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House of Gossip

Sophie Lyons & Clara Kavanagh

Whilst they’re not the most domestic of women, if there’s one house Clara and Sophie can manage, it’s the House of Gossip - a weekly dose of pop culture nourishment. Resident Creative Directors Clara and Sophie are in the gossip closet serving up the latest juicy topics worthy of their carefully curated analysis. Every Tuesday, they sashay onto the factory floor of entertainment and cover breaking scandals, give general celebrity commentary and everything in between. Welcome to House of Gossip,

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All Episodes

39:42

S Club 7: Rose Tinted Reunion Nostalgia

House of Gossip ·

2023/02/21

After a thrilling discussion on Clara's Valentine's Day experience watching Titanic in 4D the girls buckle down to discuss this week's topics on their mind. Clara had the terrible experience of watching a new movie in which she found the chemistry between the two main actors to be absolutely horrendous slash non-existence. She builds this topic out by going into the gold dust that is finding two actors who play lovers that have actual chemistry...that magnetic, contagious deliciousness that is just

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40:14

All I Can Smell is Pamela Anderson's Authenticity

House of Gossip ·

2023/02/14

In a world where you can be anything, be authentic. This week Sophie and Clara have unintentionally picked topics that are totally on the same wavelength...coincidence? Yes. Unfortunate? Absolutely not. The girls have come across the wonder of the Renaissance of Pamela Anderson. From a Playboy centrefold, to the star of a sex tape with Tommy Lee, to icon of the year, this woman's time is now and it is all too beautiful and deliciously real. The other piece of the pie, that which is the clown Tom

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37:32

The Nipple Tassel That Broke The Internet

House of Gossip ·

2023/02/07

This week the girls have scowered the headlines for more slay topics and Clara has come across a new music video that has sparked controversy a plenty. Nipple tassels, corsetry, swinging chandeliers, you name it this video has it. Clara dissects it against the backdrop of the bod-pos movement in the music industry and some other artists who don’t get called out for being a bit unwashed. Plus, Sophie loves nothing more than a new celeb baby, mainly due to the names they bestow upon their new spawn

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34:47

50 Cent’s Magic Stick: Failure to Launch

House of Gossip ·

2023/01/31

This just in, Clara has uncovered one of the most intriguing and failed celeb product launches of all time. Sophie spent a while after the recording, Googling why she cannot purchase this product in 2023 or at least browse the black market for it.This week the girls touch upon what keeps Blake Lively up at night, along with several other… just saliva-inducing failed celebrity business ventures. Click-bait names include The Kardashians and Jessica Simpson. Sophie swerves a Paris (pronounced Par-ee)

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38:29

The Curious Case of Brooklyn Beckhams' Career Path

House of Gossip ·

2023/01/24

2023 means a facelift for the TF&P girls. They are back after their yuletide hiatus and are mixing up the format whilst maintaining the spice. Think more current affairs with a pop of glitter and glam. More precise topics and chat; the same fabulosity and laughs.Join Sophie & Clara this week as they discuss the term sweeping the globe this January, that is the 'nepo baby'. They natter about Noel Gallagher giving his two cents on helping your child get their blessed foot in the door and

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34:55

SCAM-asaurus Rex: Black Friday's Underbelly

House of Gossip ·

2022/11/29

Fresh off the absolute anxiety trip that Black Friday and Cyber Monday instils in the girls, they get to talking about scams they have been subject to over the years. From Baby Clara's Jeremy Clarkson obsession that steered her into a bit of debt, to Sophie's most recent Facebook Marketplace rouse that almost left her sans-dignity, the girls are diving headfirst into the sick world of scamming and dish the top tell-tale signs that you're being targeted by a criminal mastermind.Le finale episode

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42:59

Ride(r) or Die: Divas on Tour

House of Gossip ·

2022/11/22

Fresh off a veeeeeery juicy theatre experience 'Vardy V. Rooney: The WAGatha Christie Trial', the girls are discussing the notion of 'The DIVA' this week. The history of the word: Where does it originate from? Who was the first diva? Why did the once positive term, turn to a negative one? And who are some of the most well-known divas today as we live and breathe? They also delve into some incredibly gas celeb riders through the years and measure up what they would put on theirs for an extra kick

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43:49

'Happy... Sorry, What Are We Celebrating?'

House of Gossip ·

2022/11/15

Inspired by the curiosity and confusion of what Bonfire Night is actually about, the girls honker down to figure out some internationally and nationally renowned celebrations and the buzz on what they are actually celebrating. The school history books just didn’t break it down into bite-sized chinks did they girls? It was all veeeery long winded and faffy.What really is Guy Fawkes, or who is he more to the point?Where did April Fools originate and why oh why do we have this tomfoolery sesh on April

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51:14

11.11: Becoming the Vibration

House of Gossip ·

2022/11/08

It's back to the grind for the girls after their weekends of delicious visitors and trips to some ancient baths. Sitting down in Clara's new abode this week, they are discussing a date they are ever so curious about, which is fast approaching: November 11th, or 11.11 if you will. Sophie notes she has only started making a wish most mornings at 11.11 (also known as 'angel hour') in the last six months and cannot remember where she heard about the ritual from; Clara is of course well versed.The

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1:05:13

A Peak Inside Hollywood with Sarina Bellissimo

House of Gossip ·

2022/11/01

After some light whinging about other people whinging and a bit of ranting about road rage, the girlos discuss what they're j'adoring this week - more sweet treats from Mr. Trevor Nelson and the boyish brilliance of BBC's Ladhood.But this week on the poderoonie, the gals are getting glitzy... They step onto the red carpet to chat with none other than Sarina Bellissimo. Sarina has interviewed every celebrity in Hollywood at least twice and the girlies were only gasping for the goods. What's a starlet

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1:19:36

'Honey, I'm Made of Stardust' Crystal Chats with...

House of Gossip ·

2022/10/26

It's a TF&P First Birthday Bumper Spesh!A COVID scare this week has led the ladies to record remotely. Not to worry they have set matching zoom backgrounds and they appear to be on the same Caribbean Island having a good aul chin wag. A celebration of many this week: 40th episode of TF&P, 1 year anniversary of pod and dearest Gazzer’s birthday all in the same week!In honour of this week of births, the girls delve into some of their favourite birthday memories, birth readings and on the back

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59:49

Your Skin Questions Answered By Dr. Emma Fanning

House of Gossip ·

2022/10/18

This week the girls forgo their j'adore and j'tests and dive right into an insightful and mesmerising chat with Dr. Emma Fanning and ask her many a question on one's skin issues including redness, dryness and perishingness. They pow-wow about how to tackle so many conditions and irritations one experiences in their 30s and then delve into the world of Emma's bread and butter: holistic non-surgical cosmetic medicine. We're talking vampire facials, filler, micro-needling and everything in

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39:18

The Commitments

House of Gossip ·

2022/10/11

Upon receiving a message from a male listener, the girls endeavour to give the listener a more 360 degree view on a topic; not just the delicious female perspective. As we progress into our 30s, the routes we take can vary drastically i.e. marry or float around, rent or buy, the list goes on. Upon some scientific research on Clara's side and qualitative research from Sophie's, the girls come together to discuss the overarching theme of commitment in the 21st century. Some people want the safety of a

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51:16

Not Every Conspiracy Is A Theory

House of Gossip ·

2022/10/04

This week Clara has been burrowing deep into the underbelly of cyber space to dig up some of the most looper and curious conspiracy theories out there. From supposed boloney moon landings, invasion of the lizard people, to celebrities who are still alive but supposedly died many years ago. This conversation between the girls, is both extremely interesting yet perplexing. Sophie tries her hardest to understand Clara's stories that she discovered whilst surfing the web extensively and my oh my some of

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56:13

J’Exposé: A History of Celebrity Faux Pas

House of Gossip ·

2022/09/27

Fresh off the news on love rat Adam Levine, Sophie and Clara sit down at the table this week to discuss his hideous behaviour (and mortifying chat up lines) and plummet into a conversation on celebrity booboos and rogue actions. From cheating scandals, todrunken arrests, cannibalism and even hate crime hoaxes, join the girls as they reel off their top celeb faux pas over the years and why the Sony hacking scandal was the gift that just kept on giving.Follow the chairwomen of the ‘We Hate Love Rats

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53:36

Mr. Great Expectation, Mr. Right Now & The Gulf In...

House of Gossip ·

2022/09/20

Still buzzing from their first episode back after their delicious hiatus, Sophie and Clara reunite in Sophie’s new oasis/podcasting facility to chin wag about some new developments in Sophie’s life after a hot and sultry summer. There’s a Mr. Right Now on the scene but like he’s not Mr. Right, you know? Or is he? This got the girls thinking about the expectations one has for one’s life; ideas about relationships, career, property ladder blah blah blah. They try to analyse these expectations and

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56:52

‘Meet me at the VIP’: A Festival Season Review

House of Gossip ·

2022/09/13

Annnd the girls are back. Fresh off their summer hiatus Clara and Sophie are sitting down to discuss a topic close to their hearts - the music festival. Yes this week they are giving you festival season 2022 in review. From the opening ceremony of Mighty Hoopla to the closing ceremony of ‘Leccy Piccy, the girls are talking the evolution of themselves as festival goers from late teens to vibrant fresh to death women. They touch upon their developing musical taste, their ever lowering threshold for

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1:04:48

Go Out With A (Big) Bang

House of Gossip ·

2022/07/19

Before they take their poddie summer holliers, the space cadets thought they'd go out with a big bang...Was anyone else equally fascinated and perplexed by the photos released by NASA from James Webbs’ telescope? Yes they were stunning, but apparently they were from a pre-dinosaur era and beyond, circa 13 billion years ago. Space in general is such a query for the girlies, so they sought after a professional, and found the nicest one alive at that. Introducing... Dr. Mark Mitchison, Assistant

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54:07

Beautiful Lies: The Boloney of the Beauty Industry

House of Gossip ·

2022/07/12

Myths, dupe products and unfounded claims. This week the girls sit down to discuss the false promises made to the consumer by beauty companies worldwide. No, cellulite cannot be cured by a simple cream, no Bio Oil apparently isn’t a cure for stretch marks and no, you cannot rid one’s bat wings with a serum. Spurred on by an ad on Instagram, the girls chow down on some bolony statements, do some myth busting on the cosmetic industry and lust over Clara’s love for her magical cloth that she just

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40:19

'Babe, What's Your Love Language?'

House of Gossip ·

2022/07/05

One Doctor, 5 languages, and a whole lot of interpretation. The girls are delving into the five different love languages according to Dr. Gary Chapman. Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Physical Touch, Quality Time, and the all-important (to one of the girls at least) Words of Affirmation. What means more to you honeys? Is it the soft touch of a hand on your back or is it BAE hanging up your washing to help lighten your load? I mean there's only one thing Sophie needs and that is for her fella to

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