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Is Ambition Overrated?
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Isabelle is back from Africa where she had an obnoxiously luxe few weeks (and met a racist named Lindy). We talk Elizabeth Holmes - the scandal everyone can't seem to get enough of. And in the wake of another ambition-gone-wrong tale, we question: Is ambition overrated? And are we working ourselves to death out of fear not doing so is going to let the feminist side down? Plus, a deep-dive on the Madeline McCann documentary.
Read:
On Michael Jackson by Margo Jefferson
https://www.booktopia.com.au/on-michael-jackson-margo-jefferson/prod9781783784202.html
Adele by Leila Slimani
https://www.booktopia.com.au/adele-leila-slimani/prod9780571331956.html
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/everything-i-know-about-love-9780241982105
The Argument podcast
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-new-york-times/the-argument
To Live and Die In LA podcast (2019)
https://www.radio.com/media/podcast/live-and-die-la
Us (2019) by Jordan Peele
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6857112/
'The Ending of 'Us' Explained' by Grace O'Neill for ELLE.com.au
https://www.elle.com.au/culture/us-movie-ending-explained-20150
New York Times' The Daily Podcast: 'How New Zealand Banned Assault Rifles in 7 Days'
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/podcasts/the-daily/new-zealand-gun-ban.html
Pandora Sykes' for The Times: 'Is an Obsession With Achievement Holding You Back?'
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fomog-fear-missing-out-goals-is-obsession-achievement-holding-you-back-x3l06dmnp
The Ambition Collision by Lisa Miller for The Cut
https://www.thecut.com/2017/09/what-happens-to-ambition-in-your-30s.html
The Dropout podcast (2019)
http://abcradio.com/podcasts/the-dropout/
The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) by Alex Gibney and HBO
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8488126/
'The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann' (2019) on Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/title/80194956
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