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4 April 2017updated 02 Aug 2021 11:15am

SRSLY #88: 13 Reasons Why / Decline and Fall / Becoming Unbecoming

On the pop culture podcast this week: the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, the new BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall and the graphic novel Becoming Unbecoming.

By Caroline Crampton

This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from the New Statesman. Here, you can find links to all the things we talk about in the show as well as a bit more detail about who we are and where else you can find us online.

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SRSLY is hosted by Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz, the NS’s assistant editor and editorial assistant. We’re on Twitter as @c_crampton and @annaleszkie, where between us we post a heady mixture of Serious Journalism, excellent gifs and regularly ask questions J K Rowling needs to answer.

The Links

13 Reasons Why

The show on Netflix.

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An interview with the writer.

Decline and Fall

The show on iPlayer.

Rachel Cooke’s NS review.

Becoming Unbecoming

The book.

For next time:

Caroline is watching This is Us.

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See you next week!

PS If you missed #87, check it out here.

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