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The High Low

A Bumper Spring Book Special

The High Low

The High Low

Society & Culture

4.89.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2019

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to the summer term, High Lowers! We recap some news and bring you a boat load of televisual, podcast and - mainly - book recommendations. Plus, Dolly falls for the ultimate whale hoax/ocean con. Enjoy.


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American Marriage, by Tarayi Jones

This is The Story of a Happy Marriage, by Ann Patchett

My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo

Bad Behaviour, by Mary Gaitskill

Trick Mirror, by Jill Tolentino

Guantanamo's Darkest Secret, by Ben Taub for The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/22/guantanamos-darkest-secret

Undercover, on BBC iPlayer

This Is Us, Series 2, on Amazon Prime

Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner: https://amzn.to/2J5VoGO

A Half-baked Idea by Olivia Potts https://amzn.to/2DH9GtZ

One Day by David Nicholls: https://amzn.to/2VBXeWA

Close To Where The Heart Gives Out by Dr Malcolm Alexander https://amzn.to/2J6y2Rp

Terrific Mother by Lorrie Moore: https://amzn.to/2WdSPWJ

How To Become a Writer by Lorrie Moore: http://www.sfuadcnf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/How-to-Become-a-Writer-Lorrie-Moore.pdf 

Fortunately With Fi and Jane: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x5pd7/episodes/downloads 

Glenda Jackson on Fresh Air: https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2019/04/23/716229468 

David Tenant does a podcast with Tina Fey: https://bit.ly/2ZNpdSz

Private Life: https://www.netflix.com/title/80168222 

Don't Think Twice: https://www.netflix.com/title/80103372

My Finest Work Yet by Andrew Bird https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/my-finest-work-yet/1449649405 

Molly Parkin on The Last Bohemians: https://www.thelastbohemians.co.uk/molly



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0:00.0

Music

0:15.0

Welcome to the Highloat, the weekly current affairs and pop culture codpast.

0:20.6

Codpiece.

0:21.6

She tried again, Pounder.

0:25.2

The weekly current affairs and pop culture podcast brought to you by Dolly Alderton and Pando

0:32.0

Ressites.

0:33.0

How's that month off?

0:34.0

We've returned after a month off that we enjoyed working on Poisonal projects.

0:39.3

Hold on.

0:40.5

Music

0:45.5

We welcome you in.

0:47.5

Music

0:55.5

Have someone been back during that for four weeks?

0:57.8

I've just had two YouTube videos paused on the exact...

1:00.8

I spent ages finding.

1:02.8

Music

1:04.4

For knowingly my segues were quite clunky.

1:06.8

Music

1:08.8

Pandoora I have some extraordinarily shocking news of personal growth that I have...

1:13.0

You don't look any taller than usual.

1:15.6

Pandoora and I have been chatting before the record for an hour and I've kept this

1:19.2

back from you because I wanted your live reaction.

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