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. Listen to our new episode now:
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SRSLY is 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 podcast is also on Twitter @srslypod if you’d like to @ us with your appreciation.
We we were joined this week by our NS colleagues Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) and Barbara Speed (@bspeed8).
If you’d like to talk to us about the podcast or make a suggestion for something we should read or cover, you can email srslypod[at]gmail.com. You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes – this helps other people come across it.
The Links
On Taylor vs Nicki
This is most of what happened.
We recommend Yomi Adegoke on the race dimension to this story.
On My Mad Fat Diary
Karen Onojaife on why the character of Rae meant so much to so many.
Rae Earl, who wrote the original diary on which the show is based, on why today’s teenagers still want to take a peek inside My Mad Fat Diary.
Libby Hill on how TV deals with the burden of being a fat girl.
On Ant-Man
Mark Kermode summarises the Edgar Wright element to this film.
Maria’s excellent tweet about the gender prejudice in the film.
If Hope was called Hal, the plot of Ant-Man would be all about Hank training his son to follow in his footsteps
— Maria W. Norris (@MariaWNorris) July 20, 2015
Wordsworth’s bit about “thou monstrous ant-hill” is in book seven of The Prelude.
On Obvious Child
The trailer:
This is a good review.
For the next episode, Anna is taking a look at the comic series The Wicked and the Divine.
Your questions:
If you have thoughts you want to share on anything we’ve discussed, or questions you want to ask us, please email us on srslypod[at]gmail.com, or @ us on Twitter @srslypod, or get in touch via tumblr here.
Next episode:
We’re going on our summer holidays for a couple of weeks, so we’ll be back with a new episode on 17 August. In the meantime, follow us on Twitter @srslypod for a few specials and outtakes to tide you over.
Our theme music is “Guatemala – Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons.
See you next week!
PS If you missed episode four, check it out here.
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