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:

March 27, 2016141: Botton tech predictions, AlphaGo wins, Candy Crush
We rate Alain de Botton's tech predictions
AlphaGo wins (The Sadness and Beauty of Watching Google's AI Play Go, expert match report, Deuteronomy story)
No-one is actually good at Candy Crush
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39min
March 20, 2016140: We like Firewatch, The Witcher 3, Illuminae, Being Mortal
Firewatch
The Witcher 3 (is weirdly sexist)
Illuminae
Atul Gawande's Being Mortal
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43min
March 13, 2016139: Zenefits, Minimum Wage, Consumption, BLM
Troubles at Zenefits
Minimum wage in SF
The UK consumes less stuff now
Black Lives Matter and crazy commenters
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44min
March 06, 2016138: Making Radio at the BBC, Kesha
The BBC - Making Radio
Kesha and compassion vs. contract law
Note: Adrian is away
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36min
February 28, 2016137: Sci-hub, Hamilton and spoilers, Clare/Kenyon fantasy lawsuit
Sci-hub opening up academic papers
Hamilton and the strategic spoiler
Clare/Kenyon and who invented Urban Fantasy
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39min
February 21, 2016136: Scalia saves the world, Bridgewater, Marital Privilege
Scalia dying might have saved the world
Bridgewater hedge fund run by AIs?
Marital privilege vs bias against single people
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39min
February 14, 2016135: Black Lives Matter, How to be Telepathic, Digital Storytelling
Black Lives Matter, Feminism, and documentary evidence
How to seem telepathic
Digital Storytelling (Naomi's Guardian article)
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39min
February 07, 2016134: Advertorials, Going Offline, Ladybird Parodies, Her Story
Confusing Advertorials in Wired Magazine
The Useless Agony of Going Offline
Ladybird Book Parodies
Her Story
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39min
January 31, 2016133: Lotteries ruin your life, Goodreads, Public Grief
Powerball and lotteries ruin your life
Goodreads and the gamification of reading
Bowie/Rickman and public grief
Slings & Arrows
Note: Naomi is away for this ep
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35min
January 24, 2016132: Driverless Cars
Driverless cars (really, that's all we talk about)
Note: Naomi is away this ep
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33min

FAQs about The Cultures:

How many episodes does The Cultures have?

The podcast currently has 285 episodes available.