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Tomorrow Never Knows
by Emma Elinor Lundin and Charlotte Lydia Riley
Tomorrow Never Knows is a podcast by historians Charlotte Lydia Riley and Emma Lundin in which we share our thoughts based on what we know, what we've heard, what we've seen and what we've listened to.
Episodes
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#28: The (Third) Christmas Special
Visit https://www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com/episodes/28 for our full episode footnotes with plenty of links and gifs, and to access our episode archive!
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#27: Foreign Policy (Part II)
FOOTNOTES Foreign Policy Part I is episode #24 - listen to that here; Sarah Crook & Charlie Jeffries' book, in which Charlotte has a chapter, is called Resist, Organize, Build: Feminist and Queer Activism in Britain and the United States during the Long 1980s. It was published by SUNY Press in...
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#26: TNK returns!
The end of the four-year hiatus: Charlotte and Emma discuss covid, childcare and careers, plus how to handle great historical moments, and possibly record them too. Visit www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com for a full list of episodes and our epic footnotes. EPISODE #26 FOOTNOTES Our last pre-hiatius...
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#25: Mothers, Part II
Charlotte and Emma discuss a new generation of mothers in literature, why you can’t hack your way out of parenthood, and how to shove the pram out of the hallway. Visit www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com for full footnotes - including links and further reading!
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#24: Foreign Policy, Part I
It’s diplomacy versus invasion as Charlotte and Emma discuss empire, negotiations, violence and ‘meddling’ supranational structures. Will a feminist foreign policy ever be enough, and why should Britain be taken seriously? Visit www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com for full footnotes - including links…
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#23: Mothers, Part I - Working Mums
Episode footnotes – Rebecca Traister’s article on fathers in the presidential election, and seven things not to do in the workplace - are available at www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com Get in touch: we'd love to hear your thoughts on our episodes, and are very keen to answer any questions you might...
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#22: Eugenics - racism, classism, and free milk
When the health of the nation is more important than the individual: Emma and Charlotte discuss the 19th-century pseudo-scientific invention that continues to feed racist thought, ideology and action. Episode footnotes - including raw eggs in pregnancy recommendations, all about the Fabians and...
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#21: The (Second) Christmas Special
Emma and Charlotte get festive by watching The Crown before discussing the problematic humanisation of the royal family, racism and modernisation, dramatic licence and what honour and obedience is really about. Plus: our favourite Reese Witherspoon films. Episode footnotes - including what Clarie...
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#20: #MeToo - consent, power and career-ending moments
Consent, power relationships and career-ending moments: Charlotte and Emma discuss the #MeToo movement, testifying as punishment, and how to keep the anger alive. Episode footnotes - including Tarana Burke's founding of the 'me too' movement, the original Harvey Weinstein investigations by Jodi...
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#19: Elections – Part II
Emma and Charlotte discuss populism and polarisation, how economic precarity and racism aren’t mutually exclusive, and what is happening in Sweden right now. Plus: Charlotte’s guide to the ‘no-go zone’ of Tower Hamlets… Episode footnotes - including updates on the Swedish election, Charlotte's...
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#18: Elections – Part I
Charlotte and Emma discuss glass cliffs, ticking the wrong box and how proportional representation is a lot like a bag of pick and mix. Plus: why losing an election could be a good thing. Episode footnotes - including all you might want to know about the Great Offices of State, the most...
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#17 The [Men’s] World Cup Special
It’s Germany-Sweden all over again as Charlotte and Emma discuss women’s place in football, the question of expertise and why Neymar could pay the salaries of 1,693 female players in the top leagues. Plus: What we owe Nettie Honeyball... Episode footnotes - including everything you could possibly...
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#16: Windrush, Citizenship, Empire & Migration
Charlotte and Emma discuss national identity, belonging and how the inhumane ‘hostile environment’ created by the British Home Office over the past decade fits into a much longer history of British immigration policy. Plus: British aspirations versus historical realities, and how to lose people…
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#15: How to Read
Charlotte and Emma discuss fiction as a source for political history, comfort reads, classics bound up in class and the problem with Elena Ferrante’s book covers. Plus: join the TNK book club. Episode footnotes - including things about the Mitfords, Charlotte's least favourite book, Swedish...
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#14: How To Write
“Say something clever here.” How to condense 40 years of history into three paragraphs, coping with first lines and deadlines, the tyranny of the blank page and playing procrastination chicken. Plus: Charlotte’s most embarrassing writing story and our best books. Episode footnotes - including all...
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#13: Activism, Part II
“We are the ones we have been waiting for.” Charlotte Lydia Riley and Emma Lundin discuss Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s anger, the politics of household budgets, militant motherhood and much more. Episode footnotes - including June Jordan's poem, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela obituaries, research on...
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#12: Activism, Part I
Demonstrations, placards and secret deals: what so significant about women’s activism? Charlotte and Emma discuss second-wave feminists, Greenham Common and Mary Whitehouse. Episode footnotes - including links to Audre Lorde's poem, Valerie Amos' article, research on Greenham Common and much more…
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#11: Women, Organise!
What happens to Labour and labour history when we focus on the women? Charlotte Lydia Riley and Emma Lundin discuss women's place in workplace politics, why the precariat needs to be unionised, and how we are all labourers. Episode footnotes - including Marge Piercy's poem, our favourite books by...
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#10: Women and the vote
Charlotte and Emma celebrate the 100th anniversary of some British women getting the vote by discussing the threat of violence, Victorian values and why suffrage might not be enough. Plus: why do centenaries turn historians into killjoys? Episode footnotes - including links to Kim Moore's poem,...
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#9: Imperial nostalgia
Charlotte and Emma discuss the sugarcoating of violence, national myths and the relentless echoes of empire. Plus: why your favourite TV show will have been filmed in South Africa. Episode footnotes - including links to Merle Collins' poem, the Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, THAT...
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#8: Resolutions
Who makes money from your New Year’s resolutions and what’s the difference between self-care and self-improvement? Charlotte and Emma start 2018 by discussing Instagram shop empowerment, how to be a better feminist, and why bath bombs can be political. Episode footnotes - including links to Naomi...
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#7: Women and Health, part II
In which Charlotte and Emma discuss pregnancies, population control and protective men, and what it means to have a naked approach to life. Plus: why ‘super’ doesn’t always equal better. Full shownotes - including Marge Piercy's poem, Beyoncé and Demi Moore's photographic pregnancies, and all you...
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#6: The Christmas Special
Mad Men and Winning Women: the Christmas special in which we talk about tap-dancing in the office, channel our inner Roger Stirling and fight over who’s the most Peggy. Plus: our favourite episodes and a Mad Men poem. Full shownotes - including the best Mad Men GIFs, Dr Mona Rautelin's work on...
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#5: Women and Health, Part I
What happens when you bring your body to work? Emma and Charlotte discuss messy bodies, the gendering of illnesses and poor health, and how the personal continues to be political. Full shownotes - including links to Rachel E. Moss' excellent writing on health, Maya Goodfellow's work on the impact...
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#4: Women at Work, Part II
The difference between emotional and domestic labour, and how doing rather than asking is the solution to women’s second shift. Plus: why sausages forced Emma to the kitchen, and our favourite feminist books. Full shownotes - including the cartoon by [the other] Emma, the interview with Lisa Wade...
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#3: Women at Work, Part I
In which Charlotte and Emma discuss work-as-a-vocation fallacies, lean-in feminism, mindfulness in the workplace and sexual harassment. Plus: Swedish dads, and what we all owe Harriet Harman. Full shownotes - including Lauren A. Rivera’s article, a photo study of Swedish paternity leave, and the...
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#2: Women's Bodies - part II
On performative scruffiness, feminist selfies and what women wear to parliament. Or: pantsuits, pussy-bow blouses and Frida Kahlo. Full shownotes - including the pant suit gradient, Susan Harlan's poem, the Frida Kahlo bracelet and much more - are available at www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com Get in...
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#1: Women's Bodies - part I
In which Charlotte goes for a run in a This Girl Can t-shirt while Emma heads to the physio. Or: sport, exercise, street harassment and lots more. Full shownotes - including links to that poem Charlotte couldn't remember the name of, a handy introduction to handball and the latest This Girl Can...
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Tomorrow Never Knows is a podcast by historians Charlotte Lydia Riley and Emma Lundin in which we share our thoughts based on what we know, what we've heard, what we've seen and what we've listened to.
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Emma Elinor Lundin and Charlotte Lydia Riley
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