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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.

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26:25

290: Recent Books We Like!

The Cultures ·

2019/03/31

Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation by Ken Liu The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky How Democracy Ends by David Runciman (Talking Politics podcast) The Salt Path by Raynor Winn The Miriam Black series by Chuck Wendig The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard Wrangham The Lady From The Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara The Complete Short Stories of J. G

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23:31

289: Empathy in 80s Science Fiction

The Cultures ·

2019/03/24

FT article (paywalled) about Against Empathy The Banality of Empathy on the NYRB Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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24:54

288: Anti-semitism

The Cultures ·

2019/03/17

David Schneider tweet on "dark forces" Luciana Berger interview Labour Party leadership election rules Conservative Party leadership election rules Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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29:00

287: Teenagers and Vaccines

The Cultures ·

2019/03/10

Andrea's viral tweet Assortative mating (and how it may relate to autism) Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America on The Verge Note: No Naomi this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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28:15

286: A Month Away From Twitter and Facebook

The Cultures ·

2019/02/17

How to mute all retweets on Twitter Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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29:15

285: "Everyone Lies" - Fyre Festival and Dan Mallory

The Cultures ·

2019/02/10

Fyre Festival (and the duelling documentary controversy) Dan Mallory article on The New Yorker Rory Stewart's invented Brexit statistic Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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35:34

284: KonMari and People Losing Their Damn Minds

The Cultures ·

2019/02/03

Note: No Adrian this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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30:40

283: Spaced Repetition Learning and Anki

The Cultures ·

2019/01/27

How to Remember Anything Forever(ish) interactive comic by Nicky Case Introductory Guardian article Fluent Forever book Anki The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages (New Yorker) Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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28:39

282: Knowing What’s Real in an Age of Information...

The Cultures ·

2019/01/20

That Photo 'Debunking' the Paris Protest Fires is Actually Bullshit (Gizmodo) Note: No Naomi this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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26:03

281: AlphaFold, protein shape prediction, and the...

The Cultures ·

2019/01/13

Proteins on Wikipedia AlphaFold @ CASP13: “What just happened?” Note: No Naomi this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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32:35

280: Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, The Four...

The Cultures ·

2018/12/30

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective boardgame The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin How do you decide what New Year resolutions to make? Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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33:23

279: Twitter and Hedging, Bullshit Jobs, Online...

The Cultures ·

2018/12/23

Twitter and the impossibility of saying things without hedging Bullshit Jobs (Wikipedia) Online Patronage Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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29:45

278: Hacking Printers, Lottery Spending, The Eichmann...

The Cultures ·

2018/12/16

Somebody hacked a bunch of printers? US lottery spending (and average credit card debt per state) The Eichmann Problem (Openness to experiences) Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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30:13

277: Laziness, Can a Robot be Jewish?, Surviving Winter

The Cultures ·

2018/12/09

What is "lazy", anyway? Can a robot be Jewish? How do you survive winter? Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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28:51

276: Are Sports Sexist, V&A Dundee and Showcase Museums

The Cultures ·

2018/12/02

Are sports sexist? V&A Dundee and the problem of showcase museums (Pitt Rivers Museum, Sir John Soane's Museum, Whose Culture Is It, Anyway? by Kwame Anthony Appiah) Note: No Andrea this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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33:24

275: Solar Power, Climate Change

The Cultures ·

2018/11/25

A brief note on scheduling Solar power Climate change (Scotland is rising – literally) Note: No Naomi this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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34:22

274: US Elections, Brexit

The Cultures ·

2018/11/18

The US Election: a step back from the brink Brexit Note: No Naomi this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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32:26

273: Diablo 3, Return of the Obra Dinn

The Cultures ·

2018/11/11

Diablo III (Diablo Mobile controversy) Return of the Obra Dinn(Papers, Please) Note: No Andrea this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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37:14

272: Racists on a Plane, HSBC Silicon Valley Diary,...

The Cultures ·

2018/11/04

Racists on a Plane The glorious diaryof a Silicon Valley HSBC exec (Metafilter discussion, Dealbreaker parody) Let's plan a Tiny Conference Note: No Andrea this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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42:19

271: Andrea gets LASIK, Starting a Bookstore,...

The Cultures ·

2018/10/28

Andrea gets LASIK! So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Space? A Cautionary Tale Google's self-driving car Note: No Naomi this ep Follow us at @culturescast, and our hosts on Twitter at @adrianhon @naomialderman @andrhia We're on Mastodon at @adrianhon@mastodon.social @naomialderman@mastodon.social @andrhia@wandering.shop

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