{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/fb927ae8-2bde-4284-bb5c-cc2d1b90b406/42346f87-9331-479b-993d-8d94fe7e4229?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Do You Say Cucumber In English?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/610c01e5748075001797224a/1628483944051-b06487d07ac3d95eb63153ebb02a6fbd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Hello! This week Izzy has a boatload of recommendations, including but not limited to: Why Eyes Wide Shut is the best Christmas movie; Oscar Pistorius and crazy prison wives; and why Netflix's Jack The Ripper documentary is actually a feminist text. Then it's onto the viral ELLE profile on Martin Shkreli's chaotic girlfriend, Hilaria Baldwin's embarrassing double life as a fake Spaniard, and how Shia Labeouf's DV allegations are hindering Vanessa Kirby's Oscars chances (cue: eternal conversations about art vs. the artist). Then it's onto The Cut's investigation about how JK Rowling descended from woke Twitter queen to Head TERF.</p><p>As always, rate, review, and subscribe, and we'll see you Saturday.</p><p><br></p><p>Recommendations:</p><p>Eyes Wide Shut (1999)</p><p>The Trials of Oscar Pistorius (2020)</p><p>The Ripper (2020)</p><p>The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer</p><p>The Journalist And The Pharma Bro by Stephanie Clifford for ELLE</p><p>https://www.elle.com/life-love/a35021224/martin-shkreli-christie-smythe-pharma-bro-journalist/</p><p>Who Did JK Rowling Become? by Molly Fischer in The Cut</p><p>https://www.thecut.com/article/who-did-j-k-rowling-become.html</p> ","author_name":"Isabelle Truman & Grace O'Neill"}