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4 October 2016updated 03 Aug 2021 11:20am

SRSLY #62: Amanda Knox / A Seat at the Table / The Bletchley Circle

On the pop culture podcast this week: the Netflix documentary Amanda Knox, Solange Knowles’ album A Seat at the Table and ITV drama The Bletchley Circle.

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

Amanda Knox

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The documentary on Netflix.

An amazing recap of the case in 2013 from the LRB.

A Seat at the Table

The album on Spotify.

Tavi Gevinson’s interview with Solange.

The Bletchley Circle

The trailer.

Some details of the real women codebreakers of Bletchley Park.

For next time

Anna is watching The Sure Thing.

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See you next week!

PS If you missed #61, check it out here.

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