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Alcoholics Anonymous – new Pod Delusion podcast #43
This week’s Pod Delusion has a fine range of topics. This time I’m talking about Alcoholics Anonymous, as it’s their 75th anniversary this year. Among other things, I discuss the Higher Power and woo, some of the pros and cons, and why it works really well for some people, but not as many as everyone […]
‘RIP Raoul Moat’ Facebook groups and the sound of Guardian readers’ heads exploding
July 16, 2010
There seem to be quite a few of these RIP Raoul Moat Facebook groups remaining, despite David Cameron’s mini-blitzkrieg. There’s a whole range of opinions expressed on them, some even approaching debate: donna at the end off the day his gf fooked his ed up she the one to bleam if sge hadent off tould […]
The Prostitution Conversation – Part One
July 11, 2010
There comes a time in most women’s lives when you suddenly don’t have enough money. Whatever level you’re at, high-powered or unemployed, and whatever your outgoings are, you realise that there isn’t enough coming in. The situation may also be frog-in-a-pot gradual, and you’ve just been in denial about it. And then you run into […]
Pod Delusion 41 Podcast – Women and Invisibility
July 9, 2010
Check out this week’s Pod Delusion podcast. I’m talking about women and invisibility. This was partly sparked by going to a discussion at the Cottesloe Theatre, with Joan Bakewell, Harriet Walter and Jill Kennington, hosted by Stephanie Merritt. The event was held to celebrate the photography exhibition Infinite Variety, which celebrates older women. It was […]
July 23, 2010
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