So Disappointed
So Disappointed
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The podcast covers a wide range of topics that evoke disappointment, such as famous cultural figures like Morrissey, notable films like The Phantom Menace, political shifts involving the Labour Party, and societal events like the celebrity death cull of 2016. Each episode seeks to understand our emotional investment in these subjects and why they can lead to anger and frustration.
Throughout this series we will investigate a vast array of subjects including Morrissey, The Phantom Menace, corrupt spiritual leaders, the modern-day Labour Party, aliens, and the 2016 celebrity death cull.
And that’s just the tip of the disappointing iceberg.
In each episode we’ll ask: why are we so invested in people and things to the extent that we can be angered when they let us down? Why do we care?
We’ll be talking to you, the listener, about your greatest disappointments. We’ll also reach out to psychologists, journalists, researchers and other specialists to learn as much as we can about this fascinating subject – a subject we can all relate to.
In this, the final episode of our current series, we’ll be looking at The Phantom Menace, a film that almost instantly became shorthand for a kind of cataclysmic pop culture disappointment against which all others are measured. And that’s quite an achievement, you have to admit.
Our guests are psychologist David Myers, film critic Eddie Harrison, writer, blogger and cultural commentator Alex-Mell Taylor, and actor Sprite Kirkwood.
This episode also features contributions from…
@jameschristopher.bsky.social
Our theme tune was mixed by musician Dan Jackson.
Music used in this episode
The Phantom Menace Soundtrackby John Williams
Goodnight, But Not Goodbye by Bea Arthur from The Star Wars Holiday Special
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We would love to hear all about your own disappointments, no matter how big or small, so please feel free to contact us at: So Disappointed
So Disappointed is written, produced, edited and hosted by Wendy Jordan and Paul Whitelaw.
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