{"podcast":{"title":"Best Magazine UK: Suddenly Single","slug":"best-magazine-uk-suddenly-single-6973190","podcast_index_feed_id":6973190,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/THENATIONALMAGAZINECOMPANYLIMITED7496525669","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/best-suddenly-single-podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/19b63e10-7b16-11ef-8979-87d65c188989/image/112d8cf45e691b4d139a19ac726a95d6.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Hearst UK","episode_count":101,"summary":"best magazine editor Siobhan Wykes talks to her celebrity mates about how it feels to be Suddenly Single - yet again - and her ongoing dating disasters, with expert advice on how to find the one.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T14:21:27.418683+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-magazine-uk-suddenly-single-6973190"},"episode":{"title":"Stand-up comedian Charmaine Davies, aka Beanything25, talks Brooklyn Beckham & why he’s comedy gold","slug":"stand-up-comedian-charmaine-davies-aka-beanything25-talks-brooklyn-beckham-why-he-s-comedy-gold","published_at":"2026-06-16T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-magazine-uk-suddenly-single-6973190/stand-up-comedian-charmaine-davies-aka-beanything25-talks-brooklyn-beckham-why-he-s-comedy-gold","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-magazine-uk-suddenly-single-6973190","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THENATIONALMAGAZINECOMPANYLIMITED6299086934.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THENATIONALMAGAZINECOMPANYLIMITED6299086934.mp3","summary":"What do Brooklyn Beckham, cups of tea, hot sauce and a whole lot of humour have in common? Stand-up comedian Charmaine Davies, aka Beanything25, with her 230k followers, of course! Here, she explains how Brooklyn changed her life, why laughter takes our minds off our problems, confesses to a date with the man who ate with a carving knife and a spoon (oh dear), and reveals how she fled her disastrous marriage with as many clothes as she could fit in her car – plus two flying squirrels, because of course she did… Chapters 00:00 – Introduction: Charmaine Davies joins Suddenly Single 00:50 – How Brooklyn Beckham accidentally changed her life 01:10 – The viral videos that made her famous online 02:15 – Brooklyn’s Dr Martens maths problem 😂 02:50 – Hot sauce, social media & comedy gold 03:20 – The Brooklyn video that started everything 04:13 – Why celebrity children can seem detached from reality 05:50 – Adele impressions & going viral 06:31 – Stand-up comedy: from heartbreak to laughter 06:46 – The disastrous marriage that inspired her comedy 07:35 – Meeting her ex on Craigslist 08:25 – Wealth, privilege & relationship problems 09:58 – Escaping with sugar gliders from Switzerland 🐿️ 11:28 – Four years single: learning to trust again 12:40 – Meeting her partner Stephen 13:58 – 10 years together without living together 14:45 – Why separate homes can help a relationship 16:19 – Would she ever use dating apps again? 17:18 – The worst date ever: one knife, one fork 🍴 19:52 – Britain vs America: ambition & opportunity 22:03 – Her viral rant about recycling & world problems 23:15 – Dating after divorce: finding love later in life 24:58 – Why dating apps can still work 26:37 – The funniest bad date stories 29:52 – Life in America vs life in Britain 32:03 – Why she loves Brighton li…","meta_description":"What do Brooklyn Beckham, cups of tea, hot sauce and a whole lot of humour have in common? Stand-up comedian Charmaine Davies, aka Beanything25, with her…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2395,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-magazine-uk-suddenly-single-6973190/episodes/stand-up-comedian-charmaine-davies-aka-beanything25-talks-brooklyn-beckham-why-he-s-comedy-gold/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-magazine-uk-suddenly-single-6973190/stand-up-comedian-charmaine-davies-aka-beanything25-talks-brooklyn-beckham-why-he-s-comedy-gold.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}