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124: Sophie Jo (Red Flags)
Charlie and Sophie Jo (Red Flags) discuss healthy relationships particularly in the context of young people and in terms of values and hobbies. They also delve into popular media from the '90s and 2000s as included in Sophie's book.
General references:
Love Respect
10 Things I Hate About You
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
The OC
Girls
Normal People TV adaptation
Books mentioned by name or extensively:
Sally Rooney: Conversations With Friends
Sally Rooney: Normal People
Sophie Jo: Red Flags
Release details: recorded 17th March 2025; published 14th July 2025
Where to find Sophie online: Website || Instagram || Facebook || TikTok
Where to find Charlie online: Website || Twitter || Instagram || TikTok
Discussions
01:35 The inspiration for Red Flags
04:10 More about Stephanie
08:34 Is there a sequel for Stephanie in Sophie's future?
10:54 Creating Poppy and Cam, who Charlie found were extremely well written
13:56 Sophie tells us about her work helping teens know what about healthy love looks like
17:58 The popular media references in the book from the 1990s and 2000s
20:39 The scene in the bookstore, the meta aspect to Red Flags
23:12 Talking more about relationships where people might not have interests in common
25:08 Cam's parents and their affects on his views of relationships and so on
28:55 Talking about the characters we haven't yet talked about
31:13 Cam's granddad
33:01 Where might Poppy and Cam end up in the future?
35:59 What the response has been from teen readers
37:23 Some details about Sophie's next book
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