It's a hot-button issue in many western countries but just where did cancel culture come from and what are its ramifications? Writer James Button attempts to untangle this highly-politicised issue in conversation with acclaimed theatre director and playwright Wesley Enoch and Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland. The podcast episode augments a three part series on the issue that James has written for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, the first part of which appears in Good Weekend on November 20.

Read James Button's piece here.

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