Well, THANK YOU High Lowers - last week’s episode pushed us over 2 million downloads and up to No.3 on the iTunes podcast charts. The mailbag was also bulging this week: some helpful kind corrections; some not-so-helpful - and we’ve got a little something to say on that....
This week we discuss the results of The ONS’s report into loneliness, which has revealed that - contrary to popular belief - it is not pensioners who are society’s most lonely, but 16-24 year olds. Is social media to blame? Has celebrity replaced community? And what will Tracey Crouch do about it?
Also today, we talk about former Everton footballer Neville Southall who has been lending his Twitter platform (with its associated 127,000 followers) to minorities less privileged than him. Pretty great, huh? Well, apparently not. We talk about criticism, the liberal echo chamber and why curiosity is something to be prized not derided. Ultimately, we could all be a bit more Neville.
And on a lighter note: there’s Cardi B; the fragrance that ‘smells like’ Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding; why Cynthia Nixon hates it when Big builds Carrie a wardrobe; and Dolly’s drunken obsession with voice notes.
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Links:
Cardi B’s Money Moves - by Caity Weaver for US GQ
https://www.gq.com/story/cardi-b-invasion-of-privacy-profile/amp
Interview with New Zealand’s pregnant Prime Minister, Jacinda Arden - by Helena de Bertadano for The Sunday Times Magazine
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jacinda-ardern-prime-minister-new-zealand-work-life-balance-meeting-barack-obama-cmtbg6mn2
The Hyper-Masculinity in TOWIE has gotten out of hand - by Jazmin Kopotsha for The Debrief
https://thedebrief.co.uk/things-to-do/tv-and-film/towie-relationships-hyper-masculinity-womens-aid/
The Chinese workers who assemble designer bags in Tuscany - by D. T. Max for The New Yorker
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/16/the-chinese-workers-who-assemble-designer-bags-in-tuscany/amp
Women’s Hour podcast, Parenting: Bump, Birth and Beyond
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/womans-hour/id130950322?mt=2&i=1000408143550
Kim Noble - The Woman With 100 Personalities
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/sep/30/kim-noble-woman-with-100-personalities
Is It Time For Small Plates To Die? by Lauren Bravo
https://www.the-pool.com/food-home/food-honestly/2018/14/Lauren-Bravo-calls-time-on-sharing-menus
How Do You Want Me? By Ruby Wax
We've Only Gone And Done It: A Deep-Dive Into Wagatha Christie
Prince Harry's Letter To The Tabloids; & Do Brits Spend Money On Being Polite?
An Author Special With Drag Queen Amrou Al-Kadhi
Digital Etiquette (& Why We Need It); & Male Vs Female Vanity
She Said; Once Upon A Time In Hollywood; & The Personal Essay That 'Broke' The Internet
An Author Special on Being The Other Mother with Comedian Jen Brister
A Bumper Back To School Book Special
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Style Guide; & On Young People Not Watching The News on TV
Instagram's Proposed Removal of The 'Like' Counter; & Why Are We So Obsessed With Other People's Process?
An Author Special with The One, The Only, The National Treasure: David Nicholls
Meghan & Harry's Godparent Privacy Furore; And What Makes A True Eccentric?
Debunking Wellness Myths with Is Butter A Carb? Authors, Rosie Saunt & Helen West
*EPISODE 100* Why Do Brits Hate Other Brits Abroad? & The Influencer Engagement #Sponcon Furore
An Author Special with anti-FGM Campaigner Nimko Ali on What We’re Told Not To Talk About
Pride Month; & the Complex Conundrum of Euthanasia
Should Celebrities Be Involved In Prison Reform?; & The Lunacy of Hen/Stag Season
What The Moby-Natalie Portman Row Reveals About Entitlement & Truth-Telling; & Are Women Without Children Happier?
Alabama's Abortion Ban; & The Trouble with Uber's New 'Silence' Mode
The concept of ‘workism’ & Bryony Gordon on mental health in teen girls
An Author Special with Rosie Price on the effects of trauma on the mind and body
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