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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August 30, 2015111: Labour Party Primary, Hossein Derakhshan, Change My View
The Labour Party primary battle
The Web We Have to Save by Hossein Derakhshan
Reddit 'Change My View'
Note: no Naomi this ep
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36min
August 23, 2015110: Trans Fats, Doing a Proper Apology, Studio Ghibli
Trans fats not for human consumption, says the FDA
Doing a proper apology (Canadian Standoff)
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness: a film about Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki
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39min
August 16, 2015109: Unfollowing on Twitter, Cynicism vs. Earnestness, Beware Simple Scientific Stories
What makes you unfollow someone on Twitter?
Cynicism vs. earnestness
Beware simple scientific stories
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32min
August 09, 2015108: National/customer/cultural service, Avengers 2, Reddit
National/customer/cultural service
Could Avengers 2 have been a good movie?
What is going on with Reddit? (The Daily Beast: Reddit is not the front page of the internet; Gawker: So long, Reddit)
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40min
August 02, 2015107: EL James Twitter Fiasco, John Green, Our Minds Are Not Our Own
EL James Twitter fiasco, and 'when does fair critique become bullying?'
John Green, mobs, and power dynamics
Why it should 'cost' more to add things to your reading list or to-do list
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37min
July 26, 2015106: Adblock, Apple Family Sharing, Power Dynamics in Videogames
47% of US internet users now block ads
Review of Apple Family Sharing (OMG SO GOOD)
Power dynamics in videogames: trying to make someone both 'oppressed' and super powerful (Fail Forward: Deus Ex Human Revolution)
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35min
July 19, 2015105: Capitalism and Games, Literary Games, Food Habits Abroad
Videogames and the Spirit of Capitalism by Paolo Pedercini
Is There a Place for Literary Games?: And the sun sets by Tale of Tales
Food habits abroad and at home
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44min
July 12, 2015104: America's Shift to the Left, Religion in the US, Don't Read the Comments
America's sudden shift to the left; Supreme Court decisions on gay marriage and Obamacare
The Changing Face of Religion in the US
The Last Time Conservatives Dismissed a Major Encyclical, It Ended Terribly for Them; Is It Time for the Benedict Option?; The Benedict Option: What Does It Really Mean?; The Benedict Option: Not For The Faint of Heart
"Don't read the comments" is like saying "don't listen to the proles": Rob Manuel's piece; a good comment on the BBC and games
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40min
July 05, 2015103: Faking Your Health, Driverless Freight, What is a Think Piece?
Faking your health on social media (Faking my Healthy by Verity Joy, I'm in a toxic relationship with MyFitnessPal by Lucy Sweet, related tweet)
Driverless freight: it's happening (Driverless truck corridor from Mexico to Manitoba proposed, Driverless Trucks to Hit Albert's Oilsands)
What is a think piece? (Slate's definition)
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31min
June 28, 2015102: Environmental Collapse, Mindfulness, Submit Like a Man
The future of everything in the face of environmental collapse
Mindfulness, once again (Mind Your Own Business on The Baffler)
Confidence and sexism (Submit Like a Man by Kelli Agodon)
Note: Andrea isn't in this podcast!
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39min

FAQs about The Cultures:

How many episodes does The Cultures have?

The podcast currently has 285 episodes available.