Annabel & Ian have Perception Issues, like everyone else. Here they try to make sense of this media/content/nonsense laden world.
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The post-Pitt emotional hangover is real. Plus: a Bill Lawrence TV quiz, the case for and against letting kids watch Alien, a brush turkey nesting mound on the Greenway, and why everything in the eighties is a lot more hardcore. Mentioned in this episode: John Maus — live music attended that evening Sydney FC — Clara featured on their Instagram Muttley — Wacky Races The Pitt season 2 Rooster…
A crash course in Pierre Bourdieu, two very different time travel films, and the ER theme tune composed in fifteen minutes. Plus: The Magic Faraway Tree holds up, a record player in an Airbnb reminds everyone why physical media matters, and Emile Mosseri deserves your full attention. Mentioned in this episode: Maisonrickie / Rickie Ho — Instagram/YouTube creator Pierre Bourdieu — Distinction: A…
Churchill's off the banknote, the British public are outraged in Benidorm, and nobody can remember what he actually did in the war. Plus: Pub Choir is stressful in the best possible way, Riz Ahmed might be James Bond, and a Manchester band named after a song by a band called Women. Mentioned in this episode: eBird — bird listing app iNaturalist — nature identification app No Doubt — reunion shows…
A documentary about competitive bird watching turns out to be one of the best things on YouTube. Plus: the Criterion Channel recommends feel-good films, a small Iranian boy tries to return a notebook, fiction gets a bad reputation, and nobody can remember the plot of Slaughterhouse-Five. Mentioned in this episode: Listers — documentary, free on YouTube eBird app Merlin app The Criterion Channel…
The tyranny of the sandwich, a brief history of Marmite, and the nineteen twenties rebrand that absolutely nobody asked for. Plus: Vegemite gets a verdict, Kim Gordon gets a recommendation, and crumpets get completely forgotten the moment someone walks through their front door 🫠 In this episode: Lunchbox Envy podcast OH!Bento exhibition Lunchables (now Lunchers!) Marmite Vegemite Gentleman's…
We're back? After a short, five-year hiatus, Perception Issues returns with a brief reintroduction — covering crochet axolotls, the surprisingly brilliant green screen tech Disney invented in the sixties and then lost, and the eternal struggle of spelling onomatopoeia. Mentioned in this episode: Corridor Crew look at Disney's Prism Sodium Vapor Process
Annabel and Ian return in these trying times with a new mobile format. Sort of. With COVID19 doing its thing around the world, A+I use their bi-weekly stroll for coffee (exercise) to talk about the pandemic, comfort in Youtube coffee and Scifi, and potentially filling a Succession-sized hole.
Is Nostalgia good or bad? Has it become too powerful? Why are we obsessed with what was? When is a remake a worthy remake? Annabel mostly asks questions that neither Ian nor Annabel can answer. One thing we can agree on, Nostalgia has some serious Perception Issues. Show Notes: That Brighton man who doesn't wear modern clothing:…
Annabel tries to talk Ian down from the social media ledge. Is it evil? If so, when did that happen? Myspace was fun, right? Can humans be trusted with anything?
Ever heard of intragroup marginalisation? No, nor had we. But what effect can being caught between two (or more) cultures have on a person? How does that constant niggling fear of rejection or guilt potentially impact much larger emotions? Annabel and Ian discuss, examine this concept at a personal level and consider why it is so rarely talked about. SHOW NOTES: The original article…
