Different Things Can Be Sad

This month Majka and Yaz infiltrate your eardrums with thier chat about the upcoming referendum in Ireland and all the #lewks from the Met Galla.

Reading

They both die at the end by Adam Silvera

An abundance of Katherines by John Green

Looknig for Alaska by John Green

Watching

The Crown

The Good Place

Avengers Infinity War

Friday Night Lights

Listening

Lost Friends by The Middle Kids

*Correction: They're definitely not sisters (or all girls) but they're still great

Harry Potter and the Sacred Texts

Tranquility Base Hotel and Casion by The Artictic Monkeys

Anna Farris is unqualified 

http://www.unqualified.com/2016/07/06/episode-38-aubrey-plaza-retta-part-two/

Politics

How to Vote if you're Irish

The Irish Times' wonderful website

Accessing Abortion in the UK statistics

A bit of history part 1

A bit of history part 2

The new proposed legislation

Pop Culture

The Lewks

The Oracle of Bacon

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Yaz and Majka had an oh-so-busy July listening to audiobooks, watching a helluva lot of movies and reality TV shows, bopping to The Killers, and educating themselves - and YOU! - on the White Helmets and the World Cup.

Reading

My Brilliant Friend (#1 The Neapolitan Novels) by Elena Ferrante

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings #1) by Mackenzi Lee

Leah on the Offbeat (Creekwood #2) by Becky Albertalli

Watching

Big Little Lies

The Departed

Mama Mia: Here We Go Again

Love Island UK

Irish Surgery Reveals Increase in Bookings Since The Beginning Of Love Island: https://stellar.ie/trending/irish-surgery-reveals-increase-in-bookings-since-the-beginning-of-love-island/59122

Love Island Viewers Saw A Different Side To Alex Last Night, And They Didn’t Like It: https://stellar.ie/trending/love-island-viewers-saw-a-different-side-to-alex-last-night-and-they-didnt-like-it/58724

Piers Morgan Tried To Humiliate Love Island’s Hayley Live On Air… And It Did Not Work: https://stellar.ie/trending/piers-morgan-tried-to-humiliate-love-islands-hayley-live-on-air-and-it-did-not-work/58453

How Love Island 2018 Is Opening Up The Conversation On Emotional Abuse: https://stellar.ie/real-talk/how-love-island-2018-is-opening-up-the-conversation-on-emotional-abuse/58560

Does Love Island Have A Body Diversity Issue?: https://stellar.ie/real-talk/does-love-island-have-a-body-diversity-issue/57850

Listening

The Killers (GO SEE THEM LIVE OR REGRET IT 5EVA)

Politics

White Helmets Coming to Canada: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/white-helmets-syria-rescue-mission-jordan-canada-freeland-trudeau-1.4757353

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.4757768/white-helmets-headed-to-canada-would-stay-in-syria-if-they-could-says-volunteer-1.4758394

Who are the White Helemts?: https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/09/syria-white-helmets/502073/

Russian mis-information about the White Helmets: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/syria-white-helmets-conspiracy-theories

Rescue by Israel: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-white-helmets-syrias-noble-rescuers-have-to-be-rescued-by-israel

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This week on the Pod Yazmine and Majka chat about their (long) list of favourites for the month as well as a look into Justin Trudeau and a new celebrity couple.

Reading

The Light Between Oceans M.L. Stedman

Go Tell it to the Mountain by James Baldwin

I was born for this by Alice Oseman

Alice Oseman Series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSAxvuL_WqE&list=PLRHhZ2y6V9yjHVGODUVai89QmMJhGc-0V

Watching

500 Days of Summer --> https://femfilm15.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/500-days-of-sexism/

Set it up

Yazmine’s Stellar Article: http://stellar.ie/trending/an-ode-to-the-rom-com-why-well-never-stop-loving-a-good-old-fashioned-love-story/58299

Angels in America Part 1

Cursed Child Part 1 & 2

Politics

Fidel Castro Conspiracy Theory https://nyulocal.com/new-world-university-justin-trudeau-is-fidel-castros-son-bccf01403a86

Marijuana has Now been legalized!

Trudeau Meter: https://trudeaumetre.polimeter.org/

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In our very first full-length episode we chat about women in politics in a post-Trump and #metoo world, and the phenomenon that was Beychella 2018

Links

2018 Election https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/2018-midterm-elections-women-candidates-trump https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/6/17205790/women-running-congress-house-2018-record

2017 Election https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/8/16622884/women-minorities-lgbtq-candidates-made-history https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/8/16623532/ashley-bennett-john-carman-new-jersey-2017-election

Corrections! Majka messed up: The war on drugs dates back to the Nixon, not the Regan administration.

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In this mini introductory episode, we chat about who we are, how Different Things Can Be Sad came to be, and what you can expect from regular programming

Links

"The Problem With Not Caring About Pop Culture" by Philip Ellis https://www.manrepeller.com/2018/04/the-problem-with-not-caring-about-pop-culture.html

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