Alex has been exploring Camus’ surprisingly woke speeches, exploring the role the artist has to play in politics and understanding whilst Rhiannon has been facing her mortality in Atul Gawande’s book about standards of care for the elderly. Alex shares with us the importance of generalists and having hobbies in a world that prioritises hyper specialisation. Rhiannon has discovered Olivia Colman’s secrets for securing a partner in the National Theatre’s Life in Stages, whilst Alex has been confronting how little she knows about art with the Great Women Artists Podcast. And finally, the conversation moves to weddings, with Sara Pascoe’s dislike for weddings and Alex’s penchant for the occasional Say Yes to the Dress excerpt.
And apologies for Alex’s sound quality!
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See below for a full list of what we discuss:
Create Dangerously by Albert Camus
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
Sentimental in the City with Caroline O’Donahue and Dolly Alderton
Atul Gawande TEDTalk
Range by David Epstein
Give Birth like a Feminist by Milli Hill
Life in Stages by National Theatre
Great Women Artists Podcast with Katy Hessel and Ali Smith
How to be Both by Ali Smith
Barbara Hepsworth, Pauline Boty, Tacita Dean and Lorenza Mazzetti
The Panic Years by Nell Frizzell Podcast with Sara Pascoe
The Panic Years by Nell Frizzell Book
Out of Her Mind by Sara Pascoe
Say Yes to the Dress - Gok Wan
The Grand Thunk, the podcast in which Alex Blanchard and Rhiannon Kearns discuss the books they've been reading, the films and TV shows they've been watching and the podcasts they've been listening to!
