Show Notes: S04, E05 - Am I Being Snobbish?
We're dealing with snobs, inventions, and the environment in today's episode of Agony Art, and we're doing it with some truly great art. Tune in for Motown classics, Wolf Hall, Hidden Figures, The Beatles, Terminator, and so much more...
Here's all the art we recommended.
(Art we only mentioned in passing, and never intended as a problem-solving recommendation, is in italics.)
Underlined items are this week's top picks from each of our presenters. If you're only going to try one of the pieces of art we mentioned, try these ones first.
Books
- Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
- The Book of Snobs - W M Thackeray
- The New Book of Snobs - D J Taylor
- Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
- Riders - Jilly Cooper
- Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterley
- How to Win Arguments - William A Rusher
- How to Argue and Win Every Time - Gerry Spence
- Win Every Argument - Mehdi Hasan
Films / TV
- The Terminator
- Forrest Gump
- Wolf Hall
- The Simpsons
- Fonejacker
- Game of Thrones
- EastEnders
- The Kardashians
- Hidden Figures
- The Wrong Trousers
- A Close Shave
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- Terminator 2
- The Little Mermaid
Music
- Boombastic - Shaggy
- In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
- Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift
- I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
- Deeply Dippy - Right Said Fred
- Look What You Made Me Do - Taylor Swift
- Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
- My Universe - Coldplay & BTS
- Baby Love - The Supremes
- Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes
- I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - Four Tops
- This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) - The Isley Brothers
- Roadrunner - The Modern Lovers
- You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
- Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops
- You Keep Me Hangin' On - The Supremes
- All My Loving - The Beatles
- Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
- Come Together - The Beatles
- Get Back - The Beatles
- A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
- Help - The Beatles
- Hey Jude - The Beatles
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
- Let it Be - The Beatles
- With a Little Help from My Friends - The Beatles
- Yesterday - The Beatles
- It's the End of the World as We Know It - REM
- Maggie's Farm - Bob Dylan
- Earth Song - Michael Jackson
- Thriller - Michael Jackson
- Bad - Michael Jackson
- Heal the World - Michael Jackson
A selection of the music mentioned in this episode can be found in the Agony Art Spotify playlist.
Other
Corrections
We
are currently unaware of any errors made in this episode. That doesn't
mean we didn't make any - just that they haven't been spotted yet.
Picture above from Wolf Hall © BBC
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