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- 231: The Year Ahead and How Your Goals Shift Across Your Life
Note: No Adrian this episode
Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia
43 min - 230: Fake TripAdvisor Restaurant, US Politics, Hopes for 2018
- The glorious fake TripAdvisor restaurant (and the Paris Fashion Week stunt)
- US politics and what they show about someone's character
- What are we hoping for from 2018 and can we think of anything good that happened in 2017?
Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia
33 min - 229: We Did The Monk Thing, Ancient Athens, Bitcoin
- We did the monk thing!
- "Demes" in Ancient Athens
- Bitcoin is bad for the environment
Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia
33 min - 228: Bringing Back Ostracism, Sham Surgery and Simulations, Unified Astronomy
- Shall we bring back ostracism? Where in ancient Athens people voted not only for their leaders but also for one person to be exiled every year.
- Sham surgery is a great placebo, furthering Andrea’s simulation theory theories (also, heart stents don't work)
- Unified astronomy: a reason to be cheerful
Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia
32 min - 227: Fragrances, Books That Changed You, FIFA Weekend League
- Andrea complains about fragrances
- What is a book that has really changed the way you think about something in the world forever?
- FIFA's Weekend League
Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia
33 min - 226: The Fundamental Shallowness of GTD, Being Comforted, Monks for a Month
- The Fundamental Shallowness of Getting Things Done (Cory Doctorow's article)
- Does anyone really want to be comforted by being given practical solutions?
- The School of Life's "How Do You Like to be Comforted?" video
- The myth of the male bumbler
- Monks for a month: College kids give up talking and technology
Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia
32 min - 225: Star Trek, MilitarySplaining, Writing a Book 'About Something'
- Star Trek
- MilitarySplainin': culture and class issues and how the US military fits into upward mobility
- How you write a book that is "about something" without making it so on the nose that everyone needs rhinoplasty after reading it
Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia
33 min - 224: Forgiveness and Redemption, FooCamp, Hiring Friends
- Forgiveness, redemption, and this plague of serial harassers
- Why has no one ever invited Naomi to FooCamp?
- How to Hire Fake Friends and Family
- Rent a grounded private jet for Instagram photos
Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia
35 min - 223: Doubling Down on Blogging, Silence in the Industry about Bad Men, US Retreating from Religion
- The lie of exposure, or, why Andrea is doubling down on blogging & newsletters
- What do you do if you hear about Jian Ghomeshi or Bill Cosby? & Harvey Weinstein and the Silence In The Industry About Bad Men
- The US is retreating from religion
Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia
29 min - 222: iPhone X, Apple Watch, Why Limitless sucks
- Adrian has a new iPhone X
- Andrea's Apple Watch is making her sad
- A Pill to Make Exercise Obsolete
- Why the TV show Limitless sucks, and how it could've been good
Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia
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About The Cultures
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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.