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The High Low
A weekly conversation between writers Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes, that covers highbrow and lowbrow culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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152 EpisodenTHE HIGH LOW FINALE
It’s here! Expect many tears, intense nostalgia, beautiful letters from our listeners and a big ole dose of DJ CJ to celebrate the last four glorious...
An Author Special with Graham Norton - And Some News
We are so thrilled to have the one and only Graham Norton on today's episode, talking all about his new novel, Home Stretch, his favourite celebrities...
Maggi's Mary Wollstonecraft, Princess Diana and A Plunge Into The Christmas Ads
Brace yourself: Emily in Paris is back for a second series. More importantly: the Christmas ads have dropped! We discuss some of them, and why a great...
Election Gaffes, Celebrity Truth-Tellers & The Undoing
What a week to be alive! We discuss some of the many ridiculous things that have happened, mainly on the television, during this last monumental week,...
No Nut November, National Sandwich Day, and an Author Special with Otegha Uwagba on Whites
Are you familiar with No Nut November? Move over Movember, there's a slightly queasy new internet challenge in town. Also today, we discuss whether a...
The Southern Charm of Matthew McConaughey; Free School Meals; & The Web Server That Slows Down Information Overload
From a naturally green puppy called Pistachio, to a charming and surprising memoir by Matthew McConaughey, this week is your usual mixed bag -- includ...
Cow Hugging, Daddy by Emma Cline & An Exclusive Clip from Joan & Jericha
Today we discuss a love story in Venice, the new "wellness" trend of cow hugging, Matt Hancock's personal app (???) and listeners tell us what they th...
Progressive Penguins, Emily in Paris, & What Makes A Good Deed?
We continue our conversation about sharing grief in the aftermath of a still birth or miscarriage, with a special contribution from the grief psychoth...
Grief Around Miscarriage, The Social Dilemma & The Phrases Dying Out With Gen Z
We discuss Chrissy Teigen's social media posts about the death of her baby Jack, and the judgement around public grief. Also today, we dissect a list...
Pandemic friendships, and how to mend a broken heart
This year has seen even our closest friendships turn into long-distance ones; what is the impact - and the thought spirals - of your A-list friends be...
A Plunge Into The Body Politics and Choice Feminism of An Instagram Age
Doll's Polls is back, with a strange fact about what heterosexual women most look for, in a man. A handsome face? A tight tush? Nope -- quite frankly,...
The Joy of A Buffet, Zadie Smith's Lockdown Essays & Ofcom's Diversity Problem
In today's episode we discuss news of the telly: decade-defining reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, is ending after 20 seasons; US soap Th...
Revising Our Thoughts on Gwyneth Paltrow, Dettol's Dubious 'Back To Work' Ads & The Best of Garage (Sort Of)
We reminisce over garage music (without being entirely sure what officially defines a garage track), discuss the dicey new Dettol ad that's got everyo...
Selling Sunset, Gendered Care Work & How Often Do YOU Clear Out Your Pants Drawer?
We back! And it's the old mixed bag of content: from grubby gussets to bathroom-heavy mansions in WeHo, via a revisitation of our noughties book shelv...
Wiley’s Anti-Semitism, Kiley Reid’s Such A Fun Age & An Author Special w/ Nesrine Malik
It’s our last episode of the season - and boy, do we have a bumper episode for you. In this week’s show we discuss what Twitter’s failure to suspend W...
Lockdown Sexscapades & Friendship in Old Age
We dig further into the cultural conversation around parenting, courtesy of masses of feedback from our listeners on last week's ep and a thoughtful p...
A Deep Dive Into The Child-Free Vs Motherhood Dialogue
Today we discuss how motherhood and child-free women are culturally discussed and pitted against one another, referencing podcasts, a journalistic ser...
On Why We Shouldn't Look For Relatability in Celebs & An Interview with Adam Kay about Dear NHS
The pubs have opened; but why is the beauty sector still in lockdown? Also today, we discuss the slew of videos of children interrupting their parents...
The Glastonbury That Never Was; & Ruby Tandoh on The Art of Quitting
Wishing you were at Glastonbury? Get stuck into Zing Tseng's piece, instead. Ruby Tandoh reads us an excerpt of her beautiful piece on quitting, and w...
The Madness of 2020 Can Be Summed Up In Lynx Africa's Marmite Edition
Mmmm get that yeasty pong. Today we recall the wisdom of Zadie Smith, chat more about the jaw-dropping drama that is Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You...
Lockdown Sex, I May Destroy You, and Rhik Samadder's I Never Said I Loved You
In today's episode, we discuss the findings on Sex In Lockdown: Keep Shagging And Carry On; the astounding work that is Michaela Coel's I May Destroy...
After The Hashtags
We discuss online vs offline behaviour, when it comes to social change; and why historical progress has long relied on the removal of monuments. Also...
Anti-Racism Resources & An Author Special with Candice Brathwaite
This week’s episode is focused on the resources we can access to educate ourselves on racism. These lists are not exhaustive but may provide a startin...
Why Moments of Insanity Are Part of Keeping Sane; And The Worrying Increase in Lockdown Mullets
Did you know there is a word in German for 'social distancing whilst wearing swimming pool noodles as a hat'? We're sceptical, but charmed.
As t...
'Seksbuddies', Robert Pattinson's pasta & information overload
It's a pot noodle of an episode this week. From our favourite pandemic stories around the globe - selected especially to cheer you up - to a bunch of...
Cottagecore, Covidism & Other Lockdown Theories; Plus, An Author Special with Samantha Irby
Today we discuss the surprising lockdown sales boom, an animal fact and a few new pandemic lifestyle theories. Just another episode of The High Low, t...
Are Your Book Shelves A Reflection of Your Character - Or Your Curiosity?
This week we discuss what your books on your bookshelf say about you, the new lockdown lingo (are you drinking furlough merlot?), whether lockdown tel...
The Micro-Trends of Lockdown & The Wonder That Is The Quarantucci
Thank you for bearing with us. We weren't able to bring you an episode last week for personal reasons, but we will try and make it up to you today - s...
An Author Special with Holly Bourne & The Problem With Tiger King
It's Week 4 of lockdown and we hope all you cats and kittens are doing okay. Sorry - blame Carole Baskin. We've been watching Tiger King and eesh, do...
An Extra Easter Treat & The Return of Ask The High Low
It's been a rough few weeks so we thought we'd bring you an extra episode for the long Easter weekend. Lots more culture reccs and more thoughts on lo...
A Bumper Back To School Special
What a time to be alive. It feels like we've all aged a decade since our last episode under 4 months ago.
Today we discuss lockdown life - what...
A Christmas Special with Joan and Jericha
Oodles of cracker jokes, festive Dolls polls, jolly songs and weird Christmas facts; and Dolly pays a snowy visit to everyone’s favourite filthy agony...
Does A Slogan Tee Have The Power To Offend?
The High Low has launched merch! Roll up, roll up: berets, sweaters, t-shirts, tote bags and notepads are on sale at www.thehighlowshop.com and 10% of...
Why Mental Health Is Nothing To Do With Wellness, with Author Bella Mackie
We talk perineum sunning, Christmas tree erection, global idioms and polygraphs. And we host the journalist and author of Jog On: How Running Saved My...
What Women Want: The Rise and Fall of Victoria's Secret
This week we discuss the party leaders Question Time, the tragic murder of Grace Millane (and what we have learned and still need to learn about BDSM)...
What Was He Thinking? Prince Andrew's Car Crash Interview
Dolly goes wild for Rod's railway, whilst Pandora decides to spend her upcoming maternity leave at the world's first vagina museum. Plus: Gregg's diet...
Megan Phelps-Roper On Leaving The Westboro Baptist Church, AKA 'America's Most Hated Family'
We talk about rapper T.I.'s incredibly creepy confession that he gets his teenager daughter's hymen checked every year, what 'shitposting' really mean...
Obama on Wokeness & Our Love for Modern Love <3
This week we discuss Snapchat dysmorphia, the data-collection of period-tracking apps and why Dolly wants to shag Autumn. Also today we discuss Obama'...
Soft Ghosting, Driving Lessons & An Author Special with Louise Callaghan on The Zookeeper That Defied ISIS
We've got facts about sloths, sea turtles and rats that drive cars. We also discuss the new terms we've learned this week - 'soft ghosting' and 'gradu...
It's An Omnishambles! Our Fave New Words To Be Added To The OED
We discuss Extinction Rebellion, Meghan and Harry's African tour documentary for ITV and Deborah Orr, the brilliant journalist who sadly died this wee...