By The Way... I'm Rosie Jones and Being Disabled Has Made Me A Better Person.
By The Way...with Harriet RoseShow Notes
CW: This episode contains discussions of ableist language.
Welcome back to By The Way with Harriet Rose; the home of the chaotic overshare!
Multi-award-winning comedian, writer, actor and Taskmaster loser, Rosie Jones, joins Harriet for a brutally honest chat between two friends. From the Barbie story that should’ve been Rosie’s first clue she was a lesbian to living with cerebral palsy, nothing is off limits.
Together they tackle the questions about disability that so many people are too scared to ask, and why “getting it wrong” might actually be better than saying nothing at all.
Rosie also shares the heartbreaking story that changed the way she sees society, explains why she chose one of the most controversial words in the English language as the title of her documentary, and finally comes clean about her Pride DJ set.
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00:00 Welcome Rosie Jones! 01:30 The Barbie moment that should’ve been the first clue Rosie was gay 03:05 Did cerebral palsy make Rosie a better person? 10:30 The questions people are too afraid to ask about disability 17:40 ADHD, disability and who gets to use the label 24:50 Rosie’s controversial documentary and reclaiming the R-word 27:20 Fighting for disability rights and why Rosie speaks out 34:20 The four minutes that changed how Rosie sees society 42:40 Comedy as a defence mechanism 43:00 Did Rosie lose Taskmaster on purpose? 46:20 Rosie’s Pride DJ confession 49:25 Rosie’s final By The Way
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