

Everything Is Content
Beth, Ruchira & Oenone
In a world where Everything Is Content - Beth McColl, Ruchira Sharma and Oenone are here to guide you through the stories that have ignited the internet each week.Films, viral long reads, Instagram scandals, celebrity nonsense, reality TV obsessions and TikTok trends- if you can post about it online, then we can (and will) turn it into discourse.Every week, Beth, Ruchira and Oenone will delve into the biggest and splashiest pop culture culture stories, before weighing in on the conversations that they have incited online. Why are we so interested in these stories? And what does this say about us as we try to navigate life in the "real" world?Get in huns, we're making content about content. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @EverythingIsContentPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 17, 2024 • 35min
Blocking celebs, Bumble's fumble & the ill-fated portal
Our Beth is in Bermuda this week - but don’t worry, as far as we’re aware she hasn’t got lost in the triangle - so join Ruchira and Oenone for this week’s episode of Everything Is Content! We will be unpacking digital activism, as a movement to block celebrities gains momentum. We’ll also be analysing the huge kerfuffle caused by Bumble’s billboard campaign this week as well as peering into the New York to Dublin portal. Next week we’ll be doing the first out two beauty specials - starting with a deep dive into the world of makeovers. Subscribe so you don’t miss it. Love ya! —MEG WOLITZER: The Female Persuasion NETFLIX: Buying London trailer SABRINA CARPENTER: EspressoTHEM: I Asked a Grammarian to Help Me Unpack “That’s That Me Espresso”X: I’m looking for a man in finance INDEPENDENT: Why followers are blocking global celebrities and their businesses on social mediaTHE GUARDIAN: More than 100 acts quit Great Escape music festival in solidarity with PalestineTHE CUT: Bumble’s Anti-Celibacy Campaign Is Not Going Over WellINDEPENDENT: Bumble apologises for celibacy ads: ‘We made a mistake’THE GUARDIAN: Smiles, waves and flashed body parts: video portal links Dublin and New York STYLE CASTER: Sabrina Carpenter Got Her 25th Birthday Dress On DepopBBC: Upgraded ChatGPT teaches maths and flirts - but still glitchesPRIME VIDEO: Her —Follow us on Instagram:@everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma@oenone ---Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are GrapeExec Producer: James Norman-FyfeMusic: James RichardsonPhotography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 10, 2024 • 46min
The Met Gala, Dua Lipa and The Idea Of You
So, it was the Met Gala this week - we reckon our invites must have got lost in the post… send them special delivery next time, Anna! Join Beth, Ruchira and Oenone to discuss our favourite looks from the green carpet. We also take a look at some of the reviews of Dua Lipa’s new album Radical Optimism - are we witnessing the death of critical journalism? And then last but not least - we take a trip to rom-com town to discuss The Idea of You. —DISNEY PLUS: The Walking Dead APPLE PODCASTS: If Books Could KillSPOTIFY: If Books Could Kill PRIME VIDEO: Fallout VOGUE: “We Don’t Borrow – We Buy”: Law RoachTHE LINE OF BEST FIT: Absence dominates Dua Lipa’s dull and weightless Radical OptimismBBC SOUNDS: Miss Me? - Dear Elton...NEW STATESMAN: Everyone hates the criticPASTE: Taylor Swift Strikes Out Looking on The Tortured Poets DepartmentPRIME VIDEO: The Idea Of YouMONICA HEISEY: Really Good, Actually TIME: Reducing The Idea of You to Fan Fiction Is Another Example of Dismissing Women’s ArtTHE CUT: Anne Hathaway is too hot for The Idea Of YouCURTIS SITTENFIELD: Romantic Comedy—Follow us on Instagram:@everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma@oenone ---Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are GrapeExec Producer: James Norman-FyfeMusic: James RichardsonPhotography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 3, 2024 • 48min
Match Of The Slay - a deep dive into Challengers
Game, set, match (is that what they say in tennis?!) This week on Everything Is Content join Beth, Ruchira and Oenone as we discuss what may well be the film of the year so far - Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers. We also dive into a debate that has fired up the running community and we discuss Chloe Burrows' new Channel 4 documentary - The Truth About Reality Love. We loved chatting with you guys in the DMs about Taylor Swift last week - if you have anything to say to us get in touch @everythingiscontentpod!—And if you’re looking for a way to brighten up your life on a budget, Beth’s book Romanticise Your Life is only 99p on Kindle for the rest of May. Through anecdotes, inspiring tips and journal prompts, Romanticise Your Life is a non-fiction guide to doing more of what you love, feeling like the main character & seeking the joy that’s already all around.—AUDIBLE: Green Wing ResuscitatedCHANNEL 4: Green Wing TATLER: Every photograph from Lady Lola Bute’s spectacularly indulgent 25th birthday partyROLLING STONE: Kendrick Did Everything He Needed to on ‘Euphoria’THE GUARDIAN: Challengers review – Zendaya holds court in absurdly sexy three-way tennis romanceGQ: How gay is challengers, really? LA TIMES: Law Roach breaks down Zendaya’s tennis-inspired ‘Challengers’ looks and ‘method dressing’YOUTUBE: Zendaya training for ChallengersRUNNER’S WORLD: When You Bandit a Race, You Ruin It For EveryoneCHANNEL 4: The Truth About Reality Love MEG GOLDBERGER: How much money I made from my breakup seriesOENONE FORBAT: Bad Influence—Follow us on Instagram:@everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma@oenone ---Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are GrapeExec Producer: James Norman-FyfeMusic: James RichardsonPhotography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 30, 2024 • 35min
Eliza Clark - author of Penance and Boy Parts: Everything In Conversation
Well, what’s this then?! Welcome to the first edition of Everything In Conversation - where Beth, Ruchira and Oenone chat to the people behind the content that we’ve all been loving! This week - we will be in conversation with Eliza Clark, the author of Boy Parts and Penance. We LOVED Penance when we read it as our book club choice - and we had loads of questions for Eliza - so we asked her to come and chat to us about the book that we all loved so much! Was she a chronically online Tumblr girlie? Does she actually care about true crime? And what is it like when you get compared to your characters, especially when those characters do murders…Penance is out in paperback this week on 2nd May. Grab your copy in your local bookshop or you can buy one here: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571371785-penance/ Follow Eliza on Instagram @fancyeliza—Follow us on Instagram:@everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma@oenone ---Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are GrapeExec Producer: James Norman-FyfeMusic: James RichardsonPhotography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 26, 2024 • 45min
The internet has spoiled Baby Reindeer
Hello! We’ve got another episode of Everything Is Content for you - this week the internet has slightly soured the way we’re looking at Baby Reindeer, did we all miss the point of the show? Drake has been using AI in a diss track - is it ethically ambiguous or is this the new frontier of diss tracks? We also, of course, discuss Taylor Swift’s new album - The Tortured Poets Department. Has she managed to win over three non-Swifites? If you want to understand more about the issue of stalking - listen to Ruchira's podcast Anatomy of A Stalker, which is available on all podcast platforms. —NETFLIX: RipleyWELLCOME COLLECTION: The Cult of Beauty (closes on 28th April) BBC: 'Seagull Boy', nine, wins European screeching competitionVOGUE: Inside Victoria Beckham’s Star-Studded 50th Birthday PartyTHE GUARDIAN: Spice Girls reunite at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday partyDAVID BECKHAM: I mean come on xTHE GUARDIAN: The dangerous fallout from Baby ReindeerPASTE: Taylor Swift Strikes Out Looking on The Tortured Poets DepartmentNEWSNIGHT: “I think of the uniqueness of Taylor Swift is that she speaks for an audience that is not always spoken for”29Secrets: Taylor Swift Is Chevrolet: TTPD And Brand Evolution PITCHFORK: Drake Taunts Kendrick Lamar Again on Diss Song With AI 2Pac and Snoop Dogg VersesBILLBOARD: Tupac Shakur’s Estate Threatens to Sue Drake Over Diss Track Featuring AI-Generated Tupac Voice—Follow us on Instagram:@everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma@oenone ---Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are GrapeExec Producer: James Norman-FyfeMusic: James RichardsonPhotography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 19, 2024 • 41min
Dogs vs Children - who is allowed in the pub?
This week on Everything Is Content - Ruchira, Beth and Oenone have been glued to Netflix watching Richard Gadd’s new drama-thriller Baby Reindeer. Meanwhile, Coachella fashion has become increasingly uninspired, Joe Lycett’s been planting fake news and this week’s debate on X has been about whether pubs should be allowed to be ‘child free’. Got something to say to us? Cool! Get involved with our Instagram @everythingiscontentpod - we’re also on TikTok under the same username! —DAZED: Why ‘girl’s girl’ feminism is bullshitSISTER WIVES DAZED: Coachella is having a fashion identity crisisTHE GUARDIAN: Joe Lycett discloses four fake stories he planted in UK media NEW STATESMAN: Joe Lycett’s self-serving fake news stuntJOE LYCETT: More, More, More - How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett?KYLE: Found My New Local NETFLIX: Baby ReindeerANATOMY OF A STALKER: Apple LinkANATOMY OF A STALKER: Spotify LinkDIGITAL SPY: Why Baby Reindeer's Teri was so important to the showTHE GUARDIAN: ‘I was severely stalked and severely abused’: Richard Gadd on the true story behind Baby Reindeer—Follow us on Instagram:@everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma@oenone ---Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are GrapeExec Producer: James Norman-FyfeMusic: James RichardsonPhotography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 12, 2024 • 46min
The Sexualisation of Former Child Stars
In the week that Jojo Siwa entered her bad gal era - here on Everything is Content we’re unpacking what it means for a former child star to graduate into adulthood. How does the media respond when child-stars reinvent themselves… and why is Jojo Siwa claiming to have invented gay pop? We also take a dive into a story that has lit up the timelines this week of a husband who ghosted his pregnant wife, and her crusade on Facebook to try and find him and serve him divorce papers. Do we have the right to disappear online, and does that go away if we do bad things? If you want to chat to us - please head to our Instagram @everythingiscontentpod. We’re also now on TikTok (I KNOW, look at us keeping up with the modern technology) it’s @everythingiscontentpod there too. Please join us! —TIKTOK: Nick White - Dull Co-Worker SADLER’S WELLS: What’s On BBC SOUNDS: Miss Me? PEOPLE: JoJo Siwa Always Wanted to Have Her Miley Cyrus Bangerz Moment with New LookVULTURE: Is JoJo Siwa’s ‘Karma’ a Flop or a Flop?INQUIRER: She asked the internet to find husband who ‘ghosted’ her and their kids. He was tracked down within hoursLSE: Whatsapp VigilantesTHE WEEK: 'Are We Dating the Same Guy?': do Facebook groups harm or help?—Follow us on Instagram:@everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma@oenone ---Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are GrapeExec Producer: James Norman-FyfeMusic: James RichardsonPhotography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 5, 2024 • 45min
Age Gap Relationships - a deep dive
Bonjour - we’ve gone international! Oenone has moved to Paris for the spring (oooh la la!) so we’re coming to you from both sides of the channel today. We’ve got something a (tiny) bit different for you in this episode - the internet was set on fire last week by The Cut who published a personal essay about an age gap relationship, so we've decided to go DEEP diving into both the article itself, and our general perception of age gaps in relationships. We also celebrate on behalf of our US listeners - who have had Sex and The City drop in full on their Netflix this week. What are some of the most iconic moments and does the show have a Gen Z equivalent? We think it’s about time that we read another book together - so let us know on Instagram @everythingiscontentpod if you’d be up for reading Middlesex with us - or drop us a suggestion if there’s anything else you want us to read as a group! —GQ: Hunter Schafer on Art, Love, Ambition—and Life Beyond EuphoriaCHANNEL 4: Married At First Sight Australia NETFLIX: The Parisian Agency JEFFREY EUGENIDES: The Marriage Plot JEFFREY EUGENIDES: MiddlesexTHE CUT: The Case For Marrying An Older ManTHE INDEPENDENT: There’s a reason we love to talk about age-gap relationshipsROLLING STONE: Aaron Taylor-Johnson: Britain’s next leading man BBC: What will Gen Z make of Sex And The City, now it's on Netflix?VARIETY: Sex and the City’ on Netflix: What the Ultimate Period Piece Might Mean to a Gen Z Audience—Follow us on Instagram:@everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma@oenone ---Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are GrapeExec Producer: James Norman-FyfeMusic: James RichardsonPhotography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 29, 2024 • 39min
Cowboy Carter, Flag Culture Wars and Twitter’s Main Characters
The trio is finally trio-ing again! Join Beth, Ruchira and Oenone for this week’s Everything Is Content, which goes everywhere from Bean Dad to Beyoncé. As we celebrate the birth Bisexual Land, er, sorry - I mean *England* football kit, we also have some juicy long read recommendations for you and we weigh in on beefs of the internet variety. —JEFFREY EUGENIDES: The Virgin Suicides NOWTV: Mary and GeorgeNEW YORK MAGAZINE: Andrew Huberman’s Mechanisms of ControlTEXAS MONTHLY: How Jesse Plemons Came to Star in, Well, Pretty Much EverythingVANITY FAIR: Anne Hathaway on Tuning Out the Haters and Embracing Her True SelfBBC: FA defends new England kit over flag designNEW YORKER: What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?ALISTAIR GREEN: Voxpop - New England ShirtINDEPENDENT: Pregnant woman says fiancé’s family rocking chair doesn’t fit nursery room ‘theme’SLATE: We Suddenly Have My Stepson Every Weekend. Please, No!REFINERY29: Here’s Why Everyone Is Talking About Bean DadBILLBOARD: Azealia Banks Takes Aim at Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Album Cover & TitleBILLBOARD: Azealia Banks vs. The WorldGUARDIAN: Jason Aldean’s Try That in a Small Town sums up the delusions of the right wing—Follow us on Instagram:@everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma@oenone ---Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are GrapeExec Producer: James Norman-FyfeMusic: James RichardsonPhotography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 22, 2024 • 41min
2010s feminism is back, baby!
It’s another week where we’re pining for our baby girl Ruchira, but luckily the pop-culture universe has served us a big SCOOP of content to dissect this week… Join Beth and Oenone as we discuss the movie that everyone is talking about - Lindsay Lohan’s Irish Wish, the arrival of a new Banksy on someone’s gaff in Islington and the return of everyone’s problematic fave… 2010s feminism! —NETFLIX: Love Is BlindNETFLIX: Irish Wish NETFLIX: The Durrells NETFLIX: Scoop TrailerMETRO: This Morning viewers can’t cope over ‘sensational’ Kate Middleton blunderNME: Owner of Banksy mural flats says he won’t put up rent – but could be tempted to sellNEW STATESMAN: The return of 2010s feminism RUTGER BREGMAN: Utopia For Realists—Follow us on Instagram:@everythingiscontentpod @beth_mccoll @ruchira_sharma@oenone ---Everything Is Content is produced by Faye Lawrence for We Are GrapeExec Producer: James Norman-FyfeMusic: James RichardsonPhotography: Rebecca Need-Meenar Artwork: Joe Gardner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


