It’s not you, says Dr Joanna Cheek, it’s the world
The news: a constant source of anxiety, rage and misery in our lives. It’s probably no coincidence then, says psychiatrist, and psychotherapist Dr Joanna Cheek, that rates of mental health problems ar...
16 Feb 27min
Flicking #70: One Battle After Another
Epic in scope and length, deliberately problematic characters, a very distinct aesthetic and a Jonny Greenwood score to give you the jitters: Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2025 award-bothering opus is Yosra’...
13 Feb 37min
Rated or Dated: Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The only living neurotic in New York? Woody Allen certainly seems to think himself so as the writer/director/star of this much-lauded comedy drama. Its Chekhovian title suggests this is a film about w...
11 Feb 25min
Sirin Kale on the Birth Keepers
New Guardian Investigates podcast The Birth Keepers, about controversial group The Free Birth Society, is the product of a year-long investigation by award-winning journalist Sirin Kale and reporting ...
10 Feb 27min
Eva Brookes was made in China
Born during the one-child rule, Eva Brookes knows almost nothing about her life before she was adopted by a British couple and raised in Essex. Hannah chats to Eva about her new BBC Sounds podcast Mad...
9 Feb 23min
Be Better at sustainability with Illana Adamson
Educator, science translator and sustainability queen Illana Adamson works with businesses and non-profits to introduce sustainability initiatives, actions and behaviours into their organisations – an...
6 Feb 26min
The Bush Telegraph: Anal explosions are the least of our worries
Who pays the highest price when respect is missing? That’s the inadvertent theme for Hannah and Mick as they tackle this week’s news. And it turns out there are plenty of people they’d both like to se...
5 Feb 24min
Rated or Dated: Loch Ness (1996)
What’s not to love about John Henderson’s 1996 family adventure, Loch Ness? Hannah, Mick, and Jen have no notes. Okay, they have a few. Like what kind of academic specialism has you hunting mythical c...
4 Feb 31min
