Cariad Lloyd
5/7/202657 min
Joining me this week in our little Pottering oasis is the delightful Cariad Lloyd! Comedian, author and podcast sensation, Cariad is co-host of the brilliant Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club with Sara Pascoe, and part of the all-star improv show Austentatious, which is in the West End and on tour throughout 2026, so do check that out! 🌷🎭We chat nineties nostalgia, the wonderful world of improv, yes and hear all about Cariad’s amazing children’s book Where Did She Go? Both proud members of the Dead Dad Club, Cariad has such a wonderfully honest way of chatting about death and grief. If the conversation intrigues you, please do seek out her books, and take a listen to Griefcast, (once you’re all up to date and subscribed to Pottering, of course!) 😉💕🌹 Now, put a bookmark in that copy of Sense and Sensibility, dust off your old DMs, and let’s go Pottering.🎧 Watch on YouTube and Spotify, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.And please do like and subscribe, @tomallen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsTom Allen· Host0:00
When I saw it in that bag, I just thought, "Oh, she's bought me a bag of dog shit." [laughs] [laughs] [gentle music] Welcome to Pottering, everybody. [laughs] Um, my guest in the garden today is Cariad Lloyd.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest0:13
Hello.
Tom Allen· Host0:13
I'm so pleased you're here.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest0:14
I'm so pleased to be in- I'm- ... in your beautiful garden ...
Tom Allen· Host0:17
Cariad, you are so kind.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest0:19
I know. I love it.
Tom Allen· Host0:19
Um, what I should just explain to, well, viewers and listeners, is that we've changed the angle this- Yep ... this time around. So we're trying to avoid the sun bleaching out the, the, the image.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest0:31
Yep.
Tom Allen· Host0:31
So we've moved against the wall to try and avoid the sun.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest0:33
Nothing- But of course, since we did that- Yeah ...
Tom Allen· Host0:35
decided to do that, the sun has then moved around, doesn't it?
Cariad Lloyd· Guest0:38
Yeah.
Tom Allen· Host0:38
So now I've acquired this w- it's essentially an umbrella, but I'm using it as a parasol.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest0:42
Yep.
Tom Allen· Host0:42
Um, it was a- an umbrella I used the other day on an episode when it was raining- Mm ... and it was broken. We fixed it, and now I have this glorious parasol, which I feel is very- Very room with a view ... very- Very ... a room with a view.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest0:54
I can't believe you fixed an umbrella. I'm very impressed.
Tom Allen· Host0:56
Well, Alfie did it.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest0:57
Oh.
Tom Allen· Host0:58
What can I say?
Cariad Lloyd· Guest0:59
Well done.
Tom Allen· Host0:59
He's mask.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest1:00
He's so mask.
Tom Allen· Host1:01
[laughs] He's mask, yeah.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest1:02
And he was holding an umbrella earlier. He's a real- Yeah, he was gonna be holding it the whole episode- Yeah ...
Tom Allen· Host1:06
at one point, but then I said, "No, just give me a parasol."
Cariad Lloyd· Guest1:09
God, what a man.
Tom Allen· Host1:10
What a man. What a man.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest1:10
What a mighty good man.
Tom Allen· Host1:11
What a mighty good man. [laughs] Now he's gone to pop in some, um, ovens in the oven, uh, pizzas in the oven.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest1:15
Um- Um ... should I give you your present?
Tom Allen· Host1:17
Yes, I would love this. Now, people don't often think to bring me a present.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest1:21
No.
Tom Allen· Host1:21
I'm very grateful.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest1:22
It might not be a great present.
Tom Allen· Host1:23
Hey.
Cariad Lloyd· Guest1:24
So it's- It's, I...
Tom Allen· Host1:25
When I saw it in that bag, I just thought, "Oh, she's bought me a bag of dog shit."
Cariad Lloyd· Guest1:28
[laughs] I got you