Florence Given

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9,492 appearances 21 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

Florence Given’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 21 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 5.

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The Florence Given Show · How to want a life SO f*cking enormous it scares people · 15 Sep 2026 podcast

If you want more. podcast-host

It's not a bad thing. podcast-host

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This I'm gonna put a fucking spanner in here. podcast-host

Your life is always going to be so imperfect. podcast-host

And so I think if your desire for more is driven by podcast-host

A need f to have a perfect life? podcast-host

That's when you know you're running. podcast-host

That's when you know that you're escaping. podcast-host

And only you, by the way, can define podcast-host

what perfectly imperfect means, you know? podcast-host

There are things in life that you shouldn't tolerate, and there are things in life like a compromise that you make because people are imperfect and you are fucking imperfect and this world is imperfect. podcast-host

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Sometimes choosing something that makes you feel good. podcast-host

Is the best choice of all if the alternative is remaining in a sort of choice paralysis, just like Sylvia Plath at the bottom of her fig tree. podcast-host

Watching as each of the figs plops to the ground. podcast-host

And by the time she's chosen one, they're all dead. podcast-host

If you haven't read that, I've actually written an entire essay about the fig tree allegory on my Substack, and I called it Choose a Fucking Fig and Gorge on It. podcast-host

You can check that on my Substack, which also podcast-host

I am doing bonus episodes of the Florence Given show every single Sunday over on my Substack. podcast-host

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