Sentimental Garbage is a podcast hosted by Caroline O'Donoghue about the culture we love that society can sometimes make us feel ashamed... more
Author of Long Island Compromise and Fleishman Is in Trouble Taffy Brodesser-Akner joins Caroline for a special edition episode to... more
It's the final postcard of Continental Garbage - today we recap on the series and our summer. Hosted on Acast.... more
We're outta here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
in which a woman with no back story and no trauma simply enjoys herself in Paris. Groundbreaking, no? Hosted... more
This week Blake Lively is having a shocker so we watch The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants TW: sexual assault,... more
This week we're back, discussing the Netflix documentary on the 2017 event car crash that was Fyre Festival. Join us... more
Ahead of Sentimental Garbage Live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Caroline and comedian Alexandra Haddow take to the stage... more
The first tour to break a billion dollars, and Caroline's the last person on earth not to see it. This... more
FILM DISCUSSION STARTS AT 21.35.Does having an affair make you the worst person in the world? Does anyone really survive... more
This week we're going back to 1989 for a seminal Woman On Holidays classic - Shirley Valentine. We discuss the... more
Sadly the podcasting gremlins took over, so you just get the postcard this week. Sorry!! Hosted on Acast. See... more
FILM DISCUSSION STARS AT 29.59In this week's postcard we discuss Disneyland vs Cannes, Feminism 201, and whether we really need... more
Get ready for some pickled herring and a handful of cod liver oil pills, we're talking about conflict and monogamy.... more
FILM DISCUSSION STARTS 21:44This week Caroline and Jen discuss their favourite adult sleepover movie, Dangerous Beauty. Hosted on Acast.... more
In today's postcard, we discuss the ethics of bailing. In the main episode, we catch up with our best pals... more
You asked for it and we damn well delivered - here's our analysis of Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department'.ALBUM... more
This week we're in Croatia, being tomato girls and living our best Porco Rosso life. FILM DISCUSSION STARS AT 26.07... more
This week we're checking out of our hostel bunk beds and into the fanciful world of Wes's Grand Budapest Hotel,... more
This week we're under the Tuscan sun talking about Under the Tuscan Sun - come join us in our hostel... more
Welcome to Continental Garbage! A mini-series with travel buddy and longtime Friend of the Pod Jen Cownie! This week we're... more
In this very special episode, comedian Alexandra Haddow joins us ahead of the live tour to talk about what she... more
Hello! This podcast was recorded courtesy of FANE in January 2024 with Dolly Alderton at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Want to... more
The season finale and we’ve finally got the grand dame of podcasting on to talk about the Bravo hit that... more
Author of Green Dot Madeleine Gray is here to talk about society's fascination with The Other Woman. From Anne Boleyn... more
Musician and jingle-maker Harry Harris makes his SG debut by talking about One Hit Wonders! Hosted on Acast. See... more
Bring the Kleenex lads, this is an emotional one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A true champion of the sweaty yet charming premise, How To Lose A Guy takes all the mid-noughties rom-com tropes... more
Blackhead squeezing, earwax removing, blood, guts, fluids. We're talking about how an exponentially growing beauty industry has also created a... more
Style Queen Lauren Bravo joins us yet again for a deep dive, and a eulogy for, the noble skinny jean... more
Yes, we all watched the documentary, but WHAT ABOUT THE MUSIC? Caroline and Dolly take a deep dive into the... more
It's been the Roman Empire for all tween girls for over 100 years, so for this year we investigate: what... more
Writer of Really Good Actually and creator of Sky’s Smothered joins us for a definitive ranking of every relationship in Love... more
Everyone's favourite public transport-cum-coma romance that is, somehow, also a Christmas movie. Sam Sedgman joins us to talk about his... more
Returning Cindy horse Jof Owen talks to us about the woman who broke all records and changed pop music forever.... more
Austentatious star Cariad Lloyd takes us through the 1995 BBC Pride & Prejudice classic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy... more
what a superbly featured room and what excellent boiled potatoes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Yes, the Sentimental Australia trip wasn't just a figment of our collective imaginaton, here's the proof. Radio and TV star... more
Our Sweet Valley sweetie Jess Pan returns with the rom-com that changed the definition of what a rom-com could be.... more
You paid a whole dollar for that? Richard Makin joins us to talk about the queer touchstone and eternal sleepover... more
You either know everything about Caroline Calloway, or nothing at all. This episode is for everyone in the first category.... more
Padam, padam, we feel it and we know. The doyenne of Aussie pop culture and co-host of the Shameless podcast... more
In preparation for Caroline's Australian book tour, Aussie friend of the pod Kate Young joins us to dissect Strictly Ballroom.... more
Last season, we opened the season on Weddings, where we talked about planning, hen parties, dresses and the cultural expectations... more
We're coming back off break to offer our opinions on the most formative Sentimental Garbage there is, Barbie. Caroline and... more
Hey everyone! Caroline's been on tour with The Rachel Incident so the Straight Up girls have kindly agreed to allow... more
An ancient, deathless vampire attempts to woo a young woman. And also, we talk about about Twilight. Maisie Peters album,... more
*SPOILERS FROM 48 MINS ONWARDS*Friend of the pod Dolly Alderton returns to interview me about The Rachel Incident, the latest... more
Tom McInnes is back for the ultimate test of this podcast's entire premise. Namely, can two people have an incredibly... more
It's been a big week to be a Taylor Swift fan, so we're back for a second go of Midnights... more
We talk disordered eating, body image and diets through the prism of pop culture, with Hanna Flint, the author of... more
The 1990s answer to Hard Day's Night was Spice World: The Movie, 92 minutes of pure joy that also provides... more
Could Joe Alwyn's departure from Taylor's life be the skeleton key to understanding Midnights, Taylor Swift's murkiest album? Jen Cownie... more
Filmmaker and author Emma Forrest on her lifelong relationship with Cher. We talk noses, outsiders, plastic surgery, Mermaids, Moonstruck, I... more
Novelist Ore Agbaje-Williams joins us for a childhood favourite that almost threatens to fall down behind the couch: the straight-to-video... more
Curious about what Sentimental Garbage sounds like live? Journalist and author Emer McLysaght joins us to talk Taylor Swift, 10... more
Whether it's prestige HBO dramas or Below Deck, there's no doubting that we're more obsessed with – as well as... more
Today we're picking through our most complicated cake feelings with novelist and author of the Little Library Cookbooks, Kate Young!... more
WAKE ME UP INSIDE! As a reformed fan-fiction head and ex-moderator of an Evanescence forum, Jessica Moor epitomises everything that... more
The Von Duchess is back as we recap noughties fashion and why we're seeing such a huge resurgence of it.... more
This week Caroline is joined by one of the greatest novelists of her generation to talk about Dirty Dancing, Sylvia... more
Whether it's prestige HBO dramas or Below Deck, there's no doubting that we're more obsessed with – as well as empathetic towards... more