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The High Low

A weekly conversation between writers Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes, that covers highbrow and lowbrow culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Cottagecore, Covidism & Other Lockdown Theories; Plus, An Author Special with Samantha Irby

Cottagecore, Covidism & Other Lockdown Theories; Plus, An Author Special with Samantha Irby

Today we discuss the surprising lockdown sales boom, an animal fact and a few new pandemic lifestyle theories. Just anot... Read more

12 May 2020

52mins

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What 'Cat Person' Tells Us About Female Pleasure. Plus Which Social Media Platform Is The Most Dangerous?

What 'Cat Person' Tells Us About Female Pleasure. Plus Which Social Media Platform Is The Most Dangerous?

Pandora's been moving house and Dolly's been hosting Pretendmas (don't ask; she'll tell you all about it anyway) but the... Read more

13 Dec 2017

1hr 4mins

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The Duchess of Cambridge’s Problematic Post-Partum Money Shot; & Is Millie Bobby Brown Too Young for Time’s 100 list?

The Duchess of Cambridge’s Problematic Post-Partum Money Shot; & Is Millie Bobby Brown Too Young for Time’s 100 list?

The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to another baby prince, but all anyone’s talking about is that bouncy blow dry, that... Read more

25 Apr 2018

57mins

Ranked #4

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The App That ‘Strips’ Women of Their Make-up; and Boris Johnson’s Comments on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

The App That ‘Strips’ Women of Their Make-up; and Boris Johnson’s Comments on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

No singing this week courtesy of Louis Theroux, but three different accents from Pandora in compensation. This week on T... Read more

15 Nov 2017

57mins

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Corporate Egg-Freezing - And Whether Taylor Swift Is A Billboard for Trumpian Values

Corporate Egg-Freezing - And Whether Taylor Swift Is A Billboard for Trumpian Values

Thank you to everyone who enjoyed our special episode with Tina Brown last week - we had a huge response. We miss her al... Read more

29 Nov 2017

57mins

Ranked #6

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Fyre Festival, Sex Education & A Bumper Book Chat

Fyre Festival, Sex Education & A Bumper Book Chat

We’re back! Have you missed us? Dolly’s tits-deep in her Everything I Know About Love tour (buy tickets here: faneproduc... Read more

5 Feb 2019

1hr 30mins

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Why Mental Health Is Nothing To Do With Wellness, with Author Bella Mackie

Why Mental Health Is Nothing To Do With Wellness, with Author Bella Mackie

We talk perineum sunning, Christmas tree erection, global idioms and polygraphs. And we host the journalist and author o... Read more

3 Dec 2019

1hr 15mins

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Was James Corden Wrong To Joke About Harvey Weinstein?; And Are YOU Suffering From Culture Overload?

Was James Corden Wrong To Joke About Harvey Weinstein?; And Are YOU Suffering From Culture Overload?

It’s our first ever live podcast! This week The High Low is brought to you live from tibits, a vegetarian restaurant in ... Read more

17 Oct 2017

1hr 13mins

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Ding Dong The Hef Is Dead - The Legacy of Playboy; And The Death Of The Celebrity Interview

Ding Dong The Hef Is Dead - The Legacy of Playboy; And The Death Of The Celebrity Interview

In the wake of pyjama-clad Hugh Hefner’s demise, we discuss the legacy of Playboy and its nuances - and why viewing an e... Read more

3 Oct 2017

55mins

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Women’s unconscious bias towards other women; and Kim Kardashian’s cultural appropriation

Women’s unconscious bias towards other women; and Kim Kardashian’s cultural appropriation

Kim Kardashian is making all kinds of headlines this week; not because her new baby boy, Chicago, arrived via surrogacy ... Read more

31 Jan 2018

1hr

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Loneliness in the young & why we should all be a bit more like Neville Southall

Loneliness in the young & why we should all be a bit more like Neville Southall

Well, THANK YOU High Lowers - last week’s episode pushed us over 2 million downloads and up to No.3 on the iTunes podcas... Read more

12 Apr 2018

1hr 3mins

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Is "hey guys" anti-feminist?; & why we are better people than our worst joke

Is "hey guys" anti-feminist?; & why we are better people than our worst joke

Jeremy Hunt forgot his wife's nationality; someone tried to book 6 hotel rooms at The High Low (us neither); & Dolly... Read more

1 Aug 2018

58mins

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What Women Want: The Rise and Fall of Victoria's Secret

What Women Want: The Rise and Fall of Victoria's Secret

This week we discuss the party leaders Question Time, the tragic murder of Grace Millane (and what we have learned and s... Read more

25 Nov 2019

1hr 20mins

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Strictly’s Scandal, Johnny Depp’s GQ Cover & The Nothingburger

Strictly’s Scandal, Johnny Depp’s GQ Cover & The Nothingburger

It’s our favourite time of year: The OED have released their new admissions. Are you feeling bongga? Or are you - whispe... Read more

10 Oct 2018

1hr 13mins

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On speaking out against Woody Allen; and why women are still judged by appearance in the workplace

On speaking out against Woody Allen; and why women are still judged by appearance in the workplace

The High Low is a quarter of a century old (sort of) and to celebrate we have a ton of great reading recommendations for... Read more

14 Sep 2017

57mins

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Crediting your sources in the internet age & why we all love to hate Coachella

Crediting your sources in the internet age & why we all love to hate Coachella

Some excellent e-mails on voice notes in The High Low mailbag this week - turns out The HL listeners are more than a lit... Read more

18 Apr 2018

1hr 1min

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The Travesty of Princess Diana's Leaked Tapes & The Legacy of Celebrity Big Brother

The Travesty of Princess Diana's Leaked Tapes & The Legacy of Celebrity Big Brother

It's Episode 20, a milestone of sorts - and Tesco are now paying your tampon tax. Hurrah! Go buy your 'pax from there --... Read more

2 Aug 2017

1hr 10mins

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That Taylor Swift Song & Macron's €8,000 Make-Up Habit

That Taylor Swift Song & Macron's €8,000 Make-Up Habit

It’s Dolly’s birthday today! And as if in celebration, The High Low has hit half a million downloads. Listen to Pandora ... Read more

30 Aug 2017

1hr 6mins

Ranked #19

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A Christmas Special with Joan and Jericha

A Christmas Special with Joan and Jericha

Oodles of cracker jokes, festive Dolls polls, jolly songs and weird Christmas facts; and Dolly pays a snowy visit to eve... Read more

17 Dec 2019

32mins

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The UK’s New Minister for Loneliness; And Are We Children Until The Age of 25?

The UK’s New Minister for Loneliness; And Are We Children Until The Age of 25?

First thing’s first: 1 in 4 women are still skipping their smear test - please don’t be one of them. Dolly talks to Kate... Read more

24 Jan 2018

1hr 3mins

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