Explore " underground railway" with insightful episodes like "e46 - Memphis and an American Truck", "Pulitzer prize winner Colson Whitehead's crime caper, Harlem Shuffle" and "Montaigneâs in Technicolour at Eurovision" from podcasts like ""An American Journey", "The Book Show" and "Stop Everything!"" and more!
In Episode 46, Michael and Julian talk about
1. Memphis. Music, museums, and ducks. We also talk about Marc Cohn's Walking in Memphis
2. American Trucks. Julian loves a truck and speculates why there are over 50 million on American roads
Other Show Notes
Learn more about how America's culture developed in Julian Bishop's High, Wide, and Handsome.
Available here to buy as a paperback, ebook, or audiobook
"My favourite memories as a kid, are watching Saturday afternoon movies," says two time Pulitzer Prize winner, Colson Whitehead, "so I gave myself permission to do a heist book and started planning." Harlem Shuffle was the result.
Also, Marion Frith's timely debut Here In the After about an Australian soldier who served in Afghanistan and Charlotte McConaghy on Once There Were Wolves, about rewilding the Scottish highlands.
Montaigne talks about working through the disappointment of the cancelled 2020 Eurovision Song Contest to come through with a new song, Technicolour, for the 2021 competition, and the process of competing via video from Australia.
Happy 20th, Shrek, itâs time to celebrate millennial culture. Hannah Reich mounts an impassioned defense of the Academy Award-winning film in the face of unappreciative critics.
Finally, BL reviews Underground Railway, the 10-part Barry Jenkins-directed adaptation of Colson Whiteheadâs novel, and *spoiler alert* we pour out a Rolling Rock for Det. Colin Zabel, now resting in the big wawa in the sky.
Show notes:
Montaigne's Eurovision performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX_y759_F_U
Mare of Easttown explainer: www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-20/mare-of-easttown-kate-winslet-tv-miniseries/100145988
Kate Winslet talks wawa, gobbler hogies and : recycling with Guy Pearce: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lTpXcMABmZkeatdNz23aJ?si=X_Gkx1E4QzORUUzGzIV8oA&nd=1
Angourie Rice on the Screen Show: www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-screen-show/angourie-rice,-pablo-larrain,-alice-rohrwacher/13340690
The Underground Railroad: www.primevideo.com/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.f2bbc210-d908-9560-2a0c-2d8a527c2020?ref_=dvm_pds_tit_au_dc_s_g%7Cm_DGDjjO4Wc_c521246635845
ABC Top 5 Residency: www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/top5/
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