Cultural Reflections: Books, Music, and More

Why hello! It’s time for our December review episode, so we decided to throw a 2024 recommendation EXTRAVAGANZA! This is the ultimate list of TV shows, films, podcasts, books and… recipes?... that we loved this year, all in one place. There’s more than enough brilliant stuff here to see you through the entire festive season!

Big thanks to Drop of Sunshine for making this episode possible. Drop of Sunshine is a brand-new wine created to encourage more meaningful connections through the sharing of stories.

Your hosts today were Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1), Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Eilish Gilligan (@eilishgilligan). 

All recommendations from each host are listed below.

MICH

Boy Swallows Universe on Netflix

‘I felt myself split into before and after’: how giving birth triggered a life-changing illness by Lauren Bensted in The Guardian

Mr Big | Unravel from ABC Listen

Tomato Soup recipe from NYT Cooking

Personal colour analysis 

ZARA

Borgen on Netflix

Rivals on Disney+

All Fours by Miranda July

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Complicated Sisterhood of Jackie Kennedy and Lee Radziwill by Sam Kashner in Vanity Fair

EILISH

Agatha All Along on Disney+

My Brother’s Ashes Are In A Sandwich Bag by Michelle Brasier

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

Eric Adams from If Books Could Kill 

Short n Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

BRAT by Charli xcx

Unreal Unearth: Unending by Hozier 

Eric on Netflix

This episode was audio-produced by Eilish Gilligan.

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