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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.... more
FAQs about The Cultures:How many episodes does The Cultures have?The podcast currently has 285 episodes available.
March 12, 2017191: Border Controls, Computer Vision, Corporate Activism Border controls and demanding specific income levels for immigrants The potential of computer vision Corporate political activism (Andrea's short story) Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia...more35minPlay
March 05, 2017190: Fog of War, BBC2 in 1998 and Now, Becoming Obsolete Fog of War, breaking news, and the illusion of infinite knowledge BBC2 Sunday mornings in 1988 vs today Becoming obsolete Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia...more43minPlay
February 26, 2017189: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish, World's Fair of 2014, Infomocracy The "Ultra-Orthodox Jewish transgender woman" court case Isaac Asimov imagines The World's Fair of 2014 (Writing the Future of Healthcare competition) Infomocracy (back to that nation-state idea) Note: Adrian had a bit of a cough this ep, sorry! But he was also using a new pop guard, so hopefully the audio sounds better most of the time. Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia...more43minPlay
February 19, 2017188: Carpentry, Reviewing Books, Ninefox Gambit, Protests Work! Carpentry Using Goodreads highlights to review books (Adrian's review of Kevin Kelly's The Inevitable) Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee It turns out protests are super-effective! Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia...more43minPlay
February 12, 2017187: Telltale games, Civic engagement as a fandom, Attitudes towards your death The evolution of Telltale games Civic engagement as a fandom What attitude would you like to have towards your own death? (John Berger's Ways of Seeing) Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia...more30minPlay
February 05, 2017186: First Week of The Regime, What Can Techies Do?, Preppers The first week of The Regime Ideas for what techie people could do to help Doomsday preppers Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia...more28minPlay
January 29, 2017185: Making Programmers Obsolete, Obama/Trump on Israel, Russia/China Energy Wars What will make programmers obsolete? (NY Times on Google AI and translation, New Scientist on Google AI inventing its own language) What is one to make of this Obama/Trump antisemitism/philo-semitism confuso-switcherama? America as a proxy in the energy war between Russia and China (@babiejenks on Twitter) Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia...more39minPlay
January 22, 2017184: Bra Sizing, the Internet Bubble, Nintendo Switch Stupid bra sizing ZOMFG (ABraThatFits on Reddit) Advent calendars Does "the internet bubble" also make us sickened with stuff we previously thought was *fine*? The Nintendo Switch Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia...more35minPlay
January 15, 2017183: Movie-making, Medium, Scientists on Scientists, Atwood Tips on applying to become Naomi's trainee writer Naomi on the filming of her novel, Disobedience Mad respect for Medium What scientists think about scientists Our reading habits, and how many books a day Margaret Atwood reads Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia...more37minPlay
January 09, 2017182: Yoga Pants, What Makes Things Cool, The Nation-State Andrea explains yoga pants What makes things cool? Is the nation-state a bankrupt and redundant institution? (Kwame Anthony Appiah Reith Lectures) Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia...more46minPlay
FAQs about The Cultures:How many episodes does The Cultures have?The podcast currently has 285 episodes available.