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Hello EICrooks and criminals!

This week on the podcast we start by discussing the Industry finale- what did we think and what are we hoping for from its upcoming final season?

Then we turn to global politics as influencers in Dubai chronicle missile strikes. Are crying videos from luxury apartments the ultimate in Western obliviousness or are we being too harsh? Plus: is OpenAI's sinister new deal with the U.S. Department of Defence enough to get people to #QuitGPT?

In Hollywood news: Who cloned Jim Carrey? What's the story, where did these rumours come from and what does it say about our collective brain power that people are asking if it's true?

We also discuss the audacity of 49-year old cinema-legend and generational hottie Maggie Gyllenhaal to visibly age. How have we gotten to a place in the culture where a woman NOT getting a $200K face-lift is the more controversial choice?

Plus Beth and Oenone have some choice words for SNL.

Thank you so much to Cue podcasts for the edit.

We hope you enjoy! B, O, R x

Oenone's been loving The Bride and Small Prophets.
Beth's been loving We Might Regret This & Shrill with a special mention to Detectorists.

BBC iPlayer - Industry
Substack - Empty Ambition by Brendon Holder
The Watch - Konrad Kay & Mickey Down
GOV.UK - United Arab Emirates
The Rest Is Entertainment - Dubai Influencers vs Iran
The Guardian - Quit ChatGPT: right now!
Cracked - Jim Carrey's Publicist Finally Addresses The Clone Rumors
Fastcompany - What to know about the 'everyone is 12' theory
Substack - Ah shit! We let pedophiles decide our beauty standards by Jameela Jamil
Mamamia - Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jim Carrey, and the ageing conversation we're too afraid to have.
Oenone's Substack - Carrie, Bridget & me
The Guardian - I was at the Baftas - and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC
BBC - SNL criticised for 'hurtful' Tourette's sketch
Netflix - I Swear (airing in the UK from Tuesday 10th March)
The News Agents podcast
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Ciao EIChin-waggers,

This week we're asking a tough question: should we shut the f up when it comes to telling partners our friends' info? Editor and writer Hannah Ewens argued for this very thing in a Vogue piece titled 'Please, Stop Telling Your Partner My Secrets'.

Thank you for listening and please do argue, agree or discourse us in the Spotify comments. We love to keep the conversations going...

Love O,R,B xxx
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Hello EICulture Vultures. Our gorgeous Beth is ill this week, everyone say get well soon Beth!

So we were all rooting for this new Netflix documentary series to give us an unfiltered and balanced look into the unbelievably problematic world of America’s Next Top Model. The question is…did it?

So for anyone who hasn’t watched it, Netflix released “Reality Check: America’s Next Top Model” on the 16th of February, and in three separate hour-long episodes it dives into the creation of the show which was hosted by Tyra Banks and then briefly Rita Ora, the many scandals that happened during its 24 seasons- or cycles, as the show called them- and how it all fell apart. We hear from many former contestants, as well as former judges J “Miss J” Alexander and Nigel Barker, and creative director on set Jay Manuel. But most controversially, Tyra Banks also appears and has her say- something people are having a lot of feelings about, and which we will get into.

More TV news! A new limited series from Ryan Murphy's anthology franchise has captured the minds and hearts of the internet, myself included, it documents the intense, whirlwind romance and subsequent tragic marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. played by Paul Anthony Kelly and Carolyn Bessette played by Sarah Pidgeon, Based on Elizabeth Beller's book Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, the show explores their rise as a 1990s "It Couple" while highlighting the immense, often suffocating pressure of fame, paparazzi, and legacy. We give our thoughts!

Thank you so much to Cue podcasts for the edit.

We hope you enjoy! O, R, B x

Ruchira's been loving : Alysa Liu, There Will Be Blood

Oenone's been loving: Derry GIrls, Museum Of Pop Culture with Josh Widdicombe

We were all rooting for Tyra Banks to give us some answers – but this America’s Next Top Model documentary gaslights its audience

Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model review – Tyra Banks comes across terribly in this exposé

Love Story Is Doing Daryl Hannah Dirty

Secrets And Lies

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Happy Hump day EICrunchies! So last week an Instagram post by a child-free creator went semi-viral. The post explored the perspective of its child-free creator (Danni Duncan) and many other child-free people who have felt sad when a friendship has changed following a mate having a baby, and want spaces to express that freely. In the visuals for the post she writes:

"I know your kids come first but I still believe friendship should go both ways so that makes me selfish. I understand you’re busy but I still hope to hear from you, so that makes me needy. I don’t expect the same time as before but I do hope for some effort, so that makes me unrealistic. I miss our friendship and I’ll say that out loud, so that makes me difficult. Or maybe I’m not a horrible friend. Maybe I just believe friendship should survive life changes. And that both people deserve to be seen.”

And we wanted to discuss this- with your help. We ask: is it fair for CF women to express their sadness when a friend has a baby? Is it on mothers to cross the divide or should those of us without kids do the heavy lifting? Are some friendships just seasonal? And where on EARTH are the dads in all this?

Thank you all SO much for your takes on this- as empathetic, thoughtful and considered as ever. We luuuuurve being in conversation with you all. O, R, B x

Links:
Danni's post
Danni's follow up post
Waterstones - Lessons from a Default Parent by Lou Beckett
Psychology Today - The Ring Theory

Book recs from listeners:
Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
So Thrilled For You by Holly Bourne
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Good morrow EICinephiles!

Apparently there's a new film out atm? Some kind of rom-com thing starring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie?

J.K. We've come home, let us in your windows i.e. your headphones. It's time to discuss the most divisive film of 2026 (and yes, we know it's only February). It's our bumper Wuthering Heights special.

Join us on horseback as we ride through the film and share our takes before disembarking and take a promenade through the wild discourse of the film. We end with a balanced investigation into Emerald Fennell and how she became one of the most divisive filmmakers of our time.

Thank you for listening and let us know your hot takes in the comments. Do you disagree with any of us? We'd love to know below!

In partnership with Cue Podcasts.

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This week Oenone reccomended Wuthering Heights (the book). Beth loved Lord of the Rings and How To Get to Heaven From Belfast. Ruchira loved Sorry Baby and A Little Bit Fruity's episode with Ashley St Clair.

Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights review – Emerald Fennell’s astonishingly bad adaptation is like a limp Mills & Boon

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