Modern Media Review

Real Gambling Review #6: The Cheltenham Festival Q&A

The betting podcast: It’s that time of year. The Cheltenham Festival, the biggest punting week in the world. Should you wear a face mask? Is an ante-post bet a good idea? Is any bet a good idea? Robin and Sean search for answers. Contains salutary lessons.

MMR #38: Cooking with Paris Hilton

Podcast: Paris Hilton is in a kitchen, cooking lasagne. #CookingWithParis. Doesn’t sound that great, but it is. Is she desperate? Or is she just out to make an honest sliving? Sean and Robin hail a work of comic genius. Contains onion. No wait, it doesn’t.

MMR #31: Nostalgia 2: Specials syndrome

18 Sep 2019 Robin Gibson

Podcast: They’re all on tour, forever – and if they’re not, their tribute acts are. The Specials! The Sweet! Deep Purple! Midge fucking Ure, Cast, the Doors and the Dead! But why? And who are they? Who goes to see them, and do they have anal leakage? Robin and Sean revisit the era of the sticky floor. Contains bum notes.

Letter from America, part twelve: Nostalgic fiction and fictional nostalgia

17 Sep 2019 Ben Diamond

Research shows that smell, touch and taste are strong evokers of nostalgia. Marcel Proust’s cookie broke in 1913 and it caused him to write seven ridiculously long and unreadable volumes.

Brad Pitt Leonardo DiCaprio Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

MMR #30: Nostalgia 1: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

11 Sep 2019 Sean Gollogly

Podcast: Why is Quentin Tarantino mooching around with Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, recasting the dying days of the golden age of Hollywood? Was it so golden? Did it really last this long? Sean and Robin clench the fist of nostalgia. Contains shoes.

MMR #29: Dominic Cummings? WTF?

27 Aug 2019 Robin Gibson

Podcast: Who is Dominic Cummings, t-shirted nerdboy swinging through Westminster on a lanyard, talking bollocks and getting everyone to go full Brexit and vote for Boris Johnson by any means necessary? Political heavyweights Sean and Robin wade through his emissions. Contains destruction in the pursuit of salvation.

Letter from America, part eleven: I went to camp with Jeffrey Epstein

15 Aug 2019 Ben Diamond

As a young boy, I went to camp with Jeffrey Epstein. I want to disclose that the Jeffrey Epstein I went to camp with, befriended, and shared a bunk bed with was not the same Jeffrey Epstein who committed suicide over this past weekend.

Lloyd Griffith and Joe from Can You Beat The Bookies? by Rowan Tallant

MMR #28: Can You Beat The Bookies?

11 Aug 2019 Sean Gollogly

Podcast: Is there a golden path to gambling glory? Well, maybe if you put in some hard work – or test the limits of the rules a bit. But you’re never that far from serious damage. Betting veterans Sean and Robin take a punt on the BBC documentary by Lloyd Griffith. Contains questionable advice.

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Letter from America, part 14: Love and isolation