BBC Sounds has commissioned Persephonica for the first time as the production company to create a brand new podcast with Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver.
Friends from birth, Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver are launching their first podcast on BBC Sounds, Miss Me?. The two lifelong friends will get together twice a week for transatlantic catch-ups, picking apart the complex world around them, going deep on pop culture, politics, music, family, love, life and death.
Expect opinionated and sharp conversation from two women who are not just commentating on popular culture, but shaped it through the noughties, and retain as much relevance today with their scathingly funny and fiercely smart takes. After growing up together, they now find themselves in different places, both literally and metaphorically: Lily as a married mum of two, navigating life in New York and plotting a new path in acting and Miquita, as a single woman living in London with her career taking off again in new, unexpected ways.
Miss Me? is real talk with real friends. Lily and Miquita will be discussing the big topics of the week and sharing their recommendations with a new community of listeners – what they’re watching, wearing, listening to and eating. They will also throw the show open to the audience and invite questions on themes from intimacy to interiors.
Dino Sofos, Founder and CEO of Persephonica says: “Lily and Miquita have defined pop culture. Our listeners have grown up with them - on their screens and soundtracking their lives. Now we’re letting listeners eavesdrop on their hilariously honest conversations. Persephonica has produced chart-topping, genre-defining podcasts with the world’s biggest talent, including Dua Lipa and Emily Maitlis. So we’re excited to launch THE new, must-listen to podcast with Lily, Miquita and BBC Sounds.”
Dylan Haskins, Commissioning Editor, Podcasts for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds says: “Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver have the kind of rare chemistry that can only come from a friendship that has endured through real life’s ups and downs. They’re open, funny, smart, curious, never afraid to disagree and, most importantly, really good fun to listen to. This is their first podcast together and will also be the first BBC commission for Sheffield-based Persephonica - an independent production company founded three years ago and who have really impressed in that time."