The Crown, The Witch, The Professor and the Madman, and pets - loving them, eating them, and saying goodbye

In this embarrassingly England-obsessed episode, your hosts Karl Quinn and Andrew Young brave the withering disdain of their sizeable French audience to consider a veritable treasure trove of good things from the Old Dart. Plus, Bali 2002 and a Star Wars story for grown-ups.

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Karl and Andrew chew the fat about dance, film, TV and lunches with famous people in your favourite pop culture gabfest from those tow blokes in Melbourne, Australia. 

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Put two old men in a studio, offer them a microphone each and who knows where the conversation will lead. Join Karl Quinn and Andrew Young for more discursions, digressions and delirium than you can poke a stick at in the latest episode of the pop culture gabfest that is The Clappers. 

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Karl sees a reduced and improved Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Princess Theatre then redeems his working class credentials by watching Pistol on Disney. Andrew merely reads The Circle, prequel to The Every by Dave Eggers.

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Andrew Young and Karl Quinn get excited about the multiverse, fighting back against big tech and the business of sport as they finally leave the bunker and get out into the world again. And gee, doesn't it feel good.  

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Andrew Young and Karl Quinn return for the first Clappers session of 2022. Where have they been? Where are on earth are they going? Are we there yet? Don't worry about that, kids - it's the journey that counts, not the destination.

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Finally out of lockdown, Karl and Andrew hit the streets, the bars, and the hair salons, but still find time to read (Matrix by Lauren Groff), watch TV (Succession), mourn (Bert Newton) and even go to the cinema (The Last Duel) - all so you don't have to. You're welcome. 

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In this episode Karl and Andrew consider the surreal body horror of Brand New Cherry Flavor, the "is it too soon" drama of Fires, golf as metaphor in Commander in Cheat, the dodgy science of Bad Blood ... and the guilty pleasure of owning an espresso machine that looks like an ancient and very beautiful chronometer.

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Karl and Andrew talk TV with Hacks and The White Lotus, plus Netflix romp Beckett and Tracey Thorn's latest book: My Rock and Roll Friend.

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Karl and Andrew discuss Mr In-Between, She-Oaks and Sunlight: Australian Impressionism, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard and leaving things on the roof of your car.

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