Taylor Swift’s wedding, Olivia Wilde and the rise of singles nights

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are supposedly getting married this weekend, so we discuss how much of a spectacle it will be. Plus, what Olivia Wilde’s unfiltered Call Her Daddy episode says about the demonisation of mothers, what the glamourisation of smoking says about today’s weight-loss era, and why the exploitation of Marilyn Monroe feels so deeply relevant today. Also, the return of Caroline Calloway, boyfriend shaming, and why singles nights are revolutionising dating. Thank you to this week’s wise and wonderful guest co-host Olivia Petter, award-winning journalist, author of the brilliant debut novel Gold Rush and founder of Red Lips Dating.

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Recs/reviews

• Red Lips, @redlipsdating on IG
• Gold Rush, Olivia Petter
• Olivia’s first Straight Up ep in 2024
• The Unheard Tapes, Netflix
• Marilyn Monroe–The Rest Is History
• Letters from Scamelot, Airmail
• My Week with Marilyn
• I recognise the person in Netflix’s Wellmania — it used to be me, The Times
• Olivia Wilde, Call Her Daddy
• Olivia Wilde has to disappear, The Cut
• Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer
• Two Weeks in August, ITV
• The Invite, in cinemas Friday

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