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Ruthie - The Lockdown Sessions
by Ruth Kelner and Martin Kelner
With university paused, the generation gap becomes more brutal than ever, with 19-year-old Ruthie locked in with boomer parents, but still podcasting If you enjoy 'Ruthie - The Lockdown Sessions, then we'd be pathetically grateful if you could leave a review on iTunes here; https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ruthie-me-and-my-dad/id1350367213?mt=2 If you REALLY like us, be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode, and tell your friends. You can get in touch with the show via email here; [email protected] Martin’s on Twitter at @martinkelner, or if you prefer Facebook he’s here; https://www.facebook.com/martinkelner And if you want to listen to the music played on the podcast, the Spotify playlist is here; https://open.spotify.com/user/glmpepfmh1mewya62ea7xlpuv/playlist/1YTmo0gN8NNg4f6fWSJqCk?si=xNMf76_oR6Kx6T02HHJaSg Our thanks to our patrons at talkRADIO. Find more from talkRADIO at talkRADIO.CO.UK <hr
Episodes
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'The producers of Love Island knew all about Coronavirus before anybody.
Ruthie is dragged back to the mic for another lockdown session in which she stresses the importance of mattress toppers, and worries she's not committed enough to anything. 'What am I going to do for the rest of my life when I don't care about anything?' she asks. 'Well, there's always…
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Tik Tok explained - 'It's short videos, you watch for hours, and then feel terrible about yourself'
In the latest lockdown session, an increasingly demotivated Ruth - with student life suspended - tackles Black Lives Matter, explains Tik Tok, and learns some new words from Dad and Suzie Dent, although Dad gives a totally misleading definition of the word 'anomie.' Also Ella Fitzgerald, mundane...
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'I'll tell my future children about this, if I ever have any - if I ever get out of the house, that is.'
'When we establish the matriarchy,' says Ruth, 'The two men we'll save are Bill Gates and Richard Osman. And maybe Leonardo DiCaprio and Harry Styles.' This week Ruth and Dad talk Eurovision, and Iceland's superb entry. Also Ruth looks at Coronavirus as a class issue, and gets some support for…
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'I'm all jigsawed out. I need to go back to Uni.'
Ruthie and Dad remain locked down, and added to the hell of being stranded with aging parents, Ruth is also frustrated by the lack of progress in her Uni work. Online tuition is just not working, she says, and no-one seems to be thinking about a solution for Britain's students. Also, the 'New...
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'No-one asked for the 'new normal.' I was quite happy with the 'old normal.'
In the first of a new series, 19-year-old Ruthie is feeling the generation gap particularly keenly, reluctantly furloughed from the Universtiy of York and trapped in lockdown with her ma and pa. In this first episode she delves into cinema history, explaining to her dad the 'cool girl' trope in...
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starting at University of York and settling in
We edited together some clips of Ruthie, Uni, Dad, and Me as our entry for the British Podcast Awards, but as it seems those awards will not happen we thought we'd share them anyway. The clips are from the podcasts we made around the time Ruth was starting at the University of York, and settling…
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'This is dad's hot take on Coronavirus - makes him sound like Stalin!'
The very last Ruthie - Uni, Dad & Me, for the time being at least, as University shuts & Ruth is isolated with parents. In the swansong podcast, we look at the economics of Coronavirus, the death of expectation, whether you want to be on the wagon or off, what Dame Harriett Walter would do if a...
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'We already were the anxious generation, now this...'
...in which dad questions whether some young people view Coronavirus in some bizarre way as a payback for Brexit, and Ruthie laments losing what might have been the best summer of her life. She also offers free French lessons just to fill the yawning time chasm in front of her, and to keep in...
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Leopardskin ears - and begging for drinks in Wetherspoons
...in which dad is confused when a leopardskin bowtie and comedy leopardskin ears arrive for him. AlsoRuthie and dad discuss what the effects of Coronavirus are likely to be on University life. Ruth, meanwhile, has discovered the American TV show Love Is Blind, which it turns out not to be, She...
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'It's quite feminist, there's a lot of armpit hair.'
Family relationships are a major thread in the latest father-and-daughter podcast. With dad being a 'spooky' middle child, and Ruthie the baby of the family, birth order is discussed, as well as the parent-child dynamic with the calculation that once your child leaves for university, you have...
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Family rankings - 'You're trying for the Premier League, you don't want to be in that relegation zone.'
Ruth says she'd definitely kiss a Tory, if necessary, and drink Yorkshire Tea. She reveals that students at the rival York St. John's University think Uni Students are all 'posh and up ourselves - which we sort of are,' and this week discusses students doing sex work to keep their heads above...
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'I'm trying to help the planet, but I bought squeezy yoghurt pouches because I so didn't want to dirty a spoon, and have to wash it.'
Serious Uni issues such as lecturers' strikes, Uni elections, and the future of the Erasmus programme after Brexit come to the fore, but Ruth also explains her urgent need for a sombrero, and defines what constitutes rock bottom after a night out. Also dad explains to Ruth the essential…
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'No-one's watching Pretty Woman as a gritty documentary about sex work.'
In the latest generation gap podcast, Ruth and dad discuss extreme porn freely available on the Internet, Ruth reports on reactions in York to the early Coronavirus victims, and dad misinterprets 'Netflix and chill' to Ruth's huge amusement. Ruth fails to be outraged by a musical of Pretty Woman,...
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'University Challenge? Well, I don't mind sitting in the room and guessing at some questions.'
This week, the story of the drunken/high student who wakes Ruth at 3am, goes into the shower and emerges with two cartons of chips that weren't there when he went in. Also Ruth reveals what frightens here, and what comforts her, dad and Ruth argue (again) about whether this is a racist country…
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'Being as famous as Billie Eilish is not my number one worry.'
...in which Ruth has low moments back at Uni, rejects pole dancing as a fitness regime - 'still feels a bit demeaning' - considers the problems of being posh in light of the Laurence Fox row, and musically Paul McCartney takes on Lorde. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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'Mum bought me a big block of cheese - so I'm not going vegan.'
Ruthie and Dad have a heated debate on whether Britain is a racist country, discuss campus sexual assault, youth slang, and how Ruth unwinds after a long day ('Just thinking about Leeds, because it gives her a calming pleasure.' And they play The Rutles, which Ruth says is 'more Penny Lane than...
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The 2010s - The Decade of Dating
In a New Year/End of Decade special, father and daughter discuss how life has changed in the past ten years, chiefly through the prism of dating, given that Twitter didn't exist before 2012. Also why teenagers don't want to go to the movies any more - unlike Ruth who was brought up on Clifford…
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'Without alcohol I couldn't have done it.' And last word on the election - a student's view.
Ruthie has finished her first term studying French and Spanish at the University of York, and is settling back in at home, enjoying the choice of crisps, but lamenting the death of Labour, and disagreeing quite strongly with dad about the uselessness or otherwise of Jeremy Corbyn. Also...
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'Friendship, Love, & Pasta.'
....in which Ruth lists ten things she has learnt in her first term at the University of York, tries to decide whether she's a post-colonial feminist or not, discusses snobbery towards the North of England, and laments the scandal of students' rented accommodation. Hosted on Acast. See...
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Best of Ruthie - on strip clubs, cheerleading, cashless society & music from Beatles, Pentangle, and others
From various phases of the Ruthie - Uni, Dad, and Me generation gap podcast, Martin forces a teenager to watch Fawlty Towers, while Ruthie gives her feminist angle on strip clubs, cheerleading, and darts walk-on girls, and expresses doubts about Chernobyl and Auschwitz tourism Hosted on Acast.…
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Shortage of working class students at York Uni? 'Well, I met a boy from Scunthorp
...in which Ruth is not impressed by boy students weeing in the sink, prompting dad to reveal the secret of Butlin's bum. Ruth and dad discuss initiation rituals in Uni, the upcoming strike, and the class divide among students - if there is one. In the wider world, Ruth nominates Kate Garraway as...
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A Fresher's Life - Playing Mario Kart in Someone's Room
...in which Ruth falls asleep on a nightclub toilet at 2am, when she could have been in the University of York's 24-hour library. Also, despite Armistice Day and the season of remembrance, patriotism is not flavour of the month with Ruth. Meanwhile she is chosen as boxer of the week. Musically,...
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'Look at me on Instagram, as long as you're not weird.'
...in which Ruthie, now fully at home at the University of York, dresses up as Hugh Hefner, while her college chums pretend to be Playboy bunnies. Why going home for the first time feels strange, why house-hunting for next year has already started, and how her French teacher is, er, really French...
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'University is unbelievably like Love Island'
Ruth is settling in at the University of York, coping with a demanding French and Spanish degree course. She's uncomfortable with the banning of a campaign against the crackdown on the Hong Kong protestors by the Chinese government, and wonders what it says about free speech on campus. With an...
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Making a Cheese Toastie in a wok, sexual consent & a cup of tea, & other student tales.
Boy George once said of sex that he'd rather have a cup of tea, a metaphor taken up by York University, in their lectures on sexual consent. Ruth also talks of dating rituals and boxing training at Uni as she starts her degree in French and Spanish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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The overpowering smell of boy - Ruth starts Uni.
In which Ruth embarks on the difficult business of making friends at University, falls over drunk causing cuts and abrasions, stands up for Leeds in the face of kids from Surrey, a tribe she hadn't previously come across. She reveals that among the societies soliciting members at the Freshers'…
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'I don't just disagree with what he says, I think he's a bad man.'
A compilation of extracts of Ruthie Me & My Dad from the last year's episodes; includes Fiona Bruce taking over Question Time, Ruth's views on Piers Morgan, what is OK to make jokes about these days, with reference to Inbetweeners - could that even be made in #MeToo era? Liam Neeson's revenge...
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'I'm always a little worried that everyone will hate me.'
Trepidation and excitement mingle as Ruth prepares to start university. Meanwhile, as someone who likes a chocolate Minstrel, she rejects sugar-free diets as recommended by influencers and bloggers. Dad picks out some dodgy lyrics in pop songs, and an emailer writes in to tell Ruth not to worry...
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'People don't talk about being shaky and feeling lost very often. It's hard.'
Ruth talks about her uncertainty on the eve of her university career. Also how no-one wants to see a revival of Friends - fiftysomething Ross and Rachel would be in therapy after a toxic relationship and a bitter divorce, how Dolly Parton's doormat lyrics are OK for feminists, and how Ruth bought…
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'Let me finish my sentence!'
Ruth believes you can't tell the story of the Pope being stuck in a lift without doing a transubstantiation joke or something similar, she tries a Black Country accent in honour of hero Caitlin Moran, whose Wolverhampton childhood is being made into a movie, but mostly she insists her other hero...
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'I've never put a condom on a cucumber'
In this episode, Ruth reveals she follows the Gospel According to Tom Hanks, gives her views on sandwich toasters and ATM etiquette, and laments the ignorance about women's health issues displayed by the medical profession. Ruth and dad discuss the latest Harvey Weinstein documentary, and dad…
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The Obamas' nine bathrooms - 'The super rich will be the death of this world.'
After her weekend at Leeds Music Festival, Ruth discusses the drugs death, and the misguided attitude to drugs of festival security. She's underwhelmed by Foo Fighters, and brands Matty Healy of The 1975, pretentious. She also discusses MacDonalds' cheese bite options, and reveals her Dragons'…
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'I hope Kings Of Leon aren't listening.'
This generation gap podcast covers all the important issues; Boris Johnson's narcissism, supermarket pizzas, whether having children enhances your life or do you have to wait till they've left home, 'breadcrumbing,' Freshman flush, and New Yorker Billy Joel's ability to do an English accent.…
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'I'm not going to iron anything when I get to university.'
On the eve of A-level results day, Ruth sympathises with fellow students who, unlike her, don't have an unconditional offer from a chosen university or college and have to sweat it out. She also looks ahead to next year, and doubts a survey indicating students are more responsible, and more often...
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'When are we getting free stuff?'
Ruth visits Leeds Pride and reports back, while dad questions its relevance beyond giving companies the chance to show how woke they are. He also has advice for the director of Downsizing, currently showing on Sky, and disagrees with Ruth on shoeless Prince Harry's comments on subconscious…
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'Boris Is Pretty Dicky'
...is Ruth's assessment of our new Prime Minister, as dad brings her up to date with what's been happening while she's been away, where she outraged her parents by getting a tattoo. In this episode she explains to dad why we need three Spidermen, and why Tom Holland is the most Spiderman of the...
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'I don't buy this phoney free speech argument, where you can say anything you want.'
Ruth and dad have a heated debate on transgender issues, Ruth is accused of anti-Scottish bias, and upbraided for yawning mid-podcast. Also, is Maura from Love Island a feminist icon, and will Boris Johnson do anything to correct the North-South divide? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
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'Boris has Matilda syndrome. He thinks he's special.'
Sympathy for the parents of Jihadi Jack from Ruth and Dad, though Dad thinks over-indulgent parenting may have exacerbated the problem, the new digital Monopoly, and how the cashless society creates particular problems for the poor, especially street dwellers. Meanwhile, what's great about the...
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'I enjoy a potato smile, but they're not the height of elegance.'
Ruth celebrates the end of A-levels with a trip to the council tip, and in her first post-exam podcast she and dad discuss prom nights, accusations of racism in the Love Island villa, how Michael Gove could be a poster boy for a 'Say No To Drugs' campaign, and, dad says if there were a gift he...
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Ruthie Me and My Dad podcast - is that even a thing?
Father and daughter literally discuss new speech patterns introduced by the young, dad complains about the feminisation of movies, and is unimpressed by Emma Thompson's latest, while Ruthie maintains comedy is still an all-boys club. Also, dad has good news for Ruth's,Soylent Green solution to...
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'History doesn't always repeat itself, but it often rhymes'
In a unique experiment in human understanding an 18-year-old girl dismantles Fawlty Towers to decide whether it has any relevance 40-odd years after it was first broadcast. We also examine Deliveroo's role in Britain's obesity crisis, and report on a hopeful development in tackling the mental...
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"Women are being thrown off the glass cliff."
In the latest father/daughter podcast, Ruth reveals she's never used a phone box in her life. Phone boxes, like burning CDs, are now part of a bygone era. Also, should we have sympathy for Theresa May following her downfall, asks Ruth, and embarrassingly reveals the meaning of BDSM to her dad. Do...
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'Other families are weird - they do things like keep the ketchup in the fridge.'
Louis CK is banned from appearing in Leeds right after dad buys tickets. Will he never do stand-up again? Ruth to miss the 25-year Mean Girls reunion for exam reasons, a pop-up shop in Lewisham aims to help people on the last lap of life, is it possible to drink a MacDonalds' milk shake with a...
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'Game Of Thrones - it's not just t*ts and dragons, it's about the environment.'
Ruth unveils her grand plan for the future of the planet - bad news if you're approaching 80. Also the Midnight In Paris syndrome - we're all nostalgic about the era just before we were born (which explains the enduring appeal of Friends), the problem with being a student, Emma Thompson -...
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Friends - 'Ten seasons, three funny jokes.'
Ruthie and Dad pledge never to go on for more than 45 minutes, and this episode comes in just under the bar. It's a TV special asking 'what's the point of sit-coms, is Naked Beach just a freak show, and is Goggle Box the best programme on TV? Also, Loyle Carner, giving hip-hop a bad name,...
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Ruthie asks dad, "Have you seen 'Straight Outta Compton?'' "Take a wild guess."
Hey, what's the matter with the kids? Nothing, it turns out. Gen Z are the most socially conscious bunch for a while. Also, lady shavers, colourism, exam stress, Cardi B and her rolling 'r's, what's the point of grammar - and musically, the great Ry Cooder takes on Rejjie Snow. Hosted on Acast.…
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Porn ban useless for teenagers, they'll get round it, 'language exams are really stupid,' feminism as a class issue, and hippy band Pentangle.
Ruthie spans generations of entertainment as she mounts a spirited defence both of Game Of Thrones and the French boulevardier and cabaret artist Maurice Chevalier, suspected of being a wartime collaborator. Also, the governments proposed clampdown on pornography, feminism as a class issue, and...
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'One day, maybe, I'll be advertising de-tox tea on YouTube.'
Following the Love Island suicides, Ruth and Dad ask if enjoyment of the show makes you complicit in the tragedies; and Ruth gets a tiny taste of what public disapproval feels like with her second hate mail in two weeks. Also, conspiracy theories - whether it's Princess Diana, Madeleine McCann…
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'Casablanca - black and white film, no colours at all, isn't that mad?'
Ruthie gets her first experience of hate mail in the latest father/daughter podcast, as a correspondent calls her 'supercilious and whining.' In this episode, they discuss transgender participation in women's sport, pro-life campaigners, gaslighting, alternative lifestyles for the future, and...
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'I Can't Bear It Any More - All My Icons Toppled'
Powdered milk, Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, and Louis Theroux are among topics in the latest father-daughter podcast. Also, if you're feeling charitable, is the best policy to give money to the homeless in the street, and is dad OK to call them hobos? And have our universities become intolerant...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
With university paused, the generation gap becomes more brutal than ever, with 19-year-old Ruthie locked in with boomer parents, but still podcasting
If you enjoy 'Ruthie - The Lockdown Sessions, then we'd be pathetically grateful if you could leave a review on iTunes here; https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ruthie-me-and-my-dad/id1350367213?mt=2 If you REALLY like us, be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode, and tell your friends.
You can get in touch with the show via email here; [email protected]
Martin’s on Twitter at @martinkelner, or if you prefer Facebook he’s here; https://www.facebook.com/martinkelner
And if you want to listen to the music played on the podcast, the Spotify playlist is here;
https://open.spotify.com/user/glmpepfmh1mewya62ea7xlpuv/playlist/1YTmo0gN8NNg4f6fWSJqCk?si=xNMf76_oR6Kx6T02HHJaSg
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