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This month, Emma and Steve discuss the contemporary politics of historical fiction - from Poldark to Dunkirk. We also focus on how popular culture is adjusting to the age of Trump, with particular focus on recent Sam Bourne's recent thriller To Kill the President.
Welcome to The Zeitgeist Tapes. Every month, Professor Steve Fielding and journalist Emma Burnell discuss the collison of politics and popular culture.
This month we focus on A Very British Coup. Written in the 1980s, this drama about an elected left wing Labour leader still has much to tell us about today's politics.
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Where politics and pop culture collide. Every month journalist Emma Burnell and Professor Steve Fielding discuss the way politics is interpreted through popular culture.