I avoid 'true crime' podcasts as a general rule, but this seven episode series is thoroughly engaging listening.
Review of Podcast Finding Samantha: unexpectedly affecting
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Sound rich listening…Part II
Here are some audio stories I recommend, because they're so timelessly good.
Review of Borgen, Power and Glory on Netflix: did the series lose touch with its feminine side?
When this revival series got the Netflix makeover, polished for international appeal, did Borgen lose touch with its feminine side?
Review of The Cleaner on BBC/Britbox: therapy of sorts…
The first season of The Cleaner is the perfect binge on rainy weekends.
Seminar about working with multiple languages, Oral History NSW, History Matters, June, 2021
This session of History Matters (Oral History NSW) explores ways we can value linguistic diversity.
Audio Stories relating to Japan
Here is an unfinished collection of audio stories featuring aspects of Japan, people and things Japanese.
Review of Flowers on Netflix: life-affirming dark comedy
Flowers on Netflix is the exquisitely dark 'comedy drama' about 'home, family, and mental illness' written and directed by Will Sharpe. He also plays one of the pivotal characters - Shun, who comes from Japan to live in the bizarre world of the very British and quite mad Flowers family. And I have this distinct delusion that Sharpe wrote this series just for me.
Review of Wine Country on Netflix: the perils of representing women over 50
I usually get the Amy/Tina wit, but was royally disappointed with this one...
Review of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo on Netflix: self transformation you can’t see
About five years ago, I KonMaried my underwear drawer and now all my knickers maintain vertical integrity. And yes, I experience joy every time I open my drawer.
Chenille! It’s back, actually, it never went away in Japan
This cute chenille hanky arrived from Japan today, thanks Yoko! The Japanese just have a different attitude to hankies than in the west.
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