23-02-2025
Bolton DJ's podcast with best pal proving popular beating firm favourites in charts
A Bolton radio DJ's new podcast is proving popular, fending off competition from some of the firm favourites in the charts.
Sara Cox launched the new podcast, 'The Teen Commandments', with her friend of more than 30 years, Clare Hamilton earlier this month.
The pair talk about their own "chaotic" teenage years together, but also the pitfalls of navigating life with their own teenage children, having five between them.
But they come armed with survival tactics and the kind of wisdom that comes from having been former rulebreakers themselves.
Each week they reminisce and commiserate as they try to make sense of the often mind-boggling behaviour of their children.
The Teen Commandments (Image: Wondery/PA) Topics covered so far have included skiving school, their children looking after a vape "for their friend" and mysteriously missing makeup.
They have also talked about messy rooms, overflowing bins and having the dreaded sex talk and Santa talk.
The Teen Commandments has got off to a strong start, now sitting at number 20 on the Spotify Top 100 podcasts in the UK.
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Sara Cox (Image: Ian West/PA)
It charts higher than firm favourites such as The News Agents, The Rest is Football, Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, Ricky Gervais and Saving Grace.
It also sits at number six on the Spotify comedy charts.
Meanwhile, the podcast places at number 16 in the Top Shows on Apple Podcasts, where it comes in above the Joe Rogan Experience, Sh**ged Married Annoyed, Newscast and more.
Cox grew up on her father's cattle farm just outside of Bolton, before following a career in the media, having been on the radio since she joined BBC Radio 1 in the 1990s.
Now listeners can hear her strong Bolton accent on the coveted teatime slot on BBC Radio 2.
She lives in London with her husband, Ben Cyzer, and her three children, Lola, 20, Isaac, 16, and Renee, 14.
