The Weekend Listener #19

The Weekend Listener is a monthly list of noteworthy podcasts and radio recordings, old and new, curated for your listening pleasure. For more listening tips please search the website for previous instalments. LANGUAGE Language Carries More Than Words This episode of the On Being radio series is a wonderful interview with the writer David Treuer. …

Unhinged in Heathen’s Wood: ‘Flowers’ TV review

There are sitcoms. There's dark comedy. And then there’s Flowers. Starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt, the series explores the themes of depression, suicide, and mental illness like no other. Originally released between 2016 and 2018, Flowers is a TV series commissioned by the British Channel 4 and co-produced by the now defunct Seeso streaming …