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

January 16, 2025 β€’ 73 mins
Writer Janina Matthewson joins us this week to discuss Adrienne Shelly's delicious 2007 film Waitress. Bring pie please.

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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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January 2, 2025 β€’ 68 mins
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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December 19, 2024 β€’ 83 mins

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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December 12, 2024 β€’ 81 mins

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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December 5, 2024 β€’ 81 mins

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


Sentimental Garbage x War Child: https://everpress.com/warchild-x-sentimentalgarbage


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



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November 28, 2024 β€’ 109 mins

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 go...

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November 7, 2024 β€’ 88 mins

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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September 12, 2024 β€’ 56 mins

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





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September 5, 2024 β€’ 94 mins
We're outta here!

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August 29, 2024 β€’ 86 mins
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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August 15, 2024 β€’ 96 mins

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 Chaos
  • WED 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
  • <...

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August 1, 2024 β€’ 156 mins
The first tour to break a billion dollars, and Caroline's the last person on earth not to see it. This week we get deep into Taylor's many eras as we have an adult sleepover and watch the tour movie on Disney+.

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Does having an affair make you the worst person in the world? Does anyone really survive the roommate phase? And is it ever night time in Norway?



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July 18, 2024 β€’ 82 mins
This week we're going back to 1989 for a seminal Woman On Holidays classic - Shirley Valentine. We discuss the water cycle of the holiday wardrobe, the changing norms for women and housewives, and whether your friend is allowed to go Make F**k with Costas on his brother's boat.

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July 11, 2024 β€’ 29 mins
Sadly the podcasting gremlins took over, so you just get the postcard this week. Sorry!!

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July 4, 2024 β€’ 88 mins

FILM DISCUSSION STARS AT 29.59


In this week's postcard we discuss Disneyland vs Cannes, Feminism 201, and whether we really need to throw Princess babies out with the Princess bathwater. Then we discuss Ridley Scott's A Good Year, and whether men are allowed to go on life-changing holidays too.



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June 26, 2024 β€’ 87 mins

Get ready for some pickled herring and a handful of cod liver oil pills, we're talking about conflict and monogamy.


MOVIE TALK STARTS AT 29.06



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