THE HIGH LOW FINALE
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The High Low
A weekly pop-culture / news podcast brought to you by Dolly Alderton & Pandora Sykes - the former co-hosts of The Pandolly Podcast.
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An Author Special with Graham Norton - And Some News
We are so thrilled to have the one and only Graham Norton on today's episode, talking all about his new novel, Home Stretch, his favourite c...
Maggi's Mary Wollstonecraft, Princess Diana and A Plunge Into The Christmas Ads
Brace yourself: Emily in Paris is back for a second series. More importantly: the Christmas ads have dropped! We discuss some of them, and w...
Election Gaffes, Celebrity Truth-Tellers & The Undoing
What a week to be alive! We discuss some of the many ridiculous things that have happened, mainly on the television, during this last monume...
No Nut November, National Sandwich Day, and an Author Special with Otegha Uwagba on Whites
Are you familiar with No Nut November? Move over Movember, there's a slightly queasy new internet challenge in town. Also today, we discuss...
The Southern Charm of Matthew McConaughey; Free School Meals; & The Web Server That Slows Down Information Overload
From a naturally green puppy called Pistachio, to a charming and surprising memoir by Matthew McConaughey, this week is your usual mixed bag...
Cow Hugging, Daddy by Emma Cline & An Exclusive Clip from Joan & Jericha
Today we discuss a love story in Venice, the new "wellness" trend of cow hugging, Matt Hancock's personal app (???) and listeners tell us wh...
Progressive Penguins, Emily in Paris, & What Makes A Good Deed?
We continue our conversation about sharing grief in the aftermath of a still birth or miscarriage, with a special contribution from the grie...
Grief Around Miscarriage, The Social Dilemma & The Phrases Dying Out With Gen Z
We discuss Chrissy Teigen's social media posts about the death of her baby Jack, and the judgement around public grief. Also today, we disse...
Pandemic friendships, and how to mend a broken heart
This year has seen even our closest friendships turn into long-distance ones; what is the impact - and the thought spirals - of your A-list...
A Plunge Into The Body Politics and Choice Feminism of An Instagram Age
Doll's Polls is back, with a strange fact about what heterosexual women most look for, in a man. A handsome face? A tight tush? Nope -- quit...
The Joy of A Buffet, Zadie Smith's Lockdown Essays & Ofcom's Diversity Problem
In today's episode we discuss news of the telly: decade-defining reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, is ending after 20 seasons;...
Revising Our Thoughts on Gwyneth Paltrow, Dettol's Dubious 'Back To Work' Ads & The Best of Garage (Sort Of)
We reminisce over garage music (without being entirely sure what officially defines a garage track), discuss the dicey new Dettol ad that's...
Selling Sunset, Gendered Care Work & How Often Do YOU Clear Out Your Pants Drawer?
We back! And it's the old mixed bag of content: from grubby gussets to bathroom-heavy mansions in WeHo, via a revisitation of our noughties...
Wiley’s Anti-Semitism, Kiley Reid’s Such A Fun Age & An Author Special w/ Nesrine Malik
It’s our last episode of the season - and boy, do we have a bumper episode for you. In this week’s show we discuss what Twitter’s failure to...
Lockdown Sexscapades & Friendship in Old Age
We dig further into the cultural conversation around parenting, courtesy of masses of feedback from our listeners on last week's ep and a th...
A Deep Dive Into The Child-Free Vs Motherhood Dialogue
Today we discuss how motherhood and child-free women are culturally discussed and pitted against one another, referencing podcasts, a journa...
On Why We Shouldn't Look For Relatability in Celebs & An Interview with Adam Kay about Dear NHS
The pubs have opened; but why is the beauty sector still in lockdown? Also today, we discuss the slew of videos of children interrupting the...
The Glastonbury That Never Was; & Ruby Tandoh on The Art of Quitting
Wishing you were at Glastonbury? Get stuck into Zing Tseng's piece, instead. Ruby Tandoh reads us an excerpt of her beautiful piece on quitt...
The Madness of 2020 Can Be Summed Up In Lynx Africa's Marmite Edition
Mmmm get that yeasty pong. Today we recall the wisdom of Zadie Smith, chat more about the jaw-dropping drama that is Michaela Coel's I May D...