  Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation by Ken Liu The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin  Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky How Democracy Ends by David Runciman (Talking Politics podcast)  The Salt Path by Raynor Winn The Miriam Black series by Chuck Wendig  The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard Wrangham  The Lady From The Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara  The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1  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

290: Recent Books We Like!

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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

 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

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

290: Recent Books We Like!

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