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19 July 2016updated 03 Aug 2021 3:23pm

SRSLY #51: Ghostbusters / Orange is the New Black / The Silent Woman

On the pop culture podcast this week: the new Ghostbusters reboot, series four of Netflix original Orange is the New Black and Janet Malcolm’s book about Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, The Silent Woman.

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 usually hosted by Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz, the NS’s web 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

Ghostbusters

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On the phenomenon of Ghostbusters nostalgia.

Ryan Gilbey’s review of the new film.

Orange is the New Black

The trailer for the fourth series.

The Vulture recaps are really good for micro episode analysis.

Emily Nussbaum on empathy in the show.

The Silent Woman

The book.

Janet Malcolm on Jonathan Bate’s biography of Ted Hughes.

For next time

Anna is watching the 2005 film Bewitched.

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See you next week!

PS If you missed #50, check it out here.

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