Calm Down Dear

Another fortnight's passed and we're already at the point of only being happy about the Euros for the excuse to drink on a school night - seriously, how are people still talking about it when there's so much better about to watch? This week we delve into Season 2 of Feel Good and Becoming A God In Central Florida, plus of course the books we've been devouring (Tabitha Lasley's extraordinary Sea State and David Mitchell's riotous Utopia Avenue) along with our favourite short-form literature: stupid tweets, and we may have beaten the toenail one. Our guest this week is the serene and beautifully cerebral Lamorna Ash, author of previous BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town. In her honest, hilarious and heartwarming chat with Becky, they discuss what drew her to drop life as she knew it and move to Newlyn, the friendships she found there and of course, what gets her enthused on the daily. If you're a fan of writing, pasta and cult movies, you're gonna love it.And for the big one... For a while now we've been beavering away behind the scenes and we are finally delighted to announce OUR FIRST LIVE SHOW! On Wednesday 21st July you can join us at the beautiful Ocean Studios in Plymouth (or if you're further afield, online) for an evening of chat, performances, food, beers and bants. We cannot WAIT, especially given that we'll be joined for a live podcast recording by Suzy Bennett, award-winning Plymouth-based comedian you may know from support dates for Jimmy Carr and more, and the glorious also award-winning, Glastonbury and Maida Vale-playing, Mystery Jets and Robert Plant supporting Ferris & Sylvester! We know too that everyone's erring towards being stone cold broke (us too) and so the tickets are pay what you feel and in limited numbers. We can't wait to see you there!! Tickets can be found here As always we'd love to hear from you at any of the following:Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comhttps://www.patreon.com/calmdowndearOur next guest: The wonderful Tom Rasmussen, LGBT trailblazer, drag queen, and the author of the brilliant forthcoming book First Comes Love (Bloomsbury). See you in two weeks! ShownotesFeel Good - https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80241545 On Becoming A God In Central Florida - https://www.netflix.com/search?q=on%20becoming%20a%20god&jbv=81173143 Sea State by Tabitha Lasley - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/28/sea-state-by-tabitha-lasley-review-sex-drugs-and-oil-rigs Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/19/utopia-avenue-by-david-mitchell-review-endless-prog-rock-noodling Dark, Salt, Clear by Lamorna Ash - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/dark-salt-clear-9781526600028/ Why I Long For The Wilds of West Cornwall - https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/apr/13/why-i-long-for-the-wilds-of-west-cornwall-lamorna-ash-st-just-penwith Mên-an-Tol - https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/history/sites/men_an_tol.htm Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - https://rnli.org/about-us/our-history/timeline/1981-penlee-lifeboat-disaster The Pasta Alphabet - Rachel Roddy - https://www.waterstones.com/book/an-a-z-of-pasta/rachel-roddy/9780241402504 Pasta Grannies - https://www.youtube.com/user/pastagrannies Newlyn Guardian article - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/apr/25/its-a-betrayal-cornish-fishing-vote-turns-against-tories-over-brexit-deal Beyond Clueless - https://mubi.com/films/beyond-clueless 'The Matrix' is an allegory for being transgender, according to director Lilly Wachowski - https://www.insider.com/the-matrix-trilogy-is-an-allegory-for-being-transgender-wachowski-2020-8 First Comes Love by Tom Rasmussen -https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/first-comes-love-9781526626875/ Terri White and Emerald Fennell - https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/promising-young-woman-emerald-fennell-interview-feature/ Rule of Three - https://www.ruleofthreepod.com/ Wet Leg - Chaise Longue - https://open.spotify.com/track/7iqAuZe5yS0suLQcFfVK39?si=7074ae1f4a6846d1 Adam Buxton and Mark Riley - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Esv2mmmWt4idj8SSuj9pg?si=B-kWcTc2QSiBJNUo9WpZbQ&dl_branch=1 I Love Dick - https://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Love-Dick/dp/B086HX1J65 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's a new fortnight, an awards show has FINALLY given Michaela Coel the love she deserves (thank you BAFTA), the internet's been mad and we love Wolf Alice. And books. And basically everything else. Did we mention we're enthusiasts? Our guest this week is someone with a similar passion for everything, the phenomenal critic, host of the BBC's Movie Show and a woman who spends more time than anyone we've ever met gallivanting (working) at the biggest film festivals in the world, the wonderful Anna Smith. Having started out as a music journalist, she became the first female editor of a UK dance magazine only to then change her specialty to film, where she became only the second woman ever to be made Chair of the Film section of the UK's Critics Circle. Saying she's accomplished seems like an understatement, but did you know she can also analyse people through their handwriting and whistle and hum in harmony? Nope, us neither. As always you'll get loads of recommendations from us, plus all the anecdotes you never really needed (potato stamps, we see you) and a very exciting event announcement... If you like what you're hearing but there's something in particular you think we should dabble in/someone you think we should speak to, please do get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comhttps://www.patreon.com/calmdowndearShownotesGraham Linehan article - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/27/twitter-closes-graham-linehan-account-after-trans-comment Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend - https://open.spotify.com/album/1zt521PK0lam6J79DNMIJi?si=WAFIa5DNTFecxx4KGffrwQ&dl_branch=1 My Dark Vanessa - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/13/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview Toenail tweet - https://twitter.com/best_gabby/status/1398268098478850049 Anna Smith's website - http://annasmithjourno.com/ Girls on Film podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/girls-on-film/id1439182513 Graphology - https://www.handwriting-graphology.com/handwriting-analysis-chart/ Emerald Fennell and Olivia Wilde chat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzgZ64AC97g Marika Hackman - We Slept At Last - https://open.spotify.com/album/7bGKJT7GMChX7lM3txM9Iz?si=eMkcZtV0RsmkZ83KxHpsoA&dl_branch=1 6 Music - Loud and Proud with Ezra Furman - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wsqf Roadrunner trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihEEjwRlghQ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's been a beautiful couple of weeks filled with pubs, trips out of the county, books and in Sarah's case, a bout of cystitis which meant she actually had time to read them. Huzzah! Our guest this week is the winner of the Ted Hughes Award (AKA a huge deal), a person who is not only one of Britain's foremost poets but one of Becky's absolute idols, the phenomenal Hollie McNish. Her new collection 'Slug (And Other Things I've Been Told To Hate)' is a delightful, poignant and hilarious collection of prose, poetry and essays which Becky more than got into with her as well as (because what else) wanking and being told off for reading out a poem about anal sex. Oops.As well as that, we of course have tonnes of recommendations and chat for you including the brilliant Motherland, Mare of Easttown, Deborah Levy's 'The Cost of Living', Brit Bennett's 'The Vanishing Half', heading to the dump and just Billie Piper in general. Just a normal week then eh?As always, we'd love it if you could leave us a review (but only if it's nice - at least we're honest) and to hear from you at the following: Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comShownotes:Billie Piper on Changes - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/billie-piper/id1465937091?i=1000512982808 The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/06/cost-living-deborah-levy-review-feminist-manifesto-divorced-simone-beauvoir The Vanish Half by Brit Bennett - https://britbennett.com/the-vanishing-half Motherland - https://www.netflix.com/title/81284515 Mare of Easttown - https://www.hbo.com/mare-of-easttown A trip to the dump is one of my greatest pleasures in life - and I’m not alone - Richard Godwin - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/may/22/trip-to-the-dump-great-pleasures-in-life-not-alone Hollie McNish - Slug - https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/hollie-mcnish/slug/9780349726342/ Caroline Bird - https://www.carolinebird.co.uk/ Andrew McMillan - https://www.andrewmcmillanpoet.co.uk/ Natalie Diaz - https://www.faber.co.uk/author/natalie-diaz/ Rachel Sirmanni - https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelSermanni/featured Wizard Hand - https://wizardhand.bandcamp.com/ Hollie McNish - Honestly - https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8RmlXhZT_/ My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/13/kate-elizabeth-russell-my-dark-vanessa-interview Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen - Like I Used To - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ibj87fwRaM Excess of Everything - Grace Campbell and Scarlett Curtis podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/excess-of-everything/id1567742552 Self Esteem - I Do This All The Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtd_jlV61mA Entertain The Elk - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-gjznzViwMols6dz89qLbg Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart - https://www.douglasdstuart.com/books And keep your peepers peeled - we have a VERY exciting announcement coming soon... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've got a new look, a new county (Becky), some new meds (Sarah) and a new series especially for you! Once again the topic of the day is enthusiasm, but happily for us that covers all manner of brilliant, intriguing, and often slightly odd sins. As our first episode back falls in Mental Health Awareness week, we're delighted that our first guest is neuroscientist and science writer (and host of the British Psychological Society’s Psych Crunch podcast) Ginny Smith, answering all of our many childish questions and telling us exactly how she became such an enthusiast. We're also filling you in on the books we've been loving (forthcoming guest Isobel Wohl's phenomenal debut Cold New Climate, John Boyne's The Heart's Invisible Furies and Grace Campbell's Shame), our new favourite show, Rose Matafeo's Starstruck, and of course THAT Billie Eilish Vogue cover. How could we not? As always subscribing and telling your friends about us is a HUGE help, and we always love to hear from you too. Come say hey at the following:Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comShownotes:Billie Eilish - Vogue - https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/billie-eilish-vogue-interview Amazing Disgrace - https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781529354003 Starstruck - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09djx9y/starstruck-series-1-episode-1 The Heart’s Invisible Furies - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33253215-the-heart-s-invisible-furies Cold New Climate - https://londonreviewbookbox.co.uk/products/cold-new-climate-by-isobel-wohl Ginny Smith - Overloaded - https://www.ginnysmithscience.com/overloaded May Britt Moser’s dress - https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/neurons-inspire-nobel-laureate-may-britt-mosers-dress-n265866 Green Day - Longview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BBdzzgPNM Aphantasia: A life without mental images - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34039054 Brain Rays - Zesty Enterprises - https://brainrays.uk/ Windows on the world: pandemic poems by Simon Armitage, Hollie McNish, Kae Tempest and more - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/08/windows-on-the-world-pandemic-poems-by-simon-armitage-hollie-mcnish-kae-tempest-and-more Barry Jenkins: ‘Maybe America has never been great’ - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/09/barry-jenkins-the-underground-railroad-interview-moonlight Little Simz and Cleo Sol - Woman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHGf6tmnLYE The Handmaid’s Tale - Season 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg_160Be71g Crosta and Mollica - https://www.crostamollica.com/pizza/ Cheers loves! Sarah and Becky x See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yup, another fortnight's passed and we're as confused as everyone else about it. Turns out we have been quite busy though, with conflabs over the astonishing Promising Young Woman, Twitter writing advice, International Women's Day and the widespread response to Meghan's (and Harry's, it needs to be said) interview, chats about Ali Smith's 'Summer' and Olga Tokarczuk's 'Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead' all on the cards, plus of course, your usual dose of insanity/inanity. Our guest this week though really steals the show; you might know Laura Lexx as the brilliant comedian gracing screens on Mock The Week and Live At The Apollo, or maybe were one of the legions hooked on her madcap Twitter thread about her imaginary relationship with Jurgen Klopp - maybe you even got intrigued at the subsequent two-book deal she won off the back of that (that's right, you can get Klopp soft-porn in hard-copy now - keep it clean - while we await her debut novel). She's phenomenally intelligent and candid, and opens up about not only her journey into stand-up and her love of history, but her climate anxiety and why that led to her decision not to have biological children. We think she's glorious, and reckon you will too. Plus, you know, she can knit a mean dinosaur.As always if you could subscribe and tell your friends about us that would mean the world, as this is the FINAL episode of Season 2! We will be back with a sneaky extra special bonus ep in two weeks time though before sleeping for a thousand years and returning (in six weeks) for a bright and spangly Season 3. The more for the big return (and the incredible guests we have lined up), the better! We always love to hear from you too. Come say hey at the following:Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comCheers loves! Sarah & Becky xShownotesTweet on writing - https://twitter.com/CherylStrayed/status/1368054516822675456 Promising Young Woman - https://www.focusfeatures.com/promising-young-woman/ The Bold Type - https://www.netflix.com/title/80176085 Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk - https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead Summer by Ali Smith - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/285/285183/summer/9780241973370.html Laura Lexx - https://www.lauralexx.co.uk/ The Jurgen Klopp thread - https://twitter.com/lauralexx/status/1238601779773952005?lang=en Microsoft Notes - https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app National Treasures Podcast - https://www.lauralexx.co.uk/shows/national-treasures Klopp Actually: (Imaginary) Life with Football's Most Sensible Heartthrob (Hardback) - https://www.waterstones.com/book/klopp-actually/laura-lexx/9781529348217?awaid=3787 Overloaded: How Every Aspect of Your Life is Influenced by Your Brain Chemicals by Ginny Smith - https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/philosophy-psychology-social-sciences/overloaded-how-every-aspect-of-your,ginny-smith-9781472969347 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yup, it's been a fortnight already but woohooo - freedom is on the horizon! If after this week's news you're already planning your first dates/hookups/contact out of lockdown, then this episode is perfect for you as we're joined by the extraordinarily enthusiastic artist, author and sex educator Ruby Rare to answer your questions on sex and intimacy and of course, to answer a few of ours too. (Becky says this was her favourite interview she's ever done, so you know it's gonna be a good'un). As always we've been filling our time with devouring everything cultural in sight, and for this ep that means a whole lotta good reads and some excellent new music picks. We delve into the personal essays of Sirin Kale and Molly McCully Brown, and the respective worlds we've been wrapping our heads around courtesy of Ursula Le Guin and Zoe Gilbert. Oh, and Sarah discovers a talent for singing birthday songs and yes, weirdly, she is available. How did you know? Everything we mention is listed below for ease and if you enjoyed the ep, we'd love to hear from you. Come say hey at the following, and let us know what you've been enjoying, and show off your newly learned crafts: Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comAnd if you fancy being truly delightful, you can help us out over on our Patreon right here: https://www.patreon.com/calmdowndearShownotes:Sirin Kale - https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/food/2021/feb/02/the-real-thing-my-battle-to-beat-a-27-year-diet-coke-addiction Pleasure Principal - Molly McCully Brown - https://www.mollymccullybrown.com/places-essaysFolk - Zoe Gilbert - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Zoe-Gilbert/Folk/22511796Left Hand of Darkness - https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-strange-friendships-of-ursula-k-le-guins-the-left-hand-of-darkness Ruby Rare - Sex Ed - https://thefeministbookshop.com/products/sex-ed-a-guide-for-adults Brook - https://www.brook.org.uk/ Betty Dodson - https://dodsonandross.com/ Sink the Pink - https://sinkthepink.co.uk/ Pussy Palace - https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/31104/1/pussy-palace-the-all-girl-run-club-where-drag-queens-and-rudeboys-collide The Box LGBT+ Commissions - https://www.theboxplymouth.com/lgbt-commissions Body Love Sketch Club - https://instagram.com/bodylovesketchclub?igshid=103lg5xgolh35 Charade - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/13/charade-audrey-hepburn-cary-grant Weird Walk - https://www.weirdwalk.co.uk/ Madlib - Sound Ancestors - https://open.spotify.com/album/5ftKZ7X2vjjJ1HFQYQn1UF?si=L9HeWw6tQPOw2oyrKb4uEQ Shame - Drunk Tank Pink - https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/shame-drunk-tank-pink/MOPES - Get You Down - https://mopesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/get-you-down-epParks and RecreationPatreon - https://www.patreon.com/calmdowndear Hasta luego! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Another fortnight (has it been? Are you sure?), another episode and while this lockdown might be the biggest slog yet, Sarah and Becky have still uncovered plenty to keep them enthused, not least local parish council meetings. Get your fresh batch of recommendations (Call My Agent, Pretend It's A City and Roma to name a few), before you meet this ep's phenomenal guest and one of our favourite interviewees yet.Signed to the beloved Chess Club Records and the newest darling of Radio 1, Liverpool's Pixey is one of the most exciting prospects in British music right now. Calling herself "the Indie Britney Spears" and fusing Stone Roses psychedelia with Lana Del Rey type soundscapes, she's not only an exceptional musician, but person too - having nearly died a few years ago, her re-evaluation on life after recovery led to her learning guitar and production from scratch to fulfil her dreams. It's kind of annoying; not only is she incredibly talented, resilient and grounded, she's really funny and nice too! As always, we'd love for you to subscribe and get in touch if you enjoyed the episode:Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comhttps://www.patreon.com/calmdowndearShownotesHandforth Parish Council - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGmYeAm0jk Handforth Parish Council movie trailer - Michael Fry - https://www.instagram.com/bigdirtyfry/?hl=en Pretend It’s a City - https://www.netflix.com/title/81078137 Public Speaking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn_zBomVXs Fran Lebowitz on Conan O’Brian - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyH3IxZfu34&t=54s Blown Away - https://www.netflix.com/title/80215147#:~:text=2019%7CTV%2D14%20%7C2,Watch%20all%20you%20want. Call My Agent! - https://www.netflix.com/title/80133335 Roma - https://www.netflix.com/title/80240715 Road to Roma - https://www.netflix.com/title/81085934 Pixey on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Mwm5rtTYi44wClH4ZXjkI?si=ZcjtFO-sTbCN_zZIXM1-Sw Leandra Medine - https://www.instagram.com/leandramcohen/?hl=en?ref=badge Harry Potter video game - https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/harry-potter Pixey Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iampixey/ Pixey - Free To Live In Colour - EP - https://www.fiveriserecords.co.uk/product/pixey-free-to-live-in-colour/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/calmdowndear See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's our first big normal show of the year and as we totter towards the end of series 2, we're chatting with one of the creatives whose work has crept up most throughout Calm Down Dear so far. The brilliant broadcaster behind the BBC's My Albion and the selector responsible for NTS Radio's Questing not to mention a tonne more, we couldn't be more delighted to be joined by Zakia Sewell if we tried, and she more than came through chatting all things from her passion for 1970's avant-garde jazz to missing heaps of cigarette ends by the studio now she's working from home. Whatever floats your boat Zakia!As it's our first full ep back, we've got a tonne of new recommendations for you as well in an episode bursting at the seams with books, TV and podcasts we've been devouring to get us through this most miserable of lockdowns in the best way we know how - enthusiastically.We'd love to hear what you've been loving too - get in touch at the following!Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.com/Email: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/calmdowndearShownotesHanya Yanagihara's A Little Life - www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-subversive-brilliance-of-a-little-life/amp Min Jin Lee's Free Food for Millionaires - https://www.minjinlee.com/book/free-food-for-millionaires/ Superstore - https://www.netflix.com/title/80061132?s=i&trkid=13747225 It’s A Sin - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/its-a-sin/on-demand/68719-001 Just Kids by Patti Smith - theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/13/just-kids-patti-smith-biography The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst - .theguardian.com/books/2004/apr/10/fiction.alanhollinghurst Radio 4’s Bookclub - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s5sf Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout - https://www.elizabethstrout.com/books/olive-kitteridge Louis Theroux’s Grounded with FKA Twigs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p091pg54 Questing on NTS - https://www.nts.live/shows/questing-w-zakia Jeremy Deller - https://www.jeremydeller.org/ My Albion - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pffy My Amey and Me - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000g3fh Honest Jon’s - https://honestjons.com/shop/latest_100_arrivals Speaking Sabar - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h2db Zakia’s website - https://www.zakiasewell.co.uk/ UKG Reloaded - https://soundcloud.com/platform/ukg-reloaded-an-original-boiler-room-podcast Music Feeds Festival - 28th and 29th January (Presented by Sarah Gosling) - https://everybodybelongshere.com/event-music-feeds/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To paraphrase Paramore, we've been away for a while and now we're back don't try to follow the thread of our giddy chatter. We're starting the new year off as we mean to go on - in lockdown! - nope sorry, that should have been *drum roll please* enthusiastically! We're looking back over some of our highlights from our first mad year of this podcast with brill bits from Evanna Lynch, Lauran Hibberd, Anna Meredith and Kate Marlais, and ditching most resolutions (who ever really sticks to them anyway) in favour of mad challenges and all the trivia we ever half wanted to know about each other. Who would we shag, marry and kill from the Harry Potter cast? Well, you'll just have to listen to find out. And yes, that is as much click-bait as we're gonna give you.It's hilarious. Trust us. Happy New Year team, and don't you ever calm down.ShownotesHuhtamaki Wab - https://instagram.com/huhtamakiwab?igshid=pgclma8hehhv Genius Treasure Collection - https://instagram.com/geniustreasurecollection?igshid=ddlswo605rs4 Taylor Swift Goat Original video - https://youtu.be/-aLYvZ5sX28 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calmdowndear Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To paraphrase Paramore, we've been away for a while and now we're back don't try to follow the thread of our giddy chatter. We're starting the new year off as we mean to go on - in lockdown! - nope sorry, that should have been *drum roll please* enthusiastically! We're looking back over some of our highlights from our first mad year of this podcast with brill bits from Evanna Lynch, Lauran Hibberd, Anna Meredith and Kate Marlais, and ditching most resolutions (who ever really sticks to them anyway) in favour of mad challenges and all the trivia we ever half wanted to know about each other. Who would we shag, marry and kill from the Harry Potter cast? Well, you'll just have to listen to find out. And yes, that is as much click-bait as we're gonna give you. It's hilarious. Trust us. Happy New Year team, and don't you ever calm down. ShownotesHuhtamaki Wab - https://instagram.com/huhtamakiwab?igshid=pgclma8hehhv Genius Treasure Collection - https://instagram.com/geniustreasurecollection?igshid=ddlswo605rs4 Taylor Swift Goat Original video - https://youtu.be/-aLYvZ5sX28 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/calmdowndear Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're deep into series two now, and the conversation is only getting more absurd. In episode seven Becky and Sarah discuss their obsession with needles of the (happily) knitting variety, which cartoon characters are okay to fancy and which famous scientist's dog burned their mad notes on the secrets of the apocalypse being hidden under the pyramids, all without even chatting to this week's phenomenal guest.Jaguar is the presenter of BBC Introducing Dance on BBC Radio 1, the founder of Utopia - a series of events, talks and podcasts centred on the idea of music as a means to create the perfect, open community - and a friend of Sarah's for years, and in this episode they discuss what made Jaguar get into the broadcasting game, her Alderney raving roots, and her longstanding obsession with, well, The Veronicas (you know, those 'Untouched' gals). Basically, she's a delight. As always, be sure to come and say hey on the following: Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comAnd if you're feeling particularly benevolent and generous and all that, come and be so over at our Patreon you lovely thing you:https://www.patreon.com/calmdowndearSHOWNOTESRuby Rare - https://www.waterstones.com/book/sex-ed/ruby-rare/sofie-birkin/9781526628374 Isaac Newton’s attempts to unlock the secret code of the pyramids- https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/06/revealed-isaac-newtons-attempts-to-unlock-secret-code-of-pyramids The High Low finale - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5oKdIsci2Qq5JSEXQR5dfq?si=iQRYkrLzQnacGASwlz7mSg Zakia Sewell’s My Albion - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pffy Zakia Sewell’s Questing - https://www.nts.live/shows/questing-w-zakia Wool and the Gang - https://www.woolandthegang.com/ And as always, like, subscribe, and tell your friends! We don't make any money from this, we just love it, and hope you do too.Loads of love,Sarah and Becky x See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back with perhaps our most paradoxical episode yet - how often do you get strong positive ethical chat alongside chat about the best way to dispose of a body? Yup, that's what we thought. This week's enthusiastic guest is sustainable fashion pioneer and founder of Chaos and Colour Pariss Cozier, a woman who blazed a trail taking her first from London to Bristol (geddon the Westcountry), all the way to traditional garment making in India and beyond. Alongside discussion of the fast-fashion bingeing and ethical discovery which led her to where she is now, is a big old confession of a love for cults and all things macabre. Pariss is most definitely a woman after our own hearts... just as long as she's not, you know, actually after our hearts. We get the sense she might get away with it. There's all the usual new recommendations too from Becky and Sarah, covering everything from Sarah's new obsession with Quokkas and Curtis Sittenfeld, to Becky's outrageous boot buying and new poetic favourite. Something for everyone you could say. Hopefully. As always if you like the ep please hit subscribe (and if you're really nice, leave us a little review), and come say hey at the following: Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comAnd if you're really nice, help us out a huge amount by sponsoring us via our Patreon page, right here: https://www.patreon.com/calmdowndearShownotes: Quokkas (go on have a look, work wasn't that important anyway) - https://www.google.com/search?q=quokka&safe=off&sxsrf=ALeKk01v7iCOkMTnV1OGmxaxjmmoqtv02A:1606256842307&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfsIOEnZztAhXyTRUIHVxACpAQ_AUoAXoECA4QAw&biw=1440&bih=688BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week with Greg James and Bella Mackie - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000plx2 Jennifer Egan - A Visit From The Goon Squad - https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2011/mar/13/jennifer-egan-visit-goon-squad Curtis Sittenfeld - Help Yourself - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/112/1120639/help-yourself/9780857527479.html Pariss’ picks: Chaos and Colour - https://www.chaosandcolour.com/ Elle article - https://www.elle.com/uk/fashion/g32727342/black-owned-fashion-brands/ Vogue article - https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/gallery/pussy-bow-blouses-bourgeoisThe Jinx - https://www.hbo.com/the-jinx-the-life-and-deaths-of-robert-durst Wild Wild Country - https://www.netflix.com/title/80145240?s=i&trkid=13747225 Thanks and tell your friends, friend. Hasta luego! x See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's been two weeks already, we're back in a national lockdown, there's a new President Elect, and finally, maybe, time seems like it's doing what time ought to be doing - being full of happenings. It certainly has for us at least; we've got recommendations coming out of our ears. Becky's back with another gorgeous trip to "poetry corner" courtesy of Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Sarah's all about the learning with new podcasts and a deep-dive into Elizabeth Day's How To Fail, and we crack all over again for a trip to the Four Seasons... Total Landscaping edition. The main event though is our run through the three big questions - the people who've inspired them, their secret sideline, and their Mastermind specialist subject - with this week's guest, headliner of the very near future, the phenomenal Lauran Hibberd. She and Sarah had met once before this Zoom chat; by the sounds of it they might now be best friends and if you're into Gilmore Girls, Michael Cera, Lizzo, Rivers Cuomo, mums farting on livestreams (keep it clean now), sloths or passive-aggressively people pleasing, then please accept your pass to the club and hit that subscribe button while you're at it! We'd love for you to get in touch, tell us what you think of the podcast, what you've been enjoying this week, and obviously, how to pronounce that lovely poet's name. Any and all help appreciated at the following you lovely person: Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com(And if you're really into it, then we'd love for you to have a peruse of our Patreon - we promise that there's plenty in it for you, too: www.patreon.com/calmdowndear)ShownotesFour Seasons Total Landscaping - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/09/four-seasons-total-landscaping-trump-gardening-merchandise "The Lady Who Ruined The Painting" - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/18/painting-matching-fresco-monkey-christ-resurfaces-zaragoza-spain Letter - Tadeusz Dąbrowski - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/26/letter In Writing - Hattie Crisell http://www.hattiecrisell.com/in-writing-with-hattie-crisell-podcast How To Fail - Elizabeth Day - https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-fail/elizabeth-day/9780008327354 David Letterman - “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” with Lizzo - https://www.netflix.com/search?q=david%20letterman&jbv=80209096 Lauran HibberdLauran's painting raffle, on behalf of The Isle of Wight Foodbank - https://raffall.com/141292/enter-raffle-to-win-lockdown-birthday-party-hosted-by-lauran-hibberd?fbclid=IwAR0o2GYoxzIDbt7CM0wOKA9PG8sAwBaMy71HZB9QsnYU8AzO_5FcayuWz8oLauran Hibberd - Boy Bye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwA6ojCyjMs See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our enthusiasm knows no bounds - even when it comes to naming genitals apparently. Another week brings another batch of legitimate and brilliant recommendations (The Hungover Games, Pobby and Dingan) and a slightly larger batch of the absurd/nauseating (Gallagher and Albarn literotica, childhood names for genitals etc), in what genuinely may be our most ridiculous episode yet. You'll love it. Our guest this week is the brilliant author, former lawyer and expert on love, Laura Mucha. Her book We Need To Talk About Love (Bloomsbury) is an international journey through the lived lives of love, based on scrupulous research and extraordinary personal accounts, not least from Laura herself. Would you have expected someone with these accolades to be into flying trapeze? Nope, us neither. She's a wonder. As always, we'd love to hear what you think of the episode, and what you've been particularly enthusiastic about this week - you can get in touch at the following: Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comOh, and remember to subscribe and check out our Patreon below!ShownotesDamon Albarn/Liam Gallagher Literotica - https://archiveofourown.org/works/24198127?view_adult=true My Immortal by Tara Gillesbie - https://myimmortal.fandom.com/wiki/My_Immortal/Chapters_1-11The Hungover Games by Sophie Heawood- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/09/the-hungover-games-by-sophie-heawood-review-an-acerbic-must-readAlice Vincent (Noughticulture) - https://www.instagram.com/noughticulture/?hl=enPobby and Dingan by Ben Rice- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321578.Pobby_and_DinganSeven Samurai/A Bug's Life - https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-origins-of-a-bugs-life/#:~:text=Seven%20Samurai%2C%20if%20you've,come%20and%20steal%20their%20livelihoods.The Science of Love for Unicef - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt4KHvR39YcPatreon - http://patreon.com/calmdowndear See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're aware that we say this almost every week, but this might be our most ridiculous episode yet. Join us on a wild ride from having the horn over stationery to Nick Hornby, and from radio to really awful bits of Changing Rooms. What can we say, we like to cover a lot of ground.Happily our guest this week has much the same mantra. A composer, writer, lyricist, musical director, sound designer and apparently now a tarot reader too, Kate Marlais is one of the most talented and annoyingly, downright hilarious humans we've ever had the pleasure of chatting to. PSA: Don't listen to this chat while running in cemeteries/drinking coffee. It will not go well for you. You have been warned. As always we'd love it if you'd subscribe (we're here every week baby), tell your friends, and most especially get in touch at the following:Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comYou may have heard too that we're poor and as such have a Patreon which is quite frankly hilarious and, with all the fun bonus goodies you'll get, greatly worthwhile - no matter how much you're able to spend! It'll also mean that we have the time to be able to keep making these as while they're very fun, they're also a lot of work. Have a goosy-gander here: https://www.patreon.com/calmdowndearShownotesNTS Radio - Chloe Sevigny First Love - https://www.nts.live/shows/we-are-who-we-are/episodes/nts-x-we-are-who-we-are-firNick Hornby - High FidelityNick Hornby - Juliet, NakedKate Marlais - https://www.katemarlais.com/John Walter - Lockdown Tarot - http://johnwalter.net/lockdowntarot/ Changing Rooms Teapot Disaster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opb8iaslEjE See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Another week, another podcast... Or a few, based on Becky and Sarah's suggestions for this week. Once again it's been a bountiful week of viewing, listening, reading and fostering an astounding number of new obsessions, including but not limited to Dan Levy, pumpkin pasta and Emily In Paris. Our guest this week too is a jack of all trades, and annoyingly a master of them all too. Abbie McCarthy is an award winning presenter for BBC Radio 1, 4 Music, Match of the Day 2, and (along with our Sarah) a fellow BBC Music Introducing presenter, in her case for Kent, making her responsible for discovering the likes of Slaves and Sports Team. No biggie. She is the founder of the internationally renowned Good Karma Club nights, is an A&R rep for Insanity Records, and as we discover in this episode, really knows her sitcoms. Her journey to greatness has been one paved with hard work, determination and graft - if you've ever been interested in radio or broadcasting, this is most certainly the episode to download and take notes. As always we'd love it if you'd subscribe (we're here every week baby), tell your friends, and most especially get in touch at the following:Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comYou may have heard too that we're poor and as such have a Patreon which is quite frankly hilarious and, with all the fun bonus goodies you'll get, greatly worthwhile - no matter how much you're able to spend! It'll also mean that we have the time to be able to keep making these as while they're very fun, they're also a lot of work. Have a goosy-gander here lovely friend: https://www.patreon.com/calmdowndear?fan_landing=true ShownotesEmily in Paris - https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=81037371Peaches by Peter Davison - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/154255/peachesAdam Buxton with Robbie Williams - https://open.spotify.com/episode/00NCCRmCv9lmrUYcMEpjZz?si=Y4ia2Mg8T4CUokQEDlua5A I Hate Suzie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnxWuZyNILQDan Levy 73 Questions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_UGLf9mUg8Dan Levy Hot Ones - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl84QblsNP8Good Karma Club - https://www.facebook.com/GoodKarmaClub1/BBC Music Introducing - https://www.bbc.co.uk/introducingGavin & Stacey - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b007nf70/gavin-staceyThe Office US - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B00EU7Z3CY/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1Homes Under The Hammer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5kb See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back baby! After a long break (to read, watch, and in Sarah's case, actually break some tendons) Becky and Sarah return with a shedload of new loves, and a phenomenal first guest. She's Mercury Prize 2020 shortlisted, the former composer-in-residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, loves a board game and has an MBE... Anna Meredith may well be our perfect enthusiastic guest and as always, we're asking the big questions, finding out who has inspired her, what her secret sidelines are, and what her Mastermind specialist subject would be.Plus as per usual, Becky and Sarah's minds are in the gutter at every turn, Becky's been binging and Sarah's finally come to understand Reality TV... Heaven help us all. If you enjoyed the episode, we'd love to hear from you (not if you didn't, that would be mean). You can reach us at the following:Email: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: calmdowndearpodcast.comShow notes:Guy Garvey’s Finest Hour - Hounds of Love at 35, A Kate Bush Special - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000my63Selling Sunset - https://www.netflix.com/title/80223108Olive Kitteridge - https://www.elizabethstrout.com/books/olive-kitteridgeTess of the D'urbervilles - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dlpcjThree Women - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/27/three-women-lisa-taddeo-reviewUs - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08qfb0y/us-series-1-episode-1Mercury prize - https://www.mercuryprize.com/news/the-2020-hyundai-mercury-prize-albums-of-the-yearLaura Marling and 12 Ensemble - https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e94rn38th Grade - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/28/eighth-grade-coming-of-age-bo-burnham-review-mark-kermodeLiving With Yourself - https://www.netflix.com/title/80178724Paramour music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjmZLaymJU8Killjoy music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6WP4dXGOvgYogi - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/224271/yogiPandemic - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemicArticulate - https://www.drumondpark.com/articulateGeoguessr - https://www.geoguessr.com/Exploding Kittens - https://explodingkittens.com/Camel Up - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/153938/camelShaun T - https://shauntfitness.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our final episode of the season (don't worry, we'll be back in a month!) Becky has a chat with the phenomenally enthusiastic children's author Michelle Robinson about everything from building a desk in Animal Crossing instead of in your own home to the joys of listening to something faintly horrifying while you're drifting off to sleep. We didn't get it either, but Michelle was very persuasive.Plus of course, Sarah and Becky have a natter about what they've been up to over the past week - spoiler, it's largely being mad at the heat - and debate whether humanity really is doomed. All in a day's work eh? As always, we'd love to hear what you think of the podcast, what's been getting you enthused recently, and who you'd like to hear in SEASON TWO of Calm Down Dear. You can find us at:Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comLinks:Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? https://www.waterstones.com/book/do-humankinds-best-days-lie-ahead/steven-pinker/matt-ridley/9781786070760Adam Buxton and Malcolm Gladwell - https://open.spotify.com/episode/17vjlbbzcmhPL6C5XPWmj7?si=LEphEvwNRySSJA-9QbKRgQEssays in Love - Alain De Botton - https://www.alaindebotton.com/essays-in-love/Arvon Foundation - https://www.arvon.org/Mojo Moves - https://www.mojomoves.co.uk/#:~:text=Mojo%20Moves%20is%20a%20feel,t%20take%20your%20wellbeing%20seriously. Winchester Mystery House - https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode 11, Sarah has the joy of chatting to the beloved author of How I Live Now and The Great Godden (and enthusiastic polymath) Meg Rosoff, who it seems is outright gunning for her job. Cue madcap chat about monsters under the bed, ghosts, devious childhood plans and human oddities in one of our favourite chats yet (we know, we say that every time). Plus of course, Becky and Sarah have their weekly catch-up on what they've loved (Adam Buxton, The Peanut Butter Falcon, and Raymond Carver to name) and the less-loved (never finishing anything. Ever.).We love this episode, and hope you do too. And y'know, because we're needy, please like and subscribe if you're into it, and pop us a message at one of the following:Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're on our tenth episode! Blimey that's flown. To celebrate, out big guest chat of the ep is with the award winning Australian-British conductor Jessica Cottis who has, among others, performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and has been described as “cool, contained, super-articulate and engaging” - given that the first three at least are the opposite of us, she seemed like the perfect guest.The early morning recording (read 11:30am) also sent us somewhat giddy, so expect our most consistently lewd recommendations chat yet, complete with inappropriate underwear and EE Cummings - don't worry though, we're not quite as randy as Bernadine Evaristo. If that's not ringing any bells, well you'll just have to listen to the show, won't you?Links:E. E. Cummings poem - https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/fieldnotesandfootnotes.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/e-e-cummings-being-cheeky/amp/Bernardine Evaristo: ‘How often do I have sex? Eight times a day’ - https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/25/bernardine-evaristo-how-often-have-sex-eight-times-a-dayAngie Wickenden ceramics - https://instagram.com/angiewickenden?igshid=7aawybicnsztSarah Cooper Twitter - https://twitter.com/sarahcpr?s=21Outlander - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/outlanderJurassic Park Updates - https://twitter.com/JurassicPark2go?s=21Will Hislop Twitter - https://twitter.com/WillDHislop?s=21Marie-Claire Alain - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/04/marie-claire-alainStrauss: Der Rosenkavalier - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D7abQTy71I Vladimir Ashkenazy - http://www.vladimirashkenazy.com/ Sir Colin Davis - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/14/sir-colin-davis-obituary Peacock butterflies - https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/peacock Vladimir Nabokov, Butterfly Illustrator - https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/vladimir-nabokov-butterfly-illustrator#:~:text=A%20drawing%20by%20Vladimir%20Nabokov,at%20the%20age%20of%20seven.&text=Petersburg%20for%20Crimea%2C%20where%20he,seven%20species%20of%20Crimean%20butterflies. Irkanda 1 by Peter Sculthorpe - https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/workversion/sculthorpe-peter-irkanda-i/2207 The Monstrous Child - https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-monstrous-child-by-timothy-sheader#:~:text=Background,her%20own%20darkly%20humorous%20novel. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra do David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' -https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=otTiodsb-sUAs always, we'd love to hear from you! Get in touch via email at calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com, or by following us on Twitter and Facebook @calmdowndearpod, and Instagram @calmdowndearpodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our ninth episode sees Sarah getting to chat again to one of her favourite interviewees ever - the award-winning and much beloved playwright, Winsome Pinnock. Often referred to as "the godmother of black British playwrights", she was the first black British female to have a play produced by the Royal National Theatre. You might have heard her recent play Rockets And Blue Lights as part of BBC Radio 3's Lockdown Theatre, but did you know that it all started with a childhood slapstick double act prancing around in school? Nope, us neither. Definitely one of our most inspiring guests to date, we discuss in depth the nuances in conversation on black identity and British identity, and the obvious overlap therein, and of course Becky and Sarah catch up on their week's antics with an unsurprising focus on the outrageously extraordinary I May Destroy You. Oh and they play "Guess What's In The Bin Bag". Because what else would they be doing. Links:James Fenton - I’m In Paris With You - https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-paris-with-you/Philip Larkin - This Be The Verse - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verseAdrian Mitchell - This Be The Worst - https://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/oublog/viewpost.php?post=75755I May Destroy You - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000jyxy/i-may-destroy-youMichaela Coel - The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odusP8gmqsgRockets and Blue Lights - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k1kjRockets and Blue Lights review - https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jun/13/rockets-and-blue-lights-review-bbcPeer Gynt - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Peer-Gynt-play-by-IbsenJMW Turner - Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On) - https://collections.mfa.org/objects/31102The Mimic Men essay - https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/128519/10/07_chapter%203.pdfBliss by Katherine Mansfield - http://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org/assets/KM-Stories/BLISS1918.pdfAs always, we'd love to hear from you! Get in touch via email at calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com, or by following us on Twitter and Facebook @calmdowndearpod, and Instagram @calmdowndearpodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our very first co-interview, we're barely holding in the squeals as we chat to Luna Lovegood herself, the actor, activist and all round brilliant woman, Evanna Lynch.The result is maybe our most broad-reaching chat yet - from Nabokov to Circus school, from highs of the Harry Potter filming experiences to the nerves hiding beneath, and from vegan activism to why Marianne and Connell really just need to cool it, Evanna was an incredibly generous (and appropriately enthusiastic) guest. Oh, and Sarah does a worryingly accurate impression of a cat, and Becky reveals, far later than expected, her undying adoration of Stanley Tucci.(This interview with Evanna was recorded in May).Come join the gang on Twitter and Facebook @CalmDownDearPod, and Instagram @calmdowndearpodcast.If there's someone you'd love to hear on the podcast or just fancy getting in touch, drop us an email at calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Links: Wild bison to return to UK for first time in 6,000 years: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/10/wild-bison-to-return-to-uk-kentBig Night: https://www.netflix.com/title/305300Stanley Tucci cookbook: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Tucci-Cookbook/Stanley-Tucci/9781451661255Love Stories Stanley Tucci: https://play.acast.com/s/lovestories/love-stories-with-stanley-tucciWarning: When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/warning/Pandora Sykes: How do we know we’re doing it right: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-do-we-know-were-doing-it-right/pandora-sykes/9781786332073Very important cat meowing video: https://www.tiktok.com/@fabiancreates/video/6848680897269583110?source=h5_mBricks Magazine: Black culture in fashion: A brief history of trends that originated from black communities: https://bricksmagazine.co.uk/2020/06/29/black-culture-in-fashion-a-brief-history-of-trends-that-originated-from-black-communities/Bodyform #WombStories: https://www.bodyform.co.uk/our-world/why-our-wombstories-need-to-be-heard/Transgender resources:https://www.gires.org.uk/https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/https://www.stonewall.org.uk/Harry Potter at home: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JUljwaD9fNSeq8Vy3UAUp?si=r9xTDyXlTbWZanjZM26tPQ Lolita: https://www.waterstones.com/book/lolita/vladimir-nabokov/john-ray/9780141182537The Chickpeeps podcast: https://www.thechickpeeps.com/The Sexual Politics of Meat: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-sexual-politics-of-meat-9780826411846/Charlotte’s Web: https://www.waterstones.com/book/charlottes-web/e-b-white/garth-williams/9780141354828Grilled: Turning Adversaries Into Allies to Change the Chicken Industry: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/grilled-9781472962584/Kinder Beauty Box: https://kinderbeauty.com/Obsessed with Normal People: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08bm103/episodes/player See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode 7, Becky has a natter with artist, stylist and print-maker extraordinaire Sophie Molyneux of Lucy & Yak to chat all things from Mastermind specialist subject Gilmore Girls through to the perils of improv, and those much maligned teenage showcases.Amid the creative tips and joyful tidbits (much on keeping foliage alive - what a win) Becky and Sarah have a catch up on the week past involving much exhaustion, many enervating articles and TV shows (or realistically, deer-in-grocery-store videos) and an insight into next week's extraordinarily exciting guest... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 6 Becky and Sarah are joined by multi-award winning, bestselling author, Kiran Millwood-Hargrave. Amid serious author chat about plot construction and research on the witch trials which drove her brilliant novel The Mercies, Kiran chats with Sarah about Mastermind specialist subjects ranging from the gothic fiction of Shirley Jackson through to the feline language of her loveable cat Luna, and unexpectedly, much more besides.Plus of course there's the weekly ramble from Becky and Sarah, full of poems, podcast recommendations and prose, and a good deal of shouting at patronising men.If you'd like to get in touch with any recommendations or comments, we'd love to hear from you! You can reach us by email at calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com, or on Twitter and Facebook @CalmDownDearPod, and on Instagram @CalmDownDearPodcast.Links: WatchingI May Destroy You - BBC iPlayer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000jyxy/i-may-destroy-youVanderpump Rules - https://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rulesEnrique Iglesias - Hero (yes, really) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koJlIGDImiUReadingThe Mercies - Kiran Millwood-Hargrave - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Kiran-Millwood-Hargrave/The-Mercies/24070825Staying Alive: Real Poems For Unreal Times/Being Alive/Staying Human - ed. Neil Astley - https://www.hive.co.uk/Search/Keyword?keyword=neil%20astley&productType=0(Becky reads For Desire by Kim Addonizio) How To Be Both - Ali Smith - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ali-Smith/How-to-be-Both/14131231Autumn/Winter/Spring/Summer - Ali Smith - https://www.hive.co.uk/Search/Keyword?keyword=Ali%20Smith&productType=0The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Shirley-Jackson/The-Haunting-of-Hill-House/359483Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life - Ruth Franklin - https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ruth-Franklin/Shirley-Jackson-A-Rather-Haunted-Life/20924146Listening Call In The Crash Team - LYR - https://store.universalmusic.com/mercurykx/*/*/Call-In-The-Crash-Team-Exclusive-Signed-Vinyl-Lyric-Book/6DWJ0000000How To Proceed with Linn Ullman - Ali Smith episode - https://podtail.com/en/podcast/how-to-proceed/We Will Get Past This with Sandi Toksvig - https://play.acast.com/s/we-will-get-past-this See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our fifth episode, Becky has a blast from the past with her old lecturer Anna Kiernan, an author, academic and founder of The Lit Platform. Between her penchant for early morning wild swims and unexpected love of Charlotte Church, she's the perfect enthusiastic guest, and one who'll both inspire you and make you feel really lazy for not having done more. But like, in a good way.Of course there's our weekly catch up too, where among all the usual ramblings we discuss our new found love of Schitt's Creek (genius) and the sweet sweet taste of that first real pint after months of lockdown. Oh. My. Word.As always, we'd love to hear from you if you think there's anything we should be discussing, or if you just fancy saying hey. Drop us an email at calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Calmdowndearpodcast.Links:Watching Schitt's Creek on NetflixI May Destroy You on BBC iPlayer13th on NetflixFruitvale Station on NetflixSelma on NetflixJohn Boyega BLM London Protest Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGXEB25WdyQReadingThe Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiWhy I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-LodgeMadame Zero (collected short stories) by Sarah HallThese Our Monsters - English Heritage short story collectionListening NTS Radio's Literary Friction - Race In British Literature with Reni Eddo-Lodge and Kishani Widyaratna: https://www.nts.live/shows/literaryfriction/episodes/literary-friction-10th-july-2017Mentorship The Lit Platform mentorship applications: https://theliteraryplatform.com/news/2020/06/litup-applications-to-mentorship-programme-now-open/PintsAvailable in hopes and dreams everywhere. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Musician, YouTuber, activist and author Dodie is our guest for episode four of the podcast and fittingly, we couldn't be more excited. In this chat we discuss her meet-cute with music, how YouTubers made her feel like she belonged, and among many other things, her love for documentaries on Ted Bundy.Of course we're also checking in on what Becky and Sarah have been indulging in over the past week; to say it goes from poetry to pants in an instant is no exaggeration.If you've ever been told to "calm down" and simply won't/can't, this is the podcast for you.Please do email any questions, suggestions or issues to calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com or you can tweet us @calmdowndearpod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode 3, we're joined by friend and incredible musician, Grace Lightman. Describing her music as "one part ABBA, two parts Twin Peaks", London-raised Grace moved to Plymouth last year to work on her music with Devon-based collaborators, the work of which culminated in her ridiculously brilliant synthy concept album Silver Eater. With lockdown stripping away her ability to head to the studio for album two though, her diary's been left wide open to let her obsessions flourish, from David Duchovny to Drag, and food to funny voices.If you've ever been told to "calm down" and simply won't/can't, this is the podcast for you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our first guest episode we're joined by one of Sarah's favourite people - and one of the most exciting musicians in the country right now - Issy Ferris of blues-americana duo Ferris & Sylvester. Too enthusiastic to choose just one for each (i.e. our perfect guest), Issy's answers to questions on her Mastermind specialist subject, the people who have inspired her and her secret passion cover everything from the Cold War to Sex And The City, and knitting disasters to poetic triumphs.If you've ever been told to "calm down" and simply won't, this is the podcast for you.Please do email any questions, suggestions or issues to calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.com or you can tweet us @calmdowndearpod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our first enthusiastic episode, we decided you should probably know a little about us. Not only are we both broadcasters who live in the same city, it turns out we're basically the same person in terms of taste (except when it comes to our favourite Harry Potter films). Here we discuss our Mastermind Specialist Subjects, the people who have inspired us to do more and the secret things we love to do, all before we grill our first guest with the same questions in the next episode. If you've ever been told to "calm down" and simply won't, this is the podcast for you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.