Virgins, Vampires & A Very Demure, Very Mindful dress-code... what more could you want? Happy Everything Is Content day!

First up this week, we're discussing a new reality TV show that premiered on Channel 4... and Love Island it ain’t. Virgin Island follows 12 adults between the ages of 22 and 30 who have yet to have sex, as they embark on a journey of sexual self discovery on a retreat off the coast of Croatia. There are sex therapists, sex surrogates, group activities, bonding exercises, massages, solo sessions and more. Is it exploitative? Is it heartwarming? Is it too much for our prudish British sensibilities? Listen to find out!

Next up, in a very non-French move, there's an anti-nipple vendetta at one of the most glamorous events of the year. One day before the 78th film festival began, Cannes updated the official website to say that ‘For decency reasons, nudity is prohibited on the Red Carpet, as well as in any other area of the Festival.' Is this more conversative-creep? Or is just a reactionary decision based on the Bianca Censori Grammy's stunt?

And last but by no means least, Sinners. It’s been described as a Southern vampire fantasia and another incredible addition to Black horror. Michael B Jordan plays gangster twins, the “Smokestack twins’ specifically, who reconnect with their younger Blues loving cousin, Sammie, who helps them open up a juke joint. But they’re soon confronted with the absolutely menacing Jack O Connell, who plays head vampire Remmick. Soon things spiral out of control and it becomes a war between the last remaining few and the growing swarm of vampires. And they’ve just got survive the last few hours of nightfall. We give our thoughts!

Beth's loving: The Wedding People by Alison Espach

Ruchira's loving: Universality by Natasha Brown

Oenone's loving: A Court Of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (audiobook)

Virgin Island

Sinners review – Ryan Coogler’s deep-south gonzo horror down at the crossroads

How director Ryan Coogler’s historic Sinners deal with Warner Bros could change his life

As always we hope you enjoy + please do leave a review on your podcast player app as it helps others to find the podcast B.R.O xx

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For this mid-week helping of discourse we're asking... are you sick of hearing about your friends' boyfriends?

Inspired by this piece by Asli, our conversation begins with boy madness and judgement towards single people, takes a detour towards the healing powers of female gossip before ending up somewhere in the region of Sally Rooney quotes and good old fashioned advice.

Thank you all so much for your takes on this- as always they were the perfect blend of sharp-tongued, funny, insightful, thought-provoking and candid. If you want to get involved in next week's ep just follow us on IG @everythingiscontentpod. Also while you're here... ratings are so helpful for homegrown podcasts like ours, and we'd be eternally grateful if you could leave us a good'un. (Five stars if you're asking).

See you on Friday for more pop culture analysis, recommendations and hot off the press discourse. Byeeee!

O, R, B x

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Grab your poison of choice, as it's time for part 2 of our AI double-bill!

Last week we looked at AI infiltrating the arts, but this week we look towards society. From friendships, to relationships to our interior worlds, just how much are we already trusting AI to form connections with others? And how did this become so commonplace?

Thank you to everyone who listened and messaged about AI part 1. It was so reassuring to know some of what we said resonated or sparked something. 

If you enjoy this podcast, please consider sharing us with a friend and giving us a review! Both of these things ensure we can keep on going <3

In partnership with Cue Podcasts.

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Scientists Reveal Why Using ChatGPT To Message Your Friends Isn’t a Good Idea

AI can help write a message to a friend – but don’t do it

Meet My A.I. Friends

Could AI help cure ‘downward spiral’ of human loneliness?

Friend or Faux

The (artificial intelligence) therapist can see you now

Lawsuit: A chatbot hinted a kid should kill his parents over screen time limits

Using generic AI chatbots for mental health support: A dangerous trend

We Still Need To Talk Report

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Just call us the American voting public in 2000 because this week we're asking "Bush or no Bush?"

With your help we're diving into the discourse vis-à-vis shaving your pubes & asking all of the most important questions: why is 2025 being heralded as the year of the bush, are female pube-plants really on the rise, could pubes be a recession indicator, is hair down there ever unhygienic and just how exhausted are we of our bodily features being sucked into yet another trend cycle?

Thank you all SO much for your opinions on this topic- they were as candid, insightful, thought-provoking and hilarious as EVER. Le bush c'est chic!

If you enjoy the ep we'd loooove a share on your socials (tag us @everythingiscontentpod), a mention in the group chat or a rating and review wherever you're reading this. It helps SO much.

See you on Friday for the second and final part of our AI deep dive.

O, R, B x

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It's a beautiful day to be a human, bathing in the glorious sunshine of this week's heatwave. However, it's also a pretty good time to be Artificial Intelligence... or a bot.

This week on the podcast we’re kicking off a two part AI deep dive. Firstly, in this episode, we will talking about the recent author protests outside of Meta’s London offices, asking whether AI can really make art, and looking at how AI is creeping into our everyday lives.

It recently emerged that Meta, the tech conglomerate formerly known as Facebook Inc, which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads has scraped millions of books from the pirate data library Library Genesis- more commonly known as LibGen- to use to train its flagship AI model Llama 3.

Last month, icon, illustrator and Studio Ghibli co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki, was being copied and mimicked thanks to thanks to OpenAI’s latest version of its ChatGPT tool.. His water-colour, hand drawn illustrations truly are so loved across the world and bring so much beauty to those films.

As creatives we perhaps have a particularly purist approach to the incorporation of AI into our work, not only from a moral and ethical standpoint, where so many people may soon be out of work, but also from a creative protectionist point of view, where the time and practise and skills needed to create valuable and adored art should be celebrated rather than replicated by machines; but what about in other industries? In education? In schools?

Join us next week for part 2 where we will be diving into how the tech’s increasingly seeping into our relationships and internal worlds.

O,R.B xx

‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’

The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

Why I – and other bestselling authors – are protesting outside Meta today

Ben Affleck explains why it's 'highly unlikely' AI will destroy film, claims it may even enhance the industry

Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘disgusted’ thoughts on AI resurface following Studio Ghibli trend

Christie's AI art auction outpaces expectations, bringing in more than $728,000

Does A.I. Really Encourage Cheating in Schools?

Is AI Turning Me Into an Obsolete Machine?

Sorry, Labour, but ChatGPT teachers are a lesson in how not to transform our schools

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You spoke; we listened. Dining alone is more delicious than a Gü pudding, according to you.

This week's Everything in Conversation is a dive into journalist, author and podcaster, Emma Gannon's gorgeous piece for The Guardian on the joy and stigma of dining alone. We also had the absolute pleasure to speak to the writer herself about this, her new novel A Table For One, and how she's built up her career.

Thank you so much for your incredible takes on this as always. Could you consider gifting a friend this episode if you enjoyed it? It would mean the world to us and help us continue to keep making this podcast. (Is it cheeky to ask for a review too? x)

See you on Friday for our main episode! <3 xxxx

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The sun is shining (emotionally and hopefully literally wherever you are), as it's time for another EIC episode!

On Wednesday 16th of April The Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. The ruling sparked a wave of horrendous transphobic discourse. We are appalled and wanted to unpick how this happened, and JK Rowling's role in this abhorrent outcome.

Next, The New York Times published a piece on 'money dysmorphia'. Is it another BS term, or a real phenomenon for the over-spending, and money hoarding camps many of us fall into regardless of our finances?

Finally, George Clooney has flexed that he and his illustrious wife Amal *never* fight. We dive into the debate around what a healthy relationship and conflict looks like.

Thank you so much for listening and for everyone who's reviewed us. We read every single IG message and review! If you haven't already, we'd love if you could on your podcast player app <3 and follow us on Instagram and TikTok @everythingiscontentpod

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This week Ruchira loved Stalked and Last One Laughing.

Oenone's been loving The Offing.

Beth has been loving the 'I'm so hungry' TikTok trend.

Are You the Only One Who’s Broke? Or Is It ‘Money Dysmorphia’?

Defining a woman solely by biological sex is a step backwards

Not a Phase

The success of J.K. Rowling's transphobic fight depends on the future of "Harry Potter"

If Britain is now resetting the clock on trans rights, where will that leave us?

Gender identity, England and Wales: Census 2021

Welcome to Terf Island: How Anti-Trans Hate Skyrocketed 156% in Four Years

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It's conversation day!

This week, we’re discussing All Fours by Miranda July, so just to flag, this episode will contain spoilers, so if you’re planning on reading the book and don’t want to know what happens, maybe bank this episode for a future listen.

Despite a great critical reception, the novel has certainly been divisive among readers, and most definitely in our DMs.

The novel follows a 45-year-old perimenopausal woman who, after having an extramarital affair during a road trip, has a sexual awakening. It covers themes that we often love to discuss on the podcast, such as relationships, motherhood, aging, mortality, desire, intimacy, identity and ultimately, the meaning of life.

We hope you enjoy this special book club episode - please do slide into our dms with any other books you'd love us to feature + talk about.

We'll see you on Friday for the main ep,

O, R, B x

We will see you Friday :)

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Happy Friday, happy Good Friday, happy Easter & happy Everything Is Content Day!

This week on the podcast we’re talking about Black Mirror season 7, The celestial sisters who went to space, & ask whether or not you can be too hot to work.

Charlie Brooker’s dystopian tech anthology Black Mirror is back for its seven series, and lots of the reviews have been really positive saying it’s one of the most human series yet, and a return to its best form i.e. its first season. 

This one is star-studded, with Chris O’Dowd, Tracey Ellis Ross, Issa ray, Emma Corrin, Rashida Jones and Paul Giamatti to truly only name a few.

Next up, in what sounds like an episode of Black Mirror but isn't... Katy Perry went to space… for eleven minutes. She was joined by Bezos's fiancée Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter Gayle King, who was reported to have said a highlight of the flight was hearing Perry sing Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World'. We discuss.

And finally, we are talking about t-shirts. Okay, not quite. We’re talking about a debate which was sparked on X, in part, by pictures of two t-shirts. 

Here’s what happened- on April 8th the writer Ashley Reese tweeted this as part of a wider conversation about women and work. She wrote: 

“1) women have always worked 2) it's incredible that women are able to be financially independent in ways that were not as common just a few generations ago and I'm not charmed by jokes—especially from other women—about how gainful employment is the worst thing to happen to women.”

Is it that deep? Or is it just some silly t-shirts? Listen to find out!

Ruchira has been loving Hacks season 4

Beth has been loving Who Wants Normal, Frances Ryan

Oenone has been loving Last Of Us Season 2, Broad City and What Did You Do Yesterday?

Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future - Louis Anslow

Katy Perry In Space

T-Shirt Tweet

Cartoons Hate Her Substack

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Happy hump day! Grab a brew, connect your headphones, and get ready to chat.

This week we're heading (conversationally) to California to discuss weekend one of Coachella!

We share all of our thoughts- and yours!- about whether America's biggest festival is still a vibe (if it ever was), how it stacks up against Glasto, whether the outfits were outfitting, what acts looked unmissable and what we think is wrong with the luxury festival market.

Thank you so much to everyone who sent in their takes, we looooove being in conversation with you. We would also looooove if you'd leave us a glowing review and 5 star rating on this podcast player (and any others that spring to mind) and this helps others to find the podcast so that we can keep making it.

See you Friday for our main episode!

O, R, B x

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