EPISODE · Apr 14, 2020 · 1H 37M
An Author Special with Holly Bourne & The Problem With Tiger King
from The High Low
It's Week 4 of lockdown and we hope all you cats and kittens are doing okay. Sorry - blame Carole Baskin. We've been watching Tiger King and eesh, do we feel icky. We discuss why that is and why streamed content is becoming increasingly crass. What does the flatpacking of problematic people into entertainment, reveal about us?Also today, Dolly interviews the YA and contemporary novelist, Holly Bourne, about her new book, Pretending. They discuss sexual violence, the cultural expectations of sex and romance and why porn is doing women a disservice. And we discuss some podcasts that will help us all navigate what Brene Brown calls "the collective weary".E-mail [email protected] @thehighlowshow ReadingHouse of Glass by Hadley FreemanPretending, by Holly BourneSense and Sensibility: The Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma ThompsonComing Undone, by Terri White, out July and avail online for pre-orderSilver Sparrow by Tayari JonesWatching & ListeningAlain de Botton on How To Fail with Elizabeth Day https://howtofail.podbean.com/e/how-to-fail-alain-de-botton/Unlocking Us, with Brene Brown https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-comparative-suffering-the-50-50-myth-and-settling-the-ball/Save Me Too, on Sky AtlanticTiger King, on NetflixNothing Like A Dame, available to buy or rent on Amazon prime Song For Our Daughter by Laura MarlingRetro Sweat - the 80s aerobics class online https://www.instagram.com/retrosweat/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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It's Week 4 of lockdown and we hope all you cats and kittens are doing okay. Sorry - blame Carole Baskin. We've been watching Tiger King and eesh, do we feel icky. We discuss why that is and why streamed content is becoming increasingly crass. What does the flatpacking of problematic people into entertainment, reveal about us?Also today, Dolly interviews the YA and contemporary novelist, Holly Bourne, about her new book, Pretending. They discuss sexual violence, the cultural expectations of sex and romance and why porn is doing women a disservice. And we discuss some podcasts that will help us all navigate what Brene Brown calls "the collective weary".E-mail [email protected] @thehighlowshow ReadingHouse of Glass by Hadley FreemanPretending, by Holly BourneSense and Sensibility: The Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma ThompsonComing Undone, by Terri White, out July and avail online for pre-orderSilver Sparrow by Tayari JonesWatching & ListeningAlain de Botton on How To Fail with Elizabeth Day https://howtofail.podbean.com/e/how-to-fail-alain-de-botton/Unlocking Us, with Brene Brown https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-on-comparative-suffering-the-50-50-myth-and-settling-the-ball/Save Me Too, on Sky AtlanticTiger King, on NetflixNothing Like A Dame, available to buy or rent on Amazon prime Song For Our Daughter by Laura MarlingRetro Sweat - the 80s aerobics class online https://www.instagram.com/retrosweat/?hl=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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