From The Diving Board

By Charli ChatsSociety & Culture

From The Diving Board episodes

October 01, 2025 we should pity internet trolls (?) | Mini Chats
An excerpt from the latest episode on cringe culture - listen now!

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2 min
September 29, 2025 24. Cringe is the price you pay for success? Why cringe culture is holding us back
Ocean Vuong recently stated that cringe culture is holding us back from following our dreams - but why is the fear of being cringe so pervasive among young people right now? A chit chat podcast episode unpacking surveillance culture, our obsession with being 'nonchalant' and widespread apathy, and how these factors may influence our fear of judgment.

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26 min
September 22, 2025 23. The chokehold of the past: 2016 core to tradwives
Unpacking nostalgia as both a cultural coping mechanism and a political tool, to examine its role in shaping online identity as well as mobilising conservative political movements.

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34 min
September 08, 2025 22. Content that will actually unrot your brain (what I’ve been reading)
What I've been reading recently & whether I think they're worth the hype (they are) xxxx

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26 min
August 25, 2025 21. Rage bait sells, but at what cost?
What do Sydney Sweeney & American Eagle's 'good jeans' advert and Jojo Siwa's constant rebranding suggest about personal branding, outrage marketing, and the commodification of identity? Is there ever anything harmless about profiting off of anger and outrage? And how does this look in an era of increasing political polarisation, echo chambers and rising intolerance?

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40 min
August 13, 2025 gen z don't want romance (?) | Mini Chats
Full episode out now <3
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2 min
August 04, 2025 20. Gen Z are Designing their Lives Around Friendship (& you should too)
Why do relationships feel so strained right now? Let's unpack the capitalist history of marriage, the nuclear family, and why centring platonic friendship could be the solution we all need right now.

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46 min
July 14, 2025 19. The world burns, billionaires get married. Where to now?
What does the Bezos-Sanchez wedding represent in an era of major wealth inequality, and what's the solution? Let's unpack whether charitable donations by the extreme wealthy are enough, what taxing the rich really means, and whether billionaires should exist...at all.

Based on the incredible theory of limitarianism by Dr Ingrid Robeyns.

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31 min
June 30, 2025 18. And just like that, we hate Carrie...(again)
Gen Z have decided that Carrie Bradshaw is the ultimate villain & should be booted off SATC. Yet without her flaws, would Carrie even be worth watching? Let's unpack the unrealistic standards that we hold female protagonists to, and why now, more than ever, we need more flawed female characters on screen.

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30 min
June 16, 2025 Is looking for your body in media asking for too much? | Mini Chats
My first Mini Chats episode!
Think of this as a teaser for the most recent episode, where we discussed the politicisation of women's bodies in public spaces.
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3 min