Anne Rice (but mostly vampires) with Siobhán McSweeney
This week we attempt to cover the entire career of Anne Rice and quickly realise that it's impossible, so this conversation takes some of the most enjoyable twist and turns of the season. Caroline and...
20 Juli 202253min
Lily Allen with Connor Finch
The bad boy of BBC iPlayer Connor Finch comes on to talk about one of his foremost musical heroes, Lily Allen. We talk about Lily's place in pop culture, her treatment by the British press, what a "Lo...
14 Juli 20221h 8min
Wimbledon (2004) with Jessica Brown Findlay
It's Wimbledon week, and both Caroline and Jessica prefer the romantic, fictional rendering of Wimbledon to actual Wimbledon itself. We discuss Kirsten Dunst's slow-building status as a millennial ico...
7 Juli 20221h 17min
Reality TV with Pandora Sykes
The host of Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV joins us to talk about this quintessentially 21st century art form. Can we talk about reality TV as a monolith? What's worth keeping, and what's wo...
30 Juni 20221h 13min
Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill with Janina Matthewson
Janina Matthewson returns to discuss Alanis Morissettes 1995 smash hit album, Jagged Little Pill. We discuss Alanis as a survivor and a songwriter, her enormous good brain, and whether she's the Barac...
23 Juni 20221h 2min
Costume Dramas with Dr Emma Southon
Costume dramas are the most dominant way that ordinary people engage with history, so why are we so frequently snobby about them? Dr Emma Southon gives a historian's perspective about the usefulness o...
16 Juni 20221h 3min
Bonus: WILD GARBAGE with Jen Cownie
Jen Cownie is back on to celebrate our 100th episode with a boozy tarot round up of all the things that need Sentimental Garbage tarot readings: when will men embrace pyjamas? Why does it feel so good...
14 Juni 20221h 1min
Josie & The Pussycats with Andrea Cleary
Punk rock prom queens assemble, today we're talking about the criminally over-looked and under-loved Josie & The Pussycats. Why was this movies so misunderstood, and why do so many critics refuse to b...
9 Juni 20221h 6min
