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20 June 2017

SRSLY #98: Lorde’s Melodrama / Pitch Battle / The Power

On the pop culture podcast this week, we discuss the new Lorde album Melodrama, the BBC singing competition Pitch Battle and Naomi Alderman’s dystopian novel The Power.

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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The Links

Melodrama

The album on Spotify.

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Anna’s piece about the lyrics.

Pitch Battle

The show on BBC iPlayer.

Why, just why.

The Power

The book.

The NS review.

The NS Q&A with Naomi Alderman.

For next time:

Caroline is watching Search Party.

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PS If you missed #97, check it out here.

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