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Ruchira’s birthday week has been huge for us personally and for the news and content cycle, so we’re back as always with your Friday dose of discourse.

Beth’s away in Amsterdam, but she’s left us with plenty to mull over…

Firstly, Kathryn Turner and her delicious cookies have been all over our feeds. For the uninitiated M&S (and their now viral Director of Product Development) have released a new cookie flavour, which in turn has unleashed a cookie frenzy across the UK. In the cost of living crisis - are sweet treats our last vestiges of joy and are we using them as substitutes for community and life milestones? And we consider what review culture has done for independent businesses - are we even able to think for ourselves any more?!

Secondly… ring the terrible celebrity advent calendar alarm because Skims has released their offering for the 2026 festive season, featuring what can only be described as tat that you’d find down the back of your sofa. When will we learn that brands really don’t care about us?

We will also be talking about the trial and conviction of Russell Brand who has been sentenced to ten years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault. How was he enabled by noughties culture and how do we feel in the wake of the verdict? That item will be the last topic on this episode and it will include discussion of rape and sexual assault, if you need to leave us there to protect your mental health, please do.

As always, thank you for supporting the podcast. Make sure you’re subscribed on your podcast player, drop us a review and follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Substack. We’ll be back next week for Beth’s review of The History of Concrete! We love ya! O, R, B x

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RUCHIRA FOR EIC SUBSTACK: Everything I Learned This Year
BLUE FONDUE THEATRE
BLUE VELVET
BLACK DOVES
WAR
ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL
PHU TRONG The Continued Rise of “Little Treat Culture”
PARADE People Are Calling Kim Kardashian’s Latest Drop the ‘Fyre Festival of Advent Calendars’
KEMI ALEMORU Russell Brand and the ugly afterlife of 00s excess
DEBORAH FRANCES WHITE
SKY NEWS Comedian Lucy Beaumont fears she may no longer work on TV after being whistleblower on Walliams
THEATRE 503 - Mortal Sin
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Hello EICustomer Service Robots…

The three little ladies who live in your dad’s Facebook feed are back again… and we’re here to bring you all our impeccable takes and belated spooky season recommendations.

Are you concerned about your parents’ screen time? Are boomers the new iPad generation? How do we respond to the older generation falling deeper into their feeds - and is it our responsibility to police their algorithms?

We also really thought we’d be done with Traitors chat by now, but last week James Acaster served us with a twist which we never would have expected… we discuss why we should be speaking more about the representation of neurodivergence on screen.

And, unfortunately, the change of seasons is upon us. We want to know: when is it okay to defrost Buble? Have you put your heating on? And what colour is November? Let us know in the DMs and Spotify comments.

Love you loads, make sure you’ve followed us, subscribed to the review, left a review and we’ll see you next week. O, R, B x

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WIDOWS BAY
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EVERYTHING IS CONTENT Makeovers - A Deep Dive
BLUE PLANET III
NY MAG The Adult Children Cleaning Up Their Parents' Feeds
EIC SUBSTACK The Traitors Finale, Rage Bait & The Empathy Crisis
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Hello EICreepy Crawlies…

This week on the podcast… Jennifer Lawrence has joined Instagram, and guess what ?! - she has a product to sell us! We discuss the entrepreneurification of everyone - why does every celebrity have a product that they claim will change our lives? And why do we keep buying them?

Next, we love gay Halloween - or do we?! We take a look at some of the celeb Halloween looks we’ve seen so far this spooky season and yearn back for a time when Halloween was more than just an opportunity for “content”.

And who do you think will be Amelia Dimoldenberg’s final chicken shop date? We’re starting a sweepstake - DM us or comment on Spotify with your guesses.

As always, we’ve got loads of recommendations that we’ve been loving which should help you keep the SAD away - from sexy baskets to vitamin D spray, there’s something for everyone. AND we celebrate the trailer drop for the first instalment of Beth’s upcoming YA series!!!

We love you - make sure you’re following us on Instagram, TikTok and Substack - and please do leave a review if you enjoy the show. We’ll see you next week - stay spooky! O, R, B xxx

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BETH MCCOLL - Girl, Unfiltered
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YOUTH
IT GETS WORSE
SUZANNE COLLINS - The Hunger Games
THE CUT - Jennifer Lawrence Hopes You Won’t Hate Her New Project
RIDE WITH BENITO SKINNER AND MARY BETH BARONE
CHICKEN SHOP DATE
THE CELEBRITY TRAITORS
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Pop open the EIChampagne - we have the best news ever for you hehehehehe!!!

This week we’ve all been loving the big news from Oenone HQ - and no, it’s not that she has been double fisting aliens on her way to New York.

Today, we’re going to fill you in on all the week’s headlines, including unrest in France, the trial of Russell Brand and rumours surrounding the Celeb Traitors cast.

From 6th November, Porn showing choking or incest will be banned in the UK. We discuss the impact of the ban and why some people are questioning how effective it may be.

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion show returned this week - featuring Kylie Jenner in a $50 million bra. Why do we feel so drawn to the VS show? And how has Victoria’s Secret managed to shake off controversy of the past? And in other Kardashian news, Khloe Kardashian’s brand has been caught up in some niche nano-influencer drama.

Stay tuned until the end of the podcast to hear the big news - we’re all giddy with excitement!

Love you loads, make sure you’ve followed us, subscribed to the review, left a review and we’ll see you next week. O, R, B x

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JON RONSON - Offline with Jon Favreau

JON RONSON - So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

PROJECT HAIL MARY

DISCLOSURE DAY

RUSSELL T DAVIES - The Adam Buxton Show

MULHOLLAND DRIVE

THE GUARDIAN Pornography with strangulation and incest to be banned in England and Wales next month

EVERYTHING IS CONTENT - Porn: A Deep Dive

GINA MARTIN ON VICTORIA’S SECRET

OENONE FORBAT Bad Influence

REDDIT: The Good American Pop Up
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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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