3 - 'Contagion' is 'Too Hot to Handle' for us 'Normal People'

In this week’s episode the panel get away from the dreary world of politics and the news and instead have a light chat about what they’ve been watching during lockdown including Contagion, Too Hot to Handle, and Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’.

Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on letusrise.ie

Thanks again to Galway-based band Turnstiles for letting us use their song “Wasting Away” for this episode. More of their music can be found here:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/56RXz6M4Pj56eKWYDPUyQd?si=zwN0l6_qTXCU-b7Gb2a7Cg

See you next week, cheers!

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This week’s panel –

Paul (https://www.facebook.com/paulmurphytd/ / https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD), Dave – (https://twitter.com/davemurf83), Jess (https://twitter.com/jdubspear), and Jessy.

Further Reading:

Mike Davis on Coronavirus “In a Plague Year” - https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/mike-davis-coronavirus-outbreak-capitalism-left-international-solidarity

How Sally Rooney Gave Normal PeopleRadical Politics – Anastasia Baucina - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/05/sally-rooney-normal-people-bbc-literature

Harper Cleves reviews Normal People https://socialistparty.ie/2020/05/review-normal-people-by-sally-rooney/

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