Modern Media Review Podcast

Letter from America, part 19: Qatar and the secret meaning of Bonnie Raitt’s ‘Love Me Like a Man’

28 Nov 2022 Ben Diamond

So it’s the World Cup … or as Stephen Colbert calls it ‘The Super Bowl of Football’. But nobody on the news is talking about the actual game.

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Letter from America, part 18: Penises everywhere

21 Aug 2021 Ben Diamond

Sometimes I feel like I’m in my own soft-porn version of an M. Night Shyamalan movie. Instead of seeing dead people, I see penises. Everywhere!

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MMR #55: Dancing On Ice

13 Mar 2021 Robin Gibson

Podcast: It’s the final countdown! But what could beat the story so far – shocking expulsions, wanton violence, dubious voting practices, used car scandals … Robin and Sean skate over it thinly – plus the new celeb Circle!

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MMR #54: Lockdown telly therapy – Top 5

25 Feb 2021 Sean Gollogly

Podcast: We watch so you don’t have to! Sean and Robin struggle through the quiz shows, The Serpent, Dancing On Ice, Susan Calman In Wales and, best of all, Class Action Park. Contains laudanum.

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MMR #53: Our tiers go up to 11

1 Feb 2021 Robin Gibson

Podcast: Think yourself lucky, you could be quarantined with Julia Hartley-Brewer. Where will it end? Internment at Stamford Bridge? Not for Frank Lampard. Robin and Sean try to avoid the slippery slope from home yoga to human biohazard. Contains Buckfast.

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Channel 4 News: Brexit, Bisto and grenades

15 Nov 2018 Misty Whyte

Is there a more poignant emblem of the confusion of Brexit than the remainer with the grenades?

Christmas TV ads: The heat is on Iceland

12 Nov 2018 Robin Gibson

Or is it? Is it actually on Greenpeace? A right stramash in the media over this heartstring-stretcher.

Today: Bagpuss on vinyl

12 Nov 2018 Misty Whyte

Here today on Today was the news that some fixated gumps (Earth Recordings) have released the music from seventies’ kids TV show Bagpuss on vinyl – with outtakes.

Christmas TV ads: Cosy Currys PC World

6 Nov 2018 Robin Gibson

Yeah, come on. Who buys Christmas presents at Currys PC World? I’ll tell you who.

Christmas TV ads: Lidl’s shoddy upgrade

6 Nov 2018 Robin Gibson

Lidl haven’t even bothered with a title. Just ‘Christmas Advert 2018’. Jesus. But it’s not all about him.

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