The Polyester Podcast

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Is Blake Lively a bitch or being misconstrued? Will Elon ever stop cringing us out? And why is everyone using slurs again?

Every week Polyester's head girlies Ione Gamble and Gina Tonic take you down a weekly rabbit hole of online discourse and pop culture - from trad wives and surrogacy to porn stars and unhinged press tours. Exploring the intersection of IRL and URL through a feminist lens, the Polyester Podcast is your weekly digest on absolutely everything everyone on the internet is talking about.

With guests like Tavi Gevinson and Sofia Coppola collaborator Stacey Battat, and special episodes beamed into your ears from cultural centres like London’s Tate Modern and Barbican Centre, every Monday we offer a down-to-earth take from the front lines of the internet, feminism, and the weird world of celebrity it has spawned.

Hosted by Editor in Chief Ione Gamble with Senior Editor Gina Tonic. Edited by Olivia Graham. Have faith in your own bad taste!

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Polyester is a self published, intersectional feminist arts and culture publication aiming to bridge the gap of URL cyberfeminism with the IRL world.

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Episodes

The Skin You're In: My Skin, My Beauty With Nyome Nicholas-Williams

Welcome to our brand new limited podcast series, The Skin You're In! Each week, for six weeks, we'll be exploring what it means to be alive today, and the biggest issues affecting our generation. From period poverty to body positivity, gender, disability, feminism and race, we want to know where the conversations are at, and what we can do to move them forward. And this week, we are so thrilled to be chatting to the wonderful Nyome Nicholas-Williams — aka, @curvynyome! You may have seen her camp...

Sep 30, 2020•31 min

The Skin You're In: My Skin, My Story With Yomi Adegoke

Welcome to our brand new limited podcast series, The Skin You're In! Each week, for six weeks, we'll be exploring what it means to be alive today, and the biggest issues affecting our generation. From period poverty to body positivity, gender, disability, feminism and race, we want to know where the conversations are at, and what we can do to move them forward. Our first guest is the wonderful Yomi Adegoke ! A multi-award winning journalist, and co-author of the best selling book Slay In Your La...

Sep 23, 2020•35 min

Obsessions: Charli Howard On How Pin-ups Help Her Love Herself

Every other week we'll be picking the brain of a different creative about something they admire that has nothing to do with how they generate their income. Delving deep into the minds of our favourite people's deepest obsessions, this week we're joined by the inspiring Charli Howard. The business woman and model is telling us all about her love of 1950's pinup imagery, and how in a photoshop obsessed world, finding these images helps her feel emboldened to be herself unapologetically. Ione, Oliv...

Sep 20, 2020•32 min

Obsessions: Tommy Dorfman On The Queer Potential Of Tarot Reading

Every other week we'll be picking the brain of a different creative about something they admire that has nothing to do with how they generate their income. Delving deep into the minds of our favourite people's deepest obsessions, this week we're joined by the amazing Tommy Dorfman . The actor, writer, and performer is telling us all about their obsession with Tarot. From their first reading at a Hollywood Halloween party, and the practice's growing popularity amongst queer people, to using the c...

Sep 06, 2020•36 min

Obsessions: Mae Muller On The Power Of Rihanna

Every other week we'll be picking the brain of a different creative about something they admire that has nothing to do with how they generate their income. Delving deep into the minds of our favourite people's deepest obsessions, this week we're joined by the incredible Mae Muller . The London based singer-songwriter will be telling us all about her obsession with Rihanna! An obsession she probably shares with half the world, (including both Olivia and Ione), Mae tells us everything from the fir...

Aug 23, 2020•31 min

Obsessions: Ryan O'Connell On The Joy Of Swings

Every other week we'll be picking the brain of a different creative about something they admire that has nothing to do with how they generate their income. Delving deep into the minds of our favourite people's deepest obsessions, this week we're joined by the incredible Ryan O'Connell . The screenwriter, director, comedian, and creator of Netflix's Special is telling us all about his obsession with SWINGING (no, not that type of swinging). Recorded in the midst of lockdown, Ryan tells Ione all a...

Jul 26, 2020•33 min

Obsessions: Aluna on Tea

Every other week we'll be picking the brain of a different creative about something they admire that has nothing to do with how they generate their income. Delving deep into the minds of our favourite people's deepest obsessions, this week we're joined by the wonderful Aluna Francis . The musician (best known as one half of her duo AlunaGeorge), is telling us all about her obsession with tea. From her first memories of the beverage, to what makes the perfect cup; Aluna and Ione will be discussin...

Jun 28, 2020•31 min

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