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1 November 2016

SRSLY #66: Class / In the Dark / The Heart of a Dog

On the pop culture podcast this week: teen Doctor Who spin-off Class, true crime podcast In the Dark and Laurie Anderson's experimental musical film Heart of the Dog.

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

Black Mirror‘s “San Junipero”

Black Mirror on Netflix.

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Charlie Brooker’s playlist to go with the episode.

Vulture’s Is the Ending of Black Mirror’s ‘San Junipero’ Exactly As It Seems?

Class

Class on iPlayer.

Doctor Who expert Huw Fullerton explains how the spin-off ties in with the original series.

In the Dark

Missing a Murderer: In the Dark Is Not Your Typical True-Crime Podcast.

The podcast In the Dark isn’t just the new Serial. It’s better.

Heart of a Dog

Anna’s piece on the film.

For next time

Anna is watching Populaire.

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.

We love reading out your emails. 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. We also have Facebook now.

Our theme music is “Guatemala – Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons. 

See you next week!

PS If you missed #65, check it out here.

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