 America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent by Zeynep Tufekci (The Atlantic)  Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

327: American Politics

Adrian Hon, Andrea Phillips, and Naomi Alderman talk about technology, books, publishing, games, science, religion, films, TV, politics, and how to live a good life.

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 Finnish school kids' meal bag vs. British school kids' meal bag (Twitter)  UK Government Communication Service blog post example  Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

330: The Government Needs a Marketing Budget

 The Progressive Case for Breaking Up the BBC – while increasing public funding for the good things it does! Things we're watching and reading, including:  A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders It's a Sin (Channel 4) Catch Me If You Can (Wikipedia) Kajillionaire Another Round  Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

329: Breaking Up the BBC

 The Lab-Leak Hypothesis by Nicholson Baker (New York Magazine)  Did America Use Bioweapons in Korea? Nicholson Baker Tried to Find Out (New York Times book review)  Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

328: NICHOLSON

Sorry for the poor audio quality on Adrian’s bits, he accidentally turned down the gain on his mic, and while we were able to boost the volume, that introduced a bunch of noise!  Jesse Singal's tweet linking to  Vice's story on Penguin Random House staffers' reaction to their publishing Jordan Peterson's next book  Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

327: American Politics

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