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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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    • Technology

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.

    330: The Government Needs a Marketing Budget

    330: The Government Needs a Marketing Budget

    Finnish school kids' meal bag vs. British school kids' meal bag (Twitter) UK Government Communication Service blog post example 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

    • 36 min
    329: Breaking Up the BBC

    329: Breaking Up the BBC

    The Progressive Case for Breaking Up the BBC – while increasing public funding for the good things it does! Things we're watching and reading, including: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders It's a Sin (Channel 4) Catch Me If You Can (Wikipedia) Kajillionaire Another Round 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

    • 37 min
    328: NICHOLSON

    328: NICHOLSON

    The Lab-Leak Hypothesis by Nicholson Baker (New York Magazine) Did America Use Bioweapons in Korea? Nicholson Baker Tried to Find Out (New York Times book review) 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

    • 32 min
    327: American Politics

    327: American Politics

    America’s Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent by Zeynep Tufekci (The Atlantic) 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

    • 31 min
    326: FEELINGS

    326: FEELINGS

    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 bunch of noise!
    Jesse Singal's tweet linking to Vice's story on Penguin Random House staffers' reaction to their publishing Jordan Peterson's next book 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

    • 30 min
    325: AI, How to Start Reading Again

    325: AI, 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 bunch of noise!
    A giant leap forward by DeepMind in AI protein-folding prediction How to start reading again 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

    • 37 min

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