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 Cultures episodes:

October 23, 2016171: K-Drama, Westworld, Sous vide cookery
K-drama and the invisibility of good translation (Google's new translation AI)

Westworld

Sous vide cookery (Anova sous vide)

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27min
October 16, 2016170: Amazon Echo, iPhone 7, Naomi's exciting news
Adrian's Amazon Echo

Andrea's iPhone 7

Naomi's exciting movie news

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29min
October 10, 2016169: Trump, Great British Bake Off, The Restaurant Killer
Trump, debate, taxes, just politics forever (NYT Hitler book review)

The Great British Bake Off

Pete Wells, the restaurant killer (also, should writers be reviewers?)

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27min
October 02, 2016168: Colony of Artists, Apple as SJW Company, Too Fun Videogames
Followup on El Paquete and computers writing stories

The Colony of Artists

Apple as SJW Company

Are videogames pulling young men away from work?

Thoughts on the iPhone 7

Note: Naomi is not in this episode

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38min
September 25, 2016167: Dumped vs. Panned, Status-changing in Fiction
Which is worse: 3-year relationship ends in being dumped, or book it took three years to write is critically panned?

Status-changing behaviors in fiction (or: probably why Andrea likes YA books so much)

Note: Adrian is not in this episode

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32min
September 18, 2016166: Men's mental health and women, Living on Mars, Sunscreen
Men's mental health and women - Reddit thread on an Independent article about male suicide

What's good about living on (a simulated) Mars?

Andrea and sunscreen

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33min
September 11, 2016165: The Apple Event, Emotional Prostheses, Adrian in Shanghai
The Apple Event (Airpods and such)

Emotional Prostheses

Adrian in Shanghai

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32min
September 04, 2016164: El Paquete, Will Computers Write Stories?, A World Without Oil, and A Very Bad Idea
El Paquete, "the Cuban CDN"

Will Computers Write Stories?

A World Without Oil

Should Naomi write a blog against bad people?

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30min
August 28, 2016162: Burkinis and No Man's Sky
Burkinis

No Man's Sky (a list of good walking simulator games)

Note: No Andrea this ep

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35min
August 21, 2016162: Women in Computer Science, Politics Forever
Why are there so disproportionately few women in computer science, even compared to other 'hard tech' disciplines? (graph, programming used to be women's work)

Politics forever

Note: Adrian is away

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33min

FAQs about The Cultures:

How many episodes does The Cultures have?

The podcast currently has 285 episodes available.