
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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| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 19 | Founded | 5 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Society & CultureArts | |||

The Resistible rise of Arturo Ui, Bertolt Brecht's darkly comic allegory of authoritarianism is a play that straddles past and present. Written in 1941, it was conceived as a warning; a grotesque gangster-inflected retelling of the rise of Adolf Hitl... more
Or has the term lost its meaning?
It’s a label that’s everywhere now: used by political commentators, thrown around on social media, and increasingly a part of everyday conversation.
In recent months it's been used to describe matters including Ind... more
Last night, the Artemis II crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 10-day mission to space and a lunar flyby. The voyage, which included the first woman and a non-US citizen to take part in a lunar mission, is part of a program to place human... more
It's almost impossible to separate how we think about modern life from the phenomenon that is capitalism, and to think, what would life look like without it?
Tanjil Rashid is joined by Sven Beckert, Professor of History at Harvard University and aut... more
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The show centers on big-ideas conversations at the intersection of culture, society, and thought. Episodes frequently feature scholars, authors, and critics unpacking topics like the history and structure of capitalism, consciousness and mind, technology's political and social implications, literary culture, and media in contemporary life. Noteworthy are wide-ranging interviews that pair rigorous historical or philosophical framing with accessible storytelling, plus occasional forays into film, translation, and global perspectives. The format tends to blend scholarly analysis with personal narratives, making complex ideas legible for curious, culturally engaged listeners who enjoy thoughtful critique and intellectual nuance without sacrific... more
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