This is SRSLY, the pop culture podcast from the New Statesman. Here, you can find links to all the things we talk about in the show as well as a bit more detail about who we are and where else you can find us online. Listen to our new episode now:
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SRSLY is hosted by Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz, the NS’s web editor and editorial assistant. We’re on Twitter as @c_crampton and @annaleszkie, where between us we post a heady mixture of Serious Journalism, excellent gifs and regularly ask questions J K Rowling needs to answer. The podcast is also on Twitter @srslypod if you’d like to @ us with your appreciation. More info and previous episodes on newstatesman.com/srsly.
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We had two guests this week. First we were joined by NS sub-editor Yo Zushi, who is on Twitter @YoZushi81. You can read his writing for the NS here. Also appearing was the author and campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez. She is on Twitter @ccriadoperez. She also writes for the NS here.
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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The Links
On Arnie:
Yo’s piece is here.
Here’s the trailer for Terminator Genisys:
On Sense8:
This is the trailer for Sense8:
The whole series is available on Netflix.
The Guardian’s catch up blog on the series makes some interesting points about the way different characters were used (and underused).
Wired’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast talked about the show’s queer themes and the way different critics have reacted to the diversity of its cast.
Bram E Gieben at io9 points out the parallels with Philip K Dick.
This roundup of the ten most ludicrous moments from the series is also good.
On Rookie:
This week, Caroline read Rookie for the first time. She particularly enjoyed this piece about masturbation, this coming out story, and this article about eyebrows.
For next week, Anna is watching Masters of Sex. If you’d like to watch too in preparation for next week’s episode, there are lots of clips on the show’s YouTube channel or you can get full episodes on iTunes.
Your questions:
It was really exciting to hear from some of our listeners – 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.
Our theme music is “Guatemala – Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons.
See you next week!
PS If you missed episode two, check it out here.