Get to Know Adam with 73 Questions 

1. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
   Take a sip of the coffee Adam kindly brings me in bed, every day, without fail! He’s a sweetheart!
2. Coffee or tea?
   Coffee
3. What’s your favourite breakfast food?
   Quaker Oats porridge
4. What’s your go-to podcast snack?
   Pineapple chunks—I love pineapple!
5. Early bird or night owl?
   Definitely an early bird, 6:30 every day without fail
6. What’s your most-used app?
   Probably Reddit
7. Who’s your biggest inspiration?
   Dan Schreiber
8. What’s your favourite word?
   “Essentially”
9. If you could have dinner with one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
   Dan Schreiber
10. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
    There is a difference between failing to succeed and not being allowed to succeed.
11. What’s your favourite book?
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
12. If you could live in any era, which would it be?
    Right here, right now, except with money—I would like some money!
13. What’s your guilty pleasure?
    Jalapeños—I’m also allergic, but every bite is worth the pain later.
14. Favourite film of all time?
    Call Me by Your Name directed by Luca Guadagnino
15. What’s your signature dish to cook?
    A traditional Meat Ragù, Nonna Style, 4 hours and lots of red wine
16. What’s the one thing you can’t live without?
    Adam Cox
17. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
    Probably frog’s legs
18. What’s your hidden talent?
    I can give myself goosebumps on command—it’s like a yawn for my body!
19. What’s your favourite way to unwind?
    A Reddit binge session
20. What’s the best thing about podcasting?
    Getting on the mic, and of course spending time with Adam!
21. If you weren’t a podcaster, what would you be?
    Well, I already have a day job as a Product Manager.
22. What’s your dream travel destination?
    South America!
23. What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done?
    I once voluntarily walked through the spider section of the Johannesburg Zoo!
24. What’s your favourite podcast episode you’ve ever done?
    By far, it has to be the Beanie Baby Bubble of the 1990s—our first ever episode, it has sentimental value to me.
25. What’s the last show you binge-watched?
    As of August 2024, it’s got to be Loot with Maya Rudolph and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez.
26. What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?
    My Princess Diana Beanie Baby from my bestie to commemorate our first-ever episode of The Compendium Podcast.
27. Cats or dogs?
    Cats. No, dogs. Cats. I love 'em both!
28. What’s your spirit animal?
    Probably a rhino—I feel like we share the same energy, or lack thereof.
29. What’s your favourite holiday?
    The surprise bank holidays you forget about.
30. What’s your most treasured possession?
    I have a Biscoff biscuit that I store in my glasses case. It's Adam’s favourite biscuit, and every time I see it, I pull it out and tell Adam that if he’s good, I’ll give him the biscuit. He’s never good, so it’s been there for 7 years.
31. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
    Telekinesis. Sometimes when nobody is watching, I take a moment to check that I haven’t actually acquired the power by trying to shut my door.
32. What’s the best concert you’ve ever been to?
    The Kings of Leon in Hyde Park back in 2010.
33. What’s one thing you want to learn?
    How to code!
34. What’s your favourite ice cream flavour?
    Pistachio
35. What’s your biggest fear?
    Spiders!
36. If you could switch lives with someone for a day, who would it be?
    A girl with big boobs—what’s it like to have boobs?
37. What’s your favourite place to be?
    On Adam’s side of the bed!
38. What’s your biggest pet peeve?
    Loud chewing
39. What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?
    That I’m a great listener
40. What’s your favourite quote?
    "Not all those who wander are lost." — J.R.R. Tolkien
41. What’s your least favourite chore?
    Cleaning out the birdcage!
42. What’s your go-to karaoke song?
    Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams
43. What’s one thing you can’t resist?
    Picking a spot
44. What’s your favourite childhood memory?
    Long, hot summer days playing by the pool!
45. What’s your biggest accomplishment?
    Bitch! I’m a mother-freaking homeowner!
46. What’s your favourite season?
    The warmer side of autumn!
47. What’s the best advice you’ve given to someone?
    Your value is like water—50p at Aldi, £3.50 at the airport; go where you are most valued!
48. What’s your favourite type of music?
    You know, I don’t really connect that well with music.
49. What’s your favourite thing about yourself?
    I have gorgeous feet.
50. What’s one habit you wish you could break?
    Procrastination—it causes so much worry, and I know if I just broke the habit, I would worry less.
51. If you could time travel, where would you go?
    I would travel 1,000 years into the future!
52. What’s your favourite way to spend a weekend?
    With Adam and our gang of besties, just chilling and chatting shit!
53. What’s the most unusual job you’ve ever had?
    I used to work on a sexting chat line. You think you’re talking to Brad, Trent, and Chad—it's actually me!
54. What’s your favourite piece of clothing?
    I have a grandma-curtains-pattern chore jacket. Love it! Was well spenny!
55. What’s your biggest goal for the year?
    Get more people to listen to The Compendium!
56. What’s your favourite city?
    Hong Kong*
57. What’s your dream job?
    Being a podcaster
58. What’s your favourite podcast (other than your own)?
    No Such Thing As A Fish—I am in love with Dan Schreiber.
59. What’s your least favourite food?
    Couscous
60. What’s your morning routine?
    Wake up, coffee, shower, dress, cycle to the office.
61. What’s the best way to spend a rainy day?
    A couch day!
62. What’s the last thing you do before going to bed?
    Wash my face!
63. What’s your favourite way to stay active?
    I walk and cycle a lot.
64. What’s your favourite way to relax after a long day?
    Probably writing a podcast and researching awesome stories for you guys!
65. What’s your favourite board game?
    It’s more of a card game, but it’s Love Letters!
66. What’s your favourite type of weather?
    Warm summer rain!
67. What’s your proudest moment?
    Starting The Compendium Podcast! Obviously
68. What’s your favourite thing to talk about on the podcast?
    Lesbians, but Adam always insists I cut it.
69. What’s your go-to productivity tip?
    Make a list!
70. What’s the strangest fact you know?
    Wombats produce cube-shaped poop.
71. What’s one piece of advice you’d give your younger self?
    Things will get better!
72. What’s the next big thing you’re excited about?
    It’s always the next episode of The Compendium!