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.
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SRSLY is usually 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 Links
Ghostbusters
On the phenomenon of Ghostbusters nostalgia.
Ryan Gilbey’s review of the new film.
Orange is the New Black
The trailer for the fourth series.
The Vulture recaps are really good for micro episode analysis.
Emily Nussbaum on empathy in the show.
The Silent Woman
Janet Malcolm on Jonathan Bate’s biography of Ted Hughes.
For next time
Anna is watching the 2005 film Bewitched.
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 #50, check it out here.