{"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/74a002f2-38fa-4179-904d-1e03ee93d637?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Cottagecore, Covidism & Other Lockdown Theories; Plus, An Author Special with Samantha Irby","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9ffa71a8cbe89e33cf086/61bb1bdd57f5d700129b9bac.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Today we discuss the surprising lockdown sales boom, an animal fact and a few new pandemic lifestyle theories. Just another episode of The High Low, then.</p><p><br></p><p>We also ring up Samatha Irby in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to discuss her hilarious new essay&nbsp;collection (a joy for anxiety-ridden times) wow, no thank you.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>E-mail&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"mailto:thehighlowshow@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>thehighlowshow@gmail.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Tweet @thehighlowshow</strong></p><p><strong>Shop at&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"http://www.thehighlowshop.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.thehighlowshop.com</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;- 100% of profits go to charity (currently Women's&nbsp;Aid and the COVID-19 NHS Urgent Appeal)</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links</strong></p><p>wow, no thank you, by Samantha Irby - out now</p><p>I've craved a slower pace of&nbsp;life - and want to make it&nbsp;permanent, a Dear Mariella column for The Guardian&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/may/10/i-have-craved-a-slower-pace-of-life-and-want-to-make-it-permanent-mariella-frostrup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/may/10/i-have-craved-a-slower-pace-of-life-and-want-to-make-it-permanent-mariella-frostrup</a></p><p>The lockdown dick margin, by Lauren Bravo for Refinery29&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/bad-temper-lockdown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/bad-temper-lockdown</a></p><p>The buzz of big cities is losing out to cottagecore, by India&nbsp;Knight for The&nbsp;Sunday Times&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-what-is-the-point-of-cities-with-no-buzz-h532fgnjd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-what-is-the-point-of-cities-with-no-buzz-h532fgnjd</a></p><p>My sister died of coronavirus. She needed care, but her life was not disposable. By Rory Kinnear for The&nbsp;Guardian&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/12/rory-kinnearsister-protect-vulnerable-coronavirus-rory-kinnear\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/12/rory-kinnearsister-protect-vulnerable-coronavirus-rory-kinnear</a></p><p>Things need me, by Charles Simic https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-gZk4jkFP/?igshid=cerd2jisw0n4</p><p>As isolation drags on, I've found myself wanting to be a friend to myself, by Emma Jane Unsworth for Grazia, issue published May 5th</p><p>Tayari Jones on Open Book&nbsp;<a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/books-and-authors/id331296649?i=1000474155261\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/books-and-authors/id331296649?i=1000474155261</a></p><p>Cate Blanchett on WTF&nbsp;<a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast/id329875043?i=1000474214665\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast/id329875043?i=1000474214665</a></p><p>Laura Marling on The Adam Buxton podcast&nbsp;<a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast/id1040481893?i=1000474168608\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast/id1040481893?i=1000474168608</a></p><p>Steve Martin on Fresh Air&nbsp;<a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fresh-air/id214089682?i=1000474020262\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fresh-air/id214089682?i=1000474020262</a></p><p>Run, on Sky Atlantic and Now TV</p>","author_name":"Pandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton"}