Culture Comforts

Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy the episode. Get in touch at CultureComfortsPodcast@gmail.com. See you next week! ***TRIGGER WARNINGWe talk about domestic violence in Carmen Maria Machado's book In The Dream House from 7.37 - 11.17. We talk about sexual violence in relation to Filthy Rich from 21.38-23.31.Books Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa AnapparaThis Green and Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik In the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoMy Wild and Sleepless Nights by Clover StroudLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Films Ocean's 8 on Amazon Prime TV shows Filthy Rich on Netflix Queen Victoria and her Nine Children on Netflix Motherland (Season 1) on Netflix Longreads 'Alzheimer’s Turned my sense of responsibility upside down’ by Octavia Bright in Elle https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a33274996/alzheimers-responsibility-turned-upside-down/

Thank you for listening to Culture Comforts, we hope you enjoyed the episode. If you want to get in touch, email us at CultureComfortsPodcast@gmail.com. See you next week! BooksThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThree Hours by Rosamund LuptonThe Chiffon Trenches by Andre Leon Talley Inferno by Catherine ChoUntamed by Glennon Doyle Fabulous by Lucy Hughes-Hallett TelevisionI May Destroy You on iPlayer White Lines on NetflixNever Have I Ever on Netflix Unorthodox on NetflixPodcastIn Writing by Hattie Crisell

Thank you for listening to Culture Comforts, we hope you enjoyed the episode! If you want to get in touch, email us at CultureComfortsPodcast@gmail.com. See you next week! BooksThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Expectation by Anna Hope Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine EvaristoDaisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidEmma by Jane AustenHere's Looking At You by Mhairi MacFarlane If I Never Met You by Mhairi MacFarlane The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley TV showsThis Country Films Jojo Rabbit (rent on Youtube and Amazon Prime)PodcastsCouples Under Lockdown (part of Where Should We Begin with Esther Perel)

Thank you for listening to the episode! Any questions, queries or comments? Contact us on culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.comBooksGrown Ups by Marian KeyesSweet Sorrow by David NichollsEverybody Died, So I Got a Dog by Emily DeanMoviesThe Personal History of David CopperfieldTo All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You on NetflixTelevisionNext in Fashion on NetflixSpinning Out on NetflixLongreads10 Life-Changing Moments That Happened Since My Cancer Went Into Remission by Erin Chack (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/erinchack/cancer-survival-gratitude) Letter From Beijing: Vogue China Editor Angelica Cheung On Finding Strength In A Health Crisis by Angelica Cheung (https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/vogue-china-editor-coronavirus-quarantine-beijing)Podcasts You’re Booked presented by Daisy BuchananMusicalsDear Evan Hansen

Welcome to our Oscar Movie Special! We obviously haven't watched all the nominated films, but we've seen a selection of the ones that looked the most interesting to us and given you some recommendations below.If you have any questions or comments do let us know at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com!Films in cinema:Parasite Little Women 1917 Knives OutFilms on Netflix: Marriage Story

Books Big Magic by Elizabeth GilbertSecret History by Donna TarttGiver of Stars by Jojo MoyesHow to give up fast fashion by Lauren BravoTelevisionCheer on Netflix The Stranger on Netflix Museum exhibitions Tim Walker: Wonderful Things at the V&APodcasts Family GhostsHow to FailSubtitle

Hope you enjoyed the episode :-) Links to everything we discussed below. Any questions or recommendations? Email us at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.comBooksThis Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps Period by Emma BarnettIdentity by Francis FukuyamaExposure by Olivia SudjicTV showsGolden Girls Shrill (BBC iPlayer)MoviesOkja (Netflix)Twenty Feet from Stardom (Netflix) PodcastSo I Got To Thinking LongreadsAnn Patchett in The New York Times ‘My year of no shopping’ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/opinion/sunday/shopping-consumerism.htmlEmma Hunsinger in The New Yorker ‘How to draw a horse’

Hope you enjoyed the episode :-) Links to everything we discussed below. Any questions or recommendations? Email us at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.comBooksLess by Andrew Sean Greer The Husband’s Secret by Liane MoriartyFinding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella MoviesCats (in cinemas)Florence Foster Jenkins on BBC iPlayerA Private War on Netflix TelevisionHis Dark Materials on BBC iPlayer The Witcher on Netflix LongreadsNo Sound, No Fury, No Marriage by Laura Pritchett, part of the NYTimes Modern Love column (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/style/modern-love-no-sound-no-fury-no-marriage.html) PodcastThe Edge of Sleep Excited to read in 2020!Dolf The Secret History by Donna TarttThis Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps Inheritance by Dani Shapiro Christina Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Lost Dog by Kate Spicer How to break up with fast fashion by Lauren Bravo

Hope you enjoyed the episode :-) Links to everything we discussed below. Any questions or recommendations? Email us at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.comBooksChristmas Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaFamily Values by Wendy CopeMoviesThe Holiday (Amazon Prime)Love Actually (Amazon Prime)MusicChristmastide by Jessye NormanKing’s College Choir Carols on Youtube

Hope you enjoyed the episode :-) Links to everything we discussed below. Any questions or recommendations? Email us at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.comBooksInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriEverywoman by Jess Phillips Our Stop by Laura Jane Williams MoviesLet it Snow on Netflix TheatreSIX at the Arts Theatre LondonCyrano de Bergerac at Playhouse TheatrePodcasts Endless Thread LongreadsThe Mystical, Mind-Sharing Lives of Tulpamancers from Narratively (https://narratively.com/the-mystical-mind-sharing-lives-of-tulpamancers/?utm_source=digg)Joe Hammond’s final article: ‘I’ve been saying goodbye to my family for two years’ from The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/14/saying-goodbye-to-family-motor-neurone-disease-reflecting-on-end-of-life)The Christian Withdrawal Experiment from The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/retreat-christian-soldiers/603043/?utm_source=digg

Hope you enjoyed the episode :-) Links to everything we discussed below. Any questions or recommendations? Email us at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.comBooksMy Friend Anna by Rachel Deloache Williams Theft by finding by David SedarisWhat Happens Now by Sophia Money-Coutts MoviesLaundromat (Netflix)Resurfacing - Andy Murray Documentary (Amazon Prime)Julie and Julia (Netflix)TV showsThe Crown Season 3 (Netflix)Samantha (Netflix)Podcasts Sentimental Garbage LongreadsThe Champion Who Picked a Date to Die (The New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/05/sports/euthanasia-athlete.html

Hope you enjoyed the episode :-) Links to everything we discussed below. Any questions or recommendations? Email us at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.comBooksFleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-AknerThe Complete Stories of Flannery O’ConnorMoviesAdrift (Netflix)The King (Netflix)TV showsBrooklyn 99 (available on Netflix)Podcasts Ctrl Alt Delete with Emma Gannon LingthusiasmLongreadsUndercover in an Orthodox World (https://gen.medium.com/undercover-in-the-orthodox-underworld-83c61ba3aa83)The World According To Phoebe Waller-Bridge by Lauren Collins (https://www.vogue.com/article/phoebe-waller-bridge-cover-december-2019) Guardian compilation of Phoebe Waller-Bridge questions and answers (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/09/phoebe-waller-bridge-alternative-ending-fleabag)The Rise and Fall of WeWork from the New Yorker (https://gen.medium.com/undercover-in-the-orthodox-underworld-83c61ba3aa83)

Hope you enjoyed the episode :-) Links to everything we discussed below. Any questions or recommendations? Email us at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.comBooksEducated by Tara Westover When God Was A Rabbit by Sarah Winman The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh Don’t You Forget About Me by Mairi Macfarlane MoviesThe Farewell (in cinemas)Tell Me Who I Am (on Netflix)Podcasts Doing It! With Hannah WittonWhere Shall We Begin with Esther Perel Angela Scanlon's Thanks a MillionSupplements for Where Shall We BeginBook - Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel Book - The State of Affairs by Esther Perel New Yorker interview with Esther - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/love-is-not-a-permanent-state-of-enthusiasm-an-interview-with-esther-perel# LongreadsHow The Human Soul Survives Atrocity (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/31/magazine/iraq-mental-health.html

Hope you enjoyed the episode :-) Links to everything we discussed below. Any questions or recommendations? Email us at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.comBooksInside Vogue by Alexandra ShulmanThe Inn Boonsboro trilogy by Nora Roberts (Book One is The Next Always)Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya GowdaMoviesLate Night starring Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson (available on Sky)TV showsMotherland Season 2 on BBC iPlayerModern Love on Amazon PrimePodcasts Millennial LoveLongreadsHow 'The 5 Love Languages' Became the Language of Love We All Know (and Love) by Kathryn Jezer-Morton (Vice) (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ne89gx/the-5-love-languages-baptist-relationship-self-help-book-history-gary-chapman-interview)I Thought I Knew About Feminism And Then I Started Working in a Women’s Prison by Mim Skinner (The Guardian) (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/oct/17/feminism-working-womens-prison-inmates-sex-work-marriage)My Years in the Florida Shuffle of Drug Addiction by Colton Wooten (The New Yorker) (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/21/my-years-in-the-florida-shuffle-of-drug-addiction)The Case for Checking a Bag by Roxane Gay (on her Medium magazine, Gay) (https://gay.medium.com/the-case-for-checking-a-bag-b0f92968a852)MusicGolden Hour by Kacey Musgraves (YOUTUBE IT. NOW. Or Spotify. Or iTunes. Just. Do. It. Please.)

Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Culture Comforts! Everything we discussed is linked below. As always, if you have any questions or recommendations, send us an email at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com.BooksFashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes by Dana Thomas After Dark by Takashi MurakamiBreaking and Mending: A Junior Doctor's stories of compassion of burnout by Joanna CannonTV ShowsOriginal Tales of the City (US Netflix)Carnival Row (Amazon Prime) (Orlando Bloom is very handsome in this)Big Mouth (Netflix)PodcastsBirth Stories with Clemmie HooperLongreadsSleeping towards infertility by Emma Barnett https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/undiagnosed-endometriosis-and-fertility The Secret Lives of Democratic Women Married to MAGA Men https://gen.medium.com/the-secret-lives-of-democratic-women-married-to-maga-men-7236ea962689ComedyStand up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated) at the Soho Theatre https://sohotheatre.com/shows/stand-up-with-janine-harouni/

Thank you for listening to Episode 12 of Culture Comforts! If you have any questions or recommendations get in touch at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com. Details of everything we’ve discussed below. BooksThe World I Fell Out Of by Melanie ReidConfessions of a Sociopath by M. E. ThomasCirce by Madeline MillerStation Eleven by Emily St John Mandel Heartstopper by Alice OsemanLongreadsThe DM That Changed My Life: A ‘You Out?’ That Became a Five-Year Relationship (https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/a35nw8/getting-over-a-long-term-relationship-break-up)Who Would I Be Without Instagram by Tavi Gevinson (https://www.thecut.com/2019/09/who-would-tavi-gevinson-be-without-instagram.html) MoviesHustlers (in cinemas now)TelevisionThe Politician on Netflix Kathy Burke’s All Woman on Channel 4

Thank you for listening to Episode 11 of Culture Comforts! If you have any questions or recommendations get in touch at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com. Details of everything we’ve discussed below. BooksThe Neapolitan series by Elena Ferrante starting with My Brilliant Friend I Owe You One by Sophie KinsellaTrick Mirror by Jia TolentinoMothership by Francesca Segal Bitter Orange by Claire FullerNo Exit (& Three Other Plays) by Jean Paul SartreLongreadsThe Gospel according to Marianne Williamson by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (New York Times)TelevisionThis Way Up (Channel 4/All 4 on Demand/Hulu (in the USA)MoviesThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Paddington (Amazon Prime)Paddington 2 (Amazon Prime)Free Solo (Channel 4/All 4 on Demand)

Hello and welcome to Episode 10 of Culture Comforts! This week it's a short(-er than usual) bonus episode of our favourite books to read, and reread which we recommend for your summer holiday reading. As always, you can get in touch at CultureComfortsPodcast@gmail.com. Happy reading!Christina's RecommendationsThe Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian KeyesEverything I Know About Love by Dolly AldertonDolf's RecommendationsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Thank you for listening to episode 9! We hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions or recommendations get in touch at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com. Details of everything we talk about below. Books The Boy With The Top Knot by Sathnam SangheraOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyTV Shows Friends from College on Netflix Crashing on Amazon Prime The Let Down on Netflix MoviesAnimals (in cinemas now)LongreadsThe Crane Wife by CJ Hauser https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/16/the-crane-wife/ Youtube seriesUNHhhh MusicalsJoseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat at the London Palladium

Thank you for listening to Episode 8 of Culture Comforts! If you have any questions or recommendations get in touch at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com. Details of everything we’ve discussed below. BooksLove by Toni MorrisonMy Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteQueenie by Candice Carty-WilliamsHeartburn by Nora EphronThe Paris Wife by Paula MclainHadley Freeman: Me and Mrs. Hemingway (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/mar/10/hadley-freeman-richardson-ernest-hemingway)TelevisionGood Omens on Amazon PrimeMoviesThe Lion King, in cinemas nowMusicalsCome From AwayShowsDolly Alderton at the Hay Festival interviewed by Clemency Burton-Hillhttps://www.hayfestival.com/p-15297-dolly-alderton-talks-to-clemency-burton-hill.aspx?skinid=16

Thank you for listening to Episode 7 of Culture Comforts! If you have any questions or recommendations get in touch at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com. Details of everything we discuss below. BooksMy Thoughts Exactly - Lily Allen Call Me By Yours Name - Andre Aciman Motherhood - Sheila Heti LongreadsOn the Outside: The Harsh Reality of Life After ‘Love Island’ https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/7/8/20682978/love-island-reality-tv-mental-healthStella McCartney: ‘It’s not like I’m here for an easy life’ https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/jul/07/stella-mccartney-its-not-like-i-am-here-for-an-easy-lifeThe Battle of Grace Church https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/grace-church-school-brooklyn.html#_ga=2.140468273.384885460.1562590006-1269175032.1561148286TV ShowsKilling Eve (BBC Iplayer)Black Mirror (Netflix)Podcasts Way With WordsFeminists Don’t Wear Pink (Mindy Kaling episode)

Thank you for listening to episode 6 of Culture Comforts! If you have any recommendations or queries, get in touch at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com. Details of everything we discussed are below! BooksWhat Would The Spice Girls Do? By Lauren BravoLast Night by James SalterInvisible Women by Caroline Criado PerezLongreadsThe wild ride at babe.net from The Cuthttps://www.thecut.com/2019/06/babe-net-aziz-ansari-date-rise-and-fall.html I came out in my 30s and I have no idea what I’m doing from InStylehttps://www.instyle.com/lifestyle/coming-out-later-in-life I’ve picked my job over my kids from The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/opinion/sunday/ive-picked-my-job-over-my-kids.htmlTVTales of the City on Netflix Movies Always Be My Maybe on Netflix Podcast Table Manners with Jessie Ware

Thank you for listening to episode 5 of Culture Comforts! If you have any recommendations or queries please do get in touch at CultureComfortsPodcast@gmail.com.BooksBad Feminist by Roxane GaySisterhood by Daisy BuchananBlack, White and Jewish by Rebecca Walker Ordinary People by Diana Evans The Discomfort Zone by Farrah StorrLongreadsI Tried To Stop Eating My Feelings - And Now I Have Too Many Feelings by Daisy Buchanan (https://medium.com/@NotRollergirl/i-tried-to-stop-eating-my-feelings-and-now-i-have-too-many-feelings-9076b24e6907) TV ShowsDerry Girls on Channel 4Tuca and Bertie on NetflixW1A on BBCMoviesChasing Happiness on Amazon PrimeSecret Life of Pets 2 in cinemas now

Thanks for listening to episode 4! If you'd like to get in touch with any queries or recommendation, please contact us at CultureComfortsPodcast@gmail.comBooksConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataLook Alive Out there by Sloane CrosleyThis Is Going To Hurt by Adam KayRich People Problems by Kevin KwanMary Poppins by PL TraversLongreadsHow brands get their names, explained by a professional namer by Rebecca Jennings (https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/16/18625036/brand-names-products-dunkin-impossible-burger-disney-plus?src=longreads) AN OP-ED FROM THE FUTURE. It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning by Ted Chiang (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/opinion/ted-chiang-future-genetic-engineering.html?module=inline) TV ShowsDead to Me on Netflix MoviesBooksmart in cinemas nowPodcastsThe Goop Podcast with Gwyneth Paltrow and Sarah Jessica Parker dated 26 July 2018MusicalsBook of Mormon

Welcome to episode 3 of Culture Comforts! If you have any questions or recommendations, get in touch at culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com. Details of everything we talk about in this week’s episode are below. Books What Alice Forgot by Liane MoriartyIn Search of Silence by Poorna BellThis Is A Story Of A Happy Marriage - Ann PatchettEssays Outside Voices by Sloane Crosley (from her book of essays ‘Look Alive Out There’)Stuff Your Rules by Taffy Brodesser-Ackner https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/style/the-rules-book.html Movies Wine Country Podcasts Late Night Woman’s Hour episode on Instinct dated 24 February 2017Who? Weekly

We're two episodes in! Thank you so much for listening. If you want to reach out to us our email address is culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com. Details of everything we talked about are below. BooksPretty Monsters by Kelly LinkThe Pisces by Melissa BroderA Curious Career by Lynn BarberAn Edited Life by Anna NewtonHunger by Roxane GayLongreadsWhen did pop culture become homework? by Soraya Roberts (Longreads.com)We need bodice ripper sex-ed by Jennifer Weiner (NYTimes.com)TelevisionPose (FX in the US, BBC iPlayer in the UK)Knock Down the House (Netflix)PodcastNancy: Queer Money Matters (WNYC Studios)Jamie Dornan on Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner

Welcome to Episode 1 of Culture Comforts! Thank you so much for listening. If you want to reach out to us our email address is culturecomfortspodcast@gmail.com. Details of everything we talked about are below. BooksHow to Fail by Elizabeth Day The Multi-Hyphenate Method by Emma Gannon Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshThe Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford TV Shows Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on Netflix The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix Movies Sierra Burgess is a Loser on Netflix To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before on Netflix The Perfect Date on NetflixSomeone Great on NetflixCan You Ever Forgive Me