Episode 3 extends the discussion of the fallibility of journalism through Clarissa Ward’s autobiography as well as the importance of believing in the trivialities of life in order to avoid getting lost in the existential. We discuss the lyrical letter from a son to his mother On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong as well as exploring the healing nature of poetry with the Poetry Pharmacy. We also both talk about books we’ve struggled to get into and we debate when it is right to give up on a book.
CW: Suicide, domestic violence, war.
Find a transcript of this podcast in our linktree on our instagram. Follow us on social media @thegrandthunk or email us - thegrandthunk@gmail.com. See below for a full list of what we discuss:
The Queen’s Gambit
On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist by Clarissa Ward
Official Secrets
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Forensic Architecture
The Crown
Junkyard by Headlong Theatre
The Poetry Pharmacy by William Sieghart
Milkman by Anna Burns
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Poor by Caleb Femi
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino
The Fall, BBC 2
This Way Up - Channel 4, written and starring Ailsing Bea
The Adam Buxton Podcast
