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3 May 2016

SRSLY #42: Drake, Witless and The West Wing

On the pop culture podcast this week: Drake’s new album Views, BBC Three comedy-drama Witless and the first ever episode of The West Wing.

By Caroline Crampton

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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 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

The Victoria Wood Brief Encounter sketch.

(08:45) Drake – Views

The album on iTunes.

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An interesting piece on the hometown connections the album has for Drake.

Pitchfork on Drake’s obsession with his own masculinity.

(14:22) Witless

Witless on BBC Three.

A funny clip from episode two.

(24:15) The West Wing pilot + The West Wing Weekly podcast

A clip from the first episode of The West Wing.

This is the episode of The West Wing Weekly Anna listened to. 

For next week:

Caroline is watching the John Waters film Cry-Baby.

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See you next week!

PS If you missed #41, check it out here.

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