sv podcast- Doppelganger, Indigo Girls and some starry nights

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Lots of culture and deep thinking in this podcast, but, fear not, Holly and Darren will guide you through! They have been reading Naomi Klein’s latest book, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, the winner of the inaugural Women’s Prize for non-fiction. Very much a ‘pandemic book’, it is a deep exploration by Klein of truth in both politics and in life. Throughout, she is always accompanied by the ‘other Naomi’, Naomi Wolf.

Before that, Darren & Holly had met up in July for a couple of arty things… Firstly, they saw the only Scottish screening of the documentary film, It’s Only Life After All, directed by Alexandria Bombach. This is a look at the music, activism and lives of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray, who are the wonderful band, Indigo Girls. Then, Holly & Darren (and the whole smallVOICE team) went to Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, which is currently on (until mid August) in Glasgow. The blurb for the exhibition invited us to “go beyond the frame of Van Gogh’s work in an immersive showcase with over 300 of his paintings bursting into life around you”.

Is that enough? Lots to get in to! And, if you have read Doppelganger yourself, do let us know what you think about it – we’d be really interested. Such a rich book.

[Length 40’42 minutes]

Links from this podcast
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
Indigo Girls documentary, It’s Only Life Afterall
Don and Emily Saliers, A Song to Sing, A Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice (not in print in UK but available online)
Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience
Storm Pegs: A Life made in Shetland by Jen Hadfield

If that’s not enough art ‘n’ stuff, Darren and Holly have some summer recommendations for you here on the smallVOICE substack.