This week’s episode of *Please Don’t* explores the cultural shifts shaping modern media consumption, where children are growing up immersed in camera-based content, turning personal lives into digital products. It highlights California’s new "right to be forgotten" law for influencers, which could reshape privacy expectations for adults too. A viral rumor about disinformation bots being deleted after a Russian data center attack is questioned, suggesting the reality may be far more troubling. The hosts critique the current trend of ultra-short, TikTok-optimized content, arguing for more films with long-form, thoughtful narratives—like *The Invite*, which resonates for its emotional authenticity and complex portrayals of long-term relationships. They also reflect on the cultural legacy of Amelia DeMolay, celebrating her end-of-era performance and suggesting she move into a talk show format. The episode spotlights powerful, underappreciated documentaries such as Nathan Fielder’s *Elizabeth Holmes*, which explores the psychology behind deception with artistic depth. Amid a culture of apathy, the hosts champion strong, critical engagement with media, urging audiences to value content that provokes discomfort and genuine reflection. They conclude by calling for a return to meaningful storytelling—emphasizing the value of long-form, human-centered narratives over fleeting, algorithm-driven entertainment.
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This week on the interface, millions of kids have grown up on camera
with their childhoods turned into content.
There's a new law in California that gives influencers the right to be forgotten
and it could impact adults too.
And an attack on Russian data centers started a rumor that all the evil disinformation bots
had been deleted from the internet.
But the truth might actually be a lot scarier.
For our take, join me, Jess Maddox, and me, Thomas Dremain, for the interface.
Listen on BBC.com, or wherever you get your podcast.
This episode of Please Don't Contains Adult Themes and Strong Language,
so if you are allergic to one of those things, listen to something else on BBC Sounds.
I've been creating a list of things that I think are notable at the moment.
Okay. Okay.
I'm just going to run it by you and I want your thoughts.
Go on. Disney Adults.
Please don't.
Oh, that was tough.
Harry Potter Adults.
Please don't.
Absolutely not.
If you had to have one piece of Harry Potter merchandise in your room,
above your bed, what would it be?
Oh, really huge ugly model of Dobby.
Wow, facing towards a better way.
You're staying?
Yeah, no.
Dobby is what to be f*ck.
Negronies.
Please don't.
You're over negronies.
Yeah, man.
Okay, you've got a knight to yourself.
Yeah.
The bab is being looked after.
Yeah.
You go.
Long bath bigwank.
What?
It's not what we're playing.
Could we read a show as it to that?
Long bath bigwank.
Welcome to Please Don't from BBC Sounds,
where we are correct about culture 100% of the time.
I would say so, yeah.
I mean, maybe 99%.
But I think 100 is a fair number to fix to us.
You've got to say your name, man.
I'm Joel Goldby.
I'm Raven Smith, and this is Please Don't.
Let's go.
Woooow.
That's right.
That's your favourite sailor.
I don't want to be, like, misery gets about culture,
but I think we are living through quite apathetic times,
where people are consuming culture in a way
that makes them feel nothing.
And actually, we are two people who still feel
quite passionately about the culture we consume.
We have opinions about it.
We care about it.
We want it to be better.
We care when it's not good enough.
We care.
Yeah.
I think there's a space for some good criticism.
People have forgotten how to be critics,
how to watch things with their eyes open.
I think it's crucial to say we're just going to do
the stuff where we're interested in.
You know, whenever things just like we've got a preview
or everything we've got to mention, everything we've got to say,
nah, I'm going to hand pick some stuff.
And we have a lot of strong opinions about things
that maybe you please could do less of in culture.
But I also think we're quite positive
and we like, oh, please do.
I would like to encourage more of things I like.
I also'd like to encourage more like being challenged
about things I might not like.
But I do, you know, I want us to be crowned as arbiters of taste.
And I think by decreeing whether something is a please deal
or a please don't, that will get us close to that goal.
We're going to be here every Thursday on youtube.com.
I know it.
I think it's vital that you subscribe.
And I don't think you knew this because I certainly didn't.
But you can swipe right to hyper video.
And I think everyone should do that immediately.
Okay, I did want to talk about the cultural phenomenon
that is Olivia Wilde.
Is she on a redemption arc?
Because I just think she seems to have both come out of nowhere
and been around forever had this big controversy
of Don't Worry Darling because Darling I was worried for a lot of that.
The only thing I did do was worry.
And now she seems to be on a sort of
atonement tour revenge tour.
Atonement feels a word redemption perhaps.
Redemption arc.
I think she's on an upswing.
Don't worry Darling for anyone that's been living under a rock.
I know what I heard the rumor was.
Shilabuff was on the film and left.
And then that just was a domino effect of all this stuff.
Can I remind you of something that was all anything
anyone spoke about for about a week
and has completely been raised from the cultural psyche?
Remember that video where people thought Harry Styles had spat on Chris Park?
Yeah, what were we on?
The actual chat about it really overshadowed what is essentially
a completely fine film.
I think it's important to remember that Olivia Wilde has denied anything
on toward happened on the set with Florence Pude
that it's all very kosher.
So that was where we were about two years ago?
The thing is I was like she's fine whatever.
They've had this little drama because nobody can resist the pure
animal attraction of Harry Styles.
Like I don't think he's doing it on purpose.
I think it's who he is.
Yeah he can, I don't know.
I had dinner with him once. He said my name is three times
completely unnecessarily and I have been in love with him ever since.
Like he was like oh how are you doing Raven?
Good to see you Raven and I was like what have you won?
Where are we going?
Where are we going?
Shall I run you a bath?
His presence is really powerful and I'm not you know
I am infected easily and infectious myself but it was
you were easily dazzled.
The whole room is sort of like
starts to swirl around him quite quickly.
It was getting incredible.
Oh wow. I've heard the only other person like that is
Bill Clinton that people that charisma just
it's just like everyone's like wow it's like
oscillating out of them.
The two most characters like that earth.
So I get it.
I went to see the invite and I was like oh
holy shit Olivia is just this incredible cultural force
and we've just completely overlooked that
because we were too busy worrying whether or not
her co-stars spatter another ghost star.
Yeah it's really good.
A couple who are having marital difficulties.
Mm-hmm.
Invite the slightly peculiar upstairs neighbors
over for cheese and it goes from there
and it's enjoyably compressed and it's four actors
and everyone's absolutely killing it really.
Yeah actually Seth Rogen is killing it because he's not like
by the way I smoke weed by the way I smoke weed
by the way which is kind of a little bit
but he pulls back.
We feel a very strong connection with you guys.
That is so nice thank you.
Yeah.
I'll say thank you Joe.
Thank you Harry watering.
For me the invite does something really clever
which is it feels like a play
and that's my favourite kind of film it really did.
It feels like you don't it's like one set
they're walking around it.
What I really liked about it is like how long the scenes were.
I feel like so this is like a weird book bear of mine
but I just think so many recently cut TV
and film things of they're so fast.
Yeah.
And it's always like they're made with half an eye
on being ripped off on TikTok
or for a TikTok sort of Instagram reel.
Yeah attention span.
And I loved that that first scene was really
gloopy and long and they sort of they fell
into an argument and then out of it again
and then sort of back into it again
and then boom they do the title thing
and you're like 20 minutes in.
Because they go out and start the night again.
Yeah but they just have the same argument.
Yeah.
For me it's like please don't make films
for my cracked out TikTok brain.
Yeah please make me sit there and watch it.
Please make films for my old attention span.
Yeah.
Thank you.
I'd love to enjoy this.
I didn't think I was going to get four
Oscar worthy of performances
from the four central characters.
Yeah.
And I also think it speaks so deeply
to like what it's like to be in a long-term relationship
and be in love and hate that person at the same time
but to know them so intimately
that you're like your fucker.
It's sort of one of those films
that you know when you are on the outs with someone
and then you watch a film or a TV show
where we're like a couple break up.
Yeah.
And you both just sit very still.
Yes.
Just sit very still through that one.
Very still not having sex.
Just very still just hope they don't notice
that I'm here.
It's like there are T-Rex.
A lot of people would text to me
like Ed Norton Hart is hot, huh?
Yeah, of course.
I thought he always was hot
but I guess he's a bit more underdog.
I don't think he's meant to be hot in Fight Club.
His alter ego is meant to be hot.
Spoilers!
He's an alter ego.
If you've not watched Fight Club yet,
I'd do the same person.
A cultural podcast on the BBC.
Somehow that's missed you.
I think if you haven't seen Fight Club,
that's fine.
Watch it and you'll get a lot of the references
we'll be doing because we'll be talking
about Meatloaf tits.
I'm sure I'll come sooner.
More than once.
I hope she gets lots of accolades
for what she's done.
I agree.
And also just for a personal point of view
because I hate Ted Lasso and I'm by extension.
I hate Jason Stadekerson.
Yeah.
I'm glad to see her win in that one.
My position with Ted Lasso is for child-brained idiots.
It's so saccharine.
Yeah, I think for you clearly,
it is just like a forever please don't.
I feel like it's just going to go on forever
and people are going to be like, oh, it's--
Oh, you think it's going to be like grazing after me?
Yeah, it's so cozy in it.
And they're all friends at the end of it, aren't they?
Row up.
I think my problem is now with Jason Stadekerson
because he had the potential to be really funny.
He was so good in 30 rock.
He was great on SNL.
And then he decided to make four of the most insipid seasons
TV ever based on a character he did in
an advert. Wow. That's a drop-off, man. And they'll live your wilds fucking Harry Styles
while you're doing that. No, what has ever been more of a loser than that?
I want your sex is the is coming after the invite. She plays an artist who is has a muse has
a boy and they has a boy. They have like a sexual relation to your explanation.
That's the boy, man. Two people have sex, right? It's really hard to explain it.
She is an artist and they go on a sexual adventure together.
Right, I think what I like about the prospect of a film like that is
if you reverse the genders, you'll work, that's most John Updike short stories. Wow.
It's like, "Oh, I'm a professor and I just have sex with one of my students."
If you reverse, my wife got a bit fat and I had to have sex with a student. Incredible.
So I think sort of inverting that classic trope of literature of like an academic or a
muse or an artist or a mentor and they kind of have a sex or they kind of
shouldn't, which kind of makes it a bit spicier. It's a bit of a nepotupus, isn't it?
Because it's got nepotupus. Cupid, good in junior, junior, junior in it.
Sure. And it's got one of the Hoffman's.
One of the Cupid Hoffman. She's got a third film, Behemoth. Behemoth, is it Behemoth or Behemoth?
I have to say the reason I ever learnt this word is because there was a robot, a robot was.
And I believe the robot was commentator Jonathan Pierce, was pronouncing it Behemoth.
And it's with Pedro Pascal. Yes. We're not bored of Pedro yet.
I don't think I've actually ever seen him in anything. No, gladiated to back in the habit.
Yeah, I saw him in like that episode of Game of Thrones where his head exploded.
Oh, I only did the first season of Game of Thrones and I was like, I get it, but it's not for me.
It's worth going and seeing his head get exploded.
Well, speaking of Olivia, we're not the only people with opinions of her.
You can tell us yours. You can email us.
Raven and Joel at bbc.co.uk. Tell us what do you think of her?
From one iconic woman to another. Yes. We only talk about iconic women here.
Today? Today. We might talk about some losers down the line.
Anyway, um, a bit of a couple of weeks. Yes.
But I'm still, uh, personally shocked on reeling from a news that Amelia DeMoldeberg is no longer doing.
Chicken shop date. It's over. Which is. It's over for you, Hose.
Firstly, we should both acknowledge that we know Amelia.
One of my favourite dining out stories is that she was my intern.
She was also my intern. She was my intern and she's done a little bit better.
She has done significantly better than either of us.
Yeah. Have you ever. To date.
She. She was my intern. I had her in the secret center.
Wow. It was a five pound cap. I got her a really posh lip cell.
Yeah. But bees. kisses. Wow.
And she opened it and she said, "Does everyone think my lips are dry?"
In front of the whole office and I was like, "Oh, wow."
I was like, "That's like the jolly story I've ever heard of her where she doesn't come off great."
Oh, no! It wasn't. No, it was quite funny because obviously she. Oh, one of her jokes. She wasn't crying, running out,
being like, "Everyone thinks I'm ugly." She was like, "Oh, is there something my lips are dry?"
It was another. It was one of those problems with jokes.
She did awkward moments from the Queen of them.
Not to over-reg it too much, but I do think it's a very significant achievement.
Agreed. She started it completely on her own.
Yeah. Just an idea that a 17-year-old had.
The media landscape was very different back then.
The big media houses were slowly turning their ships around and pivoting to video.
Yeah. And not quite getting it.
True, true, true.
And I think what she instantly did was she got something that
people immediately liked and wanted to watch in their droves and their millions.
Obviously, it's a lot easier now to book a celebrity because it's become such a part of the
the tour that you're available for hot wings and you're available for chickens.
I know that you're allowed to do both.
And you know that little film boy who always shows you tickets from films he's been to.
Who the hell is that?
This is like the train guy.
No, the train guy's the top gear guy, keep up.
There's like a film guy and now every time you've got a film out,
you have to go and do a little junket with him and he goes,
"I'm sorry, could we just do one more question please?"
And then there's like, "We haven't really got time and he does it every fucking time."
Wow.
I've got a ticket stop here from a film you were in.
Sorry, is it a bit?
I don't know what it is, but I don't like it.
I don't like it.
Oh, you have to do that now.
It's part of you.
If you're doing a mission impossible,
you have to look at a boy's film ticket and go, "That's interesting."
Conversely, what if they are so bored of junkets?
Like you know in Notting Hill when it's like Houghton Town magazine
and then they're just all in the hotel going round and round.
Maybe they're like, "I'd fucking love to eat some spicy chicken."
Yeah.
See if I can endure it.
Yeah.
Maybe they just love that.
Tom Hanks is like, "Get me in the chicken shop."
Paul McCartney did it.
Yeah.
And he notoriously had vegan chicken.
It's had vegan above.
And I wrote as a comment.
I can't believe he's eating chicken RIP Linda, right?
Very funny.
Obviously, I know he's vegan.
You know how many DMs I got about that?
Over 400.
McCartney's got shooters.
McCartney's fans do not mess.
They're not messing.
They're like, "It literally says vegan above his head."
This comment has been up for two hours.
Yes, I'm joking.
But Linda really did do a lot for the sausage.
So I wonder how much of a decision to move on from chicken shop day
is to move on to a different format
that people can just get over?
I think one thing is you reach the pinnacle,
where does it go from there?
And she's decided to go out on a high,
which I respect that clip of her flirt with Andrew Garfield.
I keep a lot of folders on my Instagram.
And there's certain videos that I classes always watch.
Yes, okay.
And that's one of them.
What else is on there?
Watch it down.
There's a really good video of a guy
in a New York Bodega wearing a shiasty
and all his friends abandon him off for it.
Wow.
And that is heaven.
Do you know what I quite like?
Victoria Beckham in 2073 questions?
Yeah.
Really good.
Yeah.
Classic of a genre.
We have slightly different algorithms, I feel.
What do you think the next format should be?
The next format for Amelia?
Yeah.
Something's just really unchickening.
Honestly, I would just like,
I don't think we have enough chat shows.
We don't have enough, like. You're crazy that you think chat shows
are something that people are watching.
It's virtually impossible to get a chat show off the ground.
Right.
No touristy, one of the hardest things to ever do.
You know what, I was watching the other day.
I was watching Chatty Man.
Wouldn't you love to have Chatty Man back?
Anyway, I like chat shows.
I think we should have, we need a young chat show host.
I want to see, basically, I want to see a format
where she talks to them all,
because I do think she's a very good interview.
She's very disarming and charming.
What she does so well is, like, she knows her interviewee
inside and out.
So her research is so rigorous,
which is incredible on the sort of red carpet
and the office goods kind of night,
because there's a lot of people
that could get picked to talk to you.
And I think she would be an amazing talk show host.
But I actually think it's really hard to get a talk show off the ground.
Let's play a fun hypothetical game.
Yes, I would love a chat show.
Sorry, what? What's the game?
Who do you want to see a chat show from?
It's not fair, because I think about Nigella all the time.
I just would watch her do any.
So I was like, who would you want to see on the traitors, Nigella?
Yeah.
Who do you think she would present SNL?
Nigella.
Nigella.
Imagine the. Imagine the skits with Nigella, with Nigella.
Would be good.
See?
I always, obviously, you know,
I'm a sort of. I'm a Ryland guy.
Oh, do you know what the funniest thing about Ryland is?
I interviewed him once in the pandemic.
Do you know he has a big brother, chair,
like, Diary Room in his house?
It is phenomenal.
Please don't, with media.
I think the main one is, please don't go away.
I would just like to make a personal plea
to all of our former interns.
Please don't keep outperforming us
in every single metric of our careers.
What do you think she's going to do next?
I think that's the move.
Email us and let us know.
I want wacky ideas.
Did you know that because culturally we eat so much chicken,
you know, like, the Iron Age,
there's, like, a crust of Iron around the Earth
and, like, when they dig stuff up,
this is the chicken age.
And in millennia,
they will be, like, they'll get to the chicken level of the Earth
because we're just eating so much chicken.
Isn't that horrible?
Well, that is so. They'll be like, "Oh, we've reached the chicken age in the human history."
Where have we got that from?
My friend told me she used to work at Channel 4.
The chicken age?
Yeah, they're like going to be, like, a crust of chicken in, like, landfill.
Raven, what does that mean?
It means that when you're digging down
in, like, a hundred thousand years,
you'll be, like, the Jurassic period,
the Iron Age, the chicken era.
I don't think that's true.
And in many ways, that's Amelia's legacy.
This week on The Interface,
millions of kids have grown up on camera
with their childhood started to come.
For our take, join me, Jess Maddox.
And me, Thomas Germain, for The Interface.
Listen, on BBC.com, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Autumn is coming.
Winter's coming, but Autumn's coming first.
Autumn's coming first, yeah.
And there is going to be a lot of. It's a big time for like new TV, new film, new other stuff.
Almost like spring for culture.
Autumn is spring for culture.
And I think this is as good a time as any to do a sort of. I want to say a drop through what's coming up.
I want to drop.
Maybe it's a canter.
Like who knows how fast we'll go?
Perhaps we gallop.
You control the speed.
I'll see what the finish line.
Let's trot through culture.
Where would you like to start?
I'm personally excited for celebrity traders.
Oh.
Well, we'll be off the next series, probably.
Imagine if we start getting hired as a two piece.
And we'll add and deck.
Do we have to figure out which way we always start?
It's like when I drive the car instead of Richard
and we're like deck and ant, like it's creepy.
It's bit weird, isn't it?
Would you be good on it, do you think?
No.
I would be out.
It doesn't matter whether I'm a trader or a faithful.
My personality is getting me around table or a murder.
I think first couple of days it is properly a bit like
God, him at breakfast again.
And also I just think I would take it so. It is so personal for someone to say
you are the kind of person that I don't trust.
That is what I get from you as you're on your personality.
Unless you're a trader and then you're like fair.
I do think trader suffers from not having people
who bear enough grudges.
I would remember every accusation that had been thrown at me.
Yeah.
Everyone's just like, oh, the next day they're all friends again.
Not.
I'm remembering every side.
It's difficult because if you don't play a social game
you're out.
Who's in it, Maya Jammer?
I know you're in my jammer fan, I don't even need to ask.
She's one of those women who, for my own good,
I all follow it on Instagram.
Don't want to get drawn because I send a DM to Maya Jammer.
Obviously you should ever go see it,
but you have to wake up and know that you've done that.
I've been out drinking with Maya Jammer after I interviewed her.
No.
We went to G.A.Y. late.
You've got Maya Jammer, yeah.
Mahala.
The thing is about her being there is that like season one
was very like, who wants to be a national treasure.
Yes.
And I don't have a problem with that sense of like,
these people are just kind of stalwarts of like,
cozy culture, which is fine, right?
Of the knitting and the sporty bits.
I quite like that about that.
And I think this new season is a bit more spicier
in terms of casting.
Yes, I think she's going to be sitting there
being like, who the hell is like,
Penelope from the good life?
Yeah.
And that's going to be part of her superpower
is that she doesn't have,
I don't think she has the British historical culture
references to respect.
That's interesting.
That's actually good.
Which will make her really great and successful.
Yeah, if you've heard about England in there,
because they, I mean, they're a young American.
A young American.
They're not going.
She doesn't know who Claibalding is even now.
Even now.
Even now.
James A. Cast is in there.
Oh, amazing.
So who else is in it?
It's quite, it's a hell of a line up.
There's 21 of them.
So far, we've, we've got four.
No, we've got five.
We've got two.
Should we read the list out?
Yes, please.
We're ready now.
Okay, go.
A media reaction.
Action cam.
Abel Rajan.
Please, don't.
[LAUGHTER]
Telegrams in.
Love.
And a fry.
She's good.
Jerry Hall.
Oh, I shot with Jerry Hall last year.
Jerry Hall will tell you know in the--
she'll be like this.
I don't think so, sugar.
She's saying no in a way that makes it through, like, yes.
She's amazing.
King Kenny.
What?
King Kenny.
I'm sorry, that goes.
Excuse me.
King Kenny.
King Kenny.
I'm not familiar with King Kenny.
King Kenny's there.
He has box.
Ah!
Wait, is he a YouTuber?
YouTube return box.
There you go.
Michael Jean.
Oh, really fun.
I hope he's doing--
He'll do his little voices, wouldn't he?
No, I hope he's doing, like, Tony Blair.
He does the whole game.
He was Tony Blair.
He's like, it's me, Tony Blair.
Yeah, that would be good.
Miranda Hart.
Yeah.
Tricky, she's really like my mum.
There's a bit of a Miranda Hart, Jean in my family.
It was like falling over, having no reason.
Mahala and her having a chat would love to see it.
The height difference there would be, yeah.
The height difference and the similarity in, like, topics
that they would talk about.
What are those?
No, I think.
Who else would go?
Because we don't have an age, isn't it?
Risk deep runs.
Oh, wow, fun.
Ross Kemp.
Ross Kemp's doing it.
Now, see, this is my--
So, former soap star.
This is my shit.
Ross Kemp.
Ross Kemp, on traitors.
That's going to be great.
Three things about Ross Kemp, I love.
Every time England do well in a tournament,
he posts the most unhinged video.
What tournament?
I'm joking.
Like the one where he's like tearing his shirt off
or like crying and like holding daft deals and stuff.
Come on, England.
Come on, England.
You just keep it calm.
Keep it calm.
Go.
Two.
Come on, England.
Shut them up.
Shut that crowd up.
Shut everybody out.
Come on, England.
Come on, England.
Two.
Two.
Two.
Two.
Two.
Two.
Two.
I love you.
And then also, for some reason,
he's in an advert at the moment,
with like the likeness of Albert Einstein.
Wow.
Who came up with that?
Has he talked to it?
Or is it like an image?
Yeah, he's like a--
Hello, Einstein.
What does he ask Einstein?
I don't know.
I've never seen it off mute.
I've been watching it in the pub.
I back Ross Kemp.
He's my--
Me too.
He's who I'm back in.
You have nothing to talk about if you're not watching traitors.
Because that's all anyone we'll be talking about.
I'm really excited, genuinely, very excited,
for this Nathan Field Elizabeth Holmes story.
Terrified, right?
I'm terrified.
It's the scariest thing to come to A24 in a long time.
The preview, which I watched multiple times,
is scary.
Yeah.
Why would I deceive you?
There's no reason for me to do that.
OK.
All right.
OK, good chat.
You're being real right now.
You're always being real.
Basically, they're two very powerful freaks here.
Oh, because, you know, she does not blink.
Elizabeth Holmes is-- what was it?
It was Theranos.
She was basically a scammer.
The thing is, I don't think she believes she was a scammer.
No, she doesn't.
She doesn't think she believes she was a grifter.
I think--
OK.
She's like, it was about to work.
Yeah, in it.
Weird.
It's documentary that Nathan Fielder has made
with Elizabeth Holmes, the famous Theranos scammer,
who doesn't quite blink enough.
And he interviewed her.
She gave him in the Landshop and Heim access to her house
for a few months before she went to prison.
She's in prison.
She's still wearing a black turtle neck.
Not in the-- not in this.
No, she's changing.
Not in the white clouds.
But what's interesting for me--
No, it's a white blouse.
The blouse of innocence.
Yes.
What's interesting for me is the Elizabeth Holmes story
has been told quite a lot.
Because that year, I liked two shows came out.
Also, hot take.
Fundamentally, it's not that fascinating.
A story.
No, she scams some investors out of money.
So, for her to be the subject of a documentary
by what of the most interesting artists currently working,
means there's something there.
This isn't just Louis Theroux bopped around the house going,
"Do you really believe that you can change blood?"
Like, it's beautiful and artistic,
just in that one small clip we've seen of it.
Yes.
Nathan fielded with the rehearsals,
made two of the most interesting series of TV ever.
I loved the curse as well.
And he's obviously like,
you can see the seeds of his fascination
with people even back in the Nathan for you era.
He's so good at finding a person who's a natural subject
for something.
And then he is so clever at letting them
sort of hang themselves with their own rope.
Yeah, what I was going to say was,
we are so sort of led emotionally by content at the moment.
Things are trying to make us feel happy or sad.
And there is something so rewarding
about feeling incredibly uncomfortable,
watching two people interact.
It's why I watch the apprentice.
That's why people watch things don't.
But when things go, when things are cringy,
it's like it's the most alive you can feel on a weeknight.
Yeah.
But my position is this documentary
wouldn't exist unless something weird had happened.
Or there is some story that we don't like that is added on to this.
Definitely.
This Nathan field wouldn't be involved
if this was just a straight-up access documentary.
I think actually part of
Scamming people is to not actually believe you're scamming them is to believe that you are doing something for the greater good
It's very cold-ish actually two mad lads just going nuts on a 24 documentary of real nice color grading
Love it. That's for me that one of the things I'm most looking forward to
Seeing this autumn is the Bayou tapestry the beat up the be the big BT. Yeah
It's a good tapestry bad. Well of all the tapestries Carol Kings
I can't make an American quilt the sisterhood of the traveling pants is kind of a tapestry of sorts
This is the one. This is the big one the longest the biggest tapestry and longest doesn't always mean best
It's slightly obsessed with everyone see me to think it's completely healed any
Funny business we Britain has with France funny business, but you know what I mean
Are you going to go see it absolutely? I'll cue for it like a cue for the queen. I didn't
So I would have had I been bothered okay
I spoke to a guy who went and saw it day one. Yeah real tap head. Yeah, you know like those guys
He's got bed sheets. Yeah, you know those guys who like took a day off work
To do the first day of Elizabeth line
You know that like this trend in France of like stealing great works of art
I imagine it's not in general. It's like sliding under a security door. You just dropped a Renoir. Yeah, but
We what what part of the tapestry would you steal the main part of the best the arrow arrow in the eye?
It is the best bit in it cluster around that
That's another thing like we don't make tapestries anymore. We don't shoot Kings through the eye anymore
You don't make tapestries anymore
Because behind the plate. Yeah, we need to bring back the old ways. I'm not wishing the king dead. Yeah, but like
God wouldn't it be class if if he died in a battle what else is on the tapestry over the the bit where he's come it
Is a quite a famous part of it. I believe that's there's four women
So maybe I'll take a stripper woman on my way towards the security deal woke
Yeah, yeah
For Emily's do a bit of the bay of tapestry. Well, what are the good bits? No, just one of the four women one of the one only named woman on the whole thing
I'll take that okay. Don't ask me her name Mary Magdalene. I couldn't tell you they don't really have women back
You know that you also know that the arrow in the eye is a restitch
Initially it was in his hand and they unpicked it and put it in his eye
So I think they created a more noble death. What would you choose as your noble death?
I get hit by a lorry pushing a a really friendly dog out of a road. Oh, that's lovely actually god bless Harold
Well, yeah, maybe who were they fighting against you know what I'm the new man's 1066
Weight debover to read the plaque on the wall about the tapestry. I don't know enough about it
You're gonna scatter cue all I care about is getting a funky die. Yeah, and a sock. Do you think there's gonna be a
Wilders sexy pickup scene at the beat up. You know how like when you're making a hinge profile
You want to look as cultured as you can so you have a you have a photo of you looking to one side in a museum
Yeah, and then the next one is like laughing in salad at the beat and then one that's like proof that you have at least two of
Friends and you've been to the pub. Yeah, and then one that shows that you have a different angle to your face
Yeah, you realize that there's only one you use. Yeah
I think we should we should make a firm
Commitment to not always be a negative Nellies. Yes, and that means please do's to take us out please do watch the hills
Tell me why aren't we watching the hills. Yeah, okay. I think there's something about nascent
Reality TV. I just remember a lot of pieces about it being like is it real and it is one of the fakes thing
They'll ever see like they bump into each other on the street, but there's cameras like bump into each other
They're not at an event, but there is something brilliant about watching the kind of
Eve of what has now become bread and butter for culture the drama is so low stakes
For example, will Lauren leave the vogue shoot did teen vogue shoot on time?
That is a whole episode
I just think it's nice to rewatch something that is like of reminds you of a time in your life
It's a bit like listening to Madonna every era of your life has a Madonna track that goes with it
That's what happens when you have a big artist of such longevity and the thing I liked most about when I went to see Madonna
Is that everyone is having a moment like a prayer, but it's very personal that's how I feel about the hills sort of
I don't know if I should have compared it to Madonna. I've been rewatching Barry Barry from EastEnders
Guys, we're going to need a break if he's going to keep doing this
No, it's a HBO show
Starring Bill Hader yep from I want to say 2018
To 2024 if I was going to make a rough guess is it only just fin it well
Yeah, no two years of a lapse and it was it was it's one of the modern perfect shows
It's absolutely brilliant. He's an assassin. Oh, I'm already in yeah
With like complex PTSD from being a war he discovers
An acting troupe and he changes his life a lot of coming actor, but he can't escape the demons
Well, the assassins. Oh, other assassins. So it's like it's so darkly funny
Some of the actual sequences are like some of the best you'll ever see for no reason to talk like
They're beautifully directed. It's really cinematic and then it's really funny
So much of the stuff about like
Want to be actors is just so well observed and written my number two one
I'm reading Switsy by Emma Klein, which I fucking love. It is just please do read it a guy is flying from America
to
Get euthanized
Oh, I'm into that. Yeah, so it's he's at the end of his life and he's looking back on it cool
It's really cool. It's also really witty and sad, but not in it not worship down sad
I've recently been enjoying a video from four in a bed. Have you seen this? Oh, wow
It's a really good clip. It's worth going on Facebook and looking up you know the four in a bed concept
Yes, I do who are the people in a bed? Yeah, I'm pulling down
No, you know, it's just one of those sort of sleepy daytime shows that you only watch
Like if you if you're ill and on the sofa. Yeah, yeah, if you get locked into a good week of four in a bed
Yeah, you are gonna have a great two and a half hours
I'll have bleached it over dusting all the getting up at five to make too many sausages like eggs anywhere you want them
It's sent them all mad eggs any style
I suppose like your entire reality is probably rocked when you do think that cereal boxes of that big law
That's very me and my grandma's health. So there's a really good clip of a guy cheating basically. How well you know
The the the sister five in a bed you say the sister
the system of
Of scoring the game is is how much you over or under pay for the room. Okay, so a lot of people are trying to be underhand
They're trying to go. Oh, well, you know, there's a little bit of dust and that so we had to underpay you by 46 pounds
And we didn't think it was worth it. Yeah, like so what does he do? He overpays by 220 quits himself. No, you can't do that
No, but he overpays the couple who were just nicest because he wants to fuck them all over
So he says it was worth it
But also I wanted to do it just so you two wouldn't win. He's a good Samaritan. It was class
Yeah, then he turns to the camera you guys
The way I see it is I cheated to stop the other cheaters from winning Wow get him on the celebrity traders
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This week on the interface millions of kids have grown up on camera with their childhoods turned into content
There's a new law in California that gives influencers the right to be forgotten and it could impact adults too and an attack on
Russian data center started a rumor that all the evil disinformation bots had been
lead it from the internet, but the truth might.
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Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Millions of children have grown up immersed in camera-based content, turning their childhoods into digital entertainment.
California’s new "right to be forgotten" law for influencers may impact adults and challenge online privacy norms.
A rumor that disinformation bots were deleted after an attack on Russian data centers may be misleading, with the truth potentially more alarming.
The podcast highlights cultural fatigue, noting a growing trend of apathy in how people consume media.
Olivia Wilde is seen as a powerful cultural figure, with her recent projects like *The Invite* praised for emotional depth and authentic performances.
The show critiques over-saturation of content designed for short attention spans, advocating for longer, more contemplative films.
Amelia DeMolay’s "Chicken Shop Date" ends on a high note, with fans suggesting she should transition into a talk show where her interviewing skills shine.
The hosts express excitement for bold, psychologically rich documentaries like *Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes* and for returning to traditional, narrative-driven storytelling.
Summary:
This week’s episode of *Please Don’t* explores the cultural shifts shaping modern media consumption, where children are growing up immersed in camera-based content, turning personal lives into digital products. It highlights California’s new "right to be forgotten" law for influencers, which could reshape privacy expectations for adults too. A viral rumor about disinformation bots being deleted after a Russian data center attack is questioned, suggesting the reality may be far more troubling.
The hosts critique the current trend of ultra-short, TikTok-optimized content, arguing for more films with long-form, thoughtful narratives—like *The Invite*, which resonates for its emotional authenticity and complex portrayals of long-term relationships. They also reflect on the cultural legacy of Amelia DeMolay, celebrating her end-of-era performance and suggesting she move into a talk show format. The episode spotlights powerful, underappreciated documentaries such as Nathan Fielder’s *Elizabeth Holmes*, which explores the psychology behind deception with artistic depth.
Amid a culture of apathy, the hosts champion strong, critical engagement with media, urging audiences to value content that provokes discomfort and genuine reflection. They conclude by calling for a return to meaningful storytelling—emphasizing the value of long-form, human-centered narratives over fleeting, algorithm-driven entertainment.
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The podcast praises 'The Invite' for its long, naturalistic scenes and deep exploration of long-term relationships, contrasting with fast-paced, TikTok-style content.
It highlights her recent positive momentum and media presence, noting that her controversies have been overshadowed by her actual cultural impact and performances.
It views her departure as a powerful, meaningful end to a successful cultural phenomenon, and sees her legacy as a symbol of how media trends evolve and change.
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