Kyla Cobbler on love, laughter and living the dream
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What is Kyla Cobbler’s “Happy, Thank You, More Please” gratitude mantra and why does it matter?
Welcome back to the Women's Podcast. I'm Rosheen Ingle. Hope you're all doing well. And if you want to get in touch with us, we are on social at IT Women's Podcast. Or you can always email us thewomen's podcast at Irishtimes.com. Now we had an amazing time at Electric Picnic, even in the lashings of rain. Hope any of you who went did too. Van Morrison was the absolute highlight for me, and the Mayo team coming out dancing to the Saw Doctors was just so uplifting. And another highlight was, of course, my conversation with Dervila Meskell about her book Finding Joy, and we'll be bringing you that in a couple of weeks. In a moment, though, we're going to be talking to the very funny Kyla Cobb.
If I can just keep doing this forever, I'm grand. You know, like I'm living my dream. I truly am. Like I never thought ever I would have to be have a life like this or experience life like this or and I only get one time in this life to be myself and I get to do it in such an open and supportive way with people around me. I just genuinely if I can just keep doing this, I'll be Fucking sort it.
Much, much more from that hilarious woman, Kyla Cobbler, in a moment. But first I want to take a minute just to mark the death of the wonderful Gloria Steinem, who has died at age 92. You all know Gloria Steinem was one of the great feminist voices of our time, a journalist, writer, organizer, and activist who spent more than 50 years campaigning for equality, reproductive rights, and women's freedom. Co-founded Ms. Magazine. She helped establish the National Women's Political Caucus and the Women's Media Center in America. And she was a tireless advocate for reproductive rights and the Equal Rights Amendment. She was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. I was looking at all the tributes and anecdotes, and the opening story from her obituary in the New York Times is worth repeating.
It recalls how in 1964 Gloria Steinem found herself in a taxi sitting between two New York literary giants, Saul Bellow and Gay Talise. And as if she were an object and not a person, she would later recall, Talise leaned across her and said to Bellow, You know how every year there's a pretty girl who comes to New York and pretends to be a writer? Well, Gloria is this year's pretty girl. It was moments like this that she subsequently. Said made her an activist. But in the seven decades she spent in the city, Steinem never stepped away from what was her truest ambition, which was to write. And she went on to write eleven books and many, many more magazine articles. And if you're looking for something of hers to read, I recommend Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, which is sort of a portrait of the writer as a young woman.
One of the essays in that book was the one That made her famous, but it's also the one she called a mistake. It was the two-part series for a show magazine in 1963, in which she spent 11 days undercover as a Playboy bunny. She said later that the article quickly became the only way I was publicly identified. And she was actually offered a significant cash advance to expand the story into a book, but she turned it down. I have to say about Gloria also that she She is someone I was incredibly lucky to meet. In the run-up to Ireland's 2018 repeal referendum, I had the honour of sitting down to dinner with her in Cork, organised by her friend, the documentary maker Abigail Disney. She was so supportive of the campaigners and of the women who were working so hard for change in Ireland.
And to meet a woman whose life has been so profoundly dedicated to feminism and reproductive freedom, and to see her lender. Her voice and encouragement to our campaign was really special. And I remember at that dinner her telling us about a quote that is often attributed to her, but in fact she heard from someone else, and the quote is, If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. And Steinen was really keen to point out that that came from an older Irish women taxi driver that she met once.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Kyla Cobbler’s “Happy, Thank You, More Please” gratitude mantra and why does it matter?
0:15–11:12
2
How did Kyla’s upbringing in Ballincolig and her family’s matriarchal roots shape her outlook?
11:12–17:57
3
What challenges did Kyla face in school and how did she discover her learning differences?
17:57–24:02
4
How did Kyla’s relationship with Alfonso expose her to coercive control and what did she learn from it?
24:02–30:59
5
Why did Kyla move to Barcelona and how did the city help her rebuild her creative community?
30:59–37:31
6
What were the pivotal moments that launched Kyla’s comedy career from open‑mic nights to headlining the 3Arena?
37:31–43:26
7
What is Kyla’s personal manifesto – “No fear, no doubt, just sell out” – and how does she keep it alive?
43:26–49:25
8
What advice does Kyla give to listeners about staying present, embracing growth, and finding joy in everyday rituals?
49:25–55:48
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