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Welcome to ‘Breaking Up’ - a podcast about break-ups, love, and pop culture, hosted by Isabella Shields and Adam Benmakhlouf.

This is episode 14, where we answer some agony aunt questions that have been sent in via instagram and gmail. 

We're talking about a girlfriend whose personality flips like a switch, what to do if you look like your boyfriend's sister (and his ex), how to handle getting blocked by an ex a while after the relationship ends, and how to manage first relationship expectations. 

You can follow us on instagram @breakinguppodcast! 

 

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If you'd like to send in an agony aunt questions, any recommendations, or any sponsorship offers, please contact [email protected].

This is part two of episode 12, where talk about the films Carol (2015; Dir. Todd Haynes) and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019; Dir. Céline Sciamma), and recommending some music and books to help you cope with heartbreak and focus on the upside of breaking up.

Adam was unwell last week so Isabella was joined by the lovely Eilis Lee! You can hear Adam answer the questions she was asked in our new lightning round. 

In part one we spoke bout a one night stand with emotionally murky consequences, the development of a very casual relationship into something more serious, fantasising about other people while you’re in a relationship, and whether or not to break up with a long distance partner on their birthday if that’s the only time you’ll see them.

You can follow us on instagram @breakinguppodcast! 

 

Please tell all your friends if you like the podcast and give us five stars if you’re listening on iTunes so other people can find the podcast and we can get a big serotonin hit.

 

If you'd like to send in an agony aunt questions, any recommendations, or any sponsorship offers, please contact [email protected].

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Justice for Belly Mujinga:

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Welcome to ‘Breaking Up’ - a podcast about break-ups, love, and pop culture. I’m Isabella Shields and my usual cohost Adam Benmakhlouf is unavailable this week so I’m joined by the lovely Eilís Lee!

LINKS TO SUPPORT BLACK CREATIVES AND RACE EDUCATION:

Donate to Black Lives Matter:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019

The Black Curriculum:

https://www.theblackcurriculum.com/our-work

Creative Me:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/creative-me-podcast/id1405266519

https://open.spotify.com/show/5W2COHJdCHxQLeLLz8L6d9?si=53GrwTSST36_FTU4Q1-u8w

https://www.instagram.com/creativemepodcast/?hl=en

https://ko-fi.com/creativeme

We Are Here Scotland:

https://www.instagram.com/weareherescotland/?hl=en

Big Up the Deen:

https://www.instagram.com/bigupthedeen/?hl=en

About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/about-race-with-reni-eddo-lodge/id1353151856

Small Doses with Amanda Seales:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/small-doses-with-amanda-seales/id1333316223

Eilis and I are discussing:

- What do to if you hate your friends’ partner

- Whether you should break up with someone if you think they stink

- How to tell your ex you need some space when you’ve got a broken heart

- And what to do if you’re worried about someone you’re having an affair with ending things.

We also chat about Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Shrek 2, and Ling Ma's novel Severance.

Eilis’s twitter: https://twitter.com/ishreads

Ish Reads Things: https://ishreadsthings.wordpress.com/

You can follow us on instagram @breakinguppodcast! 

 

Please tell all your friends if you like the podcast and give us five stars if you’re listening on iTunes so other people can find the podcast and we can get a big serotonin hit.

 

If you'd like to send in an agony aunt questions, any recommendations, or any sponsorship offers, please contact [email protected].

Welcome to ‘Breaking Up’ - a podcast about break-ups, love, pop culture, and emotional renewal, hosted by Isabella Shields and Adam Benmakhlouf.

 

This is part one of episode 12, where we answer some questions as agony aunts. Then in part two we’ll be talking about the films Carol (2015; Dir. Todd Haynes) and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019; Dir. Céline Sciamma), and recommending some music and books to help you cope with heartbreak and focus on the upside of breaking up.

 

This week we’re talking about a one night stand with emotionally murky consequences, the development of a very casual relationship into something more serious, fantasising about other people while you’re in a relationship, and whether or not to break up with a long distance partner on their birthday if that’s the only time you’ll see them.

 

You can follow us on instagram @breakinguppodcast! 

 

Please tell all your friends if you like the podcast and give us five stars if you’re listening on iTunes so other people can find the podcast and we can get a big serotonin hit.

 

If you'd like to send in an agony aunt questions, any recommendations, or any sponsorship offers, please contact [email protected].

Welcome to ‘Breaking Up’ - a podcast about break-ups, love, pop culture, and emotional renewal, hosted by Isabella Shields and Adam Benmakhlouf. 

This week we're very excited to be joined by our first guest on the podcast, Isabella's partner Harlan McGlinchey. We take Adam through the relationships and break-ups in Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Rodenberry and aired between 1987 and 1994 by CBS. 

We’re only able to do a handful of the breakups on the show, partly because I’m still in the process of watching it and partly because we’ve been watching it out of order. If we’ve missed any episodes let us know.

Big spoilers ahead for the TV show but no previous Star Trek viewing required. As always, we're not experts and these are only our opinions.

You can follow us on instagram @breakinguppodcast!

Tell all your friends if you like the podcast and give us five stars if you’re listening on iTunes so other people can find the podcast and we can get a big serotonin hit.

If you'd like to send in an agony aunt questions, any recommendations, or any sponsorship offers, please contact [email protected].

Welcome to ‘Breaking Up’ - a podcast about break-ups, love, pop culture, and emotional renewal, hosted by Isabella Shields and Adam Benmakhlouf. Every week we answer some questions as agony aunts then discuss what we think are the best examples of break-up in media to help cope with heartbreak and focus on the upside of breaking up.

 

Join us for our discussion of the BBC and Hulu's adaptation of Sally Rooney's 2018 novel, the TV phenomenon Normal People (2020; Dir. Lenny Abrahamson). In a shake-up of our usual format, we answer some agony aunt questions inspired by the show and give our hot takes on the programme itself. 

Big spoilers ahead for the TV show and the book!

Content notes: this podcast involves discussion of sexual violence, abuse, depression and anxiety. 

You can follow us on instagram @breakinguppodcast! 

Please tell all your friends if you like the podcast and give us five stars if you’re listening on iTunes so other people can find the podcast and we can get a big serotonin hit.

 

If you'd like to send in an agony aunt questions, any recommendations, or any sponsorship offers, please contact [email protected].

Welcome to ‘Breaking Up’ - a podcast about break-ups, love, pop culture, and emotional renewal, hosted by Isabella Shields and Adam Benmakhlouf. Every week we answer some questions as agony aunts then discuss what we think are the best examples of break-up in media to help cope with heartbreak and focus on the upside of breaking up.

Join us for our discussion of the films Call Me By Your Name (2017; Dir. Luca Guadagnino) and Brokeback Mountain (2005; Dir. Ang Lee) and our other recommendations. Big spoilers ahead for both films!

In part one, we chat about taking an ex back after a long distance break up, the times when it’s more acceptable to have sex with an ex than others, what to do when your partner is treating you badly after a medical crisis in the family, and getting your ex starts to stop liking all your social media posts. 

 

You can follow us on instagram @breakinguppodcast! 

 

Please tell all your friends if you like the podcast and give us five stars if you’re listening on iTunes so other people can find the podcast and we can get a big serotonin hit.

If you'd like to send in an agony aunt questions, any recommendations, or any sponsorship offers, please contact [email protected].

Welcome to ‘Breaking Up’ - a podcast about break-ups, love, pop culture, and emotional renewal, hosted by Isabella Shields and Adam Benmakhlouf. Every week we answer some questions as agony aunts then discuss what we think are the best examples of break-up in media to help cope with heartbreak and focus on the upside of breaking up.

We're in the swing of the Zoom call now and we've got big questions to answer. We chat about taking an ex back after a long distance break up, the times when it’s more acceptable to have sex with an ex than others, what to do when your partner is treating you badly after a medical crisis in the family, and getting your ex starts to stop liking all your social media posts. 

Join us in Part Two for discussion of the films Call Me By Your Name (2017; Dir. Luca Guadagnino) and Brokeback Mountain (2005; Dir. Ang Lee) and our other recommendations. Big spoilers ahead for both films!

 

You can follow us on instagram @breakinguppodcast! 

 

Please tell all your friends if you like the podcast and give us five stars if you’re listening on iTunes so other people can find the podcast and we can get a big serotonin hit.

 

If you'd like to send in an agony aunt questions, any recommendations, or any sponsorship offers, please contact [email protected].

Welcome to ‘Breaking Up’ - a podcast about break-ups, love, pop culture, and emotional renewal, hosted by Isabella Shields and Adam Benmakhlouf. Every week we answer some questions as agony aunts then discuss what we think are the best examples of break-up in media to help cope with heartbreak and focus on the upside of breaking up.

 

This is part two of episode 8, our discussion of the films Marriage Story (2019; Dir. Noah Baumbach) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012; Dir. David O. Russell) and our other recommendations. Big spoilers ahead for both films!

Episode 8.1 was our second Coronavirus episode! The questions we answered were Covid-19 related and we chat about what we're going through with it too. We discuss partners who aren't feeling sexy in lockdown, struggling to revisit films and TV shows that remind you of your ex, and what to do if you're having recurring dreams about an ex. 

 

It's our second socially distanced episode so the sound quality isn't as good as it usually is but it's still pretty decent! 

 

Episode notes: discussion of mental health, divorce, sex addiction, and abusive relationships. 

 

You can follow us on instagram @breakinguppodcast! 

 

Please tell all your friends if you like the podcast and give us five stars if you’re listening on iTunes so other people can find the podcast and we can get a big serotonin hit.

 

If you'd like to send in an agony aunt questions, any recommendations, or any sponsorship offers, please contact [email protected].

Welcome to ‘Breaking Up’ - a podcast about break-ups, love, pop culture, and emotional renewal, hosted by Isabella Shields and Adam Benmakhlouf. Every week we answer some questions as agony aunts then discuss what we think are the best examples of break-up in media to help cope with heartbreak and focus on the upside of breaking up.

 

Episode 8.1 is our second Coronavirus episode! The questions we answer are Covid-19 related and we chat about what we're going through with it too. We discuss partners who aren't feeling sexy in lockdown, struggling to revisit films and TV shows that remind you of your ex, and what to do if you're having recurring dreams about an ex. 

It's our second socially distanced episode so the sound quality isn't as good as it usually is but it's still pretty decent! 

Join us in Part Two for discussion of the films Marriage Story (2019; Dir. Noah Baumbach) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012; Dir. David O. Russell) and our other recommendations. Big spoilers ahead for both films!

Episode notes: 11 Apps for Making Friends (Cosmopolitan)

You can follow us on instagram @breakinguppodcast! 

Please tell all your friends if you like the podcast and give us five stars if you’re listening on iTunes so other people can find the podcast and we can get a big serotonin hit.

If you'd like to send in an agony aunt questions, any recommendations, or any sponsorship offers, please contact [email protected].