List Envy Mark Steadman

Everyone’s pretty, everyone eventually gets down to it, no-one throws up, and occasionally steam comes out of someone’s ears. Is there more to cute Korean dramas than this?
Turns out yes, yes there is, as positive psychologist and K-drama stan Anya Pearse explains.

(00:00) - A lot of thought wente into this
(00:11) - Introduction
(00:57) - What makes K-dramas different?
(04:39) - Anya’s pick: Extraordinary Attorney Woo
(09:02) - Mark’s pick: I am Not a Robot
(12:50) - Anya’s pick: Are You Human?
(16:21) - Mark’s pick: Strong Girl Bong-soon
(22:03) - Anya’s pick: Navillera
(25:58) - Mark’s pick: Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
(30:10) - Anya’s pick: Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung
(34:13) - Mark’s pick: It’s OK Not to be OK
(38:27) - Anya’s pick: 100 Days My Prince
(40:42) - Mark’s pick: Queen of Tears
(42:31) - We’re on a break!
(44:24) - Get List Envy +
(45:37) - Back to the show
(45:46) - Building the final list
(46:45) - Honourable mentions
(47:40) - Strong female leads need not apply
Join List Envy + and get bonus content and an ad-free feed.If this episode has made you happy and you want to keep feeling happy, Anya’s Unlocking Happiness online summit is available to watch for free.

Whether you’re 🤩, 😡, or 🫤 about them, emoji are a useful way to express in one tiny image what would take reams of text to express.
So today, George Chachanidze rejoins Mark to pick their top 5 emoji reactions, and create a definitive list.

(00:00) - 👋
(00:17) - Introduction
(01:08) - History of the emoji
(05:14) - George’s pick: 😂
(08:16) - Mark’s pick: 🤗
(10:16) - George’s pick: 🤔
(12:11) - Mark’s pick: 🙏
(14:09) - George’s pick: 👍
(17:03) - Mark’s pick: 👋
(18:49) - George’s pick: 👀
(20:31) - Mark’s pick: 😘
(24:11) - George’s pick: 👉👈
(26:14) - Mark’s pick: 🐴
(28:03) - ✂️
(28:56) - Join List Envy +
(29:57) - Back to the show
(30:11) - Building the final list
(32:47) - Honourable mentions
(36:57) - More of George
You can find George all over the socials @GeorgeProbably, and via his blog.Also mentioned
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Stuart Moore joins Mark to discuss their top-5 characters from America’s longest-running animated show.
Snowball II, Groundskeeper Willy, Frank Grimes. These are just some of the characters that get absolutely no mention in this week’s episode.

(00:00) - Do the Bartman
(00:25) - Introduction
(01:22) - Changing voices of the Simpsons
(04:40) - Stuart's pick: Homer Simpson
(10:17) - Mark's pick: Ralph Wiggum
(12:51) - Stuart's pick: Lisa Simpson
(15:57) - Mark's pick: Hank Scorpio
(18:00) - Stuart's pick: Disco Stu
(20:01) - Mark's pick: Dr Nick Riviera
(23:06) - Stuart's pick: Sideshow Bob
(25:49) - Mark's pick: Professor Frink
(28:52) - Stuart's pick: Mr Burns
(31:28) - Mark's pick: Gil Gunderson
(33:36) - Get List Envy +
(34:58) - Back to the show
(35:27) - Building the final list
(36:09) - Honourable mentions
(42:16) - More of Stuart Moore
Find Stuart @StuartVincentMoore wherever you’re social, and check out the Dandelions Poetry Podcast.

List Envy is returning, with a brand new set of comedians, writers, performers, and layabouts. Join Mark and his guests every week as they continue to rank things in order from 1 to 5, so you don't have to.

Indie music blogger Kamala Adams joins Mark to discuss all things modern indie, and to define what “modern” means.

(00:00) - Introduction

(05:22) - Kamala's pick: Porridge Radio

(07:40) - Mark's pick: The Corteeners

(10:28) - Kamala's pick: Wolf Alice

(13:42) - Mark's pick: Maxïmo Park

(16:28) - Kamala's pick: Blaenavon

(19:04) - Mark's pick: Gerry Cinnamon

(22:22) - Kamala's pick: The Vaccines

(24:34) - Mark's pick: Nothing But Thieves

(26:54) - Kamala's pick: Courting

(29:26) - Mark's pick: Courtney Barnett

(31:46) - Breakdown

(38:30) - Building the final list

(39:56) - Honourable mentions

(43:56) - Honourable mentions
Kamala setup and writes for The Indie Scene, a blog championing new music, with articles by a number of writers.

Mark talks vinyl and hunts down new music to enjoy, with music podcaster Elliott Farrar.

(00:00) - Introduction
(09:26) - Elliott's pick: Weird!, by Yungblud
(13:04) - Mark's pick: RTJ4, by Run the Jewels
(16:06) - Elliott's pick: Girlfriends, by Girlfriends
(20:00) - Mark's pick: Women in Music Pt III, by Haim
(21:24) - Elliott's pick: Grime MC, by Jme
(32:50) - Mark's pick: Letter to You, by Bruce Springstein
(36:30) - Elliott's pick: Fake it Flowers, by Beabadoobee
(39:46) - Mark's pick: Saint Cloud, by Waxahatchee
(42:50) - Elliott's pick: Foolish Loving Spaces, by Blossoms
(46:02) - Mark's pick: Shore, by Fleet Foxes
(48:58) - Turn over for Side B
(51:30) - Building the final list
(53:44) - Honourable mentions
(56:04) - The Scratched Record Podcast
Elliott is one half of the Scratched Record podcast, which you can find in all your usual podcast places, and which brings indie music artists out of the shadows and into your ears every Tuesday.