Monthly Archives: September 2024

220: Slowing Down For The Season + Dopamine Menus



It’s Helli’s first autumn in the UK in 5 years and we’re ready to get cosy for the season! We’re chatting autumn vibes, cosy candles, knitwear and evenings in front of the fire. We always love to chat about how we’re slowing down for the season each year but this year we’re jumping on the Dopamine Menu trend – our list of seasonal activities which are enjoyable, cosy, healthy and give us that dopamine hit we’re all looking for.

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Mentioned in the episode: 

Amazing Hotels

The Rest is Entertainment

Recommendations 

Beetlejuice (1988)

Glass Podcast


219: Do You Need To Share Your Opinion?



It’s official, Helli is married and her wedding was one of the best. days. ever. After a summary of the highlights (because honestly that could have been an episode in its own right), you’ve got two documentary recommendations and then a conversation about opinions. Just because we all have them and can share them, doesn’t mean that we should. Access to social media and a forum to share every thought and opinion we’ve ever had should have made us wiser and more well-informed, but this isn’t always the case. Are there times when it’s best to say nothing at all? Should you share opinions when you don’t have any authority in the area? Or do we enter fundamentally murky waters when we start to debate who can, or can’t, share their opinions.

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Mentioned in the episode: 

Crunchy to Far Right Pipeline episode on the A Bit Fruity Podcast with Matt Bernstein

Recommendations 

Dancing with the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult Docu-series on Netflix

America’s New Female Right documentary with Layla Wright


218: Trends, Algorithms and What It Means For Culture



Wedding bells are ringing and the countdown to Helli’s wedding is on! We talk marquee dramas, trad wives, money, wills and then we actually get into the topic, and we have to ask you, are you being very demure, very mindful? Have you had a brat summer or experimented with the latte makeup trend? You could be forgiven for all of these trends passing by you in the blink of the eye, or missing them entirely if you’re on a different algorithm to us. But that’s what we’re talking about today, does having a world dominated by algorithms, and a new trend bursting onto the scene every week mean that actually culture is being flattened? Does it make us all more connected or does it serve to fragment us even further? Take a listen and let us know your thoughts!

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Mentioned in the episode: 

Business Of Fashion Article

Pandora Sykes Podcast

Recommendations 

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over: Trad Wives

The Financial Feminist: 181 How I’m Changing My Money Habits In My 30s