
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
If you've ever yelled at someone on social media about, say, cancel culture or mask-wearing, then you are a soldier in the culture wars - those everyday battles for dominance between conflicting values. The acclaimed writer and podcaster Jon Ronson has seen friends swallowed up in them to the extent that it's ruined their lives. Jon was curious to learn how things fell apart, and so he went back into the history of the culture wars to find some of the origin stories: the pebbles thrown in the pond, creating the ripples that led us to where we are today. He had no idea what he’d find, but he's uncovered some extraordinary people and the strangest, yet most consequential tales.
4.6
559559 ratings
If you've ever yelled at someone on social media about, say, cancel culture or mask-wearing, then you are a soldier in the culture wars - those everyday battles for dominance between conflicting values. The acclaimed writer and podcaster Jon Ronson has seen friends swallowed up in them to the extent that it's ruined their lives. Jon was curious to learn how things fell apart, and so he went back into the history of the culture wars to find some of the origin stories: the pebbles thrown in the pond, creating the ripples that led us to where we are today. He had no idea what he’d find, but he's uncovered some extraordinary people and the strangest, yet most consequential tales.
5,454 Listeners
367 Listeners
7,660 Listeners
526 Listeners
2,124 Listeners
3,723 Listeners
894 Listeners
289 Listeners
1,997 Listeners
1,047 Listeners
230 Listeners
337 Listeners
843 Listeners
1,173 Listeners
631 Listeners
366 Listeners
2,997 Listeners
178 Listeners
88 Listeners
596 Listeners
518 Listeners
1,001 Listeners
3,061 Listeners
527 Listeners
608 Listeners
48 Listeners
119 Listeners
876 Listeners
275 Listeners
271 Listeners
2,216 Listeners
27 Listeners
37 Listeners
4 Listeners