SRSLY #81: Hidden Figures / The Moorside / Process

The Links

Buy tickets for our Harry Potter quiz here and take part in our survey here.

Hidden Figures

The trailer.

The true stories behind the film.

The Moorside

The drama on iPlayer.

Rachel Cooke’s review for the NS.

Process by Sampha

The album on Spotify.

The single, “(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano”.

For next time:

Anna is watching Young Frankenstein.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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Our theme music is “Guatemala - Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons. 

See you next week!

PS If you missed #80, check it out here.

SRSLY #80: Santa Clarita Diet / Loving / 80 Days

The Links

Santa Clarita Diet

The show on Netflix.

An interesting review.

Loving

The trailer.

How the film captured a moment in America.

80 Days

The game.

The NS's review of it.

For next time:

Caroline is listening to Process, the new album by Sampha.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #79, check it out here.

SRSLY #79: Lion / Witless / Fen

The Links

Lion

The trailer. 

The true story behind the film.

Witless

Our episode about the first series.

Anna's interview with Zoe Boyle and Kerry Howard.

Fen

The book.

For next time:

Anna is playing the mobile game 80 Days.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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Our theme music is “Guatemala - Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons. 

See you next week!

PS If you missed #78, check it out here.

SRSLY #78: Jackie / Apple Tree Yard / Silicon Valley

The Links

Jackie

The film's trailer.

Hazel Cills at MTV on the soundtrack.

Stream the soundtrack here.

Apple Tree Yard

The trailer.

Anna's piece on the show.

Silicon Valley

The best of Jared.

For next time:

Caroline is reading Fen by Daisy Johnson.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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Our theme music is “Guatemala - Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons. 

See you next week!

PS If you missed #77, check it out here.

SRSLY #77: A Series of Unfortunate Events / The Worst Witch / Speed Dial

The Links

A Series of Unfortunate Events

The trailer for the series. 

Anna's piece on the postmodern aspects of the show.

Neil Patrick Harris' opening number for the 2011 Tonys.

The Worst Witch

The trailer.

How the show discusses imposter syndrome among young women.

Speed Dial

Subscribe to the podcast.

Follow Ira Madison III and Doreen St Felix on Twitter.

For next time:

Anna is watching Silicon Valley.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #76, check it out here.

SRSLY #76: Taboo / La La Land / The Box of Delights

The Links

Taboo

The trailer.

La La Land

The La La Land episode of Song Exploder.

Ira Madison III on the film’s white jazz narrative.

The Box of Delights

The first episode – “When the Wolves are Running”.

For next week

Caroline is listening to Speed Dial.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #75, check it out here.

SRSLY #75: Pop Culture in 2017 / Sherlock / The Shore

The Links

Pop culture in 2017

We are excited for, in no particular order: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Motherhood, La La Land, The Worst Witch, Moonlight and much, much more.

Sherlock

Jonn Elledge’s piece on it.

The Shore by Sara Taylor

The book.

The anthology with the A S Byatt introduction.

For next week

Anna is watching Box of Delights.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #74, check it out here.

SRSLY #74: The Festive TV Special 2016

The Links

The Witness for the Prosecution

The trailer.

Jonathan Creek

The trailer.

Revolting Rhymes

The trailer.

The Radio Times article about the hinted-at queer narrative.

More specials

If you liked SRSLY's take on Home Alone, you might enjoy our other specials on Home Alone, Friends, Harry Potter, Gilmore Girls, and Love Actually. 

For the first episode of 2017

Caroline is reading The Shore by Sara Taylor.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #73, check it out here.

SRSLY #73: The Home Alone Special

Our guests

Stephanie Boland is the digital assistant at the New Statesman. She's on Twitter @StephanieBoland

Simran Hans is a freelance film journalist who writes for Sight and Sound, Dazed and The Fader. She's on Twitter @heavier_things.

India Bourke is the editorial assistant at the New Statesman. She's on Twitter @India_Bourke.

Jonn Elledge is the editor of the New Statesman's sister site citymetric.com. He's on Twitter @JonnElledge.

More specials

If you liked SRSLY's take on Home Alone, you might enjoy our other specials on Friends, Harry Potter, Gilmore Girls, and Love Actually. 

For the first episode of 2017

Caroline is reading The Shore by Sara Taylor.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #72, check it out here.

SRSLY #72: Lovesick / Zayn ft Taylor Swift / Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

The Links

Lovesick

The trailer.

The A.V. Club’s review is funny.

Zayn ft Taylor Swift – “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever”

The song.

A review of it.

Further discussion of the Fifty Shades series in our first ever episode.

Jezebel's piece on Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan.

Zoe Margolis on the first Fifty Shades film.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

The trailer.

Emily Nussbaum is great on it.

For the first episode of 2017

Caroline is reading The Shore by Sara Taylor.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #71, check it out here.

SRSLY #71: Swing Time / The Edge of Seventeen / Maggie’s Plan

The Links

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

The book.

The New Statesman review.

The Edge of Seventeen

The trailer.

The episode where we discuss Paper Towns.

Maggie’s Plan

The trailer.

For next week

Anna is watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #70, check it out here.

SRSLY #70: Gilmore Girls Revival / Saving Grace / Bringing Up Baby

The Links

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

The show on Netflix.

The piece by Hrishikesh Hirway that Caroline mentioned.

Saving Grace

The book.

Rachel Cooke's review.

Bringing Up Baby

The trailer.

The You Must Remember This podcast Anna mentioned.

For next week

Caroline is watching Maggie's Plan

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #69, check it out here.

SRSLY #69: Fantastic Beasts / NW / Infinity Diaries

The Links

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The film's trailer.

Anna’s piece on how the film changes the original Harry Potter story.

Why on earth has Johnny Depp been cast in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them franchise?

NW

The show's trailer.

Why we need Zadie Smith and NW now more than ever.

Infinity Diaries

The diaries part one, two, three, four, five and six.

You might also like our episode on Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts.

Next week

Anna is watching Bringing Up Baby.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #68, check it out here.

SRSLY #68: The Gilmore Girls Special

Our guests for this trip to Stars Hollow were: Pinja Saarikoski, the subscriptions assistant at the New Statesman; Barbara Speed, former SRSLY guest and the comment editor at the i newspaper; and Laura Snapes, a writer for many places including the Guardian and Pitchfork.

The Links

All seven series of Gilmore Girls are available on Netflix.

If you don’t have time to watch it all before 25 November (I mean, what else are you up to?) this is a good recap and ranking of every series.

To put your name on the waiting list for the SRSLY Gilmore Girls Quiz, which takes place on 22 November, go here.

And if you enjoyed the special episode vibe, we recommend checking out our ones on Friends, Love, Actually and Harry Potter.

Next week

We'll be back with a regular episode on 22 November, for which Caroline is reading Rookie’s Infinity Diaries.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #67, check it out here.

SRSLY #67: The Crown / Autumn / Populaire

The Links

The Crown

The show on Netflix.

The Crown needs more dragons, says Laurie Penny.

Autumn

The book on Amazon.

An interesting review touching on its representation of time.

Populaire

The trailer.

For next time

Caroline is reading Rookie’s Infinity Diaries.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #66, check it out here.

SRSLY #66: Class / In the Dark / Heart of a Dog

The Links

Black Mirror's “San Junipero”

Black Mirror on Netflix.

Charlie Brooker's playlist to go with the episode.

Vulture's Is the Ending of Black Mirror’s ‘San Junipero’ Exactly As It Seems?

Class

Class on iPlayer.

Doctor Who expert Huw Fullerton explains how the spin-off ties in with the original series.

In the Dark

Missing a Murderer: In the Dark Is Not Your Typical True-Crime Podcast.

The podcast In the Dark isn't just the new Serial. It's better.

Heart of a Dog

Anna's piece on the film.

For next time

Anna is watching Populaire.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #65, check it out here.

SRSLY #65: Black Mirror / Crazyhead / Crazy Stupid Love

The Links

Black Mirror

Black Mirror on Netflix.

Emily Nussbaum on series one and two.

You are living in a Black Mirror episode and you don’t care.

Crazyhead

Crazyhead on 4od.

Anna’s preview of the show.

Crazy Stupid Love

The trailer.

For next time

Caroline is watching/listening to The Heart of a Dog.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #64, check it out here.

SRSLY #64: My Scientology Movie / The Divine Comedy / Game of Thrones

The Links

Our Gilmore Girls Quiz is now sold out, but you can sign up for the waiting list here.

Anna’s piece on the new Fantastic Beasts/Harry Potter films.

My Scientology Movie

The trailer.

Peter Bradshaw's review.

Foreverland by The Divine Comedy

The album on Spotify.

Neil Hannon’s piece on lyrics for the New Statesman.

The Drowned in Sound review.

Caroline's introductory Divine Comedy playlist.

Game of Thrones

The theme tune Anna tried to sing.

Caroline watched the “Two Swords” episode – the first episode of season 4.

For next time

Anna is watching Crazy Stupid Love.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #63, check it out here.

SRSLY #63: The Girl on the Train / Luke Cage / The Sure Thing

The Links

The Girl on the Train

Anna's piece on the significance of the gin in the tin.

The NS review of the film.

Luke Cage

The show on Netflix.

A discussion of all the references to black culture in Luke Cage.

The Sure Thing

The trailer.

For next time

Caroline is watching Game of Thrones.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #62, check it out here.

SRSLY #62: Amanda Knox / A Seat at the Table / The Bletchley Circle

The Links

Amanda Knox

The documentary on Netflix.

An amazing recap of the case in 2013 from the LRB.

A Seat at the Table

The album on Spotify.

Tavi Gevinson’s interview with Solange.

The Bletchley Circle

The trailer.

Some details of the real women codebreakers of Bletchley Park.

For next time

Anna is watching The Sure Thing.

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.

You can also find us on Twitter @srslypod, or send us your thoughts on tumblr here. If you like the podcast, we’d love you to leave a review on iTunes - this helps other people come across it.

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 #61, check it out here.