One moment, you're unemployed and playing table football against your financially stable flatmate to win enough money to pay the rent. The next, you're buying a giant dog sculpture and matching gold friendship bracelets... this week Jessie Brown Findlay joins us as we take a look back at Joey?s best moments, mad acting career, and what it takes to be a successful creative in the working world - the nominees are? *cue award ceremony montage*? 

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This week, Ryan helps us dig a little deeper into the most complex and beloved Friend of them all - Princess Consuela Banana Hammock (aka Phoebe Buffay).

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This week, queen hostess and friend of the pod Alexandra Haddow joins us to dissect the house parties of Friends - bring your red solo cups and lukewarm mixer (Fun Bobby plus ones encouraged).

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Silence in court! This week we get our barrister wigs on and lay out the character faults of the least liked Friend - Ross Geller. Imogen West-Knights is the defence. The charges are?

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Welcome to Friends Thru A Lens, a Sentimental Garbage mini series where I talk about the show FRIENDS with a lower case-f friend through the LENS of their choosing. This week we're talking to former wedding caterer and romance novelist Kate Young about the weddings of Friends. More specifically, we're ranking them.

Episodes to watch:

S1 E1

S2 E11 & 24

S4 E23 & 24

S5 E24

S7 E11, 23 & 24

S10 E12

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An ode to the horniest group of short kings since The Monkees. Sugar, we're going down!

Me and Ashley's Fall Out Boy Hate F**k playlist

Ashley's podcast Good Noticings

Patrick Stump's upsetting op-ed

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This week, Nikkitha Bakshani joins us to discuss the highly requested 2002 CLASSIC Bend It Like Beckham. Don't forget your shin pads!

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"That's you and me, kid. You and me."

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It's not her best work, but it might just be ours

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This week we're in SE London getting chased by big glow-in-the-dark gorilla wolf aliens! The Guardian's community affairs correspondent Aamna Mohdin joins us to discuss Joe Cornish's directorial debut 'Attack The Block'.

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Hello? It's Brooklyn Beckham selling you his latest hobby/career on your insta feed.

This week, YA author and ex-celebrity reporter Benjamin Dean joins us to discuss the fascinating epidemic of nepo babies. Grab your privilege, phone case lip gloss and parental trauma!

Ben's book 'Bury Your Friends' is out now!

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Broadway star, friend-of-the-pod and Skipshock narrator Natasha Hodgson joins Caroline on stage at The Strand to talk about friendship, creativity, Hey Arnold and magical admin. Skipshock is out on audiobook everywhere now!

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Taylor Swift and Matty Healy, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, Carrie Bradshaw and Duncan who lives downstairs. Too Much writer and actual-lover of English men Monica Heisey returns to talk about the hundred year tradition of American girls coming to England to fall in love.

Monica's book Really Good Actually is available now. Her show, Smothered is available on SKY.

Tickets for Caroline's Library of National Congress National Book Festival event: https://www.loc.gov/events/2025-national-book-festival/schedule/item/event-417959/weird-times-in-otherworldly-novels-ya-with-caroline-odonoghue-and-ransom-riggs/2025-09-06/

The Strand with friend of the pod Natasha Hodgson! http://eventbrite.com/e/caroline-odonoghue-skipshock-tickets-1591998192449?aff=oddtdtcreator

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It's the last time we will (probably) ever talk about Sex and the City, so buckle up, break out the cosmos, and for god's sake ? ITS JUST A BIT OF PISS.

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Lyra's back and she inexplicably has a new friend straight out of a Jacqueline Wilson novel. Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife tackles parallels worlds, god's existence, quantum physics, skull-drilling, and funding applications ? and somehow is the greatest book for children over the age of eleven of all time.

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Traci Thomas is back yet again for part two of our conversation on The Hunger Games prequels. This one is on Sunrise on the Reaping!!

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Traci Thomas is back for our deep-dive of both The Hunger Games, starting with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Next week we're doing Sunrise on the Reaping so don't say we didn't tell you.

You can learn more about World Central Kitchen here: https://wck.org/relief/chefs-for-gaza

Resources to write to your MP here: https://www.redlineforgaza.org.uk/takeaction/search

Traci Thomas's podcast is The Stacks: https://www.instagram.com/thestackspod/?hl=en

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Shon Faye joins us to talk about Oz and the thrilling art of scaring children to death

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We're finishing up our fairytale trilogy with a discussion on manipulating kids to get morphine for us.

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This week, Juno Dawson joins us to discuss the 1986 cult magical fantasy classic Labyrinth.

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We talk about Shrek!

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Recorded on 24th May at the Hay Festival, join Jack Edwards and Caroline in the Welsh fields of Hay-on-Wye as they discuss writing, the power of time and Caroline's new YA novel Skipshock.

SKIPSHOCK - OUT NOW

Head to your local bookshop or order online: https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529507966/skipshock

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Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.

SKIPSHOCK - OUT NOW

Head to your local bookshop or order online: https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529507966/skipshock

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Friend of the pod Ella Risbridger joins us for our summer fantasy book club, where we'll be covering Philip Pullman's iconic trilogy His Dark Materials.

This week we kick off with the first book of the series: Northern Lights.

ALSO - SKIPSHOCK IS OUT TODAY!

Head to your local bookshop or order now: https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529507966/skipshock

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Author of The Bone Season and The Priory of the Orange Tree Samantha Shannon comes to discuss her life-long love of Dragonheart! We talk dragons, knights, St George, dragons as elemental force, "wyrms", novels-as-video-games and the great cinematic traditions of the Dragonheart franchise.

SKIPSHOCK - out June 5

Pre-order now: https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529507966/skipshock

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Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty... get out ya shell bras and silicone tails losers, we're going swimming with Katherine Webber to dive deep into the world of mermaids.

SKIPSHOCK - out June 5

Pre-order now: https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529507966/skipshock

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The Stacks host Traci Thomas joins us to talk about the original Hunger Games trilogy! Mostly the books! Five stars on Uber for Suzanne Collins!

SKIPSHOCK - out June 5

Pre-order now: https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529507966/skipshock

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Welcome to Magical Garbage - a Sentimental Garbage mini series!

To celebrate the upcoming release of my new YA novel SKIPSHOCK, Sentimental Garbage is diving into the world of fantasy and exploring the magical storytelling that made us who we are, with pals old and new.

This week, we're starting off with a biggy - friend of the pod Jen Cownie joins us to rank the storylines of The Lord of the Rings.

SKIPSHOCK - out June 5

Pre-order now: https://www.walker.co.uk/9781529507966/skipshock

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Am late, with mad hair and can barely breathe in scary knickers - this can only mean one thing...

Join Caroline, comedian Alexandra Haddow and the legendary Shazzer herself, Sally Phillips, for a live Bridget Jones Special.

Recorded on 26th March 2025 at the Ham Yard Hotel, Soho.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy - available to buy or rent at home now.

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Sarah Griffin joins us in the queue to the haunted mansion for the final episode of the season. Bring your Mary Blair Mickey ears, sick bags, childhood nostalgia, and sneaky gin tinnies.

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This week, Lauren Bravo joins us to discuss the self-help book turned star-studded romcom 'He's Just Not That Into You'.

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Bestselling author Coco Mellors joins us to talk about one of our most-demanded episodes, 10 Things I Hate About You

Coco Mellors is the author of Blue Sisters and Cleopatra & Frankenstein, both in paperback now!

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Recorded on Feb 6th at the Union Chapel, Caroline and Alexandra Haddow talked about 90s pop, 'relaunched' boyfriends, Working Girl, van life and what's real to them

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Kate Young returns to the pod for a conversation about art, creativity, Flesh Kermit and RENT.

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This week, musician Jensen McRae join us to discuss the iconic 1961 West Side Story.

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Angel of music Rebecca Kuang emerges from her organ to talk Phantom of the Opera, gothic love, pre-teen horniness and the mystery of Gerard Butler's casting.

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Writer Janina Matthewson joins us this week to discuss Adrienne Shelly's delicious 2007 film Waitress. Bring pie please.

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FILM DISCUSSION BEGINS AT 36.04

We're back on the continent with Jen Cownie and this time, we're talking Norway, New Years and nude saunas. We also cry about Hook (1991) and consider whether Caroline might be ready for therapy.

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Welcome back to Sentimental Garbage, where the sequel is better than the original and the movie is better than the book. This week, Caroline admits she was wrong about Mean Girls the musical and guest Okechukwu Nzelu reminds her what was so good about the franchise to begin with.

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He's England's answer to Nora Ephron and knows that love is the most important thing in the world - this Christmas special, Caroline and friend of the pod Ella Risbridger dive deep into the world of Richard Curtis and his iconic romcom universe.

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This week we've been thirst von trapped by the Captain - it's the 1965 film adaptation of 'The Sound of Music'.

Sentimental Garbage is live for one night only at the Union Chapel this February 6th: https://www.fane.co.uk/sentimental-garbage

Join us at the afterparty! https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/angel/the-old-queens-head/sentimental-garbage-the-afterparty

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In which we become extremely emotional about the private life of Edna Turnblad

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Sentimental Garbage live: https://unionchapel.org.uk/whats-on/sentimental-garbage-live

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If you're sick of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande crying and pawing at each other during the Wicked press tour, then skip on past this episode. Please expect pawing, clawing, crying, and holding space.

ALSO ? we are launching Sentimental Garbage's FIRST EVER merch drop in support of War Child. Head over to

https://everpress.com/warchild-x-sentimentalgarbage to start feeling the most.

War Child are driven by a single goal ? ensuring a safe future for every child affected by war. They work in the hardest to reach places to support those who are hardest hit, to protect, educate and stand up for the rights of children living in areas of conflict.

We're also doing a live show this February! Come see us at the Union Chapel on Feb 6: https://www.fane.co.uk/sentimental-garbage

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Author of Long Island Compromise and Fleishman Is in Trouble Taffy Brodesser-Akner joins Caroline for a special edition episode to discuss their favourite Taylor Swift songs.

SENTIMENTAL GARBAGE LIVE

Thursday 6th February 2025 @Union Chapel, London UK

Tickets out now: www.fane.co.uk/sentimental-garbage

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It's the final postcard of Continental Garbage - today we recap on the series and our summer.

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We're outta here!

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in which a woman with no back story and no trauma simply enjoys herself in Paris. Groundbreaking, no?

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This week Blake Lively is having a shocker so we watch The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

TW: sexual assault, suicide, grief!

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This week we're back, discussing the Netflix documentary on the 2017 event car crash that was Fyre Festival. Join us to swim with pigs, eat cheese sandwiches and get scammed.

Documentary discussion from 18.26

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Ahead of Sentimental Garbage Live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Caroline and comedian Alexandra Haddow take to the stage for the June leg of the SG UK tour.

EDINBURGH EVENTS:

WED 14th AUG 13:45-14:45 - Phoebe McIntosh & Caroline O'Donoghue: Love and ChaosWED 14th AUG 21:00-22:30 - Book Fest vs The Fringe: A Book Quiz of Epic Proportions THU 15th AUG 21:00-22:30 - Sentimental Garbage Live with Marian Keyes

Alexandra will be at the Fringe performing her show 'Third Party' throughout August at Monkey Barrel Comedy (Venue 515).

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