Touching Grass

In online culture, to tell someone to touch grass is an encouragement to get off their screen and get back in touch with reality. In this podcast, The New World 's Gen Z-er Lucy Reade and Millennial James Ball try to explain what's happening on the internet to people with much healthier lives - and each other. Expect confusing discourse, culture wars and bizarre influencer scandals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Touching Grass is a technology podcast hosted by The New World, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Touching Grass

  Dobby's grave and problematic internet boyfriends

  Aug 18, 202654 min

  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 unpacks the latest discourse over Harry Potter fans, whilst James Ball tells us about the strange world of boyfriend simulator games. Harry Potter and Dobby’s grave links: https://x.com/kennixonette/status/2086887412433625294?s=20 https://x.com/search?q=from%3Agregthesorcerer%20dobby&src=typed_query https://www.tiktok.com/@arielleblack9/video/7627889810245504274?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7629351219308676630 Love and Deepspace links: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qpkgenf7XtJWJLCnWrW1VN6_AFR2bn22MBBzHcuOJTg/edit?usp=sharing   https://www.themarysue.com/love-and-deepspace-is-a-period-tracker-really-necessary-in-an-otome-game/   https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveAndDeepspace/comments/1uihl89/i_dont_think_valko_climbing_through_the_window_is/   https://x.com/ByteStix/status/2071599339068170662   https://www.polygon.com/love-and-deepspace-backlash-new-love-interest-valko-canceled/   https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/im-boycotting-love-and-deepspace-for-killing-my-virtual-boyfriend-and-so-are-251-000-other-loyal-widows/   Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade Produced by Matt Withers OFFER: Subscribe to The New World for just £1 for your first month . https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/touchinggrass/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  The Sex Purge Movie, and catching predators

  Aug 11, 202645 min

  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 discusses the very silly film that the internet has dubbed The Sex Purge Movie, whilst Lucy Reade dives into the controversial world of To Catch a Predator .  One Night Only links: https://bsky.app/profile/dinfontay.com/post/3msdym6unbk2s   https://bsky.app/profile/annabower.bsky.social/post/3msfvhd36tk2r   https://bsky.app/profile/jessehawken.bsky.social/post/3msjm5cggzs2p   https://bsky.app/profile/thenumbers.bsky.social/post/3msld7r7pf22e   https://bsky.app/profile/discussingfilm.net/post/3msjtq2bbn225   https://bsky.app/profile/luxalptraum.com/post/3mshfk5akdc2w   https://bsky.app/profile/spavel.bsky.social/post/3mskwcskjvs22   https://bsky.app/profile/gregpak.net/post/3mskax4mdb22p   To Catch a Predator links: https://x.com/airbagg3d/status/2085467442491326737?s=20   https://x.com/TheJakeChristie/status/2085387796282249343?s=20 https://x.com/souljagoyteller/status/2085398957375582220?s=20 Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade Produced by Matt Withers OFFER: Subscribe to The New World for just £1 for your first month . https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/touchinggrass/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Panopticons and the fall of the Magaverse

  Aug 4, 202643 min

  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 discusses the infamous ‘kissing lawyers’, our world of constant surveillance and trial by internet. Meanwhile, James Ball dives into how and why the influencers behind the ‘Magaverse’ are quietly losing their audiences. Kissing lawyers links: https://x.com/CasterNL/status/2080321741222518893?s=20 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8dPE8EJ/ https://nypost.com/2026/07/30/us-news/lawyer-caught-canoodling-in-central-park-stands-to-lose-millions-as-lucrative-job-offer-reneged/ https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/gen-z-age-gaps-relationships-dating-opinion-5HjdZZx_2/ Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade Produced by Matt Withers OFFER: Subscribe to The New World for just £1 for your first month . https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/touchinggrass/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Deal or No Deal, and should men pay for everything?

  Jul 28, 202646 min

  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 emulates Noel Edmonds and takes us through how choosing between £50,000 or a 50% chance of a million is actually very political. Lucy Reade meanwhile unpacks High Value Womanhood, the new genre of girls demanding men pay for everything in relationships.    £50,000 v a million links: https://bsky.app/profile/zachrabiroff.com/post/3mrgdqigcrc27   https://bsky.app/profile/nicholasgrossman.bsky.social/post/3mrg6f4mtk22x   https://bsky.app/profile/jlray.bsky.social/post/3mrnf4jlza22g   https://bsky.app/profile/zachrabiroff.com/post/3mrgdqigcrc27 Gold digger links: https://x.com/aspenn_colorado/status/2079745872645284176 https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/dating-car-uber-ella-freimann-9p33hh2pl https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY9yJQAN6Os/?igsh=MXBnYjJ6amdxbzB0bA%3D%3D https://x.com/FindomCentral/status/2070476166113206508?s=20 Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade Produced by Matt Withers OFFER: Subscribe to The New World for just £1 for your first month . https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/touchinggrass/    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  The worst Odyssey reactions and the Washington Post’s very bad YouTube channel

  Jul 21, 202642 min

  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 unpacks the very worst online reactions to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and James Ball introduces us to the Washington Post’s very bad YouTube channel. Odyssey posts: https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2079385765402833029?s=20 https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/2018281925488631853?s=20 https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/2077320379748790543?s=20 Make it Make Sense: https://www.youtube.com/@mimsshow   https://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3mqx6j3d2gc2r   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuxVLumbP5U   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk9U88GJuSE   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slYGWyliHJ4   https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1894757287052362088   https://x.com/davejorgenson/status/1478840095499247621?s=21   Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade Produced by Matt Withers Subscribe to The New World for just £5 for five weeks here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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