35: Robot Wars

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11/02/21 • 91 min

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Louis brings forth one of his childhood (and mid 20's) favourites, the BBC (and Channel 5) series Robot Wars, where people put their metallic and robotic creations to the test in a series of fights until there can be only one. Louis details his many reasons why the show brought him much joy. He even finds a way to settle some old emotional scores with some of the more controversial moments on the show.
Louis also blesses/curses us with multiple impersonations, and even, in keeping with the show being discussed, some poems.

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34: Elliot Smith - Elliot Smith

In this episode, Kate talks about her all time favourite song contained on the eponymous album from Elliott Smith. Louis shows off his Celine Dion knowledge while Kate despairs about how difficult it is to play these songs on guitar. In between, we talk about the interesting song writing, DIY recording set up and the heart breaking emotion contained in this classic album.

Content warnings: During our discussion of this record, we mention the lyrical themes of some of the songs which include alcohol and substance misuse, depression, suicide, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, abuse

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36: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

*This episode contains spoilers*

Content note: Discussion of mental illness and stigma, mentions of suicide, borderline personality disorder, alcoholism and addiction

Kate and Louis discuss beloved musical-comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, it's portrayal of managing mental health and relationships, and it's razor sharp song writing. Along the way, they also talk TV ratings, fart jokes, and why Kate should give Fountains of Wayne another chance. (its because they have songs like Sink To The Bottom, which is great)

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Support if you are struggling

If you live in England, you can find your local NHS urgent mental health helpline here: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/mental-health/find-an-urgent-mental-health-helpline

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Samaritans (available 24hrs) - 116 123
The Mix (under 25s) - 0808 808 4994 (Sunday-Friday 2pm–11pm)
Papyrus HOPELINEUK (under 35s) 0800 068 4141 (weekdays 10am-10pm, weekends 2pm-10pm and bank holidays 2pm–10pm), email [email protected] or text 07786 209 697.
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) (for those who identify as male) - 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day)
SOS Suicide of Silence - 0300 1020 505 (8am to midnight every day)
Shout Crisis Text Line - Text “SHOUT” to 85258