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.

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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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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.


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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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Bestselling author Coco Mellors joins us to talk about one of our most-demanded episodes, 10 Things I Hate About You


Coco Mellors is the author of Blue Sisters and Cleopatra & Frankenstein, both in paperback now!


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Recorded on Feb 6th at the Union Chapel, Caroline and Alexandra Haddow talked about 90s pop, 'relaunched' boyfriends, Working Girl, van life and what's real to them

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February 6, 2025 87 mins
Kate Young returns to the pod for a conversation about art, creativity, Flesh Kermit and RENT.

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January 30, 2025 77 mins
This week, musician Jensen McRae join us to discuss the iconic 1961 West Side Story.

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Angel of music Rebecca Kuang emerges from her organ to talk Phantom of the Opera, gothic love, pre-teen horniness and the mystery of Gerard Butler's casting.

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January 16, 2025 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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January 9, 2025 109 mins

FILM DISCUSSION BEGINS AT 36.04


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 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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