{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67d881e66b89322b9dc2bd55/6a8f3c46d8ffec4c41fd1288?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"North West, Meghan Markle’s return and the man-child epidemic ","description":"<p>Why do so many adult men seem stuck in arrested development? We review the buzzy new novel from the “male Sally Rooney” Jem Calder, whose rom-com I Just Want You to Be Happy charts a dysfunctional age-gap relationship between a 35-year-old man-child and 23-year-old woman. Also on the show: our thoughts on the backlash to North West’s “age inappropriate” Dazed cover, Meghan Markle’s new career move, Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi’s hard launch and a possible sequel to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.</p><p><br></p><p>We’ve released a final batch of tickets to our book club on Wed 2 September! Get yours at<a href=\"https://www.tickettailor.com/events/straightupmedia/2312225\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> via Ticket Tailor</a> and order Where Are the Kings<a href=\"https://link.amazon/B08dQ4H5C\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> here</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Join us on Patreon for exclusive bonus episodes plus early access and ad-free listening at<a href=\"http://patreon.com/straightuppodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> patreon.com/straightuppodcast</a></p><p><br></p><p>Try the adaptogenic coffee that changed our lives with 20% off using code straightup at<a href=\"http://londonnootropics.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> </a><a href=\"http://londonnootropics.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">londonnootropics.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on IG ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/straightuppod/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@straightuppod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> and TikTok<a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@straightuppod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> @straightuppod</a></p><p>Find us on YouTube<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@straightupmediapod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> @straightupmediapod</a></p><p>Email at ⁠⁠hello@straightuppodcast.co.uk</p><p><br></p><p>Recs/reviews</p><p><br></p><ul><li>I Want You to be Happy, Jem Calder</li><li>I Want You to Be Happy is the excruciating millennial novel everyone will be reading this summer, The Independent</li><li>Alice and Steve, Disney Plus</li><li>Prue Leith – On leaving Bake Off and finding love again at 70, Experience is Everything</li><li>Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi’s Dating World Tour Continues in London, Vogue</li><li>North West: ‘Music is what I wanna do with my life’, Dazed</li><li>Fresh Hell, Tina Brown’s Substack</li></ul><p>.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Straight Up"}