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RULES FOR LIFE is the podcast that asks: "How do you live your life, and why? (You weirdos)" Hosts Beth Rylance and Helen Simmons quiz a different guest each week on the Top 5 Rules they live their life by. The chosen rules range from lessons learnt from other people, to things discovered yourself (the hard way), to ideas completely made up on the day (very unprofessional). It’s funny, informative, and - at times - poignant. And hey, you might just learn something from it! RULES FOR LIFE is the podcast you never knew you needed but actually really do. Produced by Eliot J Fallows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Personal rules become springboards for Beth Rylance, Helen Simmons and their guests to turn everyday contradictions into fast, affectionate comedy.
Rules for Life gives Beth Rylance and Helen Simmons a piece of personal wisdom, then watches them worry at it until it becomes a comic argument.
Rule three waits through a sticker detour, if your life advice has room for nonsense.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A loose, playful chat that turns embarrassment and small pleasures into the running joke.
Danielle Vitalis joins Beth Rylance and Helen Simmons for a loose, playful episode that keeps finding jokes in ordinary habits. It drifts from public farting to the odd appeal of stationery, stickers, and the brief rush of buying a new pad or pen and deciding it will become a…
A brisk rules-and-ribbing chat that keeps turning plain statements into something stranger and funnier.
Episode five introduces writer, actor, and director Eros Vlahos, and his rules give the hosts something real to spar with. Books are only sometimes allowed, hats get their own treatment, and the talk swings through planes, war, and safety before settling into jokes that never…
A loose, funny guest chat that turns life rules into shared panic and quick reversals.
Esther Smith gives this Rules for Life chat a bright, lively charge. Her rules land as practical, wryly humane, and very funny, and the conversation keeps slipping between self-improvement, mental health, and cheerful nonsense without losing its pulse.
A loose, warm interview where basic decency becomes the joke.
Rules for Life stays focused just long enough to frame Holly Dempsey, whose calm, life-affirming presence gives the conversation its easy center.
Big guests, odd turns, real stories.
South Bay culture, roasted in real time.
Friendly chaos, expertly overthought.
Errand comedy with backseat momentum.
Rules for Life’s “Lockdown Lowdown” presents practical rules for pandemic routines, including not working when motivation disappears, limiting video calls, preserving weekends, and treating time as flexible.
Beth Rylance and Helen Simmons bring Danielle Vitalis in for a rules-based chat that never really sits still.
Eros Vlahos brings a stack of personal rules and the hosts immediately start worrying them.
Beth and Helen welcome Esther Smith and quickly get into her rules for life.
The hosts open by celebrating episode three and thanking listeners, then bring in Holly Dempsey for a lively chat.