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Your weekly review of culture, life and society from the New Statesman, hosted by Tanjil Rashid.

Featuring interviews with literary and artistic greats, reviews of the latest cultural moments, and in-depth discussion to help you understand how culture shapes society – and our place in it.

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Over 100 million people around the world have downloaded AI companion apps. Friends, therapists, lovers ... mediums - for some, their closest connection in this life is a chatbot.

How did we get here?

Catharine Hughes is joined by James Muldoon, so... more

A professional sumo tournament in London in October 2025 offered more than sporting spectacle.

It became a lens through which to view Japan’s growing cultural pull in the West, a society where ancient ritual, hierarchy and Shinto belief coexist wit... more

Born into a Muslim family in Bombay, India, in 1947, two months before the country’s partition, educated in the UK and now resident in New York, Salman Rushdie is a writer of multiple, interconnected worlds. At the heart of his work – ever since he w... more

The youngest winner of the Booker Prize fell silent for nearly 20 years. Now she's back with a new novel.

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With only her second novel The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai won the 2006 Booker Prize, the leading literary prize in the global Anglosp... more

The experimental novelist on finding God, being "a misfit" and her return to writing.

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Nicola Barker is "has broken the mould so many times it's almost beyond repair".

She's a post-punk literary anarchist who writes from the peripheries of the U... more

Cinephiles are revisiting Whit Stillman's 90's movies. Tanjil Rashid meets Stillman to find out why.

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Whit Stillman is something of a cult film director. He rose to prominence in 1990 with his debut film Metropolitan, which became the first in th... more

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Recent Guests

James Muldoon
Sociologist and author of Love Machines
Episode: People around the world are falling in love with AI
Christopher Harding
Historian and commentator on Japanese culture and society
Episode: Why are we so obsessed with Japan?
Salman Rushdie
Famed novelist and author known for his multi-layered narratives and explorations of migration, identity, and cultural belonging.
Episode: Salman Rushdie is in "the 9th or 10th hour"
Nicola Barker
Rebel author and post-punk literary anarchist known for her experimental narrative forms.
Episode: Author Nicola Barker: "we are all weirdos"
Whit Stillman
Cult film director known for his work in the Doomed Bourgeois in Love trilogy
Episode: Whit Stillman: renaissance of a cult film icon

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#104
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#204
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Why are we so obsessed with Japan?
Q: Can you explain why Japan remains a very low immigration society?
There's a strong social anxiety about maintaining cultural harmony and expectations, making immigration a sensitive issue.
Why are we so obsessed with Japan?
Q: How did Japan get to where it is today?
It has a strong central government that shaped entrepreneurship and industrialization, leading to its current stability.
Why are we so obsessed with Japan?
Q: Is Japan a Western society?
Culturally, it seems liberal, but it's defined by its own historical and cultural context, which predates Western liberalism.
Why are we so obsessed with Japan?
Q: So, Christopher, why is Japan so weird?
It caters to every possible niche and whim, reflecting a unique blend of tradition and modernity.
Author Nicola Barker: "we are all weirdos"
Q: Is there a political subtext here?
Barker feels her interest in peripheries coincides with a growing political focus on those regions.

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