Sentimental Garbage

Sentimental Garbage

Sentimental Garbage is a podcast hosted by Caroline O'Donoghue about the culture we love that society can sometimes make us feel ashamed of. Formerly a chick-lit podcast, sometimes a Sex and the City podcast. We don't know the most, we feel the most. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

September 18, 2025 57 mins
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 Boo...

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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.


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July 17, 2025 80 mins

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


You can support Nada's family here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-mohammeds-family-find-safety



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July 9, 2025 80 mins

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

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July 3, 2025 80 mins

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


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June 26, 2025 65 mins
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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June 12, 2025 86 mins

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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May 22, 2025 69 mins

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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May 15, 2025 77 mins

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

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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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March 6, 2025 95 mins
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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