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.
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.
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The Links
4:40 – Ross
The Ross is the Worst tumblr.
Buzzfeed count the ways Ross is The Worst.
19:02 – Economics
A blog that tries to figure out who the hell earns how much?
How much money would Joey really have made?
How much did Joey owe Chandler? One fan’s theory.
And what you were all wondering: how much would one of those apartments really cost?
29:30 – Political correctness
Salon and Slate on Chandler’s homophobia.
The most homophobic moments from the show.
Transphobia and trans erasure in Friends.
A defence of Friends as “straightforwardly pleasant”.
43.08 – Friendship
The One With All The Quantifiable Friendships.
55.58 – Legacy
The brilliant Bim Adewunmi on the show.
The hunting of the snark: Friends, 20 years on.
The Telegraph on the show’s televisual legacy.
Vogue on Seinfield v Friends, after they aried.
Vice on why Friends turned us into horrible people, because it’s Vice, isn’t it.
Plus
In defence of Janice. We’re all Janice truthers now.
Your questions:
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 #28, check it out here.
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