Grief Around Miscarriage, The Social Dilemma & The Phrases Dying Out With Gen Z
We discuss Chrissy Teigen's social media posts about the death of her baby Jack, and the judgement around public grief. Also today, we dissect a list of words and phrases facing expiration (40% of und...
6 Loka 20201h 2min
Pandemic friendships, and how to mend a broken heart
This year has seen even our closest friendships turn into long-distance ones; what is the impact - and the thought spirals - of your A-list friends becoming peripheral specks in your vision? We discus...
29 Syys 202054min
A Plunge Into The Body Politics and Choice Feminism of An Instagram Age
Doll's Polls is back, with a strange fact about what heterosexual women most look for, in a man. A handsome face? A tight tush? Nope -- quite frankly, you'll never guess. We also discuss a beautiful o...
22 Syys 20201h 6min
The Joy of A Buffet, Zadie Smith's Lockdown Essays & Ofcom's Diversity Problem
In today's episode we discuss news of the telly: decade-defining reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, is ending after 20 seasons; US soap The Bold & The Beautiful are using dummies in their ...
15 Syys 202056min
Revising Our Thoughts on Gwyneth Paltrow, Dettol's Dubious 'Back To Work' Ads & The Best of Garage (Sort Of)
We reminisce over garage music (without being entirely sure what officially defines a garage track), discuss the dicey new Dettol ad that's got everyone's knickers in a twist and why we both felt asha...
8 Syys 20201h
Selling Sunset, Gendered Care Work & How Often Do YOU Clear Out Your Pants Drawer?
We back! And it's the old mixed bag of content: from grubby gussets to bathroom-heavy mansions in WeHo, via a revisitation of our noughties book shelves. Links below, you know what to do.Shop thehighl...
1 Syys 20201h 20min
Wiley’s Anti-Semitism, Kiley Reid’s Such A Fun Age & An Author Special w/ Nesrine Malik
It’s our last episode of the season - and boy, do we have a bumper episode for you. In this week’s show we discuss what Twitter’s failure to suspend Wiley says about our failure to combat anti-semitis...
28 Heinä 20201h 21min
Lockdown Sexscapades & Friendship in Old Age
We dig further into the cultural conversation around parenting, courtesy of masses of feedback from our listeners on last week's ep and a thoughtful piece on same-sex parenting. Also today: Taffy Brod...
21 Heinä 202055min
