Ep 154 - Chess We Can!

The pair (freshly de-raddled by a summer break which Sales appears to have spent in a series of ocean pools) attempt to recap their prodigious summer cultural consumption but are swiftly derailed by an in-depth discussion of chess. Plus, which former US President just can't stop DM-ing Crabb, and which magazine recently rated Sales among Australia's Sexiest? (4.40) @barrackobama twitter  (6.20) Bridgerton Netflix | Trailer (10.20) Queens Gambit Netflix | Trailer (12.30) Visiting Mrs Nabokov And Other Excursions (Kasparov v Karpov) by Martin Amis (13.00) Checkmate in The Monthly by Leigh Sales  (15.30) The Crown Netflix | Trailer (18.30) Ma'am Darling by Craig Brown  (21.30) The Staircase Netflix | Trailer https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/the-staircase-netflix-owl-theory-explained.html in Vulture by Josh Modell  (24.00) The Journalist And The Murderer by Janet Malcolm, Ian Jack (26.40) Michael Apted, director and Seven Up documentarian, dies at 79 - Obituary in The Guardian  63 Up SBS on Demand | Trailer (30.20) The Child In Time by Ian McEwan (32.00) Waitress Musical | YouTube     Produced by DM Podcasts