Heartstopper Special with Alice Oseman

Homo Sapiens

Christopher Sweeney

Relationships, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Arts

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

‘Heartstopper’ is the new Netflix show that’s got you ALL talking, so we just had to chat to the creator Alice Oseman about how she brought her graphic novel to the screen with a brilliant cast of actors and fellow creators. We talk about how identifying as Aromantic & Asexual gives Alice a unique perspective on young love, whether she likes the label that the show has acquired of “the anti-Euphoria”, and why representation on screen matters more now than ever - Chris x

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0:42.0	Listeners, I'm sitting in my garden.
0:45.0	It feels lovely and sunny.
0:46.0	I feel like I'm on holiday from Honest.
0:48.0	Which is very apt because I've got some more holiday reading for you.
0:52.0	This episode of Homo sapient is sponsored by Better Left Unsaid from Toothial Ahmed,
0:57.0	author of the acclaimed novel This Way Out.
1:00.0	Better Left Unsaid is about three siblings navigating life after their mother's death.
1:04.0	They're all living separate lives trying to live up to their last promises they each made to their mother.
1:09.0	Until a viral news piece throws an unwanted spotlight on the family and forces the siblings back into each other's lives.
1:16.0	Three siblings, three promises, three lifetimes of saying all the wrong things.
1:20.0	Gosh, it feels familiar.
1:22.0	I'll leave it at that for now. It's a really good read.
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