The Cultures

By The Cultures

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.... more

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The podcast currently has 285 episodes available.

The Cultures episodes:

October 08, 2017221: The Chinese Room, Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 (non-spoiler)

The doors close on The Chinese Room

Blade Runner 2049 (spoilerific)

Note: no Andrea this ep

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30min
October 05, 2017220: High vs. Low Trust societies, Folk Tales and Technology
Special guest podcast with Henry Cooke (@prehensile), founder of the subcultures.club forum

High vs. low trust societies

Folk tales and cultural ideas about technology

UVB-76

Note: No Naomi or Andrea this week

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40min
September 26, 2017219: Puerto Rico, Networked Narratives, Do We Need Police?
Puerto Rico :(

The Narrative Possibilities of Networked Life

Do We Even Need Police?

Note: No Naomi this ep

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41min
September 17, 2017218: Swearing, Games Journalism and Skill, the Apple Event
Andrea's theory about swearing in public discourse

Should game journalists be good at games?

The September 2017 Apple Event

Note: No Naomi this ep

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35min
September 10, 2017217: PUBG, Facebook Marketplace, Fake News
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Facebook Marketplace

What are we going to do about Fake News? (The Last Line of Defense)

Note: No Andrea this episode

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41min
September 03, 2017216: Unpopular Ideas, Visiting Pandora
Unpopular Ideas about Social Norms

Visiting Pandora

Disney's Giant Leap Forward (Adrian's piece about the Star Wars immersive hotel)

Subcultures.club unofficial forum

Note: No Naomi this ep

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36min
August 27, 2017215: The Breakfast Club, Jewish Business Ethics (3/6), Ethics of Nazi-Punching
The Breakfast Club

Jewish business ethics, part 3 (of 6?)

Richard Spencer and the ethics of Nazi-punching

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38min
August 20, 2017214: YA Fiction Twitter, Characters We Read Wrongly, Tacoma
The Toxic Drama of Young Adult (YA) Twitter (Bustle article)

Mr. Darcy, Dr. Watson, and other characters we read very wrongly

Tacoma

Monthly Game Club?

KOMRAD

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33min
August 13, 2017213: Female Doctor Who, Boosting Resilience in Midlife, Jewish Business Ethics
Female Doctor Who

Boosting resilience in midlife

Jewish business ethics

Note: No Andrea this ep

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34min
August 06, 2017212: Jews Love Money!, How Millennials Gather
JEWS LOVE MONEY and other things that have happened in the British media these past few days (Jewish Chronicle interview)

Maimonides' levels of charity

How Millennials Gather (PDF)

Unofficial Cultures forum by Henry Cooke

Note: No Andrea this ep

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42min

FAQs about The Cultures:

How many episodes does The Cultures have?

The podcast currently has 285 episodes available.