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.
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 Inside Out:
This is the trailer we feel really didn’t represent the film:
Here’s a piece making the case that Inside Out fails at body positivity.
And here is the piece where Peter Bradshaw compares the emotions to the Scooby Doo gang.
On Benedict Cumberbatch and fandom:
The man himself, asking people not to film him:
Here’s Caroline’s piece about the CumberHamlet, and here is her one from last summer about Martin Freeman’s Richard III and the clap-shaming.
Here we are talking about the Shakespeare side of things with Helen Lewis on the NS podcast.
This is Elizabeth Minkel’s piece about fanfiction and the imbalance of power between celebrities and fans.
On The Wicked and the Divine:
There’s an introduction to the series here.
More info and notes from the creators are on their tumblr here.
Writer Kieron Gillan is on Twitter @kierongillen. Illustrator Jamie McKelvie is @McKelvie.
For next week, Caroline is watching the US TV series Broad City.
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.
Our theme music is “Guatemala – Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons.
See you next week!
PS If you missed #5, check it out here.
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