SRSLY #121: Battle of the Sexes / A Christmas Prince / The Good Place

The Links

The Battle of the Sexes

The trailer.

An interesting review.

A Christmas Prince

The film on Netflix.

The Good Place (our discussion is full of spoilers, avoid 24.55 to the end)

The show on Netflix.

For next time:

We are watching Alias Grace.

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 #120, check it out here.

SRSLY #120: Motherland / Ingrid Goes West / Robin of Sherwood

The Links

Motherland

(0:33-10:54)

The programme on the BBC iPlayer.

Anna's piece on whether Motherland is the British answer to American “bad parenting” comedies.

Ingrid Goes West

(discussion 13:43-25:54, spoilers from 21:00-24:46)

The trailer.

The New Statesman review.

Robin of Sherwood

(26:00-32:32)

The first episode.

A 30-year retrospective about the show.

For next time:

We are watching The Good Place.

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 #119, check it out here.

SRSLY #119: Taylor Swift / Detectorists / Freaks and Geeks

The Links

Reputation

Laura Snapes on Taylor Swift’s rebrand.

Ann Powers on Reputation’s hip-hop influences.

Anna’s thoughts on Reputation’s lyrical shift.

Anna’s 2015 piece on the mansplaining of Taylor Swift.

Detectorists

Anna’s interview with Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones.

The show on iPlayer.

Freaks and Geeks

The show on Netflix.

The cast reunited in 2015 for Vanity Fair’s oral history of the show.

Tavi Gevinson on Lindsay Weir for Rookie and the Buzzfeed podcast Rerun.

For next time:

We are watching Robin of Sherwood.

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 #118, check it out here.

SRSLY #117: Stranger Things 2 / Thor: Ragnarok / The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

The Links

Get tickets for our brand new Harry Potter quiz on 14 November here.

Stranger Things 2

The show on Netflix.

Anna's piece about the way the show explores suffering.

Thor: Ragnarok

The trailer.

An interesting piece about Valkyrie and sexuality.

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel

The pilot on Amazon Prime.

The trailer for the full series, which starts on 29 November.

For next time:

We are watching Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

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 #116, check it out here.

SRSLY #116: La Belle Sauvage / Crazy Ex-Girlfriend / God's Own Country

The Links

The Book of Dust

The book.

The full interview with Philip Pullman on the NS's The Back Half podcast.

Rowan Williams' review.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

The trailer.

The show on Netflix.

Anna's piece about it.

God's Own Country

The trailer.

For next time:

We are watching the pilot of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.

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 #115, check it out here.

SRSLY #115: St Vincent / Louis Theroux / Big Little Lies

The Links

Ronan Farrow's New Yorker piece about Harvey Weinstein.

Anna's Harvey Weinstein piece.

Masseduction

The album on Spotify.

Lorde on Song Exploder.

Laura Snapes' Buzzfeed profile of St Vincent.

The Pitchfork review of the album.

St Vincent and glam rock at Dazed.

Dark States

The programmes on BBC iPlayer.

Big Little Lies

The trailer.

For next time:

We are going to see God's Own Country.

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 #114, check it out here.

SRSLY #114: Marsha P Johnson / Overshadowed / Not Working

The Links

The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson

The documentary on Netflix.

The Teen Vogue story about Reina Gossett's allegations.

Olivia Laing's The Lonely City.

Overshadowed

The show on BBC iPlayer.

Anna's piece about To the Bone.

Not Working

The book.

For next time:

We are watching Big Little Lies.

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 #113, check it out here.

SRSLY #113: Home Again / Our Souls at Night / Dissect

The Links

Our episode on problematic faves and our episode on Wind River.

Home Again

The trailer.

Ann Friedman on Nancy Meyers.

Our Souls at Night

The trailer.

The film on Netflix.

The Telegraph piece on the film's name.

Jane Fonda on Robert Redford.

Our episode about 45 Years.

Dissect

The podcast.

Cole Cuchna's patreon.

Caroline's column about it.

The Vox Kanye West video.

The Watching the Throne podcast.

For next time:

We are listening to the second series of the Dissect podcast.

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 #112, check it out here.

SRSLY #112: Broad City / Wind River / iamthemorning

The Links

Broad City

The show on Comedy Central.

Anna's writing about the previous series.

Wind River

The trailer.

Deborah Ross takes on the film's sexism.

Elena Lazic at Little White Lies on the film's 'white saviour' dynamic.

Why do white writers keep making films about Indian Country?

What’s So Hard About Casting Indian Actors in Indian Roles?

iamthemorning

Their album Lighthouse on bandcamp.

The Bitter Ruin album Waves.

For next time:

We are listening to the second series of the Dissect podcast.

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 #111, check it out here.

SRSLY #111: The Problematic Faves Live Show

The Links

Listen to our previous discussion about "Your Fave Is Problematic" culture.

Dylan Farrow's piece for the New York Times.

Bethany Rose Lamont's piece for Rookie about Woody Allen.

For next time:

We are listening to the album Lighthouse by the Russian prog chamber duo iamthemorning. Listen to it on bandcamp here.

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 #110, check it out here.

SRSLY #110: Bake Off / Anna of the North / Terrace House

The Links

Events! Get tickets for the live episode at the London Podcast Festival here.

To join our Fantasy Bake Off League, sign up for an accounts at fantasybakeoff.co.uk and choose "srsly" as the region in your profile.

The Great British Bake Off

The show on All4.

Anna's article about Prue Leith.

Anna of the North

The album on Spotify.

The FADER interview.

Terrace House: Boys and Girls in the City

The show on Netflix.

Anna's piece about it.

For next time:

We are listening to the album Lighthouse by the Russian prog chamber duo iamthemorning. Listen to it on bandcamp here.

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 #109, check it out here.

SRSLY #109: Ask Us Anything

The Links

Events! Get tickets for the Game of Thrones quiz from here, for the live episode at the London Podcast Festival here and for Caroline's podcasts and social media workshop here.

To join our Fantasy Bake Off League, sign up for an accounts at fantasybakeoff.co.uk and choose "srsly" as the region in your profile.

See Anna's holiday photos on her instagram and watch Caroline go slowly mad without her on Twitter.

Send us a question for a future episode on srslypod@gmail.com.

For next time:

We are watching the Japanese reality TV show Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City. It is available in the UK on Netflix.

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 #108, check it out here.

SRSLY #108: Edinburgh Festival / The Cuckoo's Calling / Love in Recovery

The Links

Events! Tickets for the Game of Thrones quiz from here, for the live episode at the London Podcast Festival here and for Caroline's podcasts and social media workshop here.

To join our Fantasy Bake Off League, sign up for an accounts at fantasybakeoff.co.uk, click 'join a league' and enter the code 59a01fceceb15.

Edinburgh Festival

An interview with Frince Comedy Award winners Hannah Gadsby and John Robins.

The Cuckoo's Calling

Read the book.

Watch the show.

What did critics really think of The Cuckoo's Calling before they knew it was by JK Rowling?

Love in Recovery

Find some episodes on the BBC Radio iPlayer, or the whole series as an audiobook on Audible.

For next time:

We are watching the Japanese reality TV show Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City. It is available in the UK on Netflix.

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 #107, check it out here.

SRSLY #107: Emoji Movie / Quacks / Perfume Genius

The Links

Events! Tickets for the Game of Thrones quiz from here, for the live episode at the London Podcast Festival here and for Caroline's podcasts and social media workshop here.

The Emoji Movie

The trailer.

Robbie Collin's (very funny) review.

Quacks

The show on iPlayer.

No Shape by Perfume Genius

The album on Spotify.

Laura Snapes' review at Pitchfork.

For next time:

We are listening to the radio drama Love in Recovery. Find some episodes on the BBC Radio iPlayer, or the whole series as an audiobook on Audible.

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 #106, check it out here.

SRSLY #106: Kesha / Coconut / Swimming Studies

The Links

Events! Tickets for the Game of Thrones quiz from here, for the live episode at the London Podcast Festival here and for Caroline's podcasts and social media workshop here.

Kesha's Rainbow

The album on Spotify.

The Ira Madison III review Caroline mentioned.

Coconut

The show on BBC iPlayer.

The Vice take on mockumentaries that Anna mentioned.

Swimming Studies

The book.

Leanne Shapton's Native Trees of Canada which Anna also mentioned.

For next time:

We are listening to No Shape by Perfume Genius.

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 #105, check it out here.

SRSLY #105: Girls Trip / Top of the Lake / ShoutOut Podcasts

The Links

Get tickets for all our upcoming events here.

Girls Trip

The trailer.

A great review.

Top of the Lake: China Girl

The trailer.

The Guardian's excellent recap (but very spoilery) episode blog.

ShoutOut Podcasts

Find them all here!

For next time:

We are reading Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton.

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 #104, check it out here.

SRSLY #104: The Revisit Special

The Links

Get tickets for all our upcoming events here.

Master of None

Episode 92, where we first talked about it.

Is Master of None more than just lifestyle porn?

Search Party

Episode 99, where we first talked about it.

A good review from Vulture.

Catastrophe

Episode 97, where we first talked about it.

Yes, they are making series 4!

Skam

Episode 82, where we first talked about it.

Anna's pieces on the show: about Noora's sexual assault, about the online fandom, and about the way the Norwegian version is ending.

For next time:

We are reading Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton.

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 #103, check it out here.

SRSLY #103: Dunkirk / Nadiya's British Food Adventure / Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The Links

Buy tickets for our Game of Thrones quiz and our live episode at the ShoutOut Festival here.

Dunkirk

The trailer.

Why you should watch Harry Styles in Dunkirk.

Anna's line-by-line review of Harry's dialogue.

Nadiya's British Food Adventure

The programme on BBC iPlayer.

Even the Telegraph liked it! Truly she is queen of British hearts.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The mumps episode is series 3 episode 12, "9 Days".

For next time:

We are reading Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton.

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 #102, check it out here.

SRSLY #102: Game of Thrones / Haim / Queen Anne

The Links

Get tickets for our upcoming events (including another Game of Thrones quiz here).

Game of Thrones

Anna's review of the first episode.

Caroline's piece about GoT podcasts.

Haim

The album on Spotify.

The Pitchfork review.

Queen Anne

More details about the play.

For next time:

We are watching S3E12 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

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 #101, check it out here.

SRSLY #101: Baby Driver / Okja / Happy Valley

The Links

Buy tickets for our appearance at the ShoutOut Festival on 5 August here.

The wrestling film listener Joe recommended to go with GLOW is here. You might also like GLOW: The Story of the Glorious Ladies of Wrestling on Netflix.

Baby Driver

The trailer.

A contrary view to ours, focusing on the problematic elements of the film.

Okja

The show on Netflix.

Anna's piece about its genre-mashing.

Happy Valley

A trailer.

The show on Netflix.

For next time:

We are discussing the RSC play Queen Anne, currently playing at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London.

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 #100, check it out here.