Chat 10 Looks 3

Sincerely apologetic about the audio quality from the last episode, Crabb and Sales lock themselves away in a silent office to talk of recent adventures at Parliament House and how great it was to see Helen Garner featured in the New Yorker. Although it is nice and quiet, there is plenty of clanging going on. JD Vance's book is discussed, plus what politicians say they will be reading over summer. • Inside the Commons - BBC • James McGrath Al desko with Annabel Crabb Series 1 Ep 2 • Royal Menus - Jake Smith's private collection of historic royal menu cards • Labor in the Kitchen (Note: this is not held in single Australian library, but for anyone super keen, there is one 2nd hand copy for sale in Bendigo!) • Deutschland 83 - German-language spy drama (Sundance) • Helen Garner's Savage Self-Scrutiny - By James Wood - The New Yorker (12 Dec, 2016) • The Spare Room - by Helen Garner • Carpool Karaoke (via YouTube) • Crowded House on reuniting after 20 years - Interviewed by Leigh Sales (via ABC 7.30) • Timberlake on Trolls, embracing failure and coming to terms with his career - Interviewed by Leigh Sales (via ABC 7.30) • Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis - by J. D. Vance • Revisionist History - a podcast from Malcolm Gladwell • Reading lists corral politicians' interests, values, ambitions - Troy Bramston - The Australian (6 Dec 2016) (Note: pay wall restricted access) • The Cook's Table - by Stephanie Alexander • 100 Tweets That Made British People Piss Themselves in 2016 - BuzzFeed • Reflections on True Friendship - by Andrew O'Hagan - NYT (23 Nov, 2016) • Please Like Me - featuring Josh Thomas (via ABC)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(Warning: bad audio quality!) Sales takes Crabb to a new café but tells her the incorrect name of the place - mistaking the band 'Something for Kate' for the café 'Something for Jess'. The bad news is Crabb will never be able to find it again. The good news is there's something for everyone in this episode, from American politics to raspberry mousse. (*with apologies from the bumbling Sales to the lovely people at 'Something for Jess') • Something for Jess - Café in Chippendale • Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush - by Ron Suskind via NYT Magazine (17 Oct 2004) • 2016 Election exit polls - Washington Post • The 13 most amazing findings in the 2016 exit poll - Washington Post • More from Neighbourhood by Hetty McKinnon • Israeli Couscous / Ptitim - Wikipedia • Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tony Hale's Demented Double Act on 'Veep' - by Sam Ansderson via NYT Magazine (9 Apr 2015) • Veep - featuring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tony Hale • The Office box set • Gareth Keenan from the Office - Wikipedia • Rosehaven - featuring Luke McGregor, Celia Pacquola • Please Like Me - featuring Josh Thomas and a cast of favourites • Sewing teddy bears for sick kids - meet 12 year old Campbell - via The Feed (SBS)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Defiantly avoiding the Melbourne Cup, Crabb and Sales hide themselves away to discuss recent developments in the US Election. Sales is proud to announce that she has had great success growing sweetpeas. New podcasts plus a couple of recent books written by colleagues are discussed. Crabb is horrified to learn Sales' theory that contacts who stick around for many years may well be undercover operatives. • Leigh Sales interviews Michelle and Stevie Payne on 7.30 - via ABC • Leigh Sales interviews Richie McCaw on 7.30 - via ABC • Who is Johnny Eales!? - via Wikipedia • A handy explainer on the Clinton emails and Anthony Weiner - via New York Times • Weiner - the film • Who's Up, Who's Down (Leigh Sales review of 'Weiner') - The Monthly • Even though Crabb later discovers that Kaz Cooke does not specifically know about research on gardens and satisfaction, she does have a good book with lots of other stuff about what makes women satisfied! Women's Stuff - Kaz Cooke • The Smug Bundt (photo) • Leigh's Sweetpea photos: • - Sweetpeas growing: First, Second, Third • - The First Flower • - Sweetpea Victory • - The First Bunch • Phoebe's Fall - podcast • Patton Oswalt: 'I'll Never Be at 100 Percent Again' by Jason Zimoman - via New York Times • The Berlin Patient - podcast • Victoria - by Julia Baird • Light and Shadow - by Mark ColvinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even though it has not rained for days, Crabb still manages to get drenched by passing traffic - very 'sitcom' don't you think? Detailed discussion ensues on a range of topics: new TV shows, perfect roast potatoes, glorious salads, women in law, 'The Boss' and whether you can ever look at too many piles of rice and fish without getting to eat them. Does Crabb stop this recording just as Sales is launching into a song!? • Divorce - starring Sarah Jessica Parker • Sex and the City • Kitchen Cabinet - S1 Ep4 with Julie Bishop • Catastrophe (Season 2) • Neighbourhood (Salads, Sweets and Stories from Home and Abroad) - by Hetty McKinnon • Special Delivery - by Annabel Crabb • The Party Room (Podcast) - presented by Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly • Women in Law Breakfast: Elizabeth Evatt, Peg Lusink and Josephine Maxwell • Viktor & Rolf Exhibition - National Gallery of Victoria • The First Monday in May - Documentary • Fight Like a Girl - by Clementine Ford • Born to Run - by Bruce Springsteen • We Are Alive: Bruce Springsteen at 62 - David Remnick (New Yorker, 30 July 2012) • Jiro Dreams of Sushi - DocumentarySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crabb and Sales analyse the 2nd US presidential debate, then briefly ponder why there is a Pokemon on Sales' desk. Discussion switches to unsympathetic main characters, Ben Mendelsohn's chin, a couple of new podcasts and the value of political satire. • The Second 2016 US Presidential Debate - via PBS • Pokemon - via Pokemon.com • Leigh Sales with Pokemon head zubat - via Twitter • Pokemon Go has let me enter my son's world - by Julia Baird (via SMH) • The Girl on the Train - by Paula Hawkins • Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov • Sopranos - DVD • Bloodline - DVD • Team Effort - Podcast by Ed Kavalee • Slate's Political Gabfest - Podcast • Slate's Trumpcast - Podcast • The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the "Alt-Right" - by Jon Ronson • Alec Baldwin as Trump on SNL - via Guadian (SNL official site geoblocked in Australia) • Ep 10. The Satire Paradox - Revisionist History Podcast • Proud to Stand With You - Mike Pence Twitter CommentSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crabb and Sales watch the first Clinton and Trump presidential debate in a secret tropical location. 48 hours later, while drinking cocktails, they assess the debate. Discussion then switches to holiday reading. • The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump - via PBS • The Tropical Holiday Selfie - via Twitter • Anna Karenina - by Leo Tolstoy • Middlemarch - by George Eliot • Vanity Fair - by William Makepeace Thackeray • The Beautiful Lie - DVD • Where the Suckers Moon: the life and death of an advertising campaign - by Randall Rothenberg • Donoghue v Stevenson - via Wikipedia • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - by Rebecca Skloot • Red Sparrow - by Jason Matthews • The Americans - DVD • The Dry - by Jane Harper • An Isolated Incident - by Emily Maquire • Our Souls at Night - by Kent Haruf • The Girl on the Train - by Paula Hawkins • Beside Myself - by Ann MorganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Canberra Writers' Festival. Recorded in a bathroom. Without microphones. Enjoy. • The Americans • Blink by Malcolm Gladwell • Revisionist History a podcast by Malcolm Gladwell • Rube podcast by Dollop • Fed Ex podcast by Dollop • My Dad Wrote a Porno podcast • Drunk History • Commonwealth by Ann Patchett • The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan • Bel Canto by Ann Patchett • Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty • Catastrophe via iView • The Night Manager starring Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston • Black Mirror directed by Charlie Brooker • Why Am I So Fat by Sara Benincasa • Bridget Jones Baby starring Renee ZellwegerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Crabb and Sales discuss coincidences, John Grisham novels, mountain climbing, Mormons and what it's like to get an early, sneak peek at a feature-length Weiner (the documentary on former New York senator and Mayoral candidate: Anthony Weiner).Ask yourself this: in order to keep your place in a borrowed book, do you:a) insert a bookmark; orb) dog-ear the pageCrabb and Sales reveal all on this episode. • Beyond Coincidence: Amazing Stories of Coincidence & the Mystery and Mathematics Behind Them by Martin Plimmer and Brian King • Commonwealth by Ann Patchett • Bel Canto by Ann Patchett • The Street Lawyer by John Grisham • The Firm by John Grisham • Sherpa: Trouble on Everest • Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest by Lincoln Hall • Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer • Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way by Jon Krakauer • Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer • Weiner directed by Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg • Carlos Danger theme song via The Daily ShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The election is over. We may even have a Prime Minister (at least for the next few months or so). Crabb and Sales reflect on what it's like being chained to a desk for nearly seven hours with Scott Morrison and Penny Wong. Crabb gets her hands on Antony Green's (software) package and Sales has been spending a lot of time at home curled up with a variety of good books. Plus: What does Obama do after dark? Let's find out. • Portable Curiosities by Julie Koh • The One Who Got Away by Caroline Overington • The Twisted Knot by J M Peace • The Healing Party by Micheline Lee • Gotham by Nick Earls • Venice by Nick Earls • Vancouver by Nick Earls • Juneau by Nick Earls • Wasted: A Story of Alcohol, Grief and a Death in Brisbane by Elspeth Muir • High Sobriety: My Year Without Booze by Jill Stark • Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl • I Saw A Man by Owen Sheers • Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty • Obama After Dark by Michael D Shear via The New YorkerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The election campaign is taking its toll. Crabb and Sales are both sick, but the upside of spending so much time on flights with politicians is that you get a chance to read books, watch movies and binge-watch television. Grab the Vicks Vaporub and a box of tissues and enjoy this episode. • Chat 10 Looks 3: Fifty Shades of Giggling starring Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales • Two Grumpy Hacks podcast by Dennis Atkins and Malcolm Farr • The Dressmaker starring Kate Winslet and Judy Davis • Sisters starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler • Jodie Foster interview with Monique Schafter via ABC 7.30 • Money Monster starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, directed by Jodie Foster • The First Monday in May directed by Andrew Rossi • Dog Day Afternoon starring Al Pacino • The King of Comedy starring Robert de Niro and Jerry Lewis • Misery starring Kathy Bates and James Cann • Die Hard starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins • Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty • The One Who Got Away by Caroline Overington • The Unlikely Warrior by Caroline Overington • The Killing Season: Uncut by Patricia Dunn and Sarah Ferguson • Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes • The Noise of Time by Julian BarnesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.