{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/87ac6d42-a452-44a6-96d9-e6ea27b320b3/6a4cfd84c4772b27e8a28c17?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What happens when one of Britain’s bestselling crime writers hands over 25 years of Amazon history?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e812a06c05e054af409a7/1783429676616-c4f51937-69df-418d-aaed-e2e353628438.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week on&nbsp;<strong>My Mate Bought A Toaster</strong>, Tom rifles through the online shopping history of bestselling author and&nbsp;<em>The Traitors</em>&nbsp;star&nbsp;<strong>Harriet Tyce</strong>… and uncovers everything from cutting-edge MP3 players to Baby Mozart DVDs, dinner party cookbooks, rowing gloves, weighted blankets and even the book she accidentally bought… that she wrote herself.</p><p><br></p><p>Along the way Harriet opens up about life as a criminal barrister, the crippling nerves she battled in court, the moment she realised she wanted to become a novelist, why&nbsp;<em>Blood Orange</em>&nbsp;changed everything, and what really happened behind the scenes on&nbsp;<strong>The Traitors</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>There are stories about illegal MP3 downloads, disastrous dinner parties, parenting fads we all fell for, lockdown puzzles, marathon misery, moonwalking in a Wonderbra, and why she still can’t quite believe her entire life has been preserved in Amazon order history since 2001. It's quite literally ALL HERE UNDER ONE PODCAST ROOF GUYS!</p><p><br></p><p>As ever we root around and find laughs, truths and a spot of the surprisingly moving… and occasionally things do get quite forensic.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Products we dig into include (roughly in order):</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>2001</strong>&nbsp;– Intel Pocket Concert MP3 Player</li><li><strong>2002</strong>&nbsp;– Toshiba DVD Player</li><li><strong>2002</strong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<em>The Matrix</em>&nbsp;DVD</li><li><strong>2002</strong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<em>The Lord of the Rings</em>&nbsp;DVD</li><li><strong>2002</strong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<em>Gladiator</em>&nbsp;DVD</li><li><strong>2002</strong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<em>Monsters, Inc.</em>&nbsp;DVD</li><li><strong>2003</strong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<em>Entertaining</em>&nbsp;cookbook by Victoria Blashford-Snell</li><li><strong>2004</strong>&nbsp;– Baby Beethoven / Baby Van Gogh / Baby Mozart DVDs</li><li><strong>2004</strong>&nbsp;– Children’s vegetarian recipe books</li><li><strong>2004</strong>&nbsp;– Finger food book for babies &amp; toddlers</li><li><strong>2004</strong>&nbsp;– Brain games for babies</li><li><strong>2004</strong>&nbsp;– Black &amp; Decker drill</li><li><strong>2007</strong>&nbsp;– Nigel Slater’s&nbsp;<em>The Kitchen Diaries</em>&nbsp;/ Express-style recipe books</li><li><strong>2007</strong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<em>The Fussy Eaters’ Recipe Book</em></li><li><strong>2007</strong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<em>Preserved</em>&nbsp;(home preserving cookbook)</li><li><strong>2007</strong>&nbsp;– Christopher Hitchens’&nbsp;<em>God Is Not Great</em></li><li><strong>2009</strong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<em>The French Laundry Cookbook</em></li><li><strong>2014</strong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<em>I Hate Literary Agents</em>&nbsp;(guide to getting published)</li><li><strong>2019/2020</strong>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<em>Saving Missy</em>&nbsp;by Beth Morrey</li><li><strong>2020</strong>&nbsp;– Pink rowing gloves</li><li><strong>2020</strong>&nbsp;– Thames Path walking guide</li><li><strong>2020</strong>&nbsp;– 11kg weighted blanket</li><li><strong>2020</strong>&nbsp;– Harriet’s own novel,&nbsp;<em>Blood Orange</em></li><li><strong>2020</strong>&nbsp;– Jigsaw puzzles (lockdown purchases)</li><li><strong>Recent years</strong>&nbsp;– Poetry collections</li></ul><p>Got a question or a story from your own online shopping history?</p><p>📧 Email us:&nbsp;<strong>tom@toasterpod.com</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us for clips and behind-the-scenes:</p><p>🎥 YouTube: @mymateboughtatoaster</p><p>📸 Instagram: @toasterpod</p><p>🎵 TikTok: @toasterpod</p><p>📘 Facebook: @toasterpod</p>","author_name":"Tom Price"}