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Episode 102: On Game of Thrones, Haim and Queen Anne

Caroline and Anna discuss "Dragonstone", the first episode of Game of Thrones series 7 (spoilers abound), the new Haim album Something to Tell You and the RSC play Queen Anne. Plus: news of an exciting event we’re taking part in! (shownotes | newsletter sign up)

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Episode 101: On Baby Driver, Okja and Happy Valley

Caroline and Anna discuss the new Edgar Wright car chase movie Baby Driver, the vegetarian Netflix feature film Okja and the BBC police drama Happy Valley. Plus: news of an exciting event we’re taking part in! (shownotes | newsletter sign up)

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Episode 99: On Netflix’s GLOW, the web series FANtasies and Search Party

Caroline and Anna discuss the Netflix wrestling comedy GLOW, the web series FANtasies and the millennial crime drama Search Party. Plus, a teaser for our 100th episode! (shownotes | newsletter sign up)

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Episode 98: On Lorde’s Melodrama, the new BBC singing show Pitch Battle and Naomi Alderman’s dystopian novel The Power

Caroline and Anna discuss Lorde’s new album Melodrama, the cringey-yet-great BBC musical talent show Pitch Battle and Naomi Alderman’s The Power. (shownotes | newsletter sign up)

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Monument Valley just got a surprise sequel

How Ustwo created a follow-up to one of mobile’s most iconic games

One of our favourite mobile games, Monument Valley, just got a sequel! Hear us talking about the first one here: http://aca.st/a0f3d0

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Episode 97: On Orange is the New Black, the new SZA album Ctrl and Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe

Caroline and Anna discuss the fifth series of Orange is the New Black, the new SZA album Ctrl and the Channel 4 series Catastrophe, plus speculation about who that actor in the background we fancy is. (shownotes | newsletter sign up)

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Something about the timing of this less outwardly American US superhero movie feels right. One of the key concerns of the movie is the importance of justice and peace for all, regardless of trivial matters like borders between nations. While other citizens of Themyscira are sceptical about joining a fight that doesn’t concern them, Diana is compelled to help any person affected by violence, and vows to end the war. When she finds herself alongside British troops in the trenches, she is overcome by the desire to help British soldiers, Germans and Belgian civilians alike. While Wonder Woman has always been aligned with traditionally American-associated values like freedom and justice, her attitude in this film feels notably at odds with the “America First” mindset that elected Trump.

Can Wonder Woman make America great again? More on this in our latest episode.

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Episode 96: On Wonder Woman, BBC show White Gold and Channel 4 comedy Flowers

Caroline and Anna discuss the Wonder Woman’s first film, the BBC series White Gold and the Channel 4 series Flowers, plus speculation about why blockbusters are called blockbusters. (shownotes | newsletter sign up)

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Violence against women and girls is often read as “gripping” or 'compelling' in both fiction and non-fictional narratives. Child abuse, too, is something our society condemns but has an uncomfortable obsession with reading about in detail - you only need to walk into your local bookshop to see a 'true life' section crowded with children’s sad faces staring up from bestselling misery memoirs.

Can we morally justify rape dramas like the BBC’s Three Girls? – Anna’s piece that we mentioned on the podcast this week. You can hear teh full discussion here.

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Episode 95: On Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge, BBC drama Three Girls and Channel 4 comedy Loaded

Caroline and Anna discuss the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Salazar's Revenge, the BBC series Three Girls and the Channel 4 series Loaded, plus a Handmaid’s Tale update. (shownotes | newsletter sign up)

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Episode 94: On Liam Payne’s “Strip It Down”, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Mulholland Drive.

Caroline and Anna discuss the debut solo single from Liam Payne, the Netflix series The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the David Lynch film Mulholland Drive, plus much discussion of Harry Styles’s appearance on Carpool Karaoke. (shownotes | newsletter sign up)

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Episode 93: On Harry Styles, Anne with an E and the debut novel by Olivia Sudjic, Sympathny

Caroline and Anna discuss the debut solo album from Harry Styles, the Netflix series Anne with an E and the novel Sympathy by Olivia Sudjic, plus good news for UK fans of The Handmaid’s Tale. (shownotes | newsletter sign up)

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Episode 92: On Master of None, Can’t Cope Won’t Cope and The Black Tapes

Caroline and Anna discuss Master of None, the @bbcthree series Can't Cope Won't Cope and the podcast The Black Tapes, plus a listener email section. (shownotes | newsletter sign up)

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Episode 91: On The Handmaid’s Tale, Dear White People and Lumino City

Caroline and Anna discuss the new adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the Netflix series Dear White People and the mobile game Lumino City, plus our upcoming Twin Peaks quiz. (shownotes | event tickets)

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Ready yourself for a murder adventure hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, two lifelong fans of true crime stories. Each episode the girls tell each other their favorite tales of murder, and hear hometown crime stories from friends and fans. Check your anxiety at the door, 'cause Karen & Georgia are dying to discuss death.

On episode 90, we discussed the My Favorite Murder podcast. Have a listen – it’s really good.

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Girls is hardly the only show to use pregnancy as a way to force female characters to face a trial of 'real adulthood'. It’s been a beloved device for working women on television going back at least to Murphy Brown, whose pregnancy and motherhood were less a referendum on her adulthood and more about the newfangled question of whether a single, working woman could or should choose to have children.

How TV Shows Use Motherhood to Force Characters to Grow Up.

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We talked about Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet in episode 90, in relation to the new documentary about black cab drivers in London, The Knowledge. Listen here and read the full story here.