In this episode, Ruth reveals she follows the Gospel According to Tom Hanks, gives her views on sandwich toasters and ATM etiquette, and laments the ignorance about women's health issues displayed by the medical profession. Ruth and dad discuss the latest Harvey Weinstein documentary, and dad drops the bombshell that he finds most of Weinstein's highly lauded 'masterpieces' overhyped rubbish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 04, 2019•48 min•Season 2Ep. 33
After her weekend at Leeds Music Festival, Ruth discusses the drugs death, and the misguided attitude to drugs of festival security. She's underwhelmed by Foo Fighters, and brands Matty Healy of The 1975, pretentious. She also discusses MacDonalds' cheese bite options, and reveals her Dragons' Den idea, while Ruthie and Dad clash over the so-called patriarchy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 28, 2019•47 min•Season 2Ep. 32
This generation gap podcast covers all the important issues; Boris Johnson's narcissism, supermarket pizzas, whether having children enhances your life or do you have to wait till they've left home, 'breadcrumbing,' Freshman flush, and New Yorker Billy Joel's ability to do an English accent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 21, 2019•48 min•Season 2Ep. 31
On the eve of A-level results day, Ruth sympathises with fellow students who, unlike her, don't have an unconditional offer from a chosen university or college and have to sweat it out. She also looks ahead to next year, and doubts a survey indicating students are more responsible, and more often teetotal than previous eras. Dad reflects on how her young mind is being moulded by The Guardian, fears for Paul McCartney's musical version of It's A Wonderful Life, and suggests that the new direction...
Aug 14, 2019•41 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Ruth visits Leeds Pride and reports back, while dad questions its relevance beyond giving companies the chance to show how woke they are. He also has advice for the director of Downsizing, currently showing on Sky, and disagrees with Ruth on shoeless Prince Harry's comments on subconscious racism. The finale of Love Island shines a light on the way society is these days, both agree, and musically, Ruth and Dad visit Paul McCartney's wilderness years and Lily Allen's latest work. Hosted on Acast....
Aug 05, 2019•45 min•Season 2Ep. 29
...is Ruth's assessment of our new Prime Minister, as dad brings her up to date with what's been happening while she's been away, where she outraged her parents by getting a tattoo. In this episode she explains to dad why we need three Spidermen, and why Tom Holland is the most Spiderman of the Spidermen. Father and daughter also discuss whether hormone blockers are handed out too freely to children who may wish to transition, and dad worries about the 'lad culture' on campuses as Ruthie prepare...
Jul 23, 2019•54 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Ruth and dad have a heated debate on transgender issues, Ruth is accused of anti-Scottish bias, and upbraided for yawning mid-podcast. Also, is Maura from Love Island a feminist icon, and will Boris Johnson do anything to correct the North-South divide? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 03, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Sympathy for the parents of Jihadi Jack from Ruth and Dad, though Dad thinks over-indulgent parenting may have exacerbated the problem, the new digital Monopoly, and how the cashless society creates particular problems for the poor, especially street dwellers. Meanwhile, what's great about the Brits, says Ruth, is we don't really care about anything. Musically, the Kinks take on Bea Miller. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 26, 2019•47 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Ruth celebrates the end of A-levels with a trip to the council tip, and in her first post-exam podcast she and dad discuss prom nights, accusations of racism in the Love Island villa, how Michael Gove could be a poster boy for a 'Say No To Drugs' campaign, and, dad says if there were a gift he could pass on to his 25-year-old self it would be dental floss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 19, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Father and daughter literally discuss new speech patterns introduced by the young, dad complains about the feminisation of movies, and is unimpressed by Emma Thompson's latest, while Ruthie maintains comedy is still an all-boys club. Also, dad has good news for Ruth's,Soylent Green solution to overpopulation, Ruth says we romanticise pre-Internet life, and both exult in their discovery of salt and cracked black pepper crisps. All that, and manic pixie dream girls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Jun 12, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 24
In a unique experiment in human understanding an 18-year-old girl dismantles Fawlty Towers to decide whether it has any relevance 40-odd years after it was first broadcast. We also examine Deliveroo's role in Britain's obesity crisis, and report on a hopeful development in tackling the mental health problems afflicting growing numbers of students. There's also the latest on Love Island, and a musical battle between British rock 'n' roller Vince Taylor and American pop rapper Lizzo Hosted on Acas...
Jun 06, 2019•48 min•Season 2Ep. 23
In the latest father/daughter podcast, Ruth reveals she's never used a phone box in her life. Phone boxes, like burning CDs, are now part of a bygone era. Also, should we have sympathy for Theresa May following her downfall, asks Ruth, and embarrassingly reveals the meaning of BDSM to her dad. Do Game Of Thrones fans need therapy to cope with the end of the saga, or is Made In Chelsea a suitable replacement, and musically, it's late country legend Guy Clark versus Northampton's Slowthai. Hosted ...
May 29, 2019•38 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Louis CK is banned from appearing in Leeds right after dad buys tickets. Will he never do stand-up again? Ruth to miss the 25-year Mean Girls reunion for exam reasons, a pop-up shop in Lewisham aims to help people on the last lap of life, is it possible to drink a MacDonalds' milk shake with a paper straw, and how weird are other people's families? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 15, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Ruth unveils her grand plan for the future of the planet - bad news if you're approaching 80. Also the Midnight In Paris syndrome - we're all nostalgic about the era just before we were born (which explains the enduring appeal of Friends), the problem with being a student, Emma Thompson - supercilious or what, and will Ruth lose her Leeds accent when she starts mixing with students from Esher and Hemel Hempstead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 08, 2019•42 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Ruthie and Dad pledge never to go on for more than 45 minutes, and this episode comes in just under the bar. It's a TV special asking 'what's the point of sit-coms, is Naked Beach just a freak show, and is Goggle Box the best programme on TV? Also, Loyle Carner, giving hip-hop a bad name, 16-year-old Greta Thunber's speech to MPs, and the Coachella music festival. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 24, 2019•45 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Hey, what's the matter with the kids? Nothing, it turns out. Gen Z are the most socially conscious bunch for a while. Also, lady shavers, colourism, exam stress, Cardi B and her rolling 'r's, what's the point of grammar - and musically, the great Ry Cooder takes on Rejjie Snow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 10, 2019•41 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Ruthie spans generations of entertainment as she mounts a spirited defence both of Game Of Thrones and the French boulevardier and cabaret artist Maurice Chevalier, suspected of being a wartime collaborator. Also, the governments proposed clampdown on pornography, feminism as a class issue, and actor Martin Freeman exploits his children for commercial gain. Imagine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 03, 2019•42 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Following the Love Island suicides, Ruth and Dad ask if enjoyment of the show makes you complicit in the tragedies; and Ruth gets a tiny taste of what public disapproval feels like with her second hate mail in two weeks. Also, conspiracy theories - whether it's Princess Diana, Madeleine McCann, or the moon landing, they remain irresistible to young people. It might have something to do with the teenage brain, which Ruth and Dad also discuss, and musically, Kenny Rogers takes on Subculture Sage. ...
Mar 20, 2019•39 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Ruthie gets her first experience of hate mail in the latest father/daughter podcast, as a correspondent calls her 'supercilious and whining.' In this episode, they discuss transgender participation in women's sport, pro-life campaigners, gaslighting, alternative lifestyles for the future, and father explains blaxploitation movies to Ruth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 13, 2019•46 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Powdered milk, Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, and Louis Theroux are among topics in the latest father-daughter podcast. Also, if you're feeling charitable, is the best policy to give money to the homeless in the street, and is dad OK to call them hobos? And have our universities become intolerant of views that veer from the mainstream? Musically, Willie Nelson takes on Tyler The Creator. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 06, 2019•44 min•Season 2Ep. 14
In this week's father-and-daughter podcast, Ruth shocks dad by revealing some of the things teenage boys routinely say, sex education - completely absent in Ruth's Catholic high school - is discussed, and Ruth takes an intelligence test. Also, communism, avocados, and what's the deal with Monty Python? Musically, it's Little Richard versus Oscar Jerome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 28, 2019•43 min•Season -2Ep. 13
In the latest instalment of the father and daughter podcast, Martin and Ruth discuss anti-semitism in France and England, why it's not possible for young people even to boil a pan of pasta without Internet assistance, and the latest app for the lost and lonely. Also brainjacking, a kind of real life Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, thoughts on Shamima Begum, Chloe Kardashian's love-split, and the latest on the Love Island hamster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Feb 20, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 12
In this episode of the father/daughter podcast, Ruth tells dad that in the era of 'deep fake,' the only way to protect yourself is to go completely off grid, says that anyone who has Alexa or similar device is an idiot, and describes a cupboard full of cereal is the impossible dream. Dad, meanwhile, tells Ruth how children are brought up in Israel, tries a rightly derided Geordie accent, and plays Prefab Sprout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 13, 2019•37 min•Season -1Ep. 11
This week, a father-and-daughter perspective on the Liam Neeson incident, and the concept of 'oversmiling.' Also, do the so-called sofa chat shows - Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross - rely on smut, and are images of smoking - Mad Men, Arctic Monkeys' album sleeve - encouraging teenagers to take up smoking? Plus the secret of pink lemonade, and musically, the death of long songs, and actor Richard Harris v Beirut. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 07, 2019•42 min•Season 2Ep. 10
As the Brexit debate gets more toxic, father and daughter debate whether it's fair game to bring Winston Churchill into the argument. Meanwhile, Ruth discovers that it's quite wet in Lancaster, and discloses the latest on Love Island's Meghan and Wes and their hamster. Also, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston's de-cluttering regimes are questioned, and musically, young Tom Misch takes on reggae giants Toots and the Maytals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 31, 2019•42 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In the latest father and daughter podcast, the two generations disagree about what it's OK to make jokes about. Also they ask if the university admissions system is crazy, reveal which university is using bubble wrap as stress relief, and ask listeners to decide which university Ruth should go to, Lancaster or York. Questions posed this week include why misery memoirs are so popular, and a new take on Cinderella, asking whether shoe size is a sensible system for deciding royal succession. Hosted...
Jan 24, 2019•41 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In the latest father-and-daughter podcast, Ruthie illustrates the secret of life with a colourful elephant metaphor, while Martin wonders if pointing to the innate sexism of the Muslim faith makes him an Islamophobe. Also, father is sceptical about the controversial Gillette online advertisement, without going the full Piers Morgan, and agrees with Bryan Cranston that there's nothing wrong with a non-gay actor playing a gay character. Musically Ruth introduces her dad to Frank Ocean, while fathe...
Jan 17, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 7
This week Ruth speaks up for the great white shark, and against vending machines, which she says are responsible for more deaths than the terrifying denizen of the deep. Also, Ruthie and Dad discuss the difference between happiness and satisfaction, the nature of memory, and, in a rare moment of middle-class discourse, sending back a below-standard sea bass in a restaurant. James Graham's Brexit drama, An Uncivil War, is discussed, Ruth explains milennial burn-out, and wonders if there's a racia...
Jan 10, 2019•38 min•Season 2Ep. 6
The first Ruthie Me & My Dad of 2019 ranges further and wider than ever before, covering school uniforms for girls ('Outside school, no girl ever wears a tie - except Annie Hall'), the plague of hippos that followed Pablo Esobar's death in Colombia, the fact that free movement of people has led to an exodus of the young - from Latvia and Burnley, Keira Knightley's fear that the MeToo movement has morphed into man hating, the nature v nurture debate prompted by documentary film Three Identica...
Jan 03, 2019•41 min•Season 2Ep. 5
This week, 'the whole dog year thing,' as Ruth takes on the phenomenon of the years passing more quickly as one ages, and dad asks if ageism is the one remaining safe form of humour. Meanwhile, Ruth takes advantage of a Catholic education to explain transubstantiation to her dad, but takes the term 'right wing' to cover anything she is not too keen on. Woody Allen rears his nebbish head again, as Ruthie and Dad ask if he's finally beyond the pale. Also Brexit, the dance of death, 'men are weird,...
Dec 20, 2018•36 min•Season 2Ep. 4
