Out-of-Print

This week, Sophie hosts on the concerning trend of founders on LinkedIn starting to write like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho. This episode covers TikTok, LinkedIn close-readings,Bateman’s morning monologue, the line between satire and stereotype, an alarming returnto the 80s, the death of context, and the time that Sophie lived with a cult member who is currently on trial for murder. Key texts referenced:- American Psycho, Brett Easton EllisCo-hosted and produced by Alice Garnett, Emmeline Armitage and Sophie Parke.Powered by Transmission Roundhouse.

This week Emmeline takes to the mic to discuss everything from Shrek 2 to ‘heteropessimism’. Close reading passages from two contemporary articles, the girls in turn discuss some of the pitfalls of modern dating, and why the language we use to talk about it is so important.Texts referenced:-https://youtu.be/A_HjMIjzyMU?si=ZApvBuiCj6DIeOUI-Men, Where Have You Gone? Please Come Back. - The New York Times-The Trouble With Wanting Men - The New York Times-On Heteropessimism – The New InquiryFurther reading:-Notes on "heteropessimism" - by Shon Faye - Idle ThoughtsCo-hosted and produced by Alice Garnett, Emmeline Armitage and Sophie Parke.Powered by Transmission Roundhouse.

This week, Sophie discusses the importance of dialect as the ‘key to your cities’. The episode covers a (largely unsuccessful) quiz on Glaswegian dialect, a linguistic deep-dive on Scottish slang, how immigrants approach dialect, antilanguage, and how slang is more often than not, a sign of the times.Key texts referenced:Language as a Social Semiotic: The Social Interpretation of Language and Meaning, Michael Halliday‘How Africans are Changing French - One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time’, Elian Peltier, The New York TimesFurther reading:Scottish Newspapers, Language and Identity, Fiona M. Douglas, Oxford University PressThe Discourse of Advertising, Guy Cook, RoutledgeCo-hosted and produced by Alice Garnett, Emmeline Armitage and Sophie Parke.Powered by Transmission Roundhouse.

How do you deal with jealousy? Would Shakespeare’s Tragedy, Othello, have ended differently had the eponymous hero had access to The Ethical Slut – a treatise on non-monogamous relationships? This week’s host, Alice, leads the discussion on one of our ‘uglier’ emotions with the girls.Key texts referenced:- Othello, William Shakespeare- ‘Jealousy’, Black Swans, Eve Babitz- ‘Jealousy’, The Ethical Slut, Dossie Easton and Janet HardyFurther reading:- ‘Lili Anolik on Didion, Babitz and Literary Stardom’, Emmeline Armitage, The London Magazine- Sex and Rage, Eve BabitzCo-hosted and produced by Alice Garnett, Emmeline Armitage and Sophie Parke.Powered by Transmission Roundhouse.

Out-of-Print is a cultural commentary podcast with a literary twist, where real life best friends and former English students break down the texts and topics most relevant to the highs and lows of early adulthood.