Sip the Tea with Drs. Marian and Tara*

*Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn make no claim to doctorhood, either medical or philosophical, on their BBC Radio 4 podcast Now You’re Asking (though Keyes does have a law degree!).

BUT they do “doctor” their askers (folks who write in to ask questions about sticky life situations) with hits of intensely real, life-inspired philosophy and practical advice, administered as only two comic geniuses can - in doses funny enough to split your sides and rip your stitches.

Tara Flynn and Marian Keyes: no advice was ever so kind, so honest, or so side-splittingly funny. (Image: BBC Radio 4.)

They don’t shy away from the tough stuff, but they’ve been through enough to know to leave us lighter-hearted. Laughter isn’t just the best medicine, it’s the only self-medication that works 100% of the time (unless you have to take effective doctor-prescribed meds, of course!).

No agony here, but it does feel like sitting down to sip tea - rather than spill it; we’re not taking delight in anyone’s troubles - with two wonderful, no-holds-barred aunties. ☕️🫖

Warning: this podcast deals with real, grown-up life questions; for even less of a filter, check out the short “No Limits” episodes. 😊

And Keyes’s books have the same medicinal effect, by the by - by squaring up to the dark parts of life and laughing hard… since you’re asking! 📚