Featherstone as they get deep about the ins and outs of sex (literally). Why is it important to embrace being sexually vivacious? Is the availability of casual sex higher than ever? Why are we so scared to commit? From their worst sexual experience to saucy kinks to flaccid penises, there is no holding back. Let’s chat about the stigma of having lots of sex, becoming friends with a one night stand and a condition that affects 1 in 4 women, vaginismus. Follow the podcast on Instagram/Facebook @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast. © Music from https://filmmusic.io "Life of Riley" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

S1 Ep3- “I always forget the balls!”: Sex, Commitment Phobia & One Night Stands

*Apologies for the audio quality in this episode* As a brand new year and decade dawns, Kate is joined by Michael Sheridan, TV Producer and founder of the Manchester Creative Network, to chat deep about creating your dream life, setting goals and being content. How do we set goals without being hard on ourselves? How do we love ourselves more to give ourselves our best life? And how do we find our “glow” to attract the very best things in our life? Follow the podcast on Instagram/Facebook @navigatingyourtwentiespodcast. © Music from https://filmmusic.io "Life of Riley" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

S1 Ep2- “Ready, Steady, Glow!”: Creating Your Dream Life

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/)

S1 Ep1- “My family already love you”: First Date Disasters

Life in your twenties is a bit of a sit-com. So join Kate Whitaker in a podcast pointing you in the wrong direction. Let’s laugh off the mind-boggles of adulthood together, from dating dramas, career blunders, travel tales, mindfulness and all the stuff that happened in between the birthdays you can’t actually remember.

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Navigating Your Twenties

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