Hyped!

About Hyped!

A podcast for the culturally curious that turns a critical eye on some of the most-hyped plays, books, films and music in recent years and asks where they came from and what they tell us about culture today. Zoe Strimpel is a historian of gender and intimacy, Sunday Telegraph columnist and sincere contrarian. Tom Stammers is a fair-minded historian of 19th century France and a lecturer in European history at Durham University - who nonetheless knows how to turn the screw when necessary. They've been yammering about culture together since university.

Publisher

Zoe Strimpel

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 May 2020

Latest episode

16 Apr 2024

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Apr 2024

   Dune 2

   It's big, it's weird, it's sci-fi and Zoe and Tom fell utterly under its spell. They discuss its political and religious overtones as well as its place in contemporary cinema.

2. 

   27 Feb 2024

   Macbeth (Ralph Fiennes) & Succession

   An unlikely pairing? Or an obvious one. Zoe and Tom consider the big ole Macbeth at Doc X with Monsieur Fiennes in the title role, alongside Succession, a contemporary take on a Shakespearean theme - which Zoe finally got round to watching. And.. well, hated.

3. 

   18 Feb 2024

   Cyborg Women of Hollywood: Barbie and Poor Things

   Tom and Zoe discuss two very different propositions about women. Or is that "women"? One is a cartoonish pastiche starring a Mattel doll; the other a Frankenstein's monster. Guess which Zoe and Tom preferred?

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

2.8 / 5

6 ratings