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The Cultures Ep 327: American Politics
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No comments on The Cultures Ep 327: American PoliticsListen to episode 327 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent by Zeynep Tufekci (The Atlantic) Note: Adrian said the wrong episode number at the start, sorry!
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The Cultures Ep 326: FEELINGS
Listen to episode 326 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Jesse Singal’s tweet linking to Vice’s story on Penguin Random House staffers’ reaction to their publishing Jordan Peterson’s next book Sorry for the poor audio quality on Adrian’s bits, he accidentally turned down the gain on his mic, and while we were able to boost the volume, that…
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The Cultures Ep 325: AI, How to Start Reading Again
Listen to episode 325 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: A giant leap forward by DeepMind in AI protein-folding prediction How to start reading again Sorry for the poor audio quality on Adrian’s bits, he accidentally turned down the gain on his mic, and while we were able to boost the volume, that introduced a…
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The Cultures Ep 324: The Death of Flash, and Screen Time
Listen to episode 324 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: The rise and fall of Adobe Flash Flash Game History The ‘Screen Time’ debate
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The Cultures Ep 323: Virtual Travel Instructions
Listen to episode 323 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Look for music from the country Search on BBC Sounds (there’s a prog called World Music Road Trip and also sometimes stuff in From Our Own Correspondent) Also try documentaries, especially Storyville Find the best movie you’ve never seen from that country Internet search for…
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The Cultures Ep 322: TV and Movie Recommendations
Listen to episode 322 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) Ghosts (BBC) The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) Upload (Amazon Prime) Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (Viki) After Life (BFI Player)
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The Cultures Ep 321: The BBC and ‘Virtue Signalling’
Listen to episode 321 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: BBC journalists told not to ‘virtue signal’ in social media crackdown (The Guardian) Official BBC social media guidance What Is The Internet Doing To Boomers’ Brains? (Huffpost) The creation of Boris Johnson by Tanya Gold (Unherd)
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Postage Without Printing
Royal Mail recently announced it will start collecting parcels from people’s doorsteps for a small fee. While I understand this is pretty normal in the US, it’s a novelty in the UK and makes sending parcels just that little bit easier – all you need to do is buy your postage online and print out…
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The Cultures Ep 320: VR and Facebook
Listen to episode 320 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Oculus Quest 2 VR headset Oculus now requires a Facebook account Jaron Lanier’s Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Adrian’s mini-review on Twitter
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The Cultures Ep 319: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Listen to episode 319 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Wikipedia)