SRSLY #100: Harry Potter Special 2

For the 100th episode of SRSLY, we revist the Harry Potter series, taking a closer look at creatures, family, wizarding media, magical home life and the romances of the series. Plus: favourite obscure characters and a dramatic reading of a Stephen Bush fanfiction original. Featuring Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz, Anoosh Chakelian, India Bourke, Amelia Tait, Pauline Bock, Lizzie Palmer, Pinja Saarikoski, Stephen Bush, Jonn Elledge).

The Links

Harry Potter Week on the New Statesman website.

Lizzie’s piece on wizarding media.

Stephen’s fanfiction.

For next time:

We are watching Happy 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.

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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 #99, check it out here.

SRSLY #99: GLOW / FANtasies / Search Party

The Links

GLOW

The show on Netflix.

Two interesting reviews: New York Times and Little White Lies.

Screen Rant on the real life wrestling connections.

FANtasies

The show on Fullscreen.

Amanda Hess’s NYT column about it.

Search Party

The show on All4.

For next time:

We are watching Happy 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 #98, check it out here.

SRSLY #98: Lorde’s Melodrama / Pitch Battle / The Power

The Links

Melodrama

The album on Spotify.

Anna's piece about the lyrics.

Pitch Battle

The show on BBC iPlayer.

Why, just why.

The Power

The book.

The NS review.

The NS Q&A with Naomi Alderman.

For next time:

Caroline is watching Search Party.

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

See you next week!

PS If you missed #97, check it out here.

SRSLY #97: Orange is the New Black / SZA’s Ctrl / Catastrophe

The Links

Orange is the New Black

The show on Netflix.

Anna's piece about the fifth season's lack of a villain.

Ctrl by SZA

The album on Spotify.

An interesting review.

Catastrophe

The show on All4.

That New Yorker profile of Sharon Horgan

For next time:

We are reading The Power by Naomi Alderman.

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 #95, check it out here.

SRSLY #96: Wonder Woman / White Gold / Flowers

The Links

Wonder Woman

The trailer.

Anna's piece on Wonder Woman and America.

Jill Lepore on the character's origins.

White Gold

The trailer.

The show on iPlayer.

Anna's interview with Damon Beesley.

Flowers

The show on All4.

For next time:

We are (finally!) watching Catastrophe.

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 #95, check it out here.

SRSLY #95: Pirates of the Caribbean / Three Girls / Loaded

The Links

Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale is now available in the UK via Channel 4 here. Listen to our discussion of it episode 91 here.

Pirates of the Caribbean

The film's trailer.

Pauline says that Pirates works, but Johnny Depp doesn’t.

Even the scriptwriters don't seem to care any more.

Three Girls

The show on BBC iPlayer.

Anna’s piece about whether the show is morally justified.

BBC Head of Drama Hilary Salmon’s blog post about the show.

Loaded

The trailer.

The show on All4.

For next time:

We are (finally!) watching Flowers.

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 #94, check it out here.

SRSLY #94: Liam Payne / Kimmy Schmidt / Mulholland Drive

The Links

Liam Payne

The lyrics. Oh God, the lyrics.

The interview that Caroline mentioned, feat. Ed Sheeran anecdote.

Liam on the trending chart.

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

The show on Netflix.

Why the show needs to end.

The GOAT, Emily Nussbaum, on the show.

Mulholland Drive

Lynch's ten clues to unlocking the film.

Everything you were afraid to ask about Mulholland Drive.

Vanity Fair goes inside the making of the film.

For next time:

We are watching Loaded.

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 #93, check it out here.

SRSLY #93: Harry Styles / Anne with an E / Sympathy

The Links

Harry Styles

The album on Spotify.

An analysis of the album artwork.

The Popjustice take on the Harry Styles gig.

Anna’s piece on Harry Styles and rock.

Anne with an E

The show on Netflix.

A piece on the show’s inclusion of PTSD.

The spoiler-filled piece Caroline mentioned.

Sympathy

The book on Amazon.

The New York Times review.

For next time:

Anna is watching Mulholland Drive.

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 #92, check it out here.

SRSLY #92: Master of None / Can't Cope Won't Cope / The Black Tapes

The Links

Get tickets for our Twin Peaks quiz at srslypod.com/events.

Master of Non

The trailer.

On the timeline of the show's production.

Vulture's profile of Ansari.

Can't Cope Won't Cope

The show on iPlayer.

The Black Tapes

The show.

For next time:

We’re reading Sympathy.

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 #91, check it out here.

SRSLY #91: The Handmaid’s Tale / Dear White People / Lumino City

The Links

Get tickets for our Twin Peaks quiz at srslypod.com/events.

The Handmaid's Tale

The trailer.

A piece on the show's "radical feminist aesthetic".

The New York Times on why it's a "newly resonant dystopia".

Dear White People

The show on Netflix.

That Buzzfeed listicle.

How the show reveals colourism.

Lumino City

The game.

For next time:

We’re listening to The Black Tapes.

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 #90, check it out here.

SRSLY #90: Girls / The Knowledge / My Favorite Murder

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The Links

Get tickets for our Twin Peaks quiz at srslypod.com/events.

Girls

Anna’s piece on whether the girls in Girls were ever friends.

The Vulture piece we mention comparing the end of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life with the end of Girls.

Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow on the ending.

The Knowledge

The trailer.

A good (if short) review.

My Favorite Murder

The podcast.

For next time:

We’re playing Lumino City.

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 #89, check it out here.

The One Where They Take It Seriously (Again)

Hello everyone! Due to the unexpected announcement of a general election here in the UK, we had to postpone our recording time this week. So instead of the brand spanking new episode we had planned, we've got a rerun of our most popular ever show: the Friends special!

It features lots of our friends and colleagues, who joined us to talk about race, class, friendship and economics in the iconic show.

Oh, and why Ross is The Worst, obviously.

Maybe you've become a SRSLY listener since this first aired, or maybe you've been with us from the beginning. Either way, your week can definitely be improved by over an hour of us wondering how they afforded that massive apartment in Manhattan.

Check out the original shownotes here.

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Hit reply and let us know, or tell us on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr.

Make sure you’re subscribed, or maybe leave us a review!

See you next week (with a proper new episode)!

SRSLY #89: Harry Styles / Raw / This is Us

The Links

Sign of the Times

The song.

Anna’s piece on the lyrics.

Brodie Lancaster’s piece about One Direction’s classic rock influences.

Raw

The trailer.

A review from Rolling Stone.

An interview with the director, Julia Ducournau.

This is Us

The trailer.

For next time:

We’re listening to My Favourite Murder.

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 #88, check it out here.

SRSLY #88: 13 Reasons Why / Decline and Fall / Becoming Unbecoming

The Links

13 Reasons Why

The show on Netflix.

An interview with the writer.

Decline and Fall

The show on iPlayer.

Rachel Cooke’s NS review.

Becoming Unbecoming

The book.

For next time:

Caroline is watching This is Us.

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 #87, check it out here.

SRSLY #87: Get Out / Riverdale / Prune

The Links

Get Out

The trailer.

The “hidden secrets” Buzzfeed listicle with the excellent comment section.

Aisha Harris at Slate on Get Out and white womanhood.

Ivie Ani for Teen Vogue on racism and blackness in horror.

Ashley Ford for Refinery29 on Get Out and interracial relationships.

Writer and director Jordan Peele on Another Round.

Riverdale

The trailer.

Emily Nussbaum on the show.

Prune

The game.

For next time:

Anna is reading Becoming Uncoming.

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 #86, check it out here.

SRSLY #86: Beauty and the Beast / Missing Richard Simmons / The Night Of

The Links

Beauty and the Beast

The trailer.

Anna’s pieces on the gay storyline and what’s changed from the animated version.

Missing Richard Simmons

The podcast.

Is it ethical?

The Night Of

The trailer.

For next time:

Caroline is playing the mobile game Prune.

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 #85, check it out here.

SRSLY #85: Ed Sheeran / Love / Days of Heaven

The Links

Get on the waiting list for our Harry Potter quiz here and take part in our survey here.

Ed Sheeran

Laura Snapes’ review at Pitchfork.

Anna’s piece about the worst Ed Sheeran lyrics.

Love

Our previous episode about the first series of the show.

Anna’s piece about where it fits in the romcom genre.

The Salon piece on the second series and Judd Apatow’s motivations.

Days of Heaven

The BFI’s entry for the film.

For next time:

Caroline is watching the HBO crime drama The Night Of.

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 #84, check it out here.

SRSLY #84: Certain Women / Clique / Sweet Vicious

The Links

Get on the waiting list for our Harry Potter quiz here and take part in our survey here.

Certain Women

The trailer.

An interesting review.

Clique

The show.

An interview with Jess Brittain.

Sweet/Vicious

The show.

For next time:

Anna is watching the 1978 Terence Malick film Days of Heaven.

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 #83, check it out here.

SRSLY #83: The Awards Special 2017

The Links

Get on the waiting list for our Harry Potter quiz here and take part in our survey here.

Anna's report on the Oscars.

Our episodes about Oscar-nominated films La La Land,Moonlight, Hidden Figures, Lion and Jackie.

For next time:

Caroline is watching MTV’s Sweet/Vicious.

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 #81, check it out here.

SRSLY #82: Moonlight / Skam / Young Frankenstein

The Links

Get on the waiting list for our Harry Potter quiz here and take part in our survey here.

Moonlight

The trailer for Moonlight.

The trailer for Medicine for Melancholy.

A good review.

Three Letters to Mahershala Ali.

Skam

A beginner’s guide to the show.

The trailer.

The show's website.

Young Frankenstein

The trailer.

Puttin' on the Ritz.

For next time:

Caroline is watching MTV’s Sweet/Vicious.

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 #81, check it out here.