{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/a9244999-e1b8-4ee2-b738-8b3d646d526b/5e79a15a-35e4-4306-8d9d-8a45afd64a00?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Curious Case of Mrs Hinch; & Comedy's Diversity Issue","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9ffa71a8cbe89e33cf086/61bb1bdd57f5d700129b9d03.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>It was the week of the BBC's 100 Women of the Year list, Hockney's record-breaking art sale and the story of Deke Duncan, a radio jockey playing to an audience of one (Dolly's spirit animal.)</p><p><br></p><p>On today's agenda, the 'cleanfluencer'&nbsp;phenomenon, Mrs Hinch - who has over 1.3 million IG followers and shares videos of herself cleaning. Why DO people go so potty for her? Does she offer an ordered escape from a terrifyingly messy world?</p><p><br></p><p>And we discuss Lolly Adefope's wry joke about a whitewashed comedy line-up - which escalated into a perceived 'race row' and saw Lolly cast in the role of 'Angry Black Woman.' Why is calm and valid criticism so hard for us to accept? And what does it say about diversity - or rather, the continued lack of it?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>E-mail&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"mailto:thehighlowshow@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>thehighlowshow@gmail.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Tweet us&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"mailto:thehighlowshow@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>@The High Low</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p>Mother Ship, by Francesca Segal&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116702/mother-ship/9781784742690.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116702/mother-ship/9781784742690.html</a></p><p>Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex? By Katie Julian for The Atlantic&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/</a></p><p>Popular, by Mitch Prinstein&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Popular-Finding-Happiness-Success-Relationships/dp/039956375X\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Popular-Finding-Happiness-Success-Relationships/dp/039956375X</a></p><p>BBC's 100 Women list of 2018&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46225037\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46225037</a></p><p>Tara Westover on How To Fail, with Elizabeth Day&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.acast.com/how-to-fail1/how-to-fail-tara-westover\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.acast.com/how-to-fail1/how-to-fail-tara-westover</a></p><p>When Michelle Met Oprah - Dec issue of ELLE UK&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a25007149/michelle-obama-is-still-optimistic/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a25007149/michelle-obama-is-still-optimistic/</a></p><p>Could The Palm Oil Boycott Increase Deforestation?:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://theconversation.com/palm-oil-boycott-could-actually-increase-deforestation-sustainable-products-are-the-solution-106733\" target=\"_blank\">https://theconversation.com/palm-oil-boycott-could-actually-increase-deforestation-sustainable-products-are-the-solution-106733</a></p><p>Why Young Men Need More Pornography, by Eva Wiseman:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/young-men-pornography\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/young-men-pornography</a></p><p>India Knight on Sex Education for Girls:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/india-knight-mp-jess-phillips-sex-ed-must-change-help-girls-take-ownership-bodies-97c96k5n7\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/india-knight-mp-jess-phillips-sex-ed-must-change-help-girls-take-ownership-bodies-97c96k5n7</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Homecoming on Amazon Prime:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B07FP41Z59\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B07FP41Z59</a></p><p>Lena Dunham on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/lena-dunham\" target=\"_blank\">https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/lena-dunham</a></p><p>Elizabeth Gilbert on The Ted Interview:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/elizabeth-gilbert-shows-up-for-everything/id1437306870?i=1000421929243&amp;mt=2\" target=\"_blank\">https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/elizabeth-gilbert-shows-up-for-everything/id1437306870?i=1000421929243&amp;mt=2</a>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Pandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton"}