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:

June 21, 2015101: Marie Kondo and Digital Cleaning, British Public Wrong About Everything
Marie Kondo's tips on cleaning, and how they don't account for our digital world
Why is the British public wrong about almost everything, and how do we change that?
No Andrea this episode, alas!
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41min
June 14, 2015100: The Future of Everything
Our 100th episode covers the future of:
technology
art
religion
games
politics
culture
books
and movies!
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41min
June 07, 201599: Amazon toys, Factory education, Zero hours, Three Body Program, SNAP
Amazon has removed 'boys' and 'girls' from their toys taxonomy
The Invented History of 'The Factory Model of Education'
Class actions against zero-hours companies
The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Wisconsin and SNAP
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34min
May 31, 201598: PEN/Charlie Hebdo
All about the PEN/Charlie Hebdo (news summary of the events)
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33min
May 24, 201597: Her, Copyright, and other hard-to-talk-about topics
Her (the movie)
Copyright, and other hard-to-talk-about topics (the Green Party's plans to change copyright)
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32min
May 17, 201596: Podcasts, Radio Documentaries, Audio Storytelling
Podcasts Adrian listens to, including 99% Invisible, Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period, Harmontown, In Our Time, Longform, Snap Judgement, and more
How radio documentaries are made
Our thoughts on audio storytelling
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38min
May 10, 201595: Getting Published, Frozen, Being a Middle-Aged Woman
Andrea's book is published! Our "how we got published stories."
Frozen, and why we love it (Frozen ringtone news story)
Being a middle-aged woman
Note: Adrian isn't in this podcast
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28min
May 03, 201594: Automated Affirmations, Psilocybin, Rat Park and Johann Hari
Automated Affirmations
Psilocybin (aka magic mushrooms)
Rat Park, i.e. what Johann Hari is writing these days (NY Times review)
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37min
April 26, 201593: How to Write a Thesis, Your Archive, Lewis on Clarke
Umberto Eco's How to Write a Thesis (New Yorker review)
On having one's 'archive' taken
C. S. Lewis on Arthur C. Clarke
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34min
April 19, 201592: The Complexity of Forgiveness, Otherkin, The Cost of Paying Attention
The Complexity of Forgiveness
Otherkin
The Cost of Paying Attention
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36min

FAQs about The Cultures:

How many episodes does The Cultures have?

The podcast currently has 285 episodes available.