An international talk show with two amateur experts in culture, food and relationships. Every so often, we explore a niche topic with expansive scope and eye-watering detail. Sometimes we invite friends and sometimes we just talk to each other.
At the end of every episode we indulge in giving love, sex and relationship advice. So please ask us anything (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVnjNbIHqEUJO7fPtARlWhks08XrOyl_puGlgQCL1JtcZeuA/viewform?usp=sf_link)! Don’t be shy.
Opposite Ends is made with our producer Anna on Gadigal Country, Sydney and in Bristol, UK. Thank you Ellen Pearce for our music <3
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We love to shop. In this episode, Katie regales Nina about iconic (in the religious sense) Indian grocery store Sweet Mart. Sweet Mart opened in 1978 and has since become a local Bristol institution. It sells everything you could ever want, from South Asian veg, to Western condiments, to Jamaican bread, to organic Japanese products. However, the history of this always-fully-stocked-with-everything shop in a gentrifying neighbourhood starts unexpectedly in Uganda. We spoke with co-owner Rashid Majothi, who generously explained how his family migrated to England and the origin of Sweet Mart. Guest stars: Bristol's ice rink, Zabaar's, pringles mural, Fran Fine.
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4 Nov 2024
Collecting
Raquel Caballero, a seasoned collector, shares her insights on the art of collecting, revealing the hidden meaning and beauty in kitsch, camp, and eclectic treasures.
1 Oct 2024
French actresses
Frenchman Ben Chevalier and erudite man Alex Mackenzie are our special guests. We discuss two French actresses: Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Huppert, through their films Belle de Jour (1967) by Luis Buñuel and La Cérémonie (1995) by Claude Chabrol. We reveal sub/dom dynamics as foil to bourgeois sexuality and say the word ‘bourgeois’ 25 times in one hour. Guest stars: shit or mud, YSL, Mama Weed.
Opposite Ends is made with help from our producer Anna on Gadigal Country (Sydney), Australia and Gdynia, Poland and Bristol, UK. Please like and follow us or even give us a rating if you like. Thank you Ellen Pearce for our music <3
Remember, you can ask us anything (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVnjNbIHqEUJO7fPtARlWhks08XrOyl_puGlgQCL1JtcZeuA/viewform?usp=sf_link) to do with love, sex and relationships! Don’t be shy.
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28 Aug 2024
Diasporic mayonnaise salad
Driven by desire to understand the surprising ubiquity of a certain mayonnaise salad, we revisit food histories related to the Russian revolution, the Soviet celebratory table, Katie’s first time and beyond. We also discuss the culinary dimensions of philistinism, national identity and nostalgia. Katie goes deep and asks why it is that we enjoy food at all. Guest stars: hazel grouse, Mayakovsky, kogel mogel.
Links:
Ешь ананасы… (https://www.culture.ru/poems/21637/esh-ananasy) by Vladimir Mayakovsky
At the Center of the Table: The Rise and Fall of Olivier Salad (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2753/RSH1061-1983500103) by Anna Kushkova (paywall)
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking (https://www.penguin.com.au/books/mastering-the-art-of-soviet-cooking-9781446463529) by Anya von Bremzen
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1 Aug 2024
Op shopping
We are joined by Sydney style icon Hannah Berzins. We reminisce about the demise of op shop quality and the appropriation of op shop style by major retailers. We commemorate the fashions of our youth and discuss how technology and different cultural contexts might shape our sense of self in clothes. Guest stars: Central Coast Browse About, stretchy polyester, crabs.
Love advice: How important are shoes in a relationship? Remember, you can ask us anything (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVnjNbIHqEUJO7fPtARlWhks08XrOyl_puGlgQCL1JtcZeuA/viewform?usp=sf_link) to do with love, sex and relationships! Don’t be shy.
Opposite Ends is made with help from our producer Anna on Gadigal Country (Sydney), Australia and Gdynia, Poland and Bristol, UK. Please like and follow us or even give us a rating if you like. Thank you Ellen Pearce for our music <3
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5 Jul 2024
Foraging for mushrooms & generally
Welcome to our talk show, where Katie and Nina discuss favourite niche topics in culture, food, love and more. To start, we talk about the settler practice of mushroom foraging and how this differs between Europe and the antipodes. We cover weeds, mushrooms, foraging ethics and aesthetics.
Guest stars: Gdynia local hospital, scrumping.
Links:
Mineral Properties and Dietary Value of Raw and Processed Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica L.) (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745470/) by Rutto et al
A Cook on the Wild Side (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1490053/) by Hughbert Fearne Whittingstall
Food for Free (https://richardmabey.co.uk/food-for-free/) by Richard Mabey
Australian Food Project (https://www.jamestylor.com/food.html) by James Taylor
Chwasty od Kuchni (https://www.znak.com.pl/ksiazka/chwasty-od-kuchni-piotr-ciemny-189633) by Piotr Ciemny
NB: We recorded this before the tragic Leongatha mushroom poisoning incident. Please take care!
Opposite Ends is made with help from our producer Anna on Gadigal Country and Gdynia, Poland and Bristol, UK. Please like and follow us or even give us a rating if you like. Thank you Ellen Pearce for our music <3
At the end of every episode we indulge ourselves in giving love, sex and relationship advice. So please ask us anything (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVnjNbIHqEUJO7fPtARlWhks08XrOyl_puGlgQCL1JtcZeuA/viewform?usp=sf_link) to do with love, sex and relationships! Don’t be shy.
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