Ciao a tutti! This week Kim and Alice are discussing the fun, Italian crime drama series, The Law According to Lidia Poët. We’re talking about the real-life multi-lingual lady lawyer, solving crimes with your sibling, and asking how much responsibility filmmakers have when depicting real historical figures? Sound Engineer: Keith NagleEditor: Keith NagleProducer: Helen Hamilton

The Law According to Lidia Poët (Series 1, 2023)

We have a special episode this week for Podcasthon 2025; Alice speaks to Christopher Clannachan from Equality Network about their incredible work for LGBTI rights and equality in Scotland, and the emotionally devastating 2022 movie, My Policeman. Find out more about Equality Network and how you can help support them at <a href="https://www.equality-network.org/support-us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.equality-network.org/support-us/</a> To find out more about Podcasthon, please visit our participant page at <a href="https://podcasthon.org/podcaster/fetch-the-smelling-salts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasthon.org/podcaster/fetch-the-smelling-salts</a> Sound Engineer: Keith NagleEditor: Keith NagleProducer: Helen Hamilton

The Fainting Couch: My Policeman (2022 Movie) ft. Christopher Clannachan from Equality Network

Join Kim and Alice as we travel back to India circa 1857 courtesy of epic historical legend, Mangal Pandey: The Rising. Back when companies had armies, dogs ate gunpowder and real men sang plot points whilst sitting on elephants. Sound Engineer: Keith NagleEditor: Helen Hamilton / Keith NagleProducer: Helen Hamilton Sources <ul><li>Mangal Pandey: Film and History; Author(s): Rochona Majumdar and Dipesh Chakrabarty; Source: Economic and Political Weekly , May 12-18, 2007, Vol. 42, No. 19 (May 12-18,2007), pp. 1771-1778</li><li>Mangal Pandey: Drug-crazed Fanatic Or Canny Revolutionary?; Author: Richard Forster; University of Hawai’i at Mānoa</li><li>Mangal Pandey: Is 'History' Important?; Author(s): Sharmistha Gooptu; Source: Economic and Political Weekly , Aug. 27 - Sep. 2, 2005, Vol. 40, No. 35 (Aug. 27 -Sep. 2, 2005), pp. 3797+3799-3800; Published by: Economic and Political Weekly</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/29/reel-history" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/29/reel-history</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/mangal-pandey-sepoy-mutiny/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thecollector.com/mangal-pandey-sepoy-mutiny/</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160829022829/http://thevoiceofnation.com/politics/chapati-movement-mysterious-chain-british-officials-1857-mutiny-rising/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160829022829/http://thevoiceofnation.com/politics/chapati-movement-mysterious-chain-british-officials-1857-mutiny-rising/</a></li></ul>

Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005 Movie)

It’s time to convene the ‘We Hate Rolf’ club and sexily tear down some flags - this week Kim and Alice are yodelling their way through the Sound of Music. We learn that while Edelweiss might be fake, the Von Trapp family singers were very real. Sound Engineer: Keith NagleEditor: Helen Hamilton / Keith NagleProducer: Helen Hamilton

The Sound of Music (1965 Movie)

We’re floating about in our nightgowns this week as Kim and Alice discuss the literature and lunacy behind The Woman in White. Everyone in the story might be deeply traumatised, but trust us, the dog is fiiiiine. Also - happy Galentine’s Day; dump your toxic partner. Sound Engineer: Keith NagleEditor: Helen Hamilton / Keith NagleProducer: Helen Hamilton

The Woman in White (2018 TV Series)

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2105829/open_sms">Send us a text</a>In this Fainting Couch special, Alice is off to the cinema with friend of the podcast Hugh Turpin to experience 2024’s saddest Christmas movie: Small Things Like These. We’re discussing national trauma, Ireland’s evolving relationship to the past, and why you should beware the Coal Hole. Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle Editor: Keith Nagle Producer: Helen Hamilton

The Fainting Couch: Small Things Like These (2024 Movie) - ft. Dr Hugh Turpin

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2105829/open_sms">Send us a text</a>This week Kim and Alice are (re)watching the ‘délicieux’ Agatha Christie classic: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas. We’re talking about locked-room mysteries, glove snobbery and the haunting wail of a dying pig toy. Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle Producer: Helen Hamilton

Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1994 TV Episode)

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2105829/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Get your special jingle bells ready because this week Kim and Alice are covering the Korean historical thriller, The Handmaiden. We’re discussing colonial dynamics, erotic furniture and how too much real estate inevitably leads to murder basements. Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle Producer: Helen Hamilton

The Handmaiden (2016 Movie)

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2105829/open_sms">Send us a text</a>This week we’re setting sail on a kinda slutty immigrant adventure, with the beautifully understated Brooklyn. Kim and Alice enjoy all the messy drama whilst also uncovering the history of Irish immigration and why you should always go drinking with your priest. Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle Producer: Helen Hamilton Sources<ul><li>Article: National Parks Service <a href='https://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/historyculture/places_post_peak.htm'>&apos;Post-peak Immigration Years&apos;</a></li><li>Article: Irish Times, <a href='https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2023/07/08/brooklyn-in-enniscorthy-saoirse-ronan-was-lovely-she-had-a-cup-of-tea-in-my-kitchen/'>&apos;Making Brooklyn in Enniscorthy: &apos;Saoirse Ronan was lovely. She had a cup of tea in my kitchen&apos;.</a></li><li>Article: Irish America Magazine, <a href='https://www.irishamerica.com/2015/03/forty-shades-of-brooklyn/'>&apos;Shades of Brooklyn&apos;</a></li><li>Article: Brownstoner, <a href='https://www.brownstoner.com/history/famous-brooklyn-stores-retail-history/'>&apos;5 Gone-but-Not-Forgotten Brooklyn Shopping Emporium&apos;s</a></li><li>Article: Baxter St. <a href='https://www.baxterst.org/day-in-ellis-island-1951-unpublished-portfolio-by-erika-stone/'>&apos;Day in Ellis Island, 1951: Erika Stone Portfolio&apos;</a></li></ul>

Brooklyn (2015 Movie)

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