Everything Is Content

Happy Wednesday EICuties! This week it's something a little bit special- Everything Is Content went on tour! For this week's midweek episode we went to Sadler's Wells East in Stratford, a brand new theatre for dance, that is (in their words) "home to everything from hip hop to ballet, rave to rhumba and kathak to krumping."For this week's content school trip we were toured around Sadler's Wells East by dance artist Liam Riddick, who talks us through the basics of ballet, Sadler's Wells' ethos, the future (and past) of dance and why the aesthetics of this dance has been so pervasive in today's wider culture.Thanks for listening! We so appreciate it! O, R, B xxxxIn collaboration with Sadler's Wells. Show notes / Further readingWelcome to Sadler's Wells East Sadler's Wells- Academy Breakin' Convention FAQsSadler's Wells - What's On Barbican - The Seagull Instagram - ModelsDoingBallet

TGIF! This week on Everything Is Content... a viral article, chaotic reality TV and rumours of yet another celebrity face lift.First up, if you've not read Chanté Joseph's mega viral Vogue article titled Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? then you've definitely seen the discourse. Julia Fox has weighed in (she says it is) and now it's our turn. We ask: what did we make of the piece, do we think this is an IRL phenomenon or strictly an online shift, and what do we think is behind it?Secondly we're back in LA LA land for a brand new series of Selling Sunset. Ruchira finished it in 3 days, Beth in 2 and we're all obsessed. We discuss the inherent toxicity of reality TV, this series' houses and whether we like seeing behind the curtain on these kind of shows.And last but not least, rumours of cosmetic surgery have been swirling around Emma Stone for the last few months and people are feeling a type of way about it. But is that fair? Can we reasonably feel disappointed when our fav female stars decide to opt out of growing older naturally or is it simply none of our business?Thank you SO much for listening this week and every week. Pleeease could you gift us a review on your podcast player app so other people can find us? We adore everyone who has already. Love O, R, B xoxoxIn partnership with Cue Podcasts.------This week Beth was not really loving Think Again by Jacqueline Wilson (though she remains a lifelong devotee and fan), Oenone was loving Zadie Smith's appearance on Adam Buxton's podcast and Ruchira was loving Rosalía's interview on Popcast and season 2 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.The New York Times - Shibboleth Vogue - Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?Substack - is having a boyfriend embarrassing now? yes and that's why we're hiding them Spotify - Call Her Daddy x Spencer Pratt Substack - I Feel Sad About Emma Stone's New Face Timestamps:15:00: Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?41:41 Selling Sunset57:37: Emma Stone's face

Hello EICuties! Due to circumstances beyond our control we were unable to release our planned episode, and so we've wound the clock back to April 2024 with a re-release of one of our favourite topics... age gap discourse and the time the internet was set alight by an essay in The Cut about a relationship between a younger woman and a slightly older man. What's our general perception of age gaps in relationships, is the tide changing and what did we think of the piece itself?Thanks so much for your understanding and don't worry- we'll be back with you on Friday as usual with some juicy new takes and topics. Rolling Stone - Aaron Taylor Johnson The Independent: There's a reason we love to talk about age gap relationships The Cut: The Case For Marrying An Older Man

We're back EICherries,We have been FLOODED with messages to review Lily Allen's album. Your wish is our command (sometimes). We dive into the raw, confessional, genre-bending – almost musical diary – where Lily narrates the breakdown of her marriage. In an emotional whiplash, we then discuss the beloved cosy rom-com series Nobody Wants This after it returned for a second series.Thank you so much for listening. Pleeease could you gift us a review on your podcast player app so other people can find us? We adore everyone who has already. Love O, R, B xoxoxIn partnership with Cue Podcasts.------This week, Oenone has been loving The Woman in Cabin 10 and A Simple Favor. Ruchira reccomended House of Dynamite and Beth has been loving the James Bond movie universe.West End Girlwest end doll (Shon Faye)BLAME MONSTER: WHO DARES TO TAKE DAVID HARBOUR'S SIDE AS LILY STRIKES AGAIN?Nobody Wants ThisDespite Its Best Efforts, Nobody Wants This Still Seems Stumped by Jewish Women

Happy Wednesday EICookies,This week we're diving into a morally ambiguous issue: can you cheat on a human partner with AI? A fascinating Cut piece spoke to several couples where one partner is simultaneously dating a chatbot. One argues she's in a poly relationship, others say it's just code... what do you think?Thanks for all of your thoughts as ever, love R,O,B xxxxIs It Cheating If It’s AI? Couples are negotiating what counts as infidelity when one partner has a ChatGPT sidepiece.

Hello EICupcakes! 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...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. Secondly, are we heading for a post-literate society? Reading rates are down significantly. What do we lose if we lose reading?Finally, welcome to CougarTok – a new world for 30-somethings dating men in their 20s and *loving* it. TYSM for listening, love R, O, B xxxxxxIn collaboration with Cue Podcasts.Victoria Beckham docThe dawn of the post-literate society‘He has this crazy passion for me’: The millennial women of CougarTok on their 20-something boyfriendsWe Are The Slop

We’ve talked about age gap relationships on the pod before... but what about wage gap relationships? For this week's extra episode we read this piece by Elle Hunt for The Guardian and asked you all at home if you had ever been in a relationship with a sizeable gap in personal wealth and earnings. As it turned out- many of you had. For some, a daydream turned total nightmare, for others a non-issue solved by communication and compatibility. We discuss the realities of mismatched earnings, the way it presents across gender divides and whether looking for a man in finance is the solution or a potentially very expensive mistake...Thank you so much for your thoughts, comments and personal stories on this topic. We love love love being In Conversation with you all. Please do give us a follow on your podcast player app and perhaps a lovely review- we want to keep making this podcast with you forever & that helps make that happen!Catch you Friday,O,R,B xoxoxLinks / Further readingUtopia For Realists by Rutger Bregman Are You In A Wage Gap Relationship? by Charley Ross

Dearest faithful EIC listeners, happy Friday, it's time for a round table discussion to dissect the biggest stories from the week.The UK’s first ever celebrity Traitors is here, following beloved series across in the US. This cohort include huge figures like Stephen Fry, Claire Balding, Jonathan Ross, Charlotte Church, Alan Carr and Nick Mohammed to name a few. The show, which was recorded earlier this year at Ardross Castle in Scotland, features 19 celebrity contestants competing for a prize of £100,000 for a charity of their choosing. We talk about whether or the beloved show is executing this new famous format.Next up, sugar daddy finances. We recently read a piece for Bustle by Camille Soheet Pesha called Even The Sugar Daddies Are Feeling The Squeeze: As costs of living climb, high earners who once had money to burn on their sex lives are cutting back.” And in the piece she explores a troubling trend where the men who were once willing and able to splash the cash on sugar babies are now struggling to keep up. Sugar dating, for anyone not aware, is a type of transactional relationship where sugar daddies, typically older and wealthier, would offer gifts and money and a better quality of life to often younger, very beautiful women who offer companionship and intimacy. We discuss our thoughts on the piece.Lastly, last year we had Brat girl summer, but the season of green might not be over yet, are we potentially having Zack Polanski autumn? The Green party has reached over 110,000 members at the time of recording, for the first time. In England and Wales the party has had over a 55% rise in membership since Polanski took over last month. Polanski has had an unconventional path to politics, previously working as an actor, hypnotherapist and mental health counsellor. And yet is proving to be one of the most effective communicators we've seen in a very long time. One of Polanksi’s slogans is ‘Let’s make hope normal again’, is this stratospheric new interest in the Green Party making us feel hopeful?We hope you enjoy listening, please do leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and a rating on Spotify or wherever you get podcasts, love, O,R,B xxRuchira's been loving: RoofmanBeth's been loving: Better ManOenone's been loving: Game Of ThronesThe Celebrity TraitorsEven The Sugar Daddies Are Feeling The SqueezeGreen Party over 100k membersThanks so much to Cue for editing this podcast.

Happy Hump Day EICrayons! This week we're diving into the ongoing rehashing of Harry Potter and whether we should all... just give it up. The conversation is based on an article titled 'Harry Potter and the deathly rehash culture', and the upcoming HBO series, audiobooks and fanfics.Thank you for all of your amazing thoughts and comments. Please give us a follow on your podcast player app and a lovely review.Catch you on the Friday episode <3 O,R,B xoxox