Tag: thecultures

Listen to episode 302 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman:

• Are you really the ‘real’ you? (The Guardian) on Faking It
• Related Metafilter discussion
• Who do you think you are – and how bad could you be? (The Guardian)
• Person–situation debate (Wikipedia)
• Doggerland (In Our Time)
• Why Some Americans Won’t Move, Even for a Higher Salary (CityLab)

Listen to episode 301 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman:

• How many automated notifications do you turn off?
• Adrian has a new robovac

Listen to episode 300 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman:

• The Slackification of the American Home (The Atlantic)

Listen to episode 299 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman:

• As Floods Keep Coming, Cities Pay Residents to MoveAs Floods Keep Coming, Cities Pay Residents to Move (NY Times)

Listen to episode 298 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman:

• UK officials discussed resettling 5.5m Hong Kong Chinese in Northern Ireland (The Guardian)
• The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon

Listen to episode 297 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman:

• What the Space Age taught us: Earth is the best of all possible worlds
• The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
• Dealers of Lightning by Michael Hiltzik
• Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (UK)
• Office of Technology Assessment (US)

Listen to episode 296 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman:

• If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich?
• The Rise of the Meritocracyby Michael Young, the book that coined the term satirically 
• Liquid Death sells water to punks who are too cool for alcohol
• Note: No Naomi this ep

Listen to episode 295 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman:

• Alternis on Serial Box
• “A Taste of Armageddon” (the Star Trek ep Adrian was talking about)
• Memories of the Alhambra
• Note: No Naomi this ep

Listen to episode 294 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman:

OK, so it’s just Adrian this episode – due to life happenings, it’s been difficult for us to all get together these past few weeks and so rather than leave you hanging, we thought we should post at least something to tide you over. He’s not used to recording on his own, so please forgive any awkwardness!

• Airpods Are a Tragedy
• Naomi’s Twitter thread on apologies
• The Three Parts of a Meaningful, Heartfelt Apology
• John Profumo volunteering at a charity
• Naomi’s Twitter thread on ending a story well
• Codecademy vs. The BBC Micro
• Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold

Listen to episode 293 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman:

• Cruise utilisation optimisation
• Gamified Amazon Warehouses