Is "hey guys" anti-feminist?; & why we are better people than our worst joke
The High Low
The High Low
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🗓️ 1 August 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Jeremy Hunt forgot his wife's nationality; someone tried to book 6 hotel rooms at The High Low (us neither); & Dolly smashed a glass of wine all over CJ's recording equipment. Hola August: the summer madness has officially begun!
We discuss Jane Garvey's comment on Radio 4's Woman's Hour this week: that "hey guys" should not be used when a gathering includes women. Is "guys" an anti-feminist collective term; or has it evolved into unisex slang? And are there any non-gross alternatives?
Also today, we talk about comedian and talk show host Trevor Noah and his distasteful 2013 joke about aboriginal women, which has recently re-surfaced and has seen Australians boycotting his upcoming tour in Australia. Should we be allowed to evolve beyond our past (worst) jokes? And what is the role of comedy, in a post-MeToo, Trumpian world?
The High Low will be taking a summer break, so Pandora can play with her baby and Dolly can take a post-book tour breather. We'll be back on September 6th. Byeeeeeee!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 66 of The Highloat, the weekly news and pop culture podcast brought to |
| 0:21.0 | you by journalist Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes. |
| 0:24.4 | Hi, Bandy. |
| 0:25.4 | We've got a bit of an end of term feeling. |
| 0:28.2 | The Rose has been poured. |
| 0:29.6 | This is the podcast episode equivalent of the teacher putting the DVD on, I think. |
| 0:33.7 | CJ's got a peroni. |
| 0:35.2 | Coasters, please. |
| 0:36.2 | Oh, sorry. |
| 0:37.2 | Coasters. |
| 0:38.2 | Coasters. |
| 0:39.2 | It was the finale of Love Island for everyone who isn't Dolly and I went on to undercover |
| 0:43.9 | lover and unofficial Love Island podcast by the journalist Harriet Minter to discuss all |
| 0:48.4 | of the best themes, moments and thoughts of the series with the author Lucy Vine. |
| 0:53.6 | You can download on iTunes should you want to listen. |
| 0:56.8 | Danny Dyer isn't a prime time host within the next three months. |
| 0:59.6 | I will eat my cotton socks. |
| 1:01.6 | Also this week our new foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has baffled everyone by referring |
| 1:05.6 | to his Chinese wife as Japanese. |
| 1:09.6 | He must be very tired or a racist. |
| 1:12.2 | I did quite a what it is. |
| 1:13.6 | I did quite enjoy a tweet that was like to be fair our last foreign secretary regularly |
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