Off Air with Jane & Fi
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Off Air with Jane & Fi
Jane Garvey and Fi Glover keep the mics on, grab a cuppa and say what they really think - unencumbered and off air.If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio and follow our antics away from the mic on Instagram:...
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697 episodes
Picky, indecisive, and uninterested in a place in the sun (with Claudia Hammond)
Fi's a bit blissed out on medication and Jane doesn't really know anything today, so bear with us as we muddle through... Jane and Fi chat the Buxton...
On the cusp of exercise
Forget Blue Monday - we’re all about Waffling Monday here! Jane and Fi muse over well-turned calves, party leaders in Lycra, being overwhelmed by M&S,...
The well trodden path from kilted yoga to Heated Rivalry
Warning! This episode covers sexual activity! Explicit sexual activity! Jane and Fi also cover getting your tonsils out in Dundee, lying-in hospitals,...
Hearing from the Manchego again in warrior pose (with Derek Jacobi and Richard Clifford)
Happy Hump Day! It’s all going on: Fi’s been taken over by a spirit, and we’re about 50 miles outside Bromley… Jane’s added even more items to her eve...
Leaping straight into hockey sex (with Helen Garner)
Jane and Fi consider coming out with their own self-help book and muse on the title: ‘Do Less, Be Happier’ or ‘Can I Be Arsed? Probably Not’… the jury...
Downward dog, upward rage
Namaste. Happy Monday. Jane’s got a bee in her bonnet about - well, quite a few things... Jane and Fi also chat about the 5am Club, unexpected legumes...
Feeling limitless just north of Hatfield
Jane and Fi’s career delusions continue today as they ponder why they’ve never been offered a professional cricket commentary career. They also chat e...
Snogging the Yale lock? (with Jake Humphrey)
Happy Wednesday! Hope you're keeping warm and managing to stay upright. Besides sport, politics, corruption, and shortbread, Jane and Fi discuss using...
Girlguiding and PVC jumpsuits (with Maggie O'Farrell)
Fi’s blood pressure has well and truly spiked today, so join us as we collectively try to bring it back down… Coming off the lid today, there’s chat a...
Never as far as Reading without a bumper pack of Imodium
It’s 2026, and Jane and Fi are back - reunited and ready to run their mouths. In this episode, they demonstrate their budding potential as high-level...
OFF AIR…EXTRA (with Ancestry)
In this special bonus episode brought to you by Ancestry, Fi chats to The Times and Sunday Times editor Andy Silvester, and Ancestry family history ex...
BEST OF 2025: Interviews - Part Two
It’s officially 2026! Happy New Year - we hope your head is OK… In this bonus episode, we revisit Jane and Fi’s conversations with Joanna Lumley, Rob...
LIVE AT CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL (with Penny Lancaster)
Merry Christmas! You may be hiding in the pantry right now - we’re right there with you! In this bonus podcast episode, Jane and Fi are live on stage...
BEST OF 2025: Interviews - Part One
Happy Monday! Just three more sleeps until Christmas - we hope this will help you drift off soundly, or simply provide you with an excuse to step out...
Hot under the collar over some ribbed cranberry sauce (with Chris McCausland)
It’s the final official podcast episode of the year! Merry Christmas from all the Off Air team. Pour yourself a glass of fizz and settle in as Fi chat...
Exfoliating with a Follett face towel (with Andrew Billen)
’Twas the penultimate Off Air episode of the year, and all through the studio… it was anything but quiet. Fi chats yacht showrooms, Christmas haikus,...
A bustling lesbian bonobo community (with Susie Wolff)
Fi’s still manning the podcast solo, with a bit of help from Eve and your wonderful emails along the way. There’s chat of double reeds, doing the spli...
OFF AIR…EXTRA (with Emma Bridgewater and Thomas Fudge's biscuits)
In this special bonus episode brought to you by Thomas Fudge's biscuits, Fi chats to Britain's most celebrated ceramicist, Emma Bridgewater.
The...
The potential to be problematic (with Paul Feig)
Today is a new day and the playlist is closed! Fi finally delivers her heavily-trailed lodger email, and there are accents… proceed with caution. Ther...
Relieving yourself in the Christmas lunch canteen queue (with Spencer Matthews)
The playlist is open and the cupboard door is closed and locked! Take a deep breath... In this episode, Fi is underwhelmed by a French B&B, she’s over...
Fi's secret sleeve tattoo... (with Sebastian Faulks)
There are lots of questions left unanswered in today's pod. Fi is steering the ship solo - exploring whether TV characters should say goodbye? What th...
Barely presentable and just about hanging together (with Susie Dent)
A final thank you to everyone for thanking us for thanking you… get it? Fi dives into open-water faux pas, Spotify Wrapped, early-years parenting, and...
Slightly slutty open curtains?
It’s just Fi and her one remaining Greggs share today, with a member of production on standby to act as a bit of a sounding board. Fi covers aquafaba,...
Put down the nugget and listen! (with Chris Van Tulleken)
It's just Fi today as Jane remains in the North. Fi peels back the first door of our 'Jane and Fi Advent Calendar' and shares her favourite primary sc...
Book Club - Just Kids
We've made it to our tenth book club edition! This one is what we call a mixed bag, so pop the prosecco and sit back... Jane and Fi discuss 'Just Kids...
Was marshmallow brought over on the Mayflower? (with Sally Wainwright)
Gobble Gobble! Happy Thanksgiving... Jane and Fi try to clear up why Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November - and fail miserably. They...
You say it best when your calligraphy says 'F Off!'
We bring you an email-only episode to mark today's fiscal event… Jane and Fi chat supermarket encounters, road rage, and poonamis - plus there's more...
The Most Excellent Order of Jane and Fi
Jane has been telling porky pies (ahem) and she’s been caught out again… Jane and Fi also cover their love of Ikea, investment, driverless cars, and t...
Getting quite arsey in a Skoda Monte Carlo
Please have your driving gloves at the ready - there’s plenty of car chat in today’s episode. Jane and Fi also chat replenishing the store cupboard, W...
Thinking bidet positive (with Tom Allen)
Happy Thursday! Feel free to suck the goodness out of this episode and spit the rest into a napkin. Jane Pongo Garvey and Fi chat manned petrol pumps,...
AI man flaps?
We're in a healing mode so vasectomy chat is on pause... Instead, Jane and Fi chat driverless cars, which language you think in, and bold-faced lies.....
The joys of Tom Schafernaker's mankle
Why do black and white photos look so good? Who's carrying around turkey in their dressing gowns? What is it with celebrities in Suffolk? All question...
Only the finest silverware for my Monster Munch
Jane has been released from the safe house, and she and Fi are back in the same room! They discuss cycling after the snip, their least favourite washi...
Cruising down the M5 with a parrot and the X-Factor (with Petula Clark)
Public service announcement: Guinea pigs breed faster than you can say 'Pets At Home'. For more top tips, keep listening... Jane and Fi chat urinating...
A hairbrush lies tantalising out of reach
Welcome to this podcast about a podcast that nobody is sure has been a podcast... Jane (in the North) and Fi (in the South) discuss Follett Land, blok...
Just one more decade out in the wild (with Louise Penny)
Jane joins us from sheltered housing and finds herself tempted by the slow life... Fi brings her back down to earth with topics like poaching or brais...
OFF AIR…EXTRA (with Scarlette Douglas and Smart Energy GB)
In this special bonus episode brought to you by Smart Energy GB, Jane and Fi sit down with TV presenter and property expert Scarlette Douglas.
S...
Can you hear the coyote repellent siren, Fernando? (With Lady Glenconner)
Happy Thursday! Jane and Fi muse over the duality of the cake slicer, imagine a youthful Jane clasping her briefcase and a Flemish train map, and cons...
Mary, mother of a Fiat Panda
From stock market advice to travel tips - we really do it all on this podcast. Jane and Fi chat good morning Cava, Emmerdale Farm, and Boris Johnson d...
Down to a fiver for the apocalypse! (with David Olusoga)
Whether you're storming down the road like Fi or falling off the kerb like Jane, we hope you'll be safely seated for this episode. Jane and Fi chat ab...