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Dear EICorrespondents…

Oenone’s about to jet off to NYC to see if she can get cast in the Girls reboot (!!) but before then we have a week of delicious content to feast on…

Beth is back on her Bond Business, Ruchira is continuing her horror quest and Oenone’s been loving everything Larsson.

We’ve also been treated to some exquisite internet nonsense as Kelly Clarkson has reignited a lost art... complaining about customer service on main. What doesn’t kill you really make you stronger... or something?

Next up- a Reddit forum has given us hope that there might be a way out of the male loneliness epidemic via the kitchen.

And finally- all of us have been enjoying Netflix’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s East Of Eden. We’re all discovering the story for the first time and so we want to hear from all of the Steinbeck-heads at home. Is the adaptation living up to its promise? Any notes/gripes or compliments to share?

Thank you so much as always for supporting the podcast - make sure you’re subscribed, leave us a review and give us a follow. We appreciate you! Love, O, R, B xx

Dr No
THE CONJURING
THE SIXTH SENSE
YOUNGER
THE CORRESPONDENT
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RED
NY TIMES: The Toy Store Feuding With Kelly Clarkson Over a $15 Million Bird
LOVE
GQ: Inside the viral Subreddit where men share dinners – and intimate feelings
EAST OF EDEN
BARRETT ADAIR: cathy ames can’t be a nine-year-old dominatrix bitch anymore, because of woke
LUCY MANGAN: East of Eden Review
Bliss Kolb design
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Hello EIClaudiaWinklemans….

Your diva chaperones are back to guide you through this week in pop culture.

This week we’ve all been loving movies… from Sheep Detectives to horror classics - we have not left any genres untouched.

The Sad Girl community has been celebrating this week - as the Primavera Sound 2027 line-up has been released, and it’s a real feast of gorgeous gloomy pop girlies. Will we (three non-festival gals) be tempted to attend? And how will festivals adapt to the extreme weather conditions we’ve seen as a result of climate change?

Sofa season is officially here - we’re deep into the second series of The Celebrity Traitors. And don’t worry - this episode was recorded before episode three was released, so we are (mostly) spoiler-free. And can someone tell us who is making all these James Acaster horny edits?

Lastly, we discuss Gen Z’s Me Too Moment - the Cornell 7. As a content warning, we will be discussing the case as the final item in the podcast, so feel free to leave us there if that’s what’s best for you.

And… James Blunt - if you’re listening, please get in touch!

We love you - thank you for supporting the podcast, and we’ll see you next week. Love, O, R, B x

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NOW – TV Youth
AMAZON PRIME - Younger
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
DIGGER
CARRIE
OBVIOUS CHILD
WAITRESS
ADAM BUXTON - Dylan Moran
BBC The Celebrity Traitors
THE CORNELL DAILY SUN
DAZED - Tear the frat houses down
LILY O’FARREL
TODAY EXPLAINED - What happened at Cornell
NY MAG - The Post–Me Too Generation Gets Its Me Too Moment
VOX - The Burnerverse
NY TIMES - In a Mattress
SNARLY CARLY
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Hello EICurmudgeons…

In the midst of some sitcom-worthy activities in our personal lives, we’re back with another episode breaking down the biggest- and weirdest- pop culture stories.

We’re heading to the Congo Basin (not literally, we hope) as British survivalist Ash Dykes prepares to embark on a 700km kayak expedition down the Sangha river.

With equal peril we’ve also decided to discuss Taylor Swift. Should we be applauding the encore to The Life Of A Showgirl? And why are her four new tracks leaving a sour taste in the mouths of some of her die-hard fans?

We break down our fashion highs and lows from the VMAs, before giving our takes on the mask-only lesbian bar that broke the internet.

As always thank you so much for supporting our independent podcast. We'd also love if you could subscribe to the show on your podcast player, leave a review/rating & follow us on Instagram, TikTok and now Substack. Love you! O, R, B x

This week Beth's been loving The Love Hypothesis, Ruchira's been loving Dog Day Afternoon & Oenone's been loving Younger, Have You Tried Unplugging The AI & this episode of the Ezra Klein Show.

Links
PR Daily - Taylor Swift’s latest album announcement raises a question about audience fatigue

TikTok - Thee Swiftologist “The Encore was a bad idea”

Substack - Taylor Swift’s Shrinking World by Candice Wuehle

Page 6 - MTV VMAs 2026 red carpet: See all the celebrity outfits

Ash Dykes - Project 6

NOE - Congo Basin forests: an ally against the climate crisis that must be protected before it's too late

The Guardian - The Love Hypothesis review

The Guardian- #NotAllLesbians – we can’t let the Massachusetts bar drama turn us all into a punchline

Hollywood Reporter - Viral Lesbian Bar Article From Boston Globe Is Piquing Hollywood’s Interest

The Boston Globe - Greenfield lesbian bar Last Ditch faces mask-rule backlash

Autostraddle - Excommunicate Me from the Church of Social Justice

YouTube - You Can See Everything Trailer

Instragram - Ash Dykes

YouTube - The Swiftologist / Life of a Showgirl: The Encore

Substack - What the fuck happened to Taylor Swift

YouTube GENER8ION ft Yung Lean at the VMAs
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Hello EICucumbers…

We’re all back and we’ve peeled Beth away from Vanderpump Rules to record this week’s episode of the podcast for you…

We’re piling in on the internet’s hot debate of the week - is it unprofessional to bring an iced coffee to a job interview? Matcha girls, prepare to be outraged… because we have strong opinions on this one.

EmRata has joined the ever growing list of celebrities advertising the prediction market PolyMarket. Does everyone have a price? We discuss how - when it comes to prediction markets - almost everyone loses.

Oenone’s been within touching distance of Sharon Horgan this week - we swoon over her and take a look at her new series Youth.

And - the mums are on SnapMaps… would you let your parents track you at Freshers Week? A mum has gone viral this week for detailing how she spies on her teenage son in a piece for The Times. We examine the dangers of surveillance and how location trackers may do more harm than good.

Stick around to the end of the episode to hear an announcement about our future plans for the podcast. Thank you so much for your support - whether that’s listening every week, contributing, following us or leaving a review… we appreciate you all. Love ya, O, R, B x

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Ruchira's been loving:Maggie Nelson - The Argonauts ,Bangerz

Beth's been loving: Fire of Love

Oenone's been loving:Tracey Emin - Strangeland ,The Gentlemen ,Lost Lambs

Maggie Nelson - Bluets

WSJ - Why Almost Everyone Loses—Except a Few Sharks—on Prediction Markets at freshers week — and I’m not the only one

EIC - The Girlification of Betting

WSJ - Helicopter Parents Are Co-Piloting Their Adult Children’s Careers
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Pick up, EICallers… It’s your favourite podcast calling!

In this week’s Everything In Conversation, we’re asking: is cold calling your friends the answer to sustaining a healthy friendship?

In response to a new Cut piece by Kathleen Walsh titled ‘I Should Be Allowed to Cold-Call My Friends’, we’re pondering how and why we seem to be so averse to calling our friends out of the blue to have a good old natter.

We consider all the benefits of phone calls, what we might be missing on without them, and discuss some ways to make a cold-call less anxiety-inducing.

This is an independent podcast and the best ways you can support us are giving us a follow on your podcast player, dropping a review and following us on Instagram, TikTok and now Substack. Thank you for being here, and we’ll see you next week. Love, O, R, B x

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THE CUT - I Should Be Allowed to Cold-Call My Friends

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