Culture Bunker: Russian Doll S2, Let’s Eat Grandma, Steve Coogan in Chivalry and more with guest KATHRYN WILLIAMS

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🗓️ 23 April 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Pop culture polemic with guests folk-pop-chanson visionary Kathryn Williams and journo Jude Rogers, whose new book The Sound Of Being Human shows how music hardwires our brains. Will Russian Doll Season 2 match its timewarping predecessor? Steve Coogan’s Chivalry sails close to the #MeToo wind. Smart female-powered pop from Let’s Eat Grandma… and a lot more Hear all the music on our rolling playlists. Spotify: https://bit.ly/CultBunk Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/1aea7525-7891-4a88-8474-a08c45ea064b Jude’s book The Sound Of Being Human: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-sound-of-being-human-how-music-shapes-our-lives/9781474622929 “I thought I was the first teenager to write songs, read Oscar Wilde and listen to The Smiths in cemeteries” – Kathryn Williams “Elbow patches at literary events are my niche porn.” – Kathryn Williams “Chaise Longue is the Culture Bunker’s unofficial anthem.” – Sian Pattenden “I didn’t hate Chivalry, but it made me feel quite… tired. It got me an hour closer to death.” – Kathryn Williams Presented by Siân Pattenden and Alex Andreou. Producer Jelena Sofronijevic with Elina Ganatra. Audio production by Alex Rees. Theme music: ‘Bunker Theme (Juntos Mix)’ by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. The Culture Bunker is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:31.2	songwriter an all-round creative hot house Catherine Williams
1:35.2	and time loop chaos we watch season two of Natasha Leone's Russian doll on Netflix
1:42.2	plus we listen to two ribbons, the third album by Let's Eat Grandma,
1:46.0	and contemplate Steve Coogan and Sarah Solomoni's Me Too Comedy Chivalry on Channel 4.
1:52.0	And we have the best songs of all time.
1:55.0	All this on today's culture bunker. Welcome to the Culture Bunker. Let's say hello to our first guest.
2:14.3	Catherine Williams is a Mercury Prize nominated musician who's released 11 full-length
2:19.7	albums since 1999 and collaborated with John Martin, Thea Gilmore, Laura Barnett,
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