# I Was in Crisis Long Before Midlife

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Podcast: [ill-advised by Bill Nighy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ill-advised-by-bill-nighy-7509001)
Published: 2026-09-03T00:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ill-advised-by-bill-nighy/episodes/i-was-in-crisis-long-before-midlife
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## Resource

Welcome to the 3rd series of ill-advised! Bill is back to answer the all important questions of whether you can have too many hats, the correct way to make tea and he concertedly attempts to advise on a midlife crisis… Plus this week we have a brilliant contribution to our 'I'm With The Band' feature, we say goodbye to some more words as they are added to the Banned Words list (as ratified by the permissions committee) and Bill announces a brand new feature. The playlist this week is called ‘No I Was Awake, Honestly’: ‘Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight’ by The Isley Brothers ‘Damn U’ by Prince  ‘Misty Blue’ by Mary J. Blige ‘Til Tomorrow’ by Marvin Gaye ‘Between You Baby and Me’ by Curtis Mayfield ‘Fire We Make’ by Alicia Keys, Maxwell Link to Spotify - HERE Link to Apple Music - HERE The book that Bill recommends this week is: Beside the Syrian Sea by James Wolff We'd love to hear from you! Send us questions for Bill or 'I'm With The Band' submissions via instagram @illadvisedbybillnighy or by email: contactus@ill-advisedbybillnighy.com If you like to hear more of Bill, you can join him in The Back Room on Patreon ( www.patreon.com/illadvisedbybillnighy ) for bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to new episodes, events, the long-awaited merchandise and more - see you there. If you would like to join it's important to sign up online first to avoid the Apple fees in their app, then download it later. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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