Sports week! What *do* men like? Surprising numbers of mentions of The Stranglers, maybe? Ellie is joined by AJ and Asha to talk about sewing stuff for jigging about in. We wish we were at the Jamboree. - Modern Pentathlon obstacle course I AM NOT MESSING WITH YOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeIV9mu1mmI - Aesthetics of kitesurfers vs windsurfers - An idea for a ‘hairdressing’ reality show - SANDCASTLE BAKE OFF https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002zkr2/race-against-the-tide - The Cheetah Citation https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cheetah-dog-furry-friendship - High end Methodist banner game - Ewan’s Fringe podcast https://thepodcastcorner.com/show/edinburghfringe/ If you’d like to get in touch, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. You’d better be reading Ariadne’s blog https://ariadnereviews.com/ Don’t forget the shop at https://totallyflagulous.etsy.com where there’s Strictly and Snooker and Football and Taskmaster and Christmas number one stuff! Our favourite charity is NOT A PHASE, stick them a fiver if you like what you hear.

We’re off to Mexico and we might never shut up about it! Ellie is joined by AJ and Asha to talk trim, fann(y)ing about and ribbons. It’s a bit of a rapid run through but we bid farewell to a real one. - Prepare for your in-depth lecture on Mexican weaving https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/Wrapped%20in%20Color%20Exhibit%20Booklet%202.pdf - The endangered crafts list https://heritagecrafts.org.uk/skills/redlist/ - World of Wearable art https://www.worldofwearableart.com/ - What is pigeon milk? https://www.distractify.com/p/what-is-pigeon-milk-animal-crossing - We’re not doing the Met Gala any more If you’d like to get in touch, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. You’d better be reading Ariadne’s blog https://ariadnereviews.com/ Don’t forget the shop at https://totallyflagulous.etsy.com where there’s Strictly and Snooker and Football and Taskmaster and Christmas number one stuff! Our favourite charity is NOT A PHASE, stick them a fiver if you like what you hear.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Returns! Let’s upcycle our way out of this modern hell! This episode starts out with Ellie, Asha and Elliott talking about our favourite ecohabits then we actually get to talking about the Sewing Bee. Sorry for being depressing, but it makes you think dunnit. - Miniml cleaning gloops https://minimlrefills.co.uk/ - Locavore, you might have something like this near you https://www.locavore.scot/ - The Energy Dashboard! https://www.energydashboard.co.uk/live - How an Overlocker works https://weallsew.com/overlocker-for-beginners-an-introduction-to-sergers/ - The knickers https://communityclothing.co.uk/collections/womens-underwear/products/womens-high-rise-brief-2-pack-black - Bow discourse - Barbie Exhibition https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum/barbie-the-exhibition - Hemgate as a failure of The Edit - Ikea dress https://shunvogue.com/article/how-to-make-a-dress-out-of-an-ikea-bag If you’d like to get in touch, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. You’d better be reading Ariadne’s blog https://ariadnereviews.com/ Don’t forget the shop at https://totallyflagulous.etsy.com where there’s Strictly and Snooker and Football and Taskmaster and Christmas number one stuff! Our favourite charity is NOT A PHASE, stick them a fiver if you like what you hear.

AJ sits in and is joined by Ariadne and Elliot in an industrial complex on the M60 to pick apart the latest episode of the UK’s favourite fabric-based light entertainment show! Featuring: - Summer matcha shaming - The mortifying ordeal of Lewis being perceived - Sam’s Mrs Overall tribute - The inherent eroticism of water - Our designated fave cishet man for the series - The Crisp Sideboard Show links: Mrs Overall https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00f4fl1 That J-Lo Versace dress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Versace_dress_of_Jennifer_Lopez Walkers spring onion crisps https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/walkers-crisps-discontinued-flavours-uk-27863449 Dan’s engagement https://www.instagram.com/p/Da-45EojZlC/?img_index=1 Johnny Vegas Jacamo ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdOI9CE8sEo Buy Ellie’s Strictly/Eurovision things! https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/totallyflagulous Support AJ’s GoFundMe! https://gofund.me/48297356 If you’d like to get in touch with us, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. Keep Watching Pod supports the work of Not A Phase and you can too. https://notaphase.org/

The Haberdashery has been restocked! Ellie is joined by AJ, Asha and Elliott to chat topstitching, aprons and our ideal summer days. Also discussed: - The Year of the Soft Reboot! - In defence of the ergonomic apple picking bag, sorta - Freehand embroidery explained (not well) - Light menswear conspiracy theorising - Poo bag or poo bag bag? - Sewing meme to fast fashion pipeline - Chaos Suzy forever If you’d like to get in touch, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. Don’t forget the shop at https://totallyflagulous.etsy.com where there’s Strictly and Snooker and Football and Taskmaster and Christmas number one stuff! Our favourite charity is NOT A PHASE, stick them a fiver if you like what you hear.

There’s been a lot of Events in the Strictly Universe and I guess we ought to podcast about it? It’s the second year of our Casting Predictions game, which we tried to get in before it was rendered entirely moot. Topics include: - Expressive noises - The Eastender is selected - Heads & Tails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRY4otrYCJI - Are Icedancers Ringers? - Hot Mic Risk Factors - Naming Areas If you’d like to get in touch, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. Don’t forget the shop at https://totallyflagulous.etsy.com where there’s Strictly and Snooker and Football and Taskmaster and Christmas number one stuff! Support AJ’s GoFundMe, it’s not too late! https://gofund.me/48297356 Keep Dancing Pod supports the work of Gendered Intelligence and you can too. https:/genderedintelligence.co.uk/

Ellie, Asha and AJ get together to enjoy some festive specials of Strictly and Sewing Bee. None of it matters and there’s an extended trifle metaphor for you to enjoy. Also discussed: - A Paul Chuckle update - All the news that’s fit to repeat - Sewing Bee is Strictly adjacent and we love it - There’s so much podcast overlap this Christmas - Cheese - Make things! - The Lemmy version of Run Run Rudolph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxl3Jx6Zn9c f you’d like to get in touch, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. Don’t forget the shop at https://totallyflagulous.etsy.com where there’s Strictly and Taskmaster and Christmas number one stuff! Support AJ’s GoFundMe, it’s not too late! https://gofund.me/48297356 Keep Dancing Pod supports the work of Gendered Intelligence and you can too. https:/genderedintelligence.co.uk/

It’s the Grand Finale, time to review the winners and the people who won without winning. Ellie is joined by a bumper crop of pod friends - AJ, Asha, Ewan, Elliot, Jo and Mark. Do *you* remember Icons Week? Also discussed: - Amber’s LinkedIn profile - A totally out of context DWTS Italy update - We bloody love Alexis and her core muscles - Masculinities in Strictly - Femininities in Strictly - Release the numbers, cowards - Change is coming but it’s ok Tour & other recommendations: - Go to the Strictly tour for all this year’s faves and Layton too! - Amber is going to be Elle Woods in Legally Blonde - La Voix is going to be Miss Hannigan in Annie - Vito is teaching around the country! - Lewis and Katya are teaching in Hartlepool? If you’d like to get in touch, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. Don’t forget the shop at https://totallyflagulous.etsy.com where there’s Strictly and Taskmaster and Christmas number one stuff! Support AJ’s GoFundMe, it’s not too late! https://gofund.me/48297356 Keep Dancing Pod supports the work of Gendered Intelligence and you can too. https:/genderedintelligence.co.uk/

It's semi-final week, and it's time for our celebrities to bring two dances to the dancefloor to gather enough points to get to next week's grand final. AJ has baton to conduct Asha, Elliot and Ewan as the music plays and a ticket to the show dance is within reach. Also discussed - Sexy toilet lady covers. - Double bubble Bublé trouble. - Theatre person or TV person. - One for Carlos, one for me. - George discovers his greatest enemy yet... a table. If you’d like to get in touch, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. Don’t forget the shop at totallyflagulous.etsy.com where there’s Strictly and Eurovision and Taskmaster stuff! Support AJ’s GoFundMe, it’s not too late! gofund.me/48297356 Keep Dancing Pod supports the work of Gendered Intelligence and you can too. https:/genderedintelligence.co.uk/

The first real crying pod of the series as we lose the last of our ‘nailed on finalists’ (we were wrong, we’re always wrong) and we’re not ok. But can we make sense of why it all went down like that? Ellie is joined by Asha, Vikki, Ewan and Jo to find out. Also discussed: - We’re stanning Alexis the Fantom? - A toddler playing snooker - Voter katamari calculations - Televote suppression tactic checklist - Star showcase vs ensemble chaos - A lift we didn’t care for - Stop censoring the ladies doing murders If you’d like to get in touch, email us at [email protected] or follow us on Instagram at @keepdancingpod and Bluesky at @keepdancingpodcast.bsky.social. Don’t forget the shop at https://totallyflagulous.etsy.com where there’s Strictly and Eurovision and Taskmaster stuff! Support AJ’s GoFundMe, it’s not too late! https://gofund.me/48297356 Keep Dancing Pod supports the work of Gendered Intelligence and you can too. https:/genderedintelligence.co.uk/