We kick the episode off with Abi Daré’s The Girl with the Louding Voice, an inspiring and informative book with a phenomenal and surprising use of language that has completely invigorated Alex. Both of us watched The Dig and we revel in the beauty of its subtle and artful pace, as well as the astonishing acting of Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan. Alex tries not to cry as she discusses How We Disappeared, the story of Wang Di, a comfort woman during World War 2. Rhiannon has been exploring all things unusual in David Attenborough’s Perfect Planet, including the surprising mating patterns of Fig Wasps and their wigs. And we announce that this is our final episode of Season 1. We’re so happy to have so many of you listening along and we will be back shortly, brimming with new recommendations and Who’d a Thunk it moments!
CW - from 25 minutes, discussion of rape.
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See below for a full list of what we discuss:
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
The Dig by Moira Buffini on Netflix
How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee
Because We Were Beautiful
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/confronting-koreas-censored-discourse-on-comfort-women/
Perfect Planet, David Attenborough
My Octopus Teacher
Steve Irwin
The Bee Movie
