Podcast Episodes
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Season 1 Episode 120
This week we have an extra special treat, as Take fave Sanjeev Bhaskar joins Mark in the host’s seat to deliver a funny and insightful episode.
Mark …
1 year, 8 months ago
Explaining addicts' behaviour, ‘trapped’ dramas (Handmaid’s Tale) and your questions - SHRINK THE INBOX
Season 2 Episode 15
If characters in ‘trapped’ dramas escape, is that the end of the show? Ben and Nemone explore The Handmaid’s Tale and Severance as examples. Plus, Be…
1 year, 8 months ago
M NIGHT SHYAMALAN!! making his Take debut...
Season 1 Episode 119
We have a VERY special guest this week. The legendary thrill-maker M Night Shyamalan comes on to talk all things Exorcist, family and his process beh…
1 year, 8 months ago
THE WIRE’S Bubbles: How do you help an addict? – SHRINK THE BOX
Season 2 Episode 14
Ben and Nemone discuss The Wire’s ‘Bubbles’ aka Reginald Collins. An informant and heroin user, a man with a fragile support network who finds himsel…
1 year, 8 months ago
We Made Mark Kermode Watch Sex and the City 2 Again
Season 1 Episode 118
It’s a bumper week for reviews, with Mark giving his thoughts on a raft of releases, including ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’, Frank Cottrell-Boyce's adaptation…
1 year, 8 months ago
PEAKY BLINDERS’ Polly Shelby: the silent observer in all of us – SHRINK THE BOX
Season 2 Episode 13
Ben and Nemone discuss Helen McCrory’s iconic Poly Shelby from Peaky Blinders. She’s a devout Catholic, but up to her neck in the murky world of boot…
1 year, 8 months ago
Deadpool & Wolverine: Top or tiresome?
Season 1 Episode 117
This week’s guest is novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce, who tells Simon all about ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’, his adaptation of Michael Morpurg…
1 year, 8 months ago
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’S “Taystee”: Adoption, Child States and Attachment Theory – SHRINK THE BOX
Season 2 Episode 12
Ben and Nemone discuss Tasha Jefferson, aka Taystee, from Orange is the New Black. We get fascinating insights into child states and how difficult th…
1 year, 8 months ago
Does EVERYONE love Twisters… except Mark?
Season 1 Episode 116
Another guestless week but that just means more musings, fun and general nonsense from your favourite Good Doctors.
Mark gives his thoughts on vario…
1 year, 8 months ago
REESE WITHERSPOON and JENNIFER ANISTON’s Alex and Bradley tackle sexism and false selves on The Morning Show - SHRINK THE BOX
Season 2 Episode 11
Ben and Nemone put Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s The Morning Show characters, Alex and Bradley, on the couch. We ask how a person creates …
1 year, 9 months ago