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Welcome to Refigure with Chris and Rifa, a weekly podcast about the arts, diversity and culture. This week we are both blown away by Michaela Coel's acclaimed new comedy-drama series I May Destroy You on BBC iPlayer. We also binge-watch the entire run of Danish/Swedish mystery thriller The Bridge, which we actually paid money for, as Rifa discovers her love for Nordic noir. In What You Reading For? Rifa is still reading bell hooks' trilogy on love, while Chris is still reading Priyamvada Gopal's Insurgent Empire. Thank you very much for listening. Find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Chris and Rifa's weekly bitesize review of the arts, diversity and culture. This week we watched Will Ferrell's new comedy Eurovision, which sent us down a rabbit hole of watching Icelandic films and documentaries. Then we watched the powerful new Netflix documentary Disclosure, about the history of how American TV and cinema has representated transgender people onscreen – and how that has impacted how culture sees trans people. Rifa is re-reading bell hooks' All About Love (which she may have recommended before on an earlier series of Refigure), while Chris is reading Priyamvada Gopal's history book Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance And British Dissent. Thank you very much for listening. Please 'like' and subscribe and leave a five star review and tell all your friends about us. You can find us on Instagram and Facebook.

Welcome to Refigure, Chris and Rifa's continuing home-based bitesize covid-avoiding adventures in the arts, diversity and culture. It's the fiftieth episode of Refigure but we're so hardcore we forgot to even mention it in the show. Yes please to cake, though, if you insist. This week we binge-watch brainmelting Netflix high concept game show The Floor Is Lava (or 'The Kwiksave Maze') then we dug into South Korean oddball drama series The Mystic Pop-up Bar. Rifa is playing with Louise Hay's 'Power Thought Cards', while Chris is re-reading Colin Ward's radical little social history book Cotters & Squatters. Thank you for listening. Please leave a five star review wherever you get your podcasts – and tell your friends about us. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Insta. Lots of love. xxx

Refigure returns for series #4, the Check-in Season, several weeks early, as Rifa and Chris find ways to resume our tinkering in the arts, tech, culture and diversity, from the safety of our own house. This week we binge-watch The Great British Bake Off (the early years) and swap tips for fun apps and games to download and play, while you're quarantining. In What You Reading For? Rifa recommends Shonnetta's Divine Tarot on YouTube, while Chris is having a logistical problem with Hilary Mantel's barnstorming new historical novel The Mirror And The Light. We also loved J.B. Morrison's latest novel A God Awful Small Affair. Next week we'll talk about the explosion of music and theatre livestreams, plus something else. Thank you SO much for still listening to us, four series in. It would be lovely to hear from you, find us on Instagram (refigureUK), Twitter (@refigurepod) and Facebook (facebook.com/RefigurePod). Please 'like' and subscribe and leave us a nice five star review. Thankyou! Refigure is produced by Lo Fi Arts. @lofiarts

Chris and Rifa continue their fun weekly dive into arts, culture, tech and diversity. This week Refigure is a lo-fi episode, entirely taped onto iPhone. Back to normal next week. We watch the second series of Netflix documentary show Abstract, which profiles visionary creatives working in different disciplines of design. Then we introduce a special guest: our new Star Wars Correspondent, our friend and neighbour Rob 'Robot' Pearson. We go round Rob's house to watch the first two episodes of Disney Plus platform's flagship launch show The Mandalorian, set in the Star Wars universe a few years after the events of Return Of The Jedi. In What You Reading For? Rifa is reading the Denise Duffield-Thomas money oriented self-help book Get Rich Lucky Bitch. Chris has got his hands on the new issue of Hampshire-based fanzine Weird Walk and also calls for contributors to help write a fanzine about potatoes. If you're enjoying Refigure, please leave a nice review and a five star rating on whatever system you use. Ta! And you can catch up with us online – and check out some photos of the stuff we talk about on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Thanks a lot for listening. Cheerio.

Rifa and Chris chat about their recent adventures in the arts, culture, tech and diversity. This week we catch up with our own recent projects, including Rifa's latest She Says Brighton event for Brighton Digital Festival, plus Chris going back on tour with his old band lineup, as backing band for Jim Bob from Carter USM. We also go to Tate Modern to check out the new retrospective exhibition of work by Nam June Paik. In What You Reading For? Rifa enjoyed the flawed but fascinating memoir by anti-corruption (anti-Brexit) legal campaigner Gina Miller, called Rise: Life Lessons in Speaking Out, Standing Tall and Leading the Way. Chris is reading Richard Powers' acclaimed novel Overstory. If you're enjoying Refigure please do the usual things: 'like' and subscribe and leave a kind review. Find us at Facebook, on Twitter and on Instagram. Thank you very much. XX

If you're missing your weekly fix of Chris and Rifa, since Refigure series 2 ended last week, here's a fast and loose bonus half-hour of some outtake conversations and arguments that we cut, either for time, or because they were a bit too bonkers. Includes Dune's space worms, James Corden's lack of empathy and both our names on a plaque. Enjoy.

It's the season two finale of Chris and Rifa's weekly review of culture, tech and diversity. For this packed episode, we binge-watch the entire run of HBO's hugely acclaimed multi award-winning political satire Veep, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, to mark the occasion of that show finishing. We also mooch up to Tate Modern for a preview of Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's major new solo exhibition 'In Real Life', which, spoiler alert, is sensational. And on Netflix we check out Aziz Ansari's new stand-up special Right Now, that inevitably reflects on his changed status after last year's accusation against him of sexual misconduct. Rifa is reading New Philosopher magazine (which she actually bought for Chris), while Chris is reading Benjamin Myers' poetic non fiction work Under The Rock. Thank you very much for supporting Refigure through our second season. We love you. Refigure will be back in autumn for season three but in the meantime you can still find us at: Facebook.com/RefigurePod, Twitter @RefigurePod and on Instagram @RefigureUK.

Nearing the end of season two, Rifa and Chris take their weekly bitesize chunk out of the arts, culture, tech and diversity. This week we cleared our schedules, bought a pile of unhealthy snacks and settled in to spend the whole weekend binge-watching BBC live streams from Glastonbury Festival, enjoying full live sets by more than 25 bands, without the distractions of presenters, acoustic sets or annoying 'atmosphere' video packages over on the 'normal' TV coverage. Our Glasto conversation ranges from the impressive BBC sound quality; via the improvement of diversity at major festivals; to Stormzy's sensational headline and the state of grime; via the genius of Lizzo, the tears of Idles singer Joe Talbot and the obligatory "oh god, Morrissey" sidebar. Icons as disparate as Sali Hughes and Darren Hayman get brief mentions. In What You Reading For? Rifa is enjoying Kate Atkinson's Life After Life and Chris is blown away by Robert Macfarlane's Underland. Thank you for listening. If you're enjoying Refigure please 'follow' us or give us a nice review and star rating on whatever podcast thing you use. You can find us on Twitter: @refigurepod Insta: @refigureUK and Facebook.com/refigurepod. Next time will be the final episode of season two. XX

Welcome to a new podcast from Rifa of Refigure. This weekly podcast gives you guided meditations for different aspects of your life. Launching soon. Creative mentoring and events: http://bit.ly/2Wia5KL Follow: Twitter @Refigure Facebook @RefigureUK Instagram @Refigure_

Chris and Rifa's weekly bitesize show digging through their favourite arts, culture, tech and diversity. This week is a Barcelona special, mostly recorded at Kino Café outside the Contemporary Art Gallery, over a big pile of patatas bravas. We chat about our weekend at Primavera Sound 2019 music festival, which had a wildly diverse lineup and booked more than 50% women artists. We also talk about Catalonia's great architect and design genius Antoni Gaudí, walking around Sagrada Família and doing a tour of his extraordinary, unique house Casa Batlló. In What You Reading For? Chris is reading Tina Jordan's essay in the New York Times about the disappearance of Agatha Christie, while Rifa just finished Toni Morrison's first novel The Bluest Eye, from 1970. If you enjoy Refigure, please give us a nice review or rating where you listen to pods, consider subscribing – and please tell your friends about us. You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram and connect with us on Facebook. Thanks a lot.

Chris and Rifa's weekly adventures in culture, the arts, tech and diversity. This week Chris and Rifa head to Tate Britain to check out hot new exhibition Van Gogh And Britain. They also watch Beyoncé's new concert film Homecoming on Netflix, based on her headline shows at last year's Coachella festival. Chris is reading Suzannah Evans' first book-length poetry collection Near Future published by Nine Arches Press, while Rifa is reading about the artist Daniel Minter in Womankind magazine. Thank you so much for listening. If you're enjoying Refigure please leave us a nice review or a rating, it really helps us raise the podcast's profile. You can also visit us at Facebook.com/Refigurepod and follow us on Instagram.

Chris and Rifa swim in the balmy waters of the arts, culture and diversity. This week's episode comes from the Eastern Mediterranean sea shore. We revisit the three British sitcoms that we reviewed at the start of the season, now they've each finished their six episode run, namely Derry Girls, Home and Fleabag. We also went to the career retrospective exhibition of iconic Greek realist painter Valias Semertzidis at the Museum Of Greek Modern Art. Rifa reads a tiny poem she saw on Twitter and Chris is re-reading Robert Macfarlane's Landmarks. If you enjoy the show, please give us a nice review or leave a star rating or whatever. This stuff hugely helps us, since more reviews means a higher profile on podcast publishers. And share us with your friends. You can find Refigure on Instagram @refigureuk and Facebook at Facebook.com/Refigurepod. Be lovely to hear from you.XX

Chris and Rifa take their weekly dip into the choppy waters of culture, tech and diversity. This week we catch up with two iconic queer TV shows: the second season of makeover reality hit Queer Eye on Netflix and groundbreaking FX drama series Pose, about the underground trans ball scene in 1980s New York, which is on the BBC iPlayer. This expanded into a broader conversation about LGBTQI and QTIPOC representation, privilege and ally-ship. Chris is reading David Grann's non fiction book White Darkness, about Henry Worsley's solo attempt to cross Antarctica, while Rifa's reading Oprah's new pithy advice quotations book The Path Made Clear. Find us on Facebook and Instagram. If you're enjoying Refigure, please help us grow our audience by leaving a nice review, 'following' us and sharing with your friends. Thanks a lot! We're in Greece right now, so next week's Refigure should have a distinctly mediterranean feel.

We made a BONUS episode of Refigure, in which we unpick our reactions to Ricky Gervais' new TV series After Life made for Netflix, which has had a pile of attention and wild praise. Too convoluted and lengthy a conversation to include in the main episode. Enjoy! As always, please subscribe and 'like' and leave a nice rating and review. We're on Facebook and Instagram. Back next week with a normal Refigure.

Chris and Rifa return with a second season of Refigure, our weekly bitesize culture wig-out. This week we binge-watched Netflix show Russian Doll, co-created by Natasha Lyonne and Amy Poehler. Meanwhile Chris went to an actual cinema to watch National Geographic's BAFTA-winning climbing documentary Free Solo and Rifa fell in love with indie/hip hop/soul singer Lizzo, especially her current single 'Juice'. In What You Reading For? Rifa is deep into University of Houston Professor Brené Brown's 'Daring Greatly', while Chris is reading the new collected writings of Mark Fisher, published in one huge volume as 'K-Punk'. Chris also finally made his start on Proust's 'In Search Of Lost Time' and recommended the article Amazon boss Jeff Bezos wrote on Medium, exposing the National Enquirer attempts to blackmail him. (Jeff that is, not Chris) Come find us on Insta @refigureUK and on Facebook at http://facebook.com/refigurepod

Chris and Rifa's week in the arts, culture, diversity and tech. Episode #15 – last in the current series. We argue about the latest TV version of a John Le Carré novel, Park Chan-Wook's adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl, starring Florence Pugh, Michael Shannon and Alexander Skarsgard. We also binged on Netflix comedy Great News and compared it to the crop of similar shows like 30 Rock and The Good Place. In What You Reading For? Chris has just finished lost children's classic 'The Tree That Sat Down' by Beverley Nichols. Meanwhile Rifa is ploughing through Michelle Obama's much hyped memoir 'Becoming'. Thank you very much for listening to season one of Refigure. We'll drop a few one-off specials over the Christmas season and then be back in spring 2019 with season two. Please subscribe, 'like' us, give us a nice rating or review and visit the Facebook page http://facebook.com/refigurepod and the Insta feed http://instagram.com/refigureuk. Lots of love. Byeee!

Christopher and Rifa slowly open a creaky door onto the arts, culture, tech and diversity. Episode #13. Unlucky for some. Rifa manages to get a ticket for Bristol's hottest righteous rock band Idles at the Concorde 2. Meanwhile, still avoiding live bands, Chris checks out Truestory Theatre's imaginative production of Dracula at The Spire. We also binge the new Netflix reboot of Sabrina The Teenage Witch, now called The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina. In What You Reading For? Rifa gets annoyed with Gavin Strange's Do Lectures self-help book 'Do Fly' and much prefers Nikki Gattenby's book 'SuperEngaged'. Chris is re-reading for the second time in two years Lewis Hyde's classic 'Trickster Makes This World', trying to think about it in the context of the rise of the trolling alt-right. Thank you for listening. If you're enjoying Refigure please 'like', subscribe, leave a nice comment and rating and share us with your friends. You can visit our Facebook page – http://facebook.com/refigurepod and our Insta feed – http://instagram.com/refigureUK.

Rifa and Chris scrabble through the detritus of the week's arts, culture, tech and diversity. Episode #12 is meant to be a Netflix special but our fearsome pair stupidly ate a load of intense Thai takeout during taping, so the second half goes a bit loopy in a chilli-high haze. Anyway, they watch the new Derren Brown special Sacrifice, in which Derren tries to solve racism by attempting to 'persuade' a (friendly) bigot to take a bullet for an illegal immigrant. They also binge psychedelic multi-reality drama series Maniac, starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. Chris is reading Robin Ince's new non-fiction book about psychology, I'm A Joke And So Are You. Rifa is still reading Arundhati Roy's The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness and feels differently about it now. Thank you for listening, as usual if you're enjoying Refigure, please 'like' and subscribe and share with friends and leave us a nice review. We're on Facebook at http://facebook.com/refigurepod and Insta @refigureUK. Cheerio.

Rifa and Chris waffle on about their week in the arts, culture, tech and inclusivity. Episode #11 is a bit more highfalutin than usual. Rifa gets invited to the Woman Of The Year Awards and brings home a bulging goodie bag, while Chris stays in with new Netflix' new Paul Greengrass film 22 July. Then they also go to Convivial Tools one-day symposium, inspired by Ivan Illich, which takes place at the Design Museum. In What You Reading For? Chris has gone back to Ivan Illich's classic 1970s books, in particular Tools For Conviviality. Rifa is reading The Kindness Method by Shahroo Izadi. Thank you so much for listening. As usual, if you're enjoying Refigure please hit those 'like' and 'subscribe' buttons and share us with your friends. Also, let us know what you think about any of the topics we talk about by hitting up the Facebook page: http://facebook.com/refigurepod and follow us on Insta @refigureuk. Thank you.

Chris and Rifa dig through their week in the arts, culture, tech and diversity. Episode #9 is our Scottish Art Trip Special: we visited the freshly opened V&A Dundee to check out the Scottish Design Galleries permanent collection. The next day we went to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, where we were blown away by Rip It Up – The Story Of Scottish Pop. Along the way we ate at Dundee's Flame Tree Café and tried the Sicilian theme menu at Six By Nico in Edinburgh. Also, Rifa is on a diversity course and has re-discovered a love for noisy boy bands, thanks to Idles and Youngfathers. In WHAT YOU READING FOR? Rifa read The Medium Is The Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore, while Chris planned to start J.A. Baker's The Peregrine but instead found himself ploughing through a proof copy of Jim Bob's new memoir Jim Bob From Carter: In The Shadow Of My Former Self. Refigure is on Instagram @refigureuk and our FACEBOOK page is facebook.com/refigurepod

Welcome to Refigure, in which Chris and Rifa talk about their week in culture with their mouths full of Japanese food. In episode #7 our team binges BBC America thriller series Killing Eve, as well as getting unnecessarily upset about the first episode of Hugo Blick's overwrought drama Black Earth Rising. Rifa chats about her latest She Says Brighton event and Chris recommends Saatchi in-house composer Alex Ball's YouTube channel. Rifa has also just dived into Arundhati Roy's second novel, The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness.

Episode #4 – "It's not Adventure Time!" This week Rifa and Chris watch Reading Festival livestreams on the BBC iPlayer and compare two high-production podcast series, Slow Burn (Slate Plus) and Folk On Foot (Matthew Bannister). In 'What You Reading For' (yeah our book bit has a proper name now – and its own jingle) Rifa got through Dave Eggers' Monk Of Mokha (Hamish Hamilton/Penguin) in one day and she's bingeing Matt Groening's Disenchantment on Netflix, while Chris is ploughing through Zeynep Tufekci's book Twitter & Teargas (Yale University Press) and got emotional watching Michaela Coel's MacTaggart Lecture. If you're enjoying Refigure please give us a 'like', subscribe, write a nice rating and especially tell your friends about the show. And let us know what you think about this week's topics over on Facebook (facebook.com/refigurepod). Cheers.

"So who would Frida Kahlo choose as a pepper pot, if she was a salt shaker?" Welcome to Refigure episode #01, in which Chris and Rifa sit in their brand new bed and recap their week in culture and silliness.