Hillary Clinton

*** NOTE: This episode was recorded in November 2017, shortly after What Happened was released. We've put out this episode to coincide with Hillary's visit to Australia in May.  In this episode, Anna and Maiy are joined by their friend, writer and commentator Simon Copland to discuss Hillary Clinton's telling of the 2016 US Presidential Election, titled 'What Happened.'  While not in its own separate segment, we do end up discussing some of the problems of centre-left politics more broadly; Anna drops the c-bomb when talking about Tony Blair, Maiy confesses to loathing Julia Gillard, and we *all* have things to say about Bernie Sanders.  Don't @ us, bro.

Hillary Clinton's Memoir What Happened

In this week's New Years special episode, Anna and Maiy take some time to reflect on their past New Year's Resolutions, and share their resolutions for 2018.

Episode 18: New Year Special

Stephen King

In our spooky horror episode, Anna and Maiy are joined by self-described 'easily startled horror fan' Ebony Bennett to discuss the movie adaptation of Stephen King's IT.  Then, in our second segment, we discuss the horror genre more generally. Maiy and Ebony try and explain to non-fan Anna what it is about horror movies they enjoy so much, while Anna describes The Blair Witch Project as 'not a scary movie' because the scares are not applicable to her everyday life.

Episode 17: Stephen King's IT and horror movies

In this episode, Anna and Maiy discuss current season of The Bachelorette with Sophie Monk, and we can all laugh together about simpler time when we all thought Jarrod the winemaker was a frontrunner after the premiere.  Then, in our second segment, we discuss being single, the pressure to pair off and for women, the pressures of being treated as a ticking clock.

Episode 16: The Bachelorette and singledom

In this episode, Anna and Maiy are joined by friend, feminist and freshly minted lawyer Sophie Trevitt to discuss Rebecca Solnit's seminal book Men Explain Things to Me.  And then, in the second segment, we descend into an all-out rant about feminism, identity, and mediocre men.

Episode 15: Men Explain Things to Me and modern feminism

After a brief winter hiatus, Anna and Maiy are back! This episode we discuss the tv adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale, what we thought of the show, and how it compares to the book.  And then, in the second segment, we discuss dystopian fiction more generally, ponder whether writers of dystopian fiction would be in despair or happy they 'called it', and take aim at #calledit culture.

Episode 14: The Handmaid's Tale and #calledit culture

In this episode, Anna and Maiy are joined by friend of the internet, and pop-culture expert CJ Josh to discuss the netflix series 13 Reasons Why. [Trigger warning: suicide, rape]  And then, in the second segment, we discuss our own teenage experiences, including Anna's A+ beauty advice of not microwaving your head.

Episode 13: 13 Reasons Why and teenage dreams

In this week's episode, Anna and Maiy discuss the whirlwind 24 hours in global politics where James Comey, FBI Director until his recent firing by President Trump, gave his Senate inquiry testimony into Russian hacking, while Jeremy Corbyn took the UK election by storm becoming the biggest winner of the UK election -- without actually winning it.  Then in our second segment, reflecting on our enjoyment of Comey/Corbyn, we discuss politics as entertainment.

Episode 12: Comey, Corbyn and politics as entertainment

Jimmy Fallon

Stephen Colbert

In this week's episode, Anna and Maiy discuss the changing fortunes of Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert's respective late-night shows. Once the new King of Late Night, since the change in US President, Stephen Colbert has taken the mantle as #1.  And then, in our second segment, we discuss what 'apolitical' even means, and how the term 'political' is often mistaken for the 'partisan'.

Episode 11: Stephen Colbert vs Jimmy Fallon and what does apolitical even mean?

In this episode, Anna and Maiy discuss Snatched, a buddy comedy starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn about a mother and daughter trying to escape their kidnappers while on holiday in Ecuador.  And then in the second segment, we talk about female-led comedy more generally, discussing our favourite movies from Bad Teacher to Bad Neighbours 2, to romantic comedy classics like When Harry Met Sally and My Best Friend's Wedding, to why we think Julia Louis-Drefyus is an absolute boss.

Episode 10: Snatched and funny women

Join Maiy and Anna for a fortnightly chat about movies, music and books - what they mean to us, and what they mean to our society and culture.

In this episode, Anna and Maiy discuss the Royal Announcement That Wasn't: how Buckingham Palace calling a staff meeting lead to rampant speculation of royal deaths and the rather anticlimactic announcement that Prince Philip was retiring from public duty.  And then in the second segment, we talk about the British Royal Family more generally. Anna discusses her hopes for Prince Harry to be the one who is 'winning at Prince-ing', and they both discuss why neither want Prince Charles to abdicate to let Prince William be King.

Episode 9: The royal announcement that wasn't and the royal family

In this episode, Anna and Maiy are joined by Eleri Harris to discuss the latest podcast from the folks who made This American Life and Serial: S-Town. (Be warned though: if you haven't listened to S-Town yet, give this episode a miss as we discuss the podcast in its entirety and spoil everything.)  Then, in our second segment, we're supposedly talking about ethics in journalism. Instead, Anna rips in to the Missing Richard Simmons podcast, while Maiy and Eleri rescue the segment and actually discuss ethics in journalism.  Disclosure statement: The Missing Richard Simmons podcast was part-financed by First Look Media. First Look Media also own The Nib, Eleri Harris' employer. The Nib and Eleri Harris had no involvement in the production of the Missing Richard Simmons podcast.

Episode 8: S-Town and ethics in storytelling

In this episode, Anna and Maiy discuss the 20th anniversary of the best year of 90s music: 1997. From terrible/excellent 90s pop, to Britpop, the rise of Radiohead and the fall of Oasis, join us for a trip down memory lane.  And then in our second segment, we discuss nostalgia more generally, reminisce about some of our favourite 90s pop culture moments and make some predictions.  BONUS: check out our respective 1997 spotify playlists - The Year was 1997 (Anna) - https://open.spotify.com/user/anaphase27/playlist/4aWPXLKnsuVbJ9vYIhTfs8 The Secret Life of a 1997 tween (Maiy) - https://open.spotify.com/user/maiy-au/playlist/4ms6o9Zf80eBhZhG7P6WLa

In this episode, Anna and Maiy discuss the 20th anniversary of the best year of 90s music: 1997. From terrible/excellent 90s pop, to Britpop, the rise of Radiohead and the fall of Oasis, join us for a trip down memory lane.  And then in our second segment, we discuss nostalgia more generally, reminisce about some of our favourite 90s pop culture moments and make some predictions.  BONUS: check out our respective 1997 spotify playlists - The Year was 1997 (Anna) - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/anaphase27/playlist/4aWPXLKnsuVbJ9vYIhTfs8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/user/anaphase27/playlist/4aWPXLKnsuVbJ9vYIhTfs8</a> The Secret Life of a 1997 tween (Maiy) - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/maiy-au/playlist/4ms6o9Zf80eBhZhG7P6WLa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/user/maiy-au/playlist/4ms6o9Zf80eBhZhG7P6WLa</a>

Episode 7: The music of 1997 and nostalgia

In this episode, Anna and Maiy are joined by Ebony Bennett to talk about the eighth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise, the Fate of the Furious. We do spoil the movie, but if you're spoiler sensitive about the Fast and the Furious then maybe painfully obvious storylines aren’t your thing.  And then in our second segment, Maiy and Ebony discuss the halcyon days of 80s and 90s action movies while Anna goes and makes a cup of tea.  For all you Die Hard fans, check out the Die Hard song on YouTube (Ebony promises it will be life changing) &gt; https://youtu.be/OTyw6cq86kY

In this episode, Anna and Maiy are joined by Ebony Bennett to talk about the eighth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise, the Fate of the Furious. We do spoil the movie, but if you're spoiler sensitive about the Fast and the Furious then maybe painfully obvious storylines aren’t your thing.  And then in our second segment, Maiy and Ebony discuss the halcyon days of 80s and 90s action movies while Anna goes and makes a cup of tea.  For all you Die Hard fans, check out the Die Hard song on YouTube (Ebony promises it will be life changing) &gt; <a href="https://youtu.be/OTyw6cq86kY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/OTyw6cq86kY</a>

Episode 6: The Fate of the Furious and the golden era of action movies

In this episode, Anna and Maiy talk about Riverdale, the CW show loosely based on the Archie and Jughead comic book characters, what we liked and disliked, and why is Luke Perry playing the father of teenage children?  And then in our second segment, inspired by the very different financial circumstances each of the Riverdale gang find themselves in, we reflect on times in our lives where we've been in different income brackets to our own friendship groups.

Episode 5: Riverdale and different income brackets

In this week's episode, Anna and Maiy talk about House of Cards only four years late (and yes, we do spoil seasons 1-4), and generally refresh everyone's memories of the show in the lead up to the release of season five on May 31.  And then in our second segment, we consider the assertion that 'class is a material condition not an identity', and ponder whether Harry Potter was written by a working class single mother or a billionaire.

Episode 4: House of Cards and class

In this episode, Maiy and Anna are joined by Louise Crossman to talk about the 1992 baseball movie A League of Their Own, what it meant to us as kids, how we look at the classic film today, and how women in sport are portrayed in pop culture.  And then, inspired by the AFLW grand final, in our second segment we talk about women in sport, discussing Australia's premier women's sports leagues. pay and endorsements, and ask why there aren't time-sheets in tennis.

Episode 3: A League of Their Own and women in sport

Amanda Palmer

In this episode, Maiy and Anna talk about singer and record-breaking kickstarter fundraiser Amanda Palmer’s 2013 book The Art of Asking — a book that Anna says changed her life, and that Maiy also really enjoyed despite initially having some conflicting feelings about Amanda Palmer.  And then in the second segment, we talk about our own experiences with crowd-funders and asking for help, and discuss having a network or community of friends in which you feel like you *can* ask for help.

Episode 2: Amanda Palmer and asking for help

In the first episode of this podcast, Maiy and Anna chat about Hidden Figures. Released in Australia earlier this year, it follows three African-American female mathematicians and programmers who worked at NASA during the space race.  And then in our second segment, we conside racism in pop culture and the impact it has.

Episode 1: Hidden Figures and racism in pop culture

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