New Statesman SRSLY: Recent Episodes
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This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from the New Statesman. Every week, Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz give all the big topics in music, books, film, TV, fandom and internet life the serious treatment you didn’t even know they needed.
This week, we talk modern dystopia The Lobster, fangirl over Lorde, and remember 90s sitcom on As Time Goes By.
We discuss Suffragette, the Channel 4 TV series Chewing Gum, and Kim Kardashian’s Selfish. Show notes: http://bit.ly/1kpguAk
We discuss the Robert De Niro-Anne Hathaway film The Intern, the very last series of Downton Abbey, and Sylvia Townsend Warner’s novel Lolly Willowes. (Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz). Show notes: http://bit.ly/1hC3Zzj
We discuss Michael Fassbender’s Macbeth, the recent BBC adaptations of Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Cider with Rosie, and reminisce about teen movie Shakespeare retelling She’s the Man. (Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz). Show notes: http://bit.ly/1RtuZhm
We talk the patronising critical reaction to Ryan Adams’ Taylor Swift cover album, why we love The Great British Bake Off, and The Lives of Christopher Chant by Dianna Wynne Jones.
This week the past haunts the present: we talk about new film 45 Years, the This Is England series and The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. Show notes: http://bit.ly/1j6mBc1
Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz talk genre-twisting action movie American Ultra, new Channel 4 series Hunted and BBC Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure. Also: what TV shows you should watch if you're ill, sequels vs "original" screenplays and how good would we be at being on the run? Show notes: bit.ly/1YjcKzK
This week, we talk Jacqueline Wilson’s Katy, the BBC’s new sitcom Boy Meets Girl and the Carol Morley film The Falling. Show notes: bit.ly/1EMeAmy
This week, we talk Diary of a Teenage Girl, Marvel's Agent Carter, and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. (Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz). Show notes: bit.ly/1hQy2V3
We ask: who is Margo Roth Spiegelman? Is this the end of One Direction? Who killed Elsie Frost? And why should you be watching Broad City? (Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz). Show notes: bit.ly/1hYB4Gr
We get all weepy over Pixar's Inside Out, delve into the world of the Cumberfandom, and get acquainted with The Wicked and the Divine. (Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz). Show notes: http://bit.ly/1KtdpEO
We talk Taylor vs Nicki, the therapeutic qualities of My Mad Fat Diary, the gender issues in Marvel's Ant-Man and applaud the way Obvious Child handles abortion. With Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz, Barbara Speed and Stephen Bush. Show notes: http://bit.ly/1HVP8bW
This week, SRSLY comes to you from the Latitude festival in Suffolk. Plus, we chat about Harper Lee's new book, Go Set a Watchman, and get all flustered by Showtime's Masters of Sex. With: Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz, Erica Wagner. Show notes: http://bit.ly/1SHgGol
We analyse the many layers of Arnold Schwarzenegger, examine Sense8's overly sentimental moments, and wish that Rookie magazine had come along ten years earlier. (Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz, Yo Zushi, Caroline Criado-Perez). Show notes: http://bit.ly/1GNAJux
In this week’s episode, we discuss Rihanna’s new video, our love for Magic Mike XXL and why Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice totally works on YouTube. (Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz, June Eric-Udorie) Show notes: http://bit.ly/1gjOigd
This week, we talk the new Amy Winehouse biopic, discover our inner Directioner, and try our hardest to read E L James's Grey. (Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz, Kate Mossman). The links to what we discuss in the show can be found here: http://bit.ly/1IohbCR
In this special New Statesman/SRSLY collaboration, the NS team explore the politics, economics, and pedagogy of the Harry Potter series. (Helen Lewis, Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz, Stephen Bush, Stephanie Boland, Barbara Speed, Jonn Elledge)