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/

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Little Fires Everywhere, Ocean's 8 and In The Dream House

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

I May Destroy You, The Vanishing Half and The Chiffon Trenches

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)

The Dutch House, My Dark Vanessa and Jojo Rabbit

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 

Episode 24: Marian Keyes, Spinning Out and Dear 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 

Episode 23: Oscar Movie Special!

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

Episode 22: Cheer, Taylor Swift and Donna Tartt

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’

Episode 21: Busy Philipps, Shrill and Golden Girls

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 

Episode 20: Cats, The Witcher and His Dark Materials

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 

Episode 19: Christmas Comforts!

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

Episode 18: SIX, Let It Snow and Endless Thread

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

Episode 17: The Crown, Laundromat and David Sedaris

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)

Episode 16: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, WeWork and Fleishman is in Trouble

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

Episode 15: Educated, Esther Perel and The Water Cure

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.)

Episode 14: Modern Love, Motherland and Mindy Kaling

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/

Episode 13: Carnival Row, Murakami and Clemmie Hooper

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