The answer to all your problems

Jordan North on de-stressing with a good laugh

With so many new wellness trends around, it’s easy to forget about the basic stuff – like having a good old laugh with your mates. “Everyone’s got that mate who they always have a good laugh with, and it’s so important,” says radio and podcast host

Jordan North. “If you’re feeling like life’s getting on top of you, you’re a bit stressed and your mental health is taking a bit of a battering, it’s good to go and see that mate you know you can have a laugh with.

“Thankfully, I get to do that every day with Vick and William , so I’m very, very lucky.”

They are Vick Hope, his

BBC Radio 1 co-host, and William Hanson, who North co-hosts the podcast Help I Sexted My Boss with.

The latter sees the unlikely best friends – Hanson a posh etiquette expert North ”an expert in all things common”team up for the comedy podcast which aims to help

listeners navigate the everyday problems of modern life.

York-born North – who was runner-up on the 2020 series of I’m A Celebrity… – clearly loves his job. Radio has been his passion from day one; he studied media production at University of Sunderland, getting involved with student radio before working his way up via researcher and producer jobs for various stations after graduating.

It’s a constant “learning curve”, North reflects. Plus the podcast, which sees the hosts read out and discuss listeners’ often highly embarrassing, hilarious and shocking life dilemmas, is a good reminder that “we’re all just winging it” a lot of the time. “We are – whether that’s your work, whether it’s being a mum or dad. I can tell you I definitely am – some days when we go on the radio, I’m like, ‘I don’t even know what we’re gonna talk about’.”

There’s one thing he’s “100%” certain about however – having a good laugh does a lot of good for his own wellbeing.

“I always get a bit giddy before I do [the podcast] and just before I go on air, and no matter how stressed I am or if I’m feeling a bit meh, it always puts a smile on my face,” says North. “It’s such a laugh and always makes me feel better.”

■ Hear the podcast at www. sextedmyboss.com.