Ruthie - The Lockdown Sessions

Ruth Kelner and Martin Kelner
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Ruthie - The Lockdown Sessions

With university paused, the generation gap becomes more brutal than ever, with 19-year-old Ruthie locked in with boomer parents, but still podcasting If you enjoy 'Ruthie - The Lockdown Sessions, then we'd be pathetically grateful if you could leave a review on iTunes here; https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ruthie-me-and-my-dad/id1350367213?mt=2 If you REALLY like us, be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode, and tell your friends. You can get in touch with the show via email here; martinandruthpodcast@gmail.com Martin’s on Twitter at @martinkelner, or if you prefer Facebook he’s here; https://www.facebook.com/martinkelner And if you want to listen to the music played on the podcast, the Spotify playlist is here; https://open.spotify.com/user/glmpepfmh1mewya62ea7xlpuv/playlist/1YTmo0gN8NNg4f6fWSJqCk?si=xNMf76_oR6Kx6T02HHJaSg Our thanks to our patrons at talkRADIO. Find more from talkRADIO at talkRADIO.CO.UK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 'The producers of Love Island knew all about Coronavirus before anybody.

    07/16/2020

    'The producers of Love Island knew all about Coronavirus before anybody.

    Ruthie is dragged back to the mic for another lockdown session in which she stresses the importance of mattress toppers, and worries she's not committed enough to anything. 'What am I going to do for the rest of my life when I don't care about anything?' she asks. 'Well, there's always journalism,' replies dad.  Musically, the Kinks take on Mahalia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    36 min
  2. Tik Tok explained - 'It's short videos, you watch for hours, and then feel terrible about yourself'

    06/05/2020

    Tik Tok explained - 'It's short videos, you watch for hours, and then feel terrible about yourself'

    In the latest lockdown session, an increasingly demotivated Ruth - with student life suspended - tackles Black Lives Matter, explains Tik Tok, and learns some new words from Dad and Suzie Dent, although Dad gives a totally misleading definition of the word 'anomie.' Also Ella Fitzgerald, mundane celebrity sightings, and the efforts of the French to keep their language pure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    49 min
  3. 'I'll tell my future children about this, if I ever have any - if I ever get out of the house, that is.'

    05/13/2020

    'I'll tell my future children about this, if I ever have any - if I ever get out of the house, that is.'

    'When we establish the matriarchy,' says Ruth, 'The two men we'll save are Bill Gates and Richard Osman. And maybe Leonardo DiCaprio and Harry Styles.' This week Ruth and Dad talk Eurovision, and Iceland's superb entry. Also Ruth looks at Coronavirus as a class issue, and gets some support for her views on colonialism. She also bizarrely takes issue with Dad's pronunciation of the word 'California.' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min

  4. 05/04/2020

    'I'm all jigsawed out. I need to go back to Uni.'

    Ruthie and Dad remain locked down, and added to the hell of being stranded with aging parents, Ruth is also frustrated by the lack of progress in her Uni work. Online tuition is just not working, she says, and no-one seems to be thinking about a solution for Britain's students. Also, the 'New Normal' everybody's talking about - although Ruth was quite happy with the old Normal - should include a rebalancing of the nation's resources away from London to the North. Ruth also has a 400-year-old swipe at the Mayflower pilgrims of 1620. Popular culture references include Love Island, Grays Anatomy, Friends, Frazier, and Tootsie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    45 min

  5. 04/27/2020

    'No-one asked for the 'new normal.' I was quite happy with the 'old normal.'

    In the first of a new series, 19-year-old Ruthie is feeling the generation gap particularly keenly, reluctantly furloughed from the Universtiy of York and trapped in lockdown with her ma and pa. In this first episode she delves into cinema history, explaining to her dad the 'cool girl' trope in modern movies, and luxuriating in 'comfort TV,' Gilmore Girls and How I Met Your Mother. Meanwhile, as Ruthie and dad swap music suggestions, there's a taste of Bob Dylan, Jeremy Zucker, and Kanye West. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    30 min

  6. 04/13/2020

    starting at University of York and settling in

    We edited together some clips of Ruthie, Uni, Dad, and Me as our entry for the British Podcast Awards, but as it seems those awards will not happen we thought we'd share them anyway. The clips are from the podcasts we made around the time Ruth was starting at the University of York, and settling in Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11 min

  7. 03/26/2020

    'This is dad's hot take on Coronavirus - makes him sound like Stalin!'

    The very last Ruthie - Uni, Dad & Me, for the time being at least, as University shuts & Ruth is isolated with parents. In the swansong podcast, we look at the economics of Coronavirus, the death of expectation, whether you want to be on the wagon or off, what Dame Harriett Walter would do if a lecherous male put his hand on her knee, and musically Isaac Hayes faces off against Childish Gambino. Thank you all for your support during all three seasons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 min

  8. 03/18/2020

    'We already were the anxious generation, now this...'

    ...in which dad questions whether some young people view Coronavirus in some bizarre way as a payback for Brexit, and Ruthie laments losing what might have been the best summer of her life. She also offers free French lessons just to fill the yawning time chasm in front of her, and to keep in practice. And why it's not right to compare the current crisis to wartime - and Wakefield's dance of death, the Gas Mask disco in the city. Musically, Sly and the Family Stone take on British singer Emily Burns Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min
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Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
9 Ratings

About

With university paused, the generation gap becomes more brutal than ever, with 19-year-old Ruthie locked in with boomer parents, but still podcasting If you enjoy 'Ruthie - The Lockdown Sessions, then we'd be pathetically grateful if you could leave a review on iTunes here; https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ruthie-me-and-my-dad/id1350367213?mt=2 If you REALLY like us, be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode, and tell your friends. You can get in touch with the show via email here; martinandruthpodcast@gmail.com Martin’s on Twitter at @martinkelner, or if you prefer Facebook he’s here; https://www.facebook.com/martinkelner And if you want to listen to the music played on the podcast, the Spotify playlist is here; https://open.spotify.com/user/glmpepfmh1mewya62ea7xlpuv/playlist/1YTmo0gN8NNg4f6fWSJqCk?si=xNMf76_oR6Kx6T02HHJaSg Our thanks to our patrons at talkRADIO. Find more from talkRADIO at talkRADIO.CO.UK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Information

  • Creator
    Ruth Kelner and Martin Kelner
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2020
  • Episodes
    101
  • Rating
    Clean

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