Welcome iso babies to the fourth and final episode of AWD Dinner Parties. Up this week, Gab Waller, the celebrity personal shopper who's to thank for most of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's enviable wardrobe; Melissa Mason, the editor whose hilarious PEDESTRIAN.TV stories are constantly going viral; and Ava Matthews, the founder of our cult 'skinscreen' brand, Ultra Violette. Discussions include but are not limited to: dating by Zoom in isolation, being fucked-up by romantic comedies, getting The Ick, credit card shaming, the 'shredding for the wedding' myth, starting a business, how personal shopping is thriving in lockdown and the problem with 'Normal People'.

Recommendations:

Ozark

Hilbilly Elegy by JD Vance

How To Be Single (2016)

Girls,

The Sculp Society 

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'Hello everyone!' This week we are naturally knees deep in Normal People - the adaptation of Sally Rooney's 10/10 novel that has us all swooning and missing being horny teenagers. Money and class are huge themes in the series, which sent us into a rabbit hole about money, shame and how the size of our bank accounts are playing a determining factor in how stressful we find this pandemic. Then it's on to all things Arbonne. A viral article has us obsessed with the phenomenon of cult-like MLM beauty brands. What is an MLM? What is a fizz stick? What's up with *those* white Mercedes-Benz? We asked Liam Sharma on the pod to explain everything. Please enjoy, rate, review, subscribe, tell your mum, follow us on Instagram. You know the drill.

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Recommendations:

Normal People 

Little Fires Everywhere

Insecure 

Motherwell by Deborah Orr 

Pocket app 

The High Low 

Bobo and Flex podcast 

White Mercedes-Benz, VSCO filters & cooked concerts. We need to talk about Arbonne by Liam Sharma in Sauce Mag

https://www.saucemag.co.nz/beauty/arbonne

Betting on Zero (Netflix)

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Welcome, friends, to a brand spanking new dinner party. This week? Another amazing lineup filled with women we love. First up is Georgie Currie, the creative wunderkind behind beloved fashion label Georgia Alice. Georgia is an open book about how COVID-19 is impacting her business, navigating the choppy waters of sustainability and raising a son in 2020. Then it's onto activist, writer and sex worker Tilly Lawless - a Ted Talk-giving legend who talks candidly about how isolation is impacting workers in the sex industry. Next up, it's Bella Farrell, model, actress and kitchen extraordinaire who discusses her newly launched cooking series Chow Bella, keeps us positive about the creative aspects of life in lockdown and discusses why it's fine if you hate meditation. Sound good to you? It is. Listen now - wine is compulsory.

Georgia's isolation recommendations:

Succession (not featured in the episode!)

Just Kids by Patti Smith (not featured in the episode!)

Hypnobirthing the Mongan Method by Marie F. Mongan

The Complete Buddhism for Mothers by Sarah Napthali

Tilly:

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights by Juno Mac and Molly Smith

Ted Talk: The Law That Sex Workers Really Want by Juno Mac

https://www.ted.com/talks/juno_mac_the_laws_that_sex_workers_really_want?language=en 

In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Bella recomendations:

Chopped

90 Day Fiance

Chow Bella

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On the agenda this week, Reese Witherspoon - Icon! Hero! Angel! Legend! Queen! - and why she’s the Hollywood heavyweight we all need to be paying (even) more attention to; Zoom Human Design readings; an undiscovered Laura Dern show; why ‘Too Hot to Handle’ surprisingly pulled on our heartstrings and finally: S-E-X. We have filmmaker, actress and host of ‘The Happy Vagina’ podcast Mika Simmons joining us for a debrief on all your favourite things: masturbation, vacuum vibrators, orgasms, sex drives (or lack thereof), porn and the pleasure gap: with shows like the Goop documentary and Sex Education thrusting the conversation into the mainstream, why are we still so scared to talk about what we want and don’t want in bed? How does shame keep us terrified from talking about sex with each other? Enjoy it, you saucy little minxes. 

Recommendations 

The Happy Vagina podcast 

Insecure 

Enlightened 

I Weigh podcast with Jameela Jamil and Reese Witherspoon 

Who? Weekly podcast 

Too Hot to Handle 

https://www.omgyes.com/

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Hello and welcome to week two of our very special new COVID-inspired spin-off series: After Work Drinks Dinner Parties. We're turning our weekly wine-induced Zoom calls with an array of hilarious and funny friends from around the world into a handful of extra bonus podcasts for you all. This week, we're speaking to New York-based actress Keisha Castle-Hughes who was thrust into stardom at age 11 after she became the youngest person to ever be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her breakthrough role in NZ film, 'Whale Rider'. Since then, she's starred in everything from 'Game of Thrones' to 'The Walking Dead' and now plays a lead role in Dick Wolf's new show, 'FBI: Most Wanted'. Then it's over to our favourite power duo, Tatiana Waterford and Chelsea Fairless. Tat is an LA-based stylist who's toured the world with some of the biggest names in music and Chelsea is an American designer, digital strategist and author who also co-runs our favourite Instagram account @EveryOutfitOnSATC. Chats include but are not limited to: Waking up to find yourself naked in a hotel hallway, turning 30 in isolation, reflecting on being a child actor as an adult, Johnny Depp VCRs, how to go from a long distance marriage to isolation in a small apartment and double Lime scootering.

You can follow us on Instagram: @afterworkdrinkspodcast, @grceoneill, @isabelletruman, or join our closed Facebook group, After Work Drinks Podcast. You can follow Keisha on @kecahu, Tat on @tatianawaterford and Chelsea on @chelsea.fairless.

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Recommendations:

Whale Rider 

Braveheart

Gladiator

The Last of the Mohicans

Jungle Prince podcast by The New York Times

Work in Progress (2019)

Who? Weekly Podcast

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Today we're chatting body image in isolation, partly inspired by Jameela Jamil's delightful interview with the glorious Beanie Feldstein. Lockdown seems to be making us more aware of ours bodies than ever, so it feels timely to be unpacking some of those dangerous body ideals that women have been trying to fend off since, well, forever. Plus, we discuss 'Run', Vicky Jones new HBO series and fan-girl over her and Phoebe Waller Bridge's friendship/creative partnership (similarities? Who? Us?) Then, we touch on Florence Pugh, Zach Braff and the endless question of the Hollywood age gap. Is it all just puritan finger-wagging? Or are there some moral dimensions to the 'how old is too old?' conversation that are worth considering, especially in post-#MeToo Hollywood? Grab a glass of wine and enjoy.

Recommendations:

About Time (2013)

Run (2020)

Phoebe Waller Bridge on 'How to Fail' with Elizabeth Day

Beanie Feldstein on Jameela Jamil's 'iWeigh' podcast

How Do Deal With Feeling Bad About Your Body in Isolation on Vice

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/884pm5/how-body-image-affected-by-social-isolation-coronavirus

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Hello and welcome to a very special new COVID-inspired spin-off series: After Work Drinks Dinner Parties. We're turning our weekly wine-induced Zoom calls with an array of hilarious and funny friends from around the world into a handful of extra bonus podcasts for you all. For our debut ep, we have Polly 'PJ' Harding - radio host extraordinaire and friend of Izzy's from way back; Jessica Vander Leahy - columnist, model, influencer/generally extraordinary human who we were lucky enough to share an office with; and Jake Halpin, social media strategist to fashion's biggest names and our favourite man in London. We are - quite literally - covering everything. Embarrassing 'sliding into a celebrity's DMs' stories! Illegal kittens! Ronan Farrow's embarrassing accents! Little Edie! Almost bousing John MayerSexting and Skype dating in iso! Randomly living with 'Swiss Hot Jesus' for a month in 2013! Listen now and enjoy one of these bad boys every week for the next month. 

You can follow us on Instagram: @afterworkdrinkspodcast, @grceoneill, @isabelletruman, or join our closed Facebook group, After Work Drinks Podcast. You can follow PJ on @pjdeejay, Jess on @jessicavanderleahy and Jake on @jakehalp.

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Recommendations:

The Vampire Diaries

Yoga With Adrienne

Audiobooks: Becoming by Michelle Obama, To Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow, The White Album by Joan Didion

Watch: Grey Gardens (1975)

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No, you’re not going even crazier than expected in isolation: today is Wednesday and it’s our new episode release day because we love to keep you on your toes. On the agenda, a look at infamous influencer ‘scammer’ Caroline Calloway’s response to her former best friend Natalie’s tell-all article which leads us to discuss the wider influencer industry’s movements - to the Hamptons, to be exact - during this global pandemic, resulting in the viral hashtag #covidiots. Then it’s a deep dive into dealing with loneliness during isolation: why we need to use the terms ‘connected’ and ‘unconnected’ to describe people rather than looking simply at their relationship status, whether social media contributes to or helps to combat it and how being vulnerable is the answer to helping us all feel more together (even though we’re physically not). Plus, of course, some ridiculous stories about getting too drunk off 'martinis', breaking plates (Grace, yesterday) and cups (Isabelle, aged 11). 

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You can follow us on Instagram: @afterworkdrinkspodcast, @grceoneill, @isabelletruman, or join our closed Facebook group, After Work Drinks Podcast. 

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Recommendations:

Unorthodox (2020) on Netflix

Ozark on Netflix

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

'If you enjoyed a good book and you're a woman, the critics think you're wrong' by Jennifer Weiner in The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/24/good-books-women-readers-literary-critics-sexism

'It's Tartt - But Is It Art?' by Evgenia Peretz in Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/07/goldfinch-donna-tartt-literary-criticism

Marian Keyes on BBC's Bookclub Podcast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fw1j

Is This The End of Influencing As We Know It? by Kenzie Bryant in Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/04/influencers-coronavirus-arielle-charnas-escape-new-york

The History of Loneliness by Jill Lepore in The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/the-history-of-loneliness

Alain de Botton on Elizabeth Day's 'How To Fail' COVID-19 Special

https://howtofail.podbean.com/e/alain-de-botton-c19/

And this of course:

https://www.iamcarolinecalloway.com/

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Hello and welcome to week 3 (or whatever it is) of self-isolation. Naturally we’re knee deep in all things Tiger King - the Netflix series keeping us all distracted during this dark time. Please enjoy our thoroughly non high-brow discussion about how batsh*t insane the whole thing is. Plus, a whole dose of new TV, podcast and reading recommendations; why House Party is embroiled in some insane hacking drama; and Lena Dunham’s adorable new serialised novel, published in Vogue during COVID. 

Most importantly, we have a very special treat for you this week in the form of one Maggie Hewitt - the designer behind New Zealand powerhouse label Maggie Marilyn. Since launching in 2016 Maggie Marilyn has been worn by literally everyone, including Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama, Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez and every editor, influencer and It-girl worth their salt. Above all, we admire Maggie’s commitment to sustainability - something she has been totally uncompromising on and has championed since she launched, back when nobody was willing to listen. We talk to Maggie about ambition, navigating the business world as a young woman and how to battle eco-anxiety, and we hope you love listening to this chat as much as we loved having it. See you next week kittens <3

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Recommendations 

The Goldfinch

BBC Book Club podcast 

Lena Dunham’s ‘Virtual Strangers’ in Vogue 

Euphoria 

Tiger King

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Hello from our respective homes! As the world goes into official lockdown, we’re delving into the side effects of social isolation, such as loneliness, the economic crisis and the damaging idea that we’re all going to come out of this with the ‘perfect body’ after naturally exercising for 8 hours per day. Plus, what celebrities are getting wrong - and right - about the global pandemic and what the influencer market could look like in the months to come. Then it’s all about Taylor Swift and Kanye West (again), the unlikely return of Jojo and a surprise sighting of ultimate AWD mascot Phoebe Waller-Bridge. 

You can follow us on Instagram: @afterworkdrinkspodcast, @grceoneill, @isabelletruman, or join our closed Facebook group, After Work Drinks Podcast. 

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Recommendations:

Honey Boy

Portrait of a Lady on Fire 

Mickey And The Bear

The Handmaid's Tale

Killing Eve

The Telegraph: Why have so many coronavirus patients died in Italy?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/have-many-coronavirus-patients-died-italy/

Can Movie Theatres Survive Coronavirus? In TIME

https://time.com/5806060/coronavirus-movie-theaters-streaming/

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