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Squiz Picks - Our reading, watching and listening recommendations
Kicking back with The Squiz…
With Christmas and the New Year done and dusted, we've sorted through our top reading, watching, and listening recommendations of 2023, and neatly wrapped them up into this Squiz Picks guide. Aren’t we the gift that keeps on giving…
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Reading
What is happening to The Great Australian Dream? - The SMH/The Age put together an excellent series on the housing crisis and the fading great Australian dream of homeownership. It’s a good one to get your property market talking points sorted.
Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Clean Up the World’s Most Romantic River - It’s less than a year until the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and one thing that’s drawn a lot of attention is the city’s efforts to make its iconic (and notoriously polluted) river, the Seine, swimmable in time. This article takes a look at the massive effort that’s underway to clean it up.
Writing for Friends was no dream job - Ever wondered what it would be like to be a writer for a popular TV show? One writer who penned episodes for Friends, Freaks and Geeks, Desperate Housewives, and Breaking Bad spilt the beans in this very interesting feature article. TL;DR: Friends isn’t all it’s cracked up to be…
My Delirious Trip to the Heart of Swiftiedom - Fleishman is in Trouble author Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s insightful account on the interesting mix of Swift fans she spotted at the Eras Tour concert and what it means to be a Swifty is a good one.
Watching
 Jury Duty Made by some of the team behind the US version of The Office, it's a look at the legal system through the eyes of juror Ronald Gladden - except he's unaware that everyone aside from him is an actor. Hilarity ensues… |  Beckham Even non-sporting types will enjoy this one. It's a 4-part doco series about football great/celebrity David Beckham. But it’s his wife Victoria aka Posh Spice who’s the real star of the show, as this clip proves… |
 Lessons in Chemistry We’re huge fans of the book and loved the mini-series adaptation, too. Starring Brie Larson, it’s about a woman who becomes a beloved cooking show host in the 1960s after being forced to resign as a chemist. |  Searching for Italy A series about a food tour around Italy hosted by actor/foodie Stanley Tucci is finally available in Oz… As you would expect, it’s delightful. It's the ultimate de-stressor after finishing season 2 of The Bear... |
Listening
 This podcast from The Economist takes a peek into what life is like for Russians who oppose the Ukraine war. It offers a wonderful bit of storytelling from a perspective we don’t often see in the news cycle. |  Hosted by former Politico editor Garrett Graff, it’s a beautifully produced podcast about the rise of the far-right movement in the US, starting with the 1993 Waco siege and ending with the 6 January Capitol riots. |
 We don’t usually gravitate towards true crime podcasts, but this one caught our eye… It is a 13-part ‘poo-dunnit’ that attempts to answer the uncomfortable question. It’s hosted by the couple and their ‘detective’ friend - hilarious and gross at the same time. |  It's a deep dive into the lyrics written by one of the world’s greatest songwriters, Paul McCartney. In short 20-minute episodes, Macca chats to poet Paul Muldoon about tunes like Eleanor Rigby and Back in the USSR. |
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