{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/655ce147a2b4520012ffdbe8/68fa266ef1e498e67b1a2d46?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Are We The Slop? The End of Reading & CougarTok","description":"<p>Hello EICupcakes! </p><p><br></p><p>We have a very special episode this week. Earlier this month we were blessed to do our very first live event at Cheltenham and this is everything we spoke about...</p><p><br></p><p>First-up, are we the slop? A Substack essay piqued our interest as it argued outside of AI, our special moments – engagements, pregnancies, grief – have been reduced to someone else's low quality content. </p><p><br></p><p>Secondly, are we heading for a post-literate society? Reading rates are down significantly. What do we lose if we lose reading?</p><p><br></p><p>Finally, welcome to CougarTok – a new world for 30-somethings dating men in their 20s and *loving* it. </p><p><br></p><p>TYSM for listening, love R, O, B xxxxxx</p><p><br></p><p>In collaboration with <a href=\"https://www.cuepodcasts.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cue Podcasts.</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/81749776\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Beckham doc</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-of-the-post-literate-society-aa1?r=1ucxow&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;triedRedirect=true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The dawn of the post-literate society</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/relationships/a68871202/millennial-women-gen-z-boyfriends-cougartok/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘He has this crazy passion for me’: The millennial women of CougarTok on their 20-something boyfriends</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.afterbabel.com/p/we-are-the-slop\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">We Are The Slop</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Beth, Ruchira & Oenone"}