When Life Gives You Melons

In the final episode of When Life Gives You Melons S2, the inimitable Maya Jama is joined by documentary host and TV personality Cherry Healey, and model and DJ Zara Martin for a no-holds-barred chat about periods, smear tests, freezing your eggs, and the pink tax. Blood, Sweat and Smears covers bodily functions in front of a new squeeze, the rise of the moon cup, and a very surprising new surgery trend…

Take a hilarious trip down memory lane with this week’s panellists as they recount scandalous holidays abroad and first breaks with partners, keeping nothing back as they delve into the outrageous world of foam parties, trysts with would-be Soap stars, and catastrophic injuries after one too many Pina Coladas. Comedian and TV personality Ellie Taylor, and comedian, journalist and Instagram sensation Bella Younger (aka Deliciously Stella) spill all to host Maya Jama in #MelonsPodcast What Goes on Tour, Stays on Tour, the penultimate episode of When Life Gives You Melons S2.

For anyone who’s ever made a bathroom bestie on a night out, tune into episode 4 of When Life Gives You Melons, where presenter, DJ and model Yinka Bokinni, and presenter and body positivity spreader Chessie King, join the lovely Maya Jama to talk about friendship cliques, internet trolls, being left out, and how to know if you’re best friends forever. Grown Up Mean Girls is a celebration of gal pals everywhere, and a look into how women can be unfairly perceived in the workplace just for showing emotion.

Episode 3 of When Life Gives You Melons is Put Your Hands Up and Give Me A Payrise, an inspiring look at how women can get ahead in the work place, which sees Maya Jama joined by author and presenter, Emma Gannon, and Katherine Ormerod, the Grazia features editor and founder of Work Work Work, an anti-perfectionism project. The impressive panel of ladies talk us through their career fails, how to quit, how to land that dream job and why being a hustler pays off.

In this week’s When Life Gives You Melons, Maya Jama is joined by Capital FM radio presenter Vick Hope, and the all-knowing wellness guru, Niomi Smart. Episode 2 The Quarter life Crisis touches on those major life milestones, from changing career paths, to dropping your childhood sweetheart, to the pressures we face from social media. Don’t worry about saving for a house, just tune into the latest #MelonsPodcast because you don’t need to worry about a life schedule!

When Life Gives You Melons kicks off in style with a load of hilarious and heart-warming tales about The L Word. In the first #MelonsPodcast of the hotly anticipated Season 2, host Maya Jama is joined by beauty and fashion queen, Tia Ward, and model, presenter and former Miss England, Georgia Jones. The girls are talking about L-O-V-E, covering everything from first relationships, to playing the game, to the importance of sex in a long term relationship.

Maya is joined by Kimberley Walsh, Angela Scanlon and Samantha Barks in front a of a live audience to talk surviving Christmas, New Year’s resolutions and their choice of celebs to kiss under the mistletoe..

Keep your friends close, keep your frenemies closer. Maya welcomes Anna Richardson, Billie JD Porter and Gemma Styles to discuss how friendships are built and broken in this penultimate episode of the series.

Maya is joined by model Charlotte De Carle, chef and author Jasmine Hemsley and Refinery 29’s Sarah Raphael to answer the important questions about ageing… How old is old? Is 40 the new 30? Will I still be on Insta when I’m 80? All is revealed in episode six of ‘When Life Gives You Melons’.

Would people be happier without social media? Are coffee enemas a good idea? Tune in to hear Maya Jama talking mental and physical well-being with Laura Whitmore, Melissa Hemsley and Annie Clarke.

Montana Brown, Dolly Alderton and Katy Colins join Maya to discuss dumping and being dumped. Listen in for tales of ghosting, jilting and what to do when you’ve sent your ex a nude photo.

Maya welcomes Alice Liveing and Persia Lawson to the studio. Listen in to hear them discussing how and when to keep quiet, Persia's Russian adventure and some secrets of their own...

Maya chats to Gemma Cairney, Katie Piper and Alex Brownsell about the best career advice they've ever had. Listen in as they cover work highs and lows, pulling sickies and the salary gap.

Maya chats to Vanessa White, Becca Dudley and Louise Troen from Bumble about the worst dates they’ve ever been on. This hilarious episode covers dating app mishaps, foot fetishes, pre-date grooming, and dodgy pick-up lines.

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