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Teen PeopleGirls, Interrupted: Lisa Whittington-Hill on Winona Ryder, Courtney Love, and Amy WinehouseTeen People is inspired by my collection of TEEN PEOPLE magazines. Published between 1998 and 2006, TEEN PEOPLE featured real teens in every magazine. Two decades on, I track down TEEN PEOPLE's real teens, and speak with authors delving into the late '90s and early 2000s. Join us!
Last year, I interviewed Sarah Ditum, whose book, 'Toxic: Women, Fame and the Tabloid 2000s' explores noughties pop culture through a scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities; including Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Amy Winehouse.
This summer, I interviewed Lisa Whittington-Hill. Her 2023 book, 'Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture is Failing...2024-12-0741 min
LogrollSarah Ditum: ToxicThis episode is an interview with the journalist Sarah Ditum, discussing her book Toxic and her journalism.The book is about our treatment of famous women in the Noughties, told through the stories of nine women in particular: Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Aaliyah, Janet Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Kim Kardashian, Chynah and Jennifer Aniston. Sarah explained why she wrote it, the evolution of the book, and how it felt researching that period.We also discussed Sarah's journalism and what it's been like to write about controversial subjects, and the impact on her friendships, commissions and...2024-12-061h 13
The SacredPorn, Feminism and Misogyny in the Media with Sarah DitumSarah Ditum delves into her journey through the strands of feminism, the misogynistic "upskirt decade" - the invasive celebrity culture of the late 90s and 2000s that often exploited and shamed young women, and her views on the role of pornography and its impact on mainstream culture.
Sarah is a critic and columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times, and author of the book "Toxic: Women and the Noughties."
This wide-ranging conversation provides a nuanced look at the evolution of feminist thought, the power of media narratives, and the personal experiences that have informed Sarah Ditum's worldview.
If you...2024-11-061h 06
The Story'Rivals' and the cult of Jilly Cooper'Rivals' hit our TV screens this month; it’s the first adaptation of a Jilly Cooper ‘bonkbuster,’ the 87 year old Dame who taught a generation about sex and posh people. Her uber-popular romance novels sell in their millions, so what’s behind her popularity (aside from all the bonking) and how is she changing how we see, and show, sex.This podcast contains lots and lots of talk about sex and other themes of an adult nature. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Su...2024-10-2528 min
Dolls of Our LivesToxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s by Sarah DitumPeople often say that fame comes with a price. But how high should that price be, especially for women? This month, we read Sarah Ditum's Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s, a pop history book that explores this question. Through Toxic, Ditum re-evaluates the lives and careers of nine women who made headlines in the period she calls the "upskirt decade" or "tabloid 2000s." From Britney Spears to Jennifer Aniston, Ditum offers a new perspective on people who were constantly under the microscope of Perez Hilton -- and the glare of paparazzi cameras. We talk about Dit...2024-10-011h 08
Intelligence SquaredAn Open Conversation About Marriage, with Molly Roden WinterFor this episode the writer, musician and author Molly Roden Winter discusses her bestselling book, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage. The book tells the story of Roden Winter's own journey navigating the polyamorous lifestyle while upholding many of the more traditional values associated with marriage simultaneously. Joining her to talk about it is Sarah Ditum, who listeners may remember from the podcast earlier this year discussing her own book: Toxic: Women, Fame and The Noughties.We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/IS for £100 sponsored credit.I...2024-08-2342 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 224: A Very British, And Very Online, War In The Arts (with Sarah Ditum)This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by writer Sarah Ditum to discuss all things the latest on the Cass Review, the anti-immigrant riots, and a bizarre legal case in the art world. Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s – Abrams Bookshttps://x.com/sarahditum https://www.instagram.com/sarahditum/Implementation of the Cass ReviewBMA to undertake an evaluation of the Cass Review on gender identity services for children and young peopleThe real story of the website accused of fuelling Southport riots...2024-08-111h 43
The Cluster F Theory Podcast26. Cultural Poisoning - Sarah DitumSarah Ditum is a journalist for The Sunday Times and has also written for The Guardian, New Statesman, Grazia and UnHerd. She writes columns and features about politics, culture and lifestyle including topics such as violence against women, gender identity and cancel culture. Her book Toxic: Women, Fame and The Noughties, about misogyny in celebrity culture during the 2000s, was published in 2023 and it was announced in spring '24 that one of the book's subjects, Paris Hilton, acquired the option rights in order to turn it into a documentary series.Sarah's Substack 'Tox Report': https://substack.com...2024-08-0157 min
Furo de RoteiroFuro de Calcinha #9 - Back to Black: Uma adaptação real ou fantasia?
Neste episódio, com participação especial da criadora de conteúdo Deborah Filgueiras, exploramos todos os altos e baixos dessa produção cinematográfica e sua visão sobre a icônica artista. Conversamos sobre tudo isso e muito mais, com comentários afiados e insights reveladores.
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House of CommentsYou Know That You're ToxicCo-hosts Charlotte Henry and Emma Burnell are taking a small post-election break. However, there is something special for you - an interview with author Sarah Ditum about her book "Toxic". Normal service resumes next week.
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Woman's HourHadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell, Perfume’s Darkest Secrets, the return of Loaded magazineTop perfume brands may have the “worst form of child labour” in their jasmine supply chains, a BBC Eye investigation reveals. Jasmine is considered to be one of the most valuable ingredients in some of the world's most iconic perfumes. Nuala McGovern is joined by BBC Eye correspondent Heba Bitar and producer/director of the documentary: Perfume’s Darkest Secrets, Natasha Cox.Grammy and Tony award-winning songwriter Anaïs Mitchell is the creator of the musical Hadestown – a genre-defying retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth blending folk music and New Orleans jazz. With productions on Broadway and now a...2024-05-2956 min
The StoryBaby Reindeer: The complicated truth about being stalkedNetflix's latest hit, Baby Reindeer, is a fictional account of a real-life stalking, which our guest has experienced, too. So what happens in complicated stalking cases, when the lines between criminality, complicity and consent are blurred?If you've been affected by any of the issues we've talked about today, do have a look at Paladin, the charity that Sarah used for help at paladinservice.co.uk.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.co.uk/thestoryGuest: S...2024-05-0327 min
I'd Rather Be ReadingSarah Ditum on How Toxic It Was to Be a Female Celebrity in the 2000s—from Britney Spears to Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Kim Kardashian, and MoreThere is no better person to close out March and Women’s History Month on I’d Rather Be Reading than Sarah Ditum, author of the new book Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s, which came out on January 23. Through the lens of nine of the biggest female celebrities of the 2000s—Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Aaliyah, Janet Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Kim Kardashian, Chyna (the professional wrestler), and Jennifer Aniston, Sarah’s book and this conversation takes a look back at how, well, toxic it was to be a female celebrity in the aughts. As we talk abo...2024-03-2954 min
FiLiA#201 Sarah Ditum Exposes the ‘TOXIC’ Nature of Pop Culture and Charts A Way ForwardRaquel Rosario Sanchez and Sarah Ditum discuss the tropes and stereotypes about women in the public eye and how they reflect on the wider struggles women face in society. Ditum's clever analysis dissects how patriarchy operates to ensure that women, including those who are extremely privileged, are used as examples to venerate and later on to destroy in order to appease a misogynist system.Buy Sarah Ditum's Toxic from the FiLiA Book Shop 2024-03-151h 20
Teen PeoplePart II: Sarah Ditum on Britney, Paris, Amy, Aaliyah, Jen, Lindsay, and ChynaIn part two of a two-part interview, I speak with Sarah Ditum about her new book, TOXIC. It’s a scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities: Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Aaliyah, Janet Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Kim Kardashian, Chyna, and Jennifer Aniston. Each experienced some form of global fame, as well as the consequences that come with too much attention.
In this episode, Sarah and I leaf through my collection of TEEN PEOPLE magazines! You'll hear her hot takes on how TEEN PEOPLE covered Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Aaliyah, Jennifer Aniston, and Lindsay Lohan. Plus: Sarah's th...2024-02-2039 minTeen PeoplePart I: Sarah Ditum on the 2000s: "Relentlessly anti-sisterhood"In part one of a two-part interview, I speak with Sarah Ditum about her new book, TOXIC. It’s a scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities: Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Aaliyah, Janet Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Kim Kardashian, Chyna, and Jennifer Aniston. Each experienced some form of global fame, as well as the consequences that come with too much attention.
In TOXIC, Sarah writes, "…tearing these women to pieces was both a social activity and a form of divination. In the entrails of their reputations, we hunted for clues about what a woman ought to be…"
We tal...2024-02-201h 16
NPR's Book of the Day'Toxic' looks back on Janet Jackson, Britney Spears and tabloid culture in the 2000sAuthor Sarah Ditum has an uncomfortable label for the late 90s and early 2000s: the upskirt decade. In her new book, Toxic, Ditum analyzes how digital cameras, the Internet and tabloid misogyny created a perfect storm to permanently alter the lives and careers of nine famous women. In today's episode, Ditum speaks with NPR's Scott Detrow about the infamous Britney Spears interview with Diane Sawyer, the growth of social media throughout that decade, and the way younger generations are now reclaiming autonomy over their public image. To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book...2024-02-1309 min
Tea or Books?Tea or Books? #125: Do We Read Celeb Memoirs? and Day vs Landscape in SunlightCeleb memoirs, Michael Cunningham, Elizabeth Fair – welcome to episode 125!
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In the first half, Rachel and I discuss celebrity memoirs – do we read them? What do we count as a celebrity memoir? In the second half, we each chose one of the other’s favourite 2023 reads – Day by Michael Cunningham (one of my favourite reads from last year) and Landscape in Sunlight by Elizabeth Fair.
You can get in touch with suggestions, comments, questions etc at teaorbooks[at]gmail.com – we’d love to hear from you. Find us at Spotify...2024-02-1000 minIntelligence SquaredFame, Women and the Toxic NoughtiesColumnist and writer Sarah Ditum is the author of Toxic, which explores how internet culture changed the face of celebrity forever during the early 2000s. The book looks at the era’s hostile treatment of female celebrities by the media, focusing on stars such as Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse, Paris Hilton and more, while highlighting some uncomfortable truths about what it meant to be a woman in the public eye at that time. Joining Ditum in conversation is the writer and broadcaster Helen Lewis, who is staff writer at the Atlantic and author of Difficult Women: A History of Fe...2024-01-241h 08
Your Favorite Stories, Now in Your Ears - Full AudiobookToxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s Audiobook by Sarah DitumListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 708818
Title: Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s
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Release date: 01-23-24
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A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, exploitative culture that took them down
Welcome to celebrity culture in the early aughts: the reign of Perez Hilton, celebrity sex tapes, and dueling tabloids fed by paparazzi who were willing to do anything to get the shot. It was...2024-01-239h 24
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Title: Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s
Author: Sarah Ditum
Narrator: Sarah Ditum
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes
Release date: January 23, 2024
Genres: Social Science
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A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, exploitative culture that took them down Welcome to celebrity culture in the early aughts: the reign of Perez Hilton, celebrity sex tapes, and dueling tabloids fed by paparazzi who were willing to do anything to get the shot. It was a time when the Internet was...2024-01-239h 24Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceToxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s by Sarah DitumPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/708818to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s
Author: Sarah Ditum
Narrator: Sarah Ditum
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 24 minutes
Release date: January 23, 2024
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, exploitative culture that took them down Welcome to celebrity culture in the early aughts: the reign of Perez Hilton, celebrity sex tapes, and dueling tabloids fed by paparazzi who were willing to do anything to get the shot. It was a time when the Internet was...2024-01-239h 24
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceToxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s by Sarah DitumPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/708818 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s Author: Sarah Ditum Narrator: Sarah Ditum Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 24 minutes Release date: January 23, 2024 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, exploitative culture that took them down Welcome to celebrity culture in the early aughts: the reign of Perez Hilton, celebrity sex tapes, and dueling tabloids fed by paparazzi who were willing to do anything to get the shot. It was a time when the Internet...2024-01-2310 min
Front RowMean Girls and Hisham Matar’s My Friends reviewedMean Girls is 20 years old and has its cult following - but will fans love the new film of the hit Broadway musical of the same name? Critics Sarah Ditum and Ashley Hickson-Lovence give their verdict on the new version. They also discuss with Tom Sutcliffe the new novel by Hisham Matar - My Friends, which explores themes of friendship and exile, as well as including real-life events like the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy in 1984 and the killing of General Gadaafi in 2011. And Mairi Campbell - who's about to start a new...2024-01-1142 minWoman's HourCovid Inquiry, Child-free friends, Afghans in Pakistan, Alison LarkinFormer deputy cabinet secretary Helen McNamara gave evidence at the Covid Inquiry yesterday, saying that she thought that the culture in Number 10 was toxic and sexist. She was particularly critical of the explicit and misogynistic language the former chief advisor Dominic Cummings used to describe her. Krupa Padhy is joined by Lucy Fisher, Whitehall Editor for The Financial Times, and Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government, to discuss what this says about the treatment of women at the heart of government.Journalist Rebecca Reid talks to Krupa about child-free friends and how she thinks...2023-11-0256 min
The StorySextapes, gossip blogs, and Paris Hilton: How the noughties went toxicThis week Britney Spears released her new memoir, and is the latest celebrity to open up about the trauma of being a young famous woman in the 2000s. Post-MeToo and the Russell Brand allegations, there has been a collective re-evaluation of how stars like Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan were treated. So why did we want to see them humiliated? And why did so many of us think it was normal? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. ...2023-10-2728 min
Visión ProspectivaRealismo en ciencia ficción: desdibujando las fronterasEn el trigésimo segundo episodio de «Visión Prospectiva Podcast» analizamos la difusa frontera que, de forma cada vez más permeable, separa el realismo de la ciencia ficción. Y los motivos por los que dicha hibridación es una tendencia en alza.
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The Stepping Out of Line PodcastEpisode Six - The Sarah Ditum OneIn this episode, Leo sits down with feminist writer and pop culture critic, Sarah Ditum. Sarah has written extensively on sex and gender and has faced a backlash for her 'gender critical' views. During our discussion, we reflect on changing attitudes towards sex, free speech and pornography. We discuss 'cancel culture' and impact it has on the personal and the societal. Sarah reflects on how debates around gender and sex have changed rapidly over the last decades and she makes a compelling case that difficult and uncomfortable conversation on these topics, cannot be kicked down the road. Get bonus...2023-08-071h 26
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 174: Update from TERF IslandThis week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse brings all the most important news from our parent nation, Terf Island. First, a BBC presenter gets busted paying for salacious pics and possibly sending his own. Then a trans activist who possibly ate her own testes has a message for TERFS. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.The Sun: “SEX PICS PROBE Top BBC star taken off air after ‘paying teenager for sexual pictures’”Sarah Ditum: “Should Huw Edward...2023-07-2456 min
The EditionBarbie's world: the normalisation of cosmetic surgeryThis week:Ahead of the release of the Barbie movie, Louise Perry writes in her cover piece about how social media is fuelling the cosmetic surgery industry. She argues that life in plastic is not, in fact, fantastic. She joins the podcast alongside the Times’s Sarah Ditum, author of the upcoming book: Toxic: Women, Fame and the Noughties, to discuss the normalisation of plastic surgery. (01:11)Also this week:In anticipation of the BBC Proms Philip Hensher writes in The Spectator that classical music has gone from being a supreme cultural statement, to just anot...2023-07-1339 minWoman's HourWeekend Woman's Hour: Witness Protection, Gender Pension Gap, Big Boobs and Dr Edna Adan IsmaliA woman who was stalked by her husband and then placed into witness protection with a new identity to escape him, says she feels like she's the one being punished. She's complained to the police about the way her case was handled after being told she failed an assessment and was no longer being supported by them in her new life. She spoke to our reporter Melanie Abbott, and says she felt completely cut adrift. We hear her story of how she had to uproot her two children and start a new life with a new job in a...2023-06-0356 minWoman's HourChildcare debt, Big boobs, SuccessionAs figures show more than a third of parents are using debt to pay for childcare, Nuala will be meeting two women who’ve gone deep into the red to pay nursery fees in order to maintain a career and discussing whether the financial risk has been worth it.The government has announced that it is set to close what it calls an ‘unacceptable’ loophole which allows e-cigarettes to be given to teenagers - a ban on nicotine free products to under 18s is also being considered. Research by NHS Digital shows that one in five 15-year-old girls...2023-05-3058 minThe StoryThe rise and rise of BotoxIt’s Hollywood’s not-so-secret weapon for getting rid of wrinkles, but as the ‘pretty poison’ turns 21, Sarah Ditum asks: Should I or shouldn’t I?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: Sarah Ditum, writer for The Sunday Times.Host: Manveen Rana. Clips: ITV, TMZ, ABC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-03-3028 min
The Female Dating StrategyBillie Eilish & How The Media Groomed A Generation of GirlsThe Queens discuss the response to Billie Eilish's confessions about porn usage, the details of our own underage exposure, and introduce a sane, actionable, six point plan to reduce porn exposure to children. Oh, and drag sex work twitter yet again.
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The Critic PodcastStrange brew by Sarah DitumThe joy of letting unexpected, accidental music in2021-12-0305 min
The Critic PodcastUnexpected music and a crisis of theologyWelcome back to The Critic Narrated, where we bring you a selection of articles from our print issues, read aloud by their authors.
In this episode, Sarah Ditum reveals the joy of letting unexpected, accidental music in as she narrates her column from the December/January issue of The Critic: “Strange Brew”, while David Scullion says the Church of England are woefully out of touch and with falling congregations, now faces a crisis of leadership and theology, as he reads his feature: “Remotely wishing you a Merry Christmas”.
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The Critic PodcastUnexpected music and a crisis of theologyWelcome back to The Critic Narrated, where we bring you a selection of articles from our print issues, read aloud by their authors.
In this episode, Sarah Ditum reveals the joy of letting unexpected, accidental music in as she narrates her column from the December/January issue of The Critic: “Strange Brew”, while David Scullion says the Church of England are woefully out of touch and with falling congregations, now faces a crisis of leadership and theology, as he reads his feature: “Remotely wishing you a Merry Christmas”.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podca...2021-11-2621 min
UnHerd with Freddie SayersWinston Marshall: fightback in the Arts?Do we currently enjoy free speech in the arts? In recent years the worlds of publishing, fine art, and music, have been engulfed in controversies over speech and manners. Several high-profile artists have been cancelled — removed from their positions for failing to go along with prevailing political orthodoxies.At a live UnHerd members event this week, Freddie Sayers was joined by musician Winston Marshall, artists Jess de Wahls, and writer Sarah Ditum to ask: what is the state of free speech in the arts? Is there the beginnings of a return of freedom of thought? Each of them...2021-07-291h 22Front RowQuentin Tarantino, YA Fiction, Report from Cannes, The Vegetable SellerFilmmaker Quentin Tarantino is a Hollywood veteran and it was the ending of Hollywood’s golden age that was the subject of his last film – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He’s now returned to the story of that film for his debut novel. In his only UK broadcast interview, he explains why he wanted to create a novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.It’s 25 years since Melvin Burgess wrote Junk, a story about heroin addiction. It was an early title in what’s become known as YA and showed the fearlessness to take on ch...2021-07-1641 min
The Critic PodcastDon't tell us the truth about CoronaThis week Richard Waghorne argues for keeping people in the dark when it comes to Coronavirus where it would improve morale, Sarah Ditum, our new Pop Critic talks about how TikTok is influencing the way music is written and Oliver Wiseman gives an update on the US election 2020
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The Critic PodcastEpisode Six: Don't tell us the truth about the coronavirusThis week Richard Waghorne argues for keeping people in the dark when it comes to Coronavirus to improve morale, Sarah Ditum, our new Pop Critic talks about how TikTok is influencing the way music is written and Oliver Wiseman gives an update on the US election 2020.
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The High LowObama on Wokeness & Our Love for Modern Love <3This week we discuss Snapchat dysmorphia, the data-collection of period-tracking apps and why Dolly wants to shag Autumn. Also today we discuss Obama's speech-gone-viral on wokeness - which wasn't really about wokeness but on seeking not to shame, or humiliate others, in the name of progress. Is there space for Obama's brand of gradualism - or do we actually need radical change?And we talk about Amazon Prime's Modern Love, based on the New York Times column, which we have both fallen hook, line and sinker for - because we...2019-11-0500 min
The High LowShe Said; Once Upon A Time In Hollywood; & The Personal Essay That 'Broke' The InternetIt's always good to start with a jolly, and this time we've found a woman who wore a dinosaur costume to her sister's wedding. Also today, we play a clip from Chanel Miller, the "Emily Doe" of the Brock Turner sexual assault case, whose memoir is soon to be published, and discuss the shocking news that domestic abuse is at a 5-year high in the UK. This week Pandora has devoured She Said, the book by the Pulitzer prizewinning journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey who broke the Harvey Weinstein story, followed by...2019-09-1800 min
The Mispronounced ItemHold Me, Steve
This week's big question is: if a tree falls in the woods, are you banging your own mum? But before that: Avengers Infinity War (whole bunch of spoilers, including a spoiler for which Avenger Nathan is in love with), and Netflix series The Rain.Infinity War trailer, if you haven't already seen itVanity Fair longread on Kevin Feige's reign over MarvelWatch The Rain on NetflixSarah's review of Natalie Hayne's novel Children of Jocasta (that's Jocasta in the right of the image)Where to find us:iTunesStitcheriHeartRadioTuneInAcastNOT FUCKING SPOTIFYGot a question for The Age of...2018-05-1041 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 53: An Army of Thatues
Sarah and Nathan saw Mary Stuart at the Theatre Royal in Bath, and Nathan saw a lot of films on a plane - some of which were good, some of which were not terrible, and some of which were made by Ridley Scott. Plus, Age of Answers! More about Mary StuartThat incredible Tonya Harding profileCaroline Criado Perez explains why she campaigned for a statue of a woman in Parliament SquareWhere to find us:iTunesStitcheriHeartRadioTuneInAcastNOT FUCKING SPOTIFYGot a question for The Age of Answers, or just want to say hi? Email us!2018-04-2850 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 052: Ready Player Bum
Don't say we didn't warn you. Ready Player One is really, really bad, so it sucks to be Sarah who only got to see that this week. Better times for Nath who also saw Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark with live soundtrack, meaning that we can delve into the mysteries of good Spielberg vs poor Spielberg. There's no Age of Answers this week because there were, shockingly, NO QUESTIONS - make us happy and send us some!Seriously don't botherWhat Nathan sawMolly Ringwald's essayWhere to find us:iTu...2018-04-2042 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 51: God of Woof
Why is the new Lara Croft movie like a plastic cup? Can a family annihilating demigod achieve character development? And just how should a person be? All these questions and more (including the ones you put to us in Age of Answers via the email below) WILL be answered in this amazing episode of The Mispronounced Item. The trailer for Tomb Raider if you mustbut tbh everything looks good at Cinerama so it doesn't matter that the movie is nonsenseMeet daddy Kratos in the God of War trailerStephen Bush on why Hermione Granger is obviously blackSheila Heti's website, y...2018-04-1252 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 50: Hoist By Our Own Wetard
We're back from Seattle, and here we are with the aural equivalent of your neighbours coming over with the slides from their holiday. This week: things we learned in Seattle (mostly about aircraft, please trust us that this is very interesting), Annihilation the book and the film, Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness, and (of course) THE AGE OF ANSWERS.Seriously, the Museum of Flight is VERY VERY GOODThe Figuring History exhibition at the Seattle Art MuseumWatch an amazing retro-futuristic video about the World's Fair and the Space NeedleWatch Annihilation on NetflixBut first read the book (o...2018-03-301h 02The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 49: All Good Examples
We went to see Flight of the Conchords! It was great! We listened to loads of Britpop on the way! It was... variable! We watched Murder on the Orient Express! It was exactly what we hoped for! And Nathan has been playing Burnout Paradise Remastered! It has been consuming! Plus, we answer a long overdue question in the Age of Answers. No Mispronounced Item next as we're on holiday, so see you when we get back.Check out the Conchords website (there are some new dates on the UK tour so you can still grab tickets)Read Francis...2018-03-161h 05The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 48: Dog-Related Content
Apologies for being a day late on this due to Nath being ill. Still, we're here now with thoughts on Black Panther (MANY SPOILERS, you have been warned) and You Were Never Really Here (about which we try to say as little as humanly possible, leading to a pretty weird section TBH where we talk about Britpop for ages for some reason), plus The Age of Answers which is of course the best bit. Black Panther is in cinemas now (when you've watched it, here's the column on it we mentioned)...And so is You Were Never Really He...2018-03-0854 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 47: Better With Bean
We watched Mute. We thought it couldn't be as bad as people said, but it is if anything much, much worse. So bad that Sarah argues it should have been more like Mr Bean, and actually has a point. Maximum spoilers here so avoid if you want to watch Mute (but you don't want to watch Mute). Plus a quick rattle through a novel inspired by the life of surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, and Nathan getting excited about The Swapper. Age of Answers includes some career advice and thoughts on Chuck Palahniuk, with special bonus atmospheric noises supplied by...2018-02-2849 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 46: Hold On to Hot Take Quotes
Here's the Great Lost Episode from last year! And by "Great" we mean "Really Quite Long", but for EXCELLENT REASONS, mostly relating to the brilliance of Get Out, here discussed extensively (and with spoilers all the way). We originally recorded this in March 2017, but it's OK because we were right about basically everything. Some links: Get Out has been Oscar-nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya); by God you should watch it.I Am Not Your Negro is on home release now, but also read Baldwin.Here's Sarah's review of the C...2018-02-211h 19The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 45: There Are Dozens of Us!
"It's the intellectual equivalent of separate beds!" says Nathan, meaning he's watched a film that Sarah hasn't and Sarah has read a book he hasn't this week. Cloverfield, Shirley Jackson, and dietary advice for dogs, let's go.The Cloverfield Paradox is on Netflix now (if you're avoiding spoilers, skip 00:03:00-00:22:00 of this podcast).Treat yourself to the Ghostwatch/Stone Tape DVD double bill.We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson is available in this lush deluxe edition from Penguin.Not going to link to any creepypasta because good grief you can ruin your own brains...2018-02-1449 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 44: Philip K DicksWrite here…2018-02-0745 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 43: Raging Sex Blob
Somehow we manage not to wang on further about Hamilton this week though that may change due to popular demand (i.e. if someone asks, which they already have, thank you Deya on Twitter). This week! Walking sims are great, humanity is terrible, and comedians are chatty.The games we talk about are What Remains of Edith Finch, Oxenfree, Crossing Souls, Dear Esther, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Gone Home and Tacoma.Sarah's Edith Finch article for Eurogamer is here; Nathan's for Rolling Stone is here.Here's an article about the Winchester Mystery House.The Book of Joan...2018-01-3149 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 42: Not Throwing Away My Clem Fandango
We went to see Hamilton! It was predictably amazing! Plus a bit about Star Trek.See Hamilton if you can, but definitely definitely listen to the cast recording on Spotify.Read Helen Lewis's article about Hamilton.Watch Star Trek: Discovery on Netflix.2018-01-2446 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 41: Deutschemordzeitgehen
The fun twist this week is that we've been doing completely different things, making for some classic repartee along the lines of "what are you talking about?" and "I don't understand".Dark is on Netflix; Sarah is going to watch it and you should tooRed Oaks is on Amazon PrimeIan Leslie's article on the golden age of television is a great explanation of how TV got so good and why it won't lastThe John Jeremiah Sullivan essay on the blues that Sarah mentions is in PulpheadThe Long Way to a Small Angry Planet and A Closed and Common...2018-01-1744 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 040: But Did You Know That Stephen King Is Good
Well it's been ages, hasn't it? Let's try to make this thing more regular.Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is on general release now. Watch the trailer here. The Shining is obviously still in print and you should buy it from your favourite book shop. Read the amazing story of Antony Burgess's pettiness at The Wrap.The games books Nathan read are Significant Zero: Heroes, Villains, and the Fight for Art and Soul in Video Games by Walt Williams and Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made by Jason Schreier.2018-01-1053 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 39: Open That Drawer
What's in the drawer? It's the mystery of whether Nathan's sexuality was formed by a Two Ronnies sketch! Open if you dare. Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine is out now from Icon; Sarah's review for the Guardian is here The Essential Difference by Simon Baron-Cohen was published in 2003 and is still in print because there is no GodThe Power by Naomi Alderman is out now from Penguin; Sarah's review for the New Statesman is hereWhy not watch the the Two Ronnies' sketch The Worm that Turned and never feel nostalgic for the 80s again?The wines we were co...2017-02-031h 07The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 38: Begins and Ends With Mogwai
Last week's good intentions to focus on the positive come awry as Sarah and Nathan talk about war (it's bad), Sherlock (pretty bad also), and why Sarah is biased against American fiction.You, unlike Nathan, can watch Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best? on BBC iPlayer and read Sarah's New Statesman column about the programme Sarah's review of Innocents and Others by Dana Spiotta is at the SpectatorSarah's review of The Bed Moved by Rebecca Schiff is at Literary ReviewAround the World With Orson Welles is available on DVD from the BFI; in the podcast, Sarah says that the c...2017-01-1949 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 37: The Essex Chicken
2016 is gone but we are back! With a new theme tune! And we've put together a list of everything worth redeeming from the smoking trashpile of last year. Sarah picks books by Sarah Perry (above left) and Susan Faludi, and albums by Carly Rae Jepsen and Angel Olsen; Nathan takes on film and games, with props for Hunt for the Wilderpeople (above centre) and Dishonored 2 (above right). See, it's not all completely apocalyptic. Just mostly.You can subscribe to us on iTunes and we'd love for you to leave us a review too!2017-01-0554 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 36: Red Jez Detention
Things have taken a turn for the really quite bad, haven't they? Join us in our search for ten reasons not to worry even though everything is terrible. Nathan's been revisiting Red Dead Redemption, Sarah's been reviewing Susan Faludi's memoir of her father's life and gender transition, and there are some superb new stings to feed your misery. "Seamus I'm not sure this supercut of D:Ream and George Galloway is a great idea either." TOO LATE SEAMUS WE'VE DONE IT ANYWAY.2016-07-201h 16The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 35: Jetlag Radio Future
You know how much fun hearing about other people's holidays is? Well listen to us talk about our holiday for a whole hour. Los Angeles! Disneyland! Yosemite! San Francisco! All the things we did and you didn't! Plus, Sarah on why The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry might be the novel of the year, and Nath's amazing behind-the-scenes revelations about Chatham Historic Dockyards.2016-04-271h 02
Making History08/03/2016Tom Holland is joined by Professor Louise Jackson from the University of Edinburgh and journalist Sarah Ditum.Dr Naomi Paxton explores how sex trafficking and moral panic thed to the birth of the Women's Police Service in 1914.Dr Fiona Watson explains why 1302 is her favourite year in history - and, in particular, one day when, at a battle on the Continent, the mounted knight was rumbled.Helen Castor explores the origins of Marriage Banns and Dr John Gallagher argues that historians should be concerned about style as well as substance.Producer...2016-03-0827 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 34: Phasers on Glum
Strap yourself in for NO FUN AT ALL in this edition of The Mispronounced Item where we talk about male violence, male violence, and fire. We've watched claustrophobic Oscar contender Room (spoilers ahoy), Sarah reminisces about the horrible time she tried to read all the Red Riding books in one go, and Nathan's been playing new PS4 game Firewatch. Plus, we answer your questions in that feature at the end which we always forget to do! 2016-02-041h 09
Little AtomsLittle Atoms 316 – Rana Dasgupta & Sarah DitumRana Dasgupta won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book for his debut novel Solo. He is also the author of a collection of urban folktales, Tokyo Cancelled, which was shortlisted for the 2005 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Capital: A Portrait of Twenty-First Century Delhi is his first work of non-fiction. Born in Canterbury in 1971, he has lived in Delhi for 13 years. Also this week, writer Sarah Ditum talks about Andrea Dworkin’s Intercourse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2016-02-031h 07The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 33: The Revelsant or Bumming Roley
This is a farrago. We try to have a serious chat about Netflix series Making a Murderer and the rise and rise of the true crime genre (mentions to this excellent critical response from the New Yorker, this NYT portrait of a special victims unit, and Leslie Jamison's essay on the West Memphis Three compiled in The Empathy Exams). But it starts to go off the rails when Nathan turns out to have really no opinions at all about The Revenant; and somehow, terribly, the section where we meant to pay tribute to David Bowie turns into a chat a...2016-01-221h 07The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 32: The Unauthorised Menace
Join us this week as Nathan talks seemingly endlessly about Star Wars - no, not even the new one, but about the prequel trilogy, digital effects, and the curse of the 1990s. Sarah has been reading Jonathan Bate's biography of Ted Hughes, a very sharp look at a titanic talent and an utter bastard, and Sarah has also reviewed Samantha Hunt's new novel Mr Splitfoot and did not like it, which leads to a discussion about how critics feel when they need to be mean about things (poor us!) and, inexplicably, a blow-by-blow summary of several episodes of Adam...2016-01-081h 10The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 31: We're Making a Listicle
Let's just pick up where we left off and pretend we haven't ghosted you for months, yeah? We've assidiously rated THE WHOLE OF 2015 so we can talk at you about the actual best bits. We've got the best games, the best books, and the best films. (Not to give anything away on that last one, but there are a lot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers from 00:51:40 to 01:18:12. Like, we-will-ruin-your-viewing-pleasure spoilers. Consider yourself warned.) And remember: we're not content creators, we're entertainers!2015-12-231h 23The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 30: Thunderwank, or: Edging For Lepers
OH MY GOD WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? HOW HAVE YOU COPED WITHOUT US? Top domestic chat this week about Nathan's sunglasses, which he has lost. While we've been away, Nath's been writing about YouTuber KSI: is he the worst thing that has ever happened or quite good? Sarah has been writing about new novella Grief is the Thing with Feathers, inspired by Ted Hughes: is he the worst thing that has ever happened, or quite good? And finally, Nath read a boring book about a leper and wants to tell you all about it even though Sarah does her...2015-10-1458 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 29: My Uncle is a Hunkle
What did we do on our holiday? Well we went all gooey about Henry Cavill in The Man from Uncle, we thrilled to The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, and we didn't do any writing (because we were on holiday, duh) but Sarah's review of new Bond novel Trigger Mortis has just been published and she wrote about Anthony Horowitz's much-criticised comments on whether Idris Elba should play 007 – so you get some talk about all that. And at the 39 minute mark, genuinely the worst conversation we've ever had. 2015-09-0359 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 28: T-rex in love
This week: Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy pushes humanity off a cliff (and frankly we deserve it), Justified lays down the law, and why people who say your A-levels don't matter are big smug liars. No pod next week as we're on holiday, but to be honest once you've heard Sarah's weird Gael García Bernal fantasy, you'll have had enough of us for a while.2015-08-1949 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 27: Blue Balls of the Heart
Sorry we're late, Nath had to drive to Paignton and Paignton waits for no pod. Up this week: Sarah has watched brilliant coming of age drama The Diary of a Teenage Girl; Nath boldly decides to be the only human alive with a good thing to say about Vince Vaughn in True Detective season 2; some talk on art, appreciation and rap-rock as Sarah has reviewed Leon Neyfakh's The Next Next Level, about being the number one fan of Juiceboxxx; and of course, THE AGE OF ANSWERS. Till next time!2015-08-1359 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 26: On the National
There was a moment when this podcast was going to be called Oryx and Lakes, because Sarah and Nath have been on holiday to Cumbria and Nath read Margaret Atwood while they were there. But then Sarah pointed out that, as she's read all the Oryx and Crake books, she would probably spoil them by accident if we talked about them. So instead you get a whole lot of talk about the National Trust properties of the Windermere region, a scamper through the unconscious with new Pixar movie Inside Out, a discussion of Matt Dillon's face and its work in...2015-08-051h 00The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 25: That Frozen Fella
This week: Nath's been watching the FX series of Fargo, which stars Martin Freeman and is available on Netflix, and mostly enjoying its fine performances and refractions of Coen-brother themes and imagery. Watching Fargo was, for the most part, an attempt not to think too hard about James Meek's Private Island, an excellent book about the sell-off of Britain's state-owned enterprises and essentials over the last 35 years, which Sarah avoided by getting into Bond - she talks about Casino Royale, Moonraker, and the word "bitch". Offline Dating comes up for discussion in what we've written this week, and finally...2015-07-221h 04The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 024: It's Behind You
Don't stop, don't sleep, don't let your guard for one second: we've been watching It Follows and it is pretty bloody scary. Horror stories of another kind as Nath explores the raw brilliance and tabloid tragedy of Paul Gascoigne as revealed in a new documentary, which is strangely coy about the man's violence against his wife. And Sarah chats about her review of Scarlett Thomas's funny, ambitious and ecstatically rude new novel, The Seed Collectors. Plus! Our advice on mystery staircases, and the last word anyone will ever need on Byron (twat).2015-07-151h 03The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 023: Tresspassport To Pimlico
We went to see Mark Thomas do his new show about trespassing! That was good, so there's some chat about that and how it reminds Nath of his own experiences re-walking London. Then Sarah has read techno-conspiracy thrill-ride Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by David Shafer and Nath has read Climbers by M John Harrison, so there's some chat about that. And then there's some more chat about things that we have been writing this week (Sarah: drinking in pregnancy and how it's weird that everyone is always telling women what to do; Nath: FIFA as an exemplar structural sexism), and...2015-07-091h 13The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 022: Death To False Metal
Musical goings on this week, as Sarah heads off on a pilgrimage to Hyde Park to kneel at the altar of Taylor Swift, while Nath whispers the Warrior's Prayer and talks about Mogwai's excellent 20th Anniversary show. Metal remains a theme for our movies this week - the exquisitely odd and probably awful Excalibur and Hawk The Slayer - before Sarah gives the Pope a good shafting, and we try to answer your questions.If you want to get in touch to comment on anything in the podcast or to ask questions for next week, you can...2015-07-0159 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 21: Night Boat To Caro
After a week away the podcast returns only HUGE, with two weeks' worth of thoughts and talk making this the longest and quite possibly least disciplined episode ever. Under discussion this week is HBO's dark documentary of privilege and injustice, The Jinx, as well as the Wachowskis' new Netflix show, Sense8. We discuss the conferences that stopped us recording last week - Nath went to E3 in LA, Sarah to the British Humanist Association in Bristol - and what we've written this week, including work on the return of Doom, the strangeness of LA, and Irish abortion. Then, in a...2015-06-241h 29The Mispronounced ItemEpisode 20: Say Hi to Your Mother from Me
Drugs, murder and collapsing identities: we follow the Silk Road to ruin with Wired's astonishing two-part feature. Then you can hark at Nathan's untrammelled enthusiasm for E3, listen to Sarah rave about Ali Smith winning the Baileys Prize, become marginally bilious with us as we grapple with dirty old man poetry, and get a bit giddy as we swoon over the lovely Nolan North.2015-06-1000 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 019: You're a Bunch of Wires
If I told you this episode was about consciousness, empathy and growing up in Ex Machina, Leslie Jamison's essay The Empathy Exams and Judy Blume's new novel In the Unlikely Event, you might be like, "Hmm, interesting, I'll bookmark that for later." But! If I told you it's also about Sarah squawking "FOKKEN YOU IN DA FACE" and Nath doing impressions of a sad South African robot, you would probably press play instantly. All these things and more in the podcast people are calling "Front Row with swearing" or "Cunt Row". (Thank you Tom Doran!)2015-06-0300 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 018: Like A Hot Rod, Like A Hot Potato
Mad Max: Fury Road is the week's big talking point, and some questions need to be answered: How on earth did it get made? Why is it so brilliant? And can Sarah pull off the "oil crown" Furiosa look in the office? Then, because in the distant future there is only phwaor, we take a look at Polly Vernon's Hot Feminist, before rounding on Game Of Thrones with a look that says "Stop bloody raping people, Game Of Thrones."2015-05-2856 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 017: Now We Got Bad Puns
Not sure we actually get to the point at all this week, but ostensibly you will hear about: Taylor Swift's video and why it is brilliant (yes it is brilliant), practical magic in A Wizard of Earthsea, and Sarah has reviewed Kirsty Logan's novel The Gracekeepers. Hurrah!2015-05-2000 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 016: More Of It
A postmortem of Politics Christmas, which seems to have birthed a new era of intolerance and awfulness ALREADY, and can only be made better through the masochistic review of hopeful pre-election left-wing headlines. The Witcher 3 provides some respite from reality - "It's like real life, in a game" - but then Sarah brings the election back up by having written about it, and everyone waltzes offstage crying and reciting favourite passages from Flann O'Brien. Kafka's The Castle is somehow involved.2015-05-1352 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 015: Politics Christmas Eve
Sarah has read some BOOKS this week - namely Ali Smith's How To Be Both and Do It Like A Woman by Caroline Criado-Perez. Politics Christmas Eve is celebrated with Politics Quizmas, in which Sarah is challenged to identify local parliamentary candidates using snippets of their CVs and hompages ("I'd love to give up work, politics and city life and spend my time caring for large, wild cats") and Nathan has written something about Star Wars, motion and memory.2015-05-0646 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 014: The Prime Minister Who Could Not Have a Biscuit
You know what's hard? Talking about comedy without ruining all the jokes. So you get a very unfunny appraisal of Stewart Lee's very funny current tour. Nathan went to see Blade Runner: The Final Cut. Thrill to his intimate knowledge of '80s studio politics and variant cuts. No writing to talk about, so instead you get extra Politics Christmas, Nath's London Marathon, and why Sarah gets stressed about looking at art.2015-04-2954 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 013: Game of Fish
Dun-dun, da-da dun-dun, da-da dun-dun, da-da dun. YES GAME OF THRONES IS BACK AND SARAH CAN'T HELP SINGING THE THEME TUNE. Will she be able to have a ten-minute chat with Nath without spoiling anything to come in the series? The latest edition of the LRB has an excellent report from Grimsby, where Ukip are winning popularity in the ruins of the fishing industry. And in things we've written this week, Sarah has dealt with the lethal crisis in migration in the Mediterranean, and Nathan has written about forthcoming game Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and very British apocalypses.2015-04-2200 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 012: Dinner with Daredevil
Daredevil has arrived on Netflix – we find out if the latest part of the ever-expanding Marvel universe is any good. Who cooked Adam Smith's dinner? The new book from Katrine Marçal answers this question, and in the process uncovers the missing piece of economics. And in this week's writing, Sarah has been wondering whether sex offenders really are made by their genes, and Nathan has been exploring fantamystical worlds. Yes, fantamystical is a real word. Or it should be.2015-04-1543 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 011: Wild Words and Weird Interiors
This week Nathan and Sarah wrestle with the macabre and they deal with loving and dreading the new series of Inside No 9 on BBC Two, and walk with words while discussing the nature writing of Robert Macfarlane and Melissa Harrison. To finish there's discussion of a sad meeting with Python's Terry Jones, and Sarah talks about being wrong about pornography.2015-04-0847 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 010: Bloodborne and Politics Christmas
This week Nath's plunged himself into Bloodborne and is full of love for the games of Hidetaka Miyazaki, Sarah has gone ludicrous for the imminent arrival of the election - or, as she calls it, Politics Christmas - and we discuss GTA, games censorship and rape suspect anonymity in what we've written this week. 2015-04-0144 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 009: Druid Clowns for President
Great, tear-streaked excitement as Sarah finally gets to the Sleater-Kinney gig she's been waiting TEN RUDDY YEARS for (and takes Nathan along too). The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is Tina Fey's new sitcom on Netflix: females are strong as hell, but are the jokes too? And Sarah's been doing her best to destroy the Green Party, while Nathan's been writing about Little Baby Bums.2015-03-2541 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 008: Paris Was A Woman, Pratchett Was A Man
This week, it's art, escape and women loving women on the Left Bank at the Bristol Women's Literature Festival. Then Sarah and Nathan say their farewells to Terry Pratchett, and wonder how he managed to have more ideas on a page than most people have in a lifetime. And in writing, Sarah has had a pop at Jeremy Clarkson, King of the Idiots, while Nathan's been figuring out his verdict on Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number.2015-03-1844 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 007: D is for Dystopia
This week - a Helen Macdonald visit to Bristol prompts a discussion of her astonishing, nature writing-redefining memoir H Is For Hawk, while Nathan's been watching '70s dystopias Rollerball and Network and Sarah's been writing about the parenting pressures of world book day.2015-03-1138 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 006: Canon Fodder
This week Nathan and Sarah contemplate the rise of the robots as a new wave of automation threatens to supplant the middle classes (not us!) and then talk sports and sports writing in light of a visit to watch Barcelona in the Champions League. Then, with Neill Blomkamp set to right the wrongs of Alien 3 and Resurrection, there's talk of canon and the reasons fans cling so tightly to 'official' versions of fictional events.2015-03-0437 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 005: Three Bags Saul
It's time to LWYRUP: every Breaking Bad fan's favourite attorney at law (well, semi-law) is back in Better Call Saul, and the court of Ditum is in session to deliver its verdict. Also dipped in justice is Aardman's new feature animation, Shaun The Sheep Movie, while the things we've written this week touches on proposed amendments to the UK's abortion laws, and the issue of stars in video games.2015-02-2538 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 004: Remembrances from the Not-Now
Sarah and Nathan take a fumble with Fanny Hill, as they discuss the Caroline-Quentin-starring new adaptation at the Bristol Old Vic. There's a tribute to David Carr, the New York Times' consummate columnist who died last week. And in this week's writing, Sarah reports from the launch of the Femicide Census, and Nath reviews new Mike Judge sitcom Silicon Valley.2015-02-1835 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 003: The Reign of Bum
This week on the Mispronounced Item Sarah and Nathan discuss BAFTA winners and Oscar hopefuls, and in particular Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel. Nathan picks some favourite passages from the diaries of Sir Alec Guinness - without a mention of Star Wars - and Sarah talks about her piece for the New Statesman on Germany's Mega Brothels.2015-02-1100 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 002: Political Correctness and the Precious
This week on The Mispronounced Item Sarah and Nathan discuss political correctness with reference to the no platforming of Kate Smurthwaite by the Goldmsmiths University Feminist Society, and to Stewart Lee vomiting into the gaping anus of Christ. Then thing get really gruesome as Nathan talks about seeing out The Hobbit trilogy at the cinema, a Middling-earth he'll not be returning to see, before a closing look at the cultural devastation caused by an all-female Ghostbusters update.2015-02-0436 minThe Mispronounced ItemEpisode 001: Fascism and Fixers
In the first episode of The Mispronounced Item, Sarah and Nathan discuss the upcoming Oscars and in particular best picture contenders Whiplash and Birdman, both of which explore the cost of performing. Book talk takes in Cormac McCarthy's Child Of God and Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, and we finish with a discussion of the BBC adaptation of Wolf Hall and the unregulated capitalism of FIFA Ultimate Team.2015-01-2833 min
Official PlayStation Magazine-UK PodcastOPM UK Podcast Episode 26With Gamescom – the biggest European trade show on the gaming calendar – under two weeks away, this month’s episode sees editor Ben Wilson and the OPM team predict exactly what will do down in Germany – including not one but two Mirror’s Edge sequels. There’s in-depth chat about Bioshock Infinite (including a tale of Irrational boss Ken Levine seductively eating ice cream), verdicts on Deus Ex (great) and Call Of Juarez (awful), and departing production editor Sarah Ditum unveils her three all-time favourite reader letters too.
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