It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

By: Gill Sims Jo Middleton
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  • It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere is a new podcast from authors, bloggers and great friends, Jo Middleton and Gill Sims. In it, Gill and Jo kick back with a cocktail and have a bit of fun discussing random topics including but not limited to, parenting, hormones, menopause, weird nineties sex tips, and relationships. Oh, and we also proffer advice we are in no way qualified to give in our regular problem page slot. Jo Middleton is the creator of the award winning Slummy Single Mummy blog, and the author of Playgroups and Prosecco, and Gill Sims is the author of the bestselling Why Mummy series of books, The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood, and the Peter and Jane blog. We met at an event several years ago, where we bonded over how much we were missing our pets, but not our children. Subsequent meetings saw us crashing a wedding, starting a party in a hotel bar we had persuaded the night porter to open, and liberating a bottle of tequila from a terrifying sausage conglomeration in Brighton. We have not yet been arrested on a night out, but give it time. Get in touch with us by email at itsfiveoclocksomewherepodcast@hotmail.com, or follow us on Instagram @its5oclocksomewherepodcast, on Facebook It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere and even on Twitter @5OClock_Podcast. We don’t do TikTok. Our children have forbidden us. Also, it scares us. Produced by James Ede, BeHeard Hosted by LibSyn
    2022
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  • GLADIATORS, READY!!!!!
    Dec 20 2023

    This week, with the clock ticking ever more rapidly, and that festive countdown very much on, we talk about those organised people who, having been ready for Christmas since approximately mid August, like to remind the rest of us about that by asking in faux concerned tones 'And are you all ready for Christmas?', when they know full well the answer is going to be a resounding NO!  Jo takes a rather more pragmatic to Christmas and declares one is 'ready' when one is eating cherry liqueur chocolates with your morning coffee, whereas Gill takes on a more panicked approach, not helped by developing a recent obsession with making the 'tension rod garlands' that she saw on Instagram.  It's a packed episode though, as Jo learns a lot about hostess trolleys, Gill threatens to cry in the garage with a bottle of Baileys and we discuss why 'Susan' is such an excellent name!  Merry Christmas!

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    33 mins
  • Netflix and Chill...?
    Dec 13 2023

    This week we are talking about Christmas films, and I think it's safe to say we have some Views on these (how unlike us).  We discuss an unusual take on Love Actually, and Gill watches The Holiday for the very first time, and develops an unhealthy obsession with Jude Law's cow, while Jo points out several more practical flaws with his life than his random cow.  Jo has some issues with these films from a feminist standpoint, and Gill feebly attempts to argue that mildly objectifying Cary Elwes is also a feminist standpoint...

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    38 mins
  • Bad Traditions
    Dec 6 2023

    OK, so we started recording this episode with the very best intentions to talk charmingly about our delightful family Christmas traditions, the importance of traditions, and of creating your own new ones.  But somehow, we almost immediately went wildly off topic and starting talking about the times we really did not bring our A game as parents (or maybe we did, depending on how you're looking at it).  So if you're feeling a bit Grinchy, a bit Meh, a bit over that elf and his b*starding shelf, and feeling like everyone else is going OTT on the Christmas magic, while you just want a traditional vat of Baileys, this episode is for you!

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    36 mins

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Just Brilliant!!!

Two middle aged, middle class, hormonal ladies shooting the breeze. And it's absolutely hysterical!!! As a man married whose wife is pre-menopausal this pulls back the curtain on her and what her friends are discussing and going through. Thanks to both of you.

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One of my favourites!

Look forward to listening every week, often whilst walking the dog. Could be a little bit longer?

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My New Favourite Podcast!

Listening to this podcast feels like going to a cocktail bar with two amusing, highly entertaining friends and quietly sipping my drink while they get on with what they do best.

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Bonkers, but brilliant.

if you like Gill Sims' work then you'll love this podcast, and you'll also see how much of herself she's put into her characters.

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Funny & relatable (mostly!)

Funny & relatable (mostly!). Love it! Well done ladies! Looking forward to the next episode!

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