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Crying on LinkedIn and the latest Bonnie Blue controversy

mardi 2 juin 2026 • Durée 45:33

CONTENT WARNING: The second half of this podcast contains content of an adult nature - you may want to switch to headphones if listening in a room with children.

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week, James Ball explores the latest LinkedIn phenomenon: people publicly sharing videos of them crying about their jobs. Meanwhile, Lucy Reade unpacks the newest Bonnie Blue controversy, which has sparked fresh debate around the pro-life movement.

Links to LinkedIn and TikTok:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anthony-parkinson_laid-off-you-are-not-alone-25-years-in-ugcPost-7448445900340846592-DCPW/

https://www.tiktok.com/@aimeesmalex/video/7563361266299948310

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/makenna-schumacher_leadership-marketing-corporateculture-share-7384716788393074688-QKS3/

https://bsky.app/profile/yougov.co.uk/post/3mnag6xppjk2h

Links to Bonnie Blue interview and Spectator piece:

https://x.com/LBC/status/2060378646993383918?s=20

https://spectator.com/article/bonnie-blue-and-the-truth-about-the-pro-life-movement/

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Produced by Matt Withers

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Can you fall in love with AI, and the great UK v US food debate

mardi 26 mai 2026 • Durée 39:03

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to those sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week, Lucy Reade unpacks what happens to people in love with AI when their chatbots’ coding is changed, and the rise of AI relationships among younger generations, while James Ball has accidentally waded into the great UK vs US debate on food and the weird politics which accompany it.

Links to X and Reddit posts and Telegraph article:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/25/schoolboys-ai-girlfriends/

https://x.com/boundandwoven/status/2058238387472216304?s=46

https://x.com/signalxsoul/status/2058171068133654862?s=46

https://x.com/groksbride/status/2017130525664956424?s=46

https://www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfriendIsAI/s/oepRe3Zd2o

https://www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfriendIsAI/s/0tpWm91Q4x

https://www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfriendIsAI/s/tpajWPaRKU

Links to Tiktoks and Bluesky food discourse:

https://www.tiktok.com/@kjordyyy/video/7548881266955947287?q=british%20seasoning&t=1779781821401

The fascist video game row, and why are teens obsessed with New Labour politicians?

mardi 19 mai 2026 • Durée 40:22

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week, James Ball dives into the debate over whether video games can be fascist, while Lucy Reade unpacks the baffling teen obsession with New Labour politicians – and their love lives.

Links from the episode:

Links to full Mass Effect thread: https://bsky.app/profile/machineiv.bsky.social/post/3mksstm3vss2u

Links to Tiktoks: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRtaYvwn/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRtaURon/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRtaF1m2/

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Produced by Matt Withers

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Touching Grass - Coming Soon

vendredi 15 mai 2026 • Durée 01:24

Welcome to Touching Grass, the new podcast on online culture from The New World.

Telling someone to 'touch grass' means they need to get off their screen and get back in touch with reality - an insult which has been levelled many times at Lucy Reade and James Ball. This podcast is essentially two people who spend way too much time on the internet trying to explain what's going on there to people with much healthier lives.

James provides the Millennial perspective. Lucy explains what Gen Z are up to. Expect confusing discourse, culture wars and bizarre influencer scandals. They'll try to explain why you should care about any of this - and also, sometimes, why you shouldn't. It's 2026, after all - there's no escaping the internet.

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Phone bans at concerts, and Pattie Gonia v Patagonia

mardi 9 juin 2026 • Durée 45:03

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week, Lucy Reade and James Ball argue over phone-free concerts, as well as discuss the age-old story of the evil multinational corporation taking on the plucky independent creator… or is there more to the story than meets the eye?

Links to Tiktok and X:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRvpx1Qu/ https://x.com/alexasversionn/status/2062924867108753783?s=20

https://x.com/inherentvibes/status/2063752210358685791?s=20

Links to Pattie Gonia v Patagonia:

https://business.cch.com/ipld/PatagoniaEntrepreneurEnterprisesComplaint20260121.pdf

https://bsky.app/profile/kathryntewson.bsky.social/post/3mnbattd6x22e

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Produced by Matt Withers

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Starmtroopers over here, Looksmaxxers over there

mardi 23 juin 2026 • Durée 33:34

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week, Lucy Reade tells us about the cult of the Starmtroopers and how they’re coping with the prime minister’s departure, while James Ball discusses why the online Looksmaxxers need some serious lessons in biology.

Links to Starmtrooper posts:

https://x.com/NondescriptRed/status/2069016131419914646?s=20

https://x.com/ChristianHeiens/status/2069204137191825571?s=20

https://x.com/fortnitebigboss/status/2068987930853380444?s=20

https://x.com/orm0nde/status/2068017037507514483

https://x.com/mikeysmith/status/2069118961149460740?s=20

Clavicular post:

https://x.com/Clavicular0/status/2069045565766185289

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Produced by Matt Withers

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Should the UK government be banning social media for under-16s?

mardi 16 juin 2026 • Durée 44:37

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week is A Very Special Episode ™️, as Lucy Reade and James Ball discuss the recent UK government announcement that social media will be banned for under-16s.

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Produced by Matt Withers

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Chargebacks and time blindness

mardi 30 juin 2026 • Durée 37:57

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. In this week’s episode, James Ball delves into the terrible TikTok advice on how to commit credit card fraud via chargeback, and Lucy Reade unpacks the internet discourse surrounding whether perpetual lateness is a moral failing or a disability.

Chargeback links:

https://www.tiktok.com/@carrington.fisk/video/7501457984606899502

https://www.tiktok.com/@scrunchieluxe/video/7605450123618962708

https://bsky.app/profile/sesmith.lol/post/3mp4ri524n52x

Lateness links:

https://x.com/dilrhubarb/status/2069348621208948746?s=20

https://x.com/ShayWoulahan/status/2070019497809854697?s=20

https://x.com/privatebirb/status/2070179903786655762?s=20

https://x.com/Brien_Jackson/status/2070284553046884474?s=20

https://www.tiktok.com/@chaotic_philosopher/video/7255063782970445098?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Taylor Swift's wedding and the latest BookTok drama

mardi 7 juillet 2026 • Durée 45:05

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week Lucy Reade and James Ball talk about the highly controversial wedding of global megastar Taylor Swift, as well as the latest BookTok drama.

Taylor Swift links:

https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15956673/Taylor-Swift-tacky-wedding-Travis-Kelce-insiders-buffet-Alison-Boshoff.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=social-twitter_mailonline

https://x.com/baaulp/status/2073588363668451332?s=46

https://x.com/kissmarrykill13/status/2073938886217134523?s=46

BookTok links:

https://youtu.be/R0TMtY_xdgU?si=XsALiawu9A_rfFFZ&t=173

https://youtu.be/R0TMtY_xdgU?si=FyLQfxaXCsktWEbd&t=313

https://youtu.be/R0TMtY_xdgU?si=kFod1gnFkc4IagZ3&t=631

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Produced by Matt Withers

Subscribe to The New World for just £5 for five weeks here

Minions, God and AI climate anxiety

mardi 14 juillet 2026 • Durée 39:46

Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week James Ball manages to link the new Minions movie to questioning the meaning of God, and Lucy Reade discusses how climate anxiety around AI might be more of a moral panic than we think.

Minions links:

https://x.com/raissaverso/status/2052464875356532743 https://www.polygon.com/minions-questions-do-minions-reproduce-can-they-die-did-they-work-for-hitler/ https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2072809128918213119 https://www.instagram.com/p/DalTgM2mPAK/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

AI links:

https://x.com/rayxkilli/status/2074958811874418989?s=20

https://x.com/metajiini_klen/status/1983676664354669054?s=20

https://www.tiktok.com/@zahra.earthh/video/7640892713721679117?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7629351219308676630

Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade

Produced by Matt Withers

Subscribe to The New World for just £5 for five weeks here

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