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 podcast currently has 285 episodes available.

The Cultures episodes:

June 05, 2018251: Gallup Careers Coaching, Not Following Politics, Gamification
Gallup careers coaching

The experience of not following politics

Gamify everything

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29min
May 27, 2018250: Rituals for Secular People, Incels
Rituals for Secular People

Incels (Reply All episode)

Note: No Andrea this ep

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36min
May 20, 2018249: Tesla's Predictions, What Do You Love?
Tesla’s predictions of the future

What do you love that other people hate?

Note: No Andrea this ep

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32min
May 13, 2018248: Speaker Fees, Is Disobedience "Authentic"?, “Effortless” is a Toxic Illusion
Speaker fees

Is Disobedience "authentic"?

“Effortless” is a toxic illusion ("I know my place" video)

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41min
May 07, 2018247: Avengers, Boxycharm, Subscriptions, VCs Fund Our Lives
Avengers: Infinity War (SPOILERS!)

Boxycharm & Fabricating Excitement

On Subscriptions

How much of Naomi's life is sustained by VC funding?

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45min
April 29, 2018246: Naomi's Movie Premiere, Nintendo's Approach to Creativity
Naomi's experiences on the movie premiere circuit

Nintendo's approach to creativity

Note: No Andrea this ep

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39min
April 22, 2018245: What Does It Mean To Be a "Friend", Andrea Becomes a Redditor, Megagames
What does it actually mean to be someone's "friend"? (Quinn Norton's post, Jeremy Corbyn's regrets)

Andrea becomes a Redditor (/r/MakeUpAddiction)

Adrian becomes a journalist in the Watch The Skies megagame

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48min
April 15, 2018244: Thai Restaurant Diplomacy, How We Make This Podcast
Followup from developer ethics on ep 241

Thai restaurant diplomacy

How we make this podcast (Auphonic, Libsyn, Audio Hijack, Blue Yeti microphone)

Note: No Naomi this episode

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28min
April 08, 2018243: The Simpsons, Incompetent Criminal Videos, Copies
Why The Simpsons is shit (The Fall of The Simpsons: How it Happened video)

Incompetent criminal videos: why they make me super uncomfortable (Parkour video)

A copy as good as the original (Walter Benjamin on art, aura, and authenticity)

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42min
April 01, 2018242: China Episode - Censorship and Fake News, Racism in Films, Wolf Warrior 2
China, internet censorship, fake news

Hollywood always expects China to be much more racist than China actually is

Wolf Warrior 2

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37min

FAQs about The Cultures:

How many episodes does The Cultures have?

The podcast currently has 285 episodes available.