Dear Daughter, love Namulanta
Namulanta Kombo pitched an idea for a podcast to the BBC World Service and the result - Dear Daughter - has become a worldwide success story, garnering a devoted listenership and a bunch of awards. Sh...
7 Apr 202523min
Flicking #60: The Outrun
Directed by Nora Fingscheidt and adapted from Amy Liptrot’s prizewining 2017 addiction memoir of the same name, The Outrun follows the recovery of young alcoholic Rona, and offers emotional turmoil in...
4 Apr 202533min
The Bush Telegraph: A right old fiscal drag
Mick and Jen are steeling themselves for the seven bill (sort of) increases rolling out across the country this week, as they chat budget bloopers and a 45p consolation prize. Meanwhile, it’s bleak ne...
3 Apr 202528min
Rated or Dated: Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Join us as we get into the groove of a "feminist cult classic". Is that jacket lush? Is Madonna playing Madonna? Is Desperately Seeking Susan a feminist film at all? All the debate is raging here. And...
2 Apr 202530min
Story of a Murder with Hallie Rubenhold
Historian Hallie Rubenhold's non-fiction book The Five found the stories of the victims of Jack the Ripper underneath a whole pile of misogyny and myth-making. She's about to do the same for the women...
1 Apr 202524min
Annabel Streets is walking with purpose
At various points in her life, writer and walking enthusiast Annabel Streets has felt a pull towards certain landscapes and wondered if there was a reason for that. In her new book, The Walking Cure: ...
31 Mars 202524min
Lara Pulver and the perils of rehearsing at home
Fiddler on the Roof could win big at this year's Oliviers, with 13 nods, including one for Best Actress for Lara Pulver. She's also about to hit our screens in Paramount's new drama MobLand. Lara chat...
28 Mars 202522min
The Bush Telegraph: Anyone want to add us to their WhatsApp group?
There's fuckwittery, and there's whatever the hell is going on at the highest levels of government in America right now. In this week's BT, Hannah and Jen look at that whole horror show, the chances o...
27 Mars 202530min
