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Apr 2024
43m 23s

Bri Lee's power songs

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About this episode

Bri Lee is an author, journalist, and activist. You’ve probably seen her pop up on telly, in panels, and online, because in just over 5 years Bri has carved out an acclaimed career, publishing the bestselling Eggshell Skull and another two books of non-fiction. Her work has interrogated how the legal system deals with sexual crimes, the realm of eating disorders, and the class structures within education, and all of it is written through a personal prism.

In 2024, Bri turns her hand to fiction for the first time in her debut novel The Work. It’s the story of New Yorker Lally and Sydneysider Pat; two people in the art world who are not artists themselves, but trying to curate a life better than the one they came from. In everything she writes, Bri has a fascination with power. And from DC to AC/DC, you'll hear why.

  • Destiny's Child - Independent Women, Pt. 1
  • AC/DC - Back In Black
  • The Preatures - Yanada
  • Karen O & Danger Mouse - Redeemer
  • Chappell Roan - After Midnight
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