Bedste New Culture-podcasts (2024)

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Nick Butler, "The Trouble with Jokes: Humour and Offensiveness in Contemporary Culture and Politics" (Policy Press, 2023) 33:45

24h ago33:45

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In this podcast, Nick Butler explores humour's complex and often controversial role in shaping modern political discourse, examining how jokes can challenge and reinforce power structures. Whether you're interested in the intersection of humour and politics or curious about the cultural implications of what’s considered "offensive," this conversati…

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"A long conflict plays into Putin's hands" - is the end in sight? 29:12

1d ago29:12

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Last week, the US and the UK gave permission for long-range missiles to be used by Ukrainian forces against military facilities inside Russia for the first time. In response, Putin announced Russia had fired a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Meanwhile the rhetoric from the Russian government and the wester…

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Ireland Is Full: The Plan To Flood Ireland With Immigrants + Guardians Of Israel Staying Alive 36:55

4d ago36:55

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On today's #NCFWhittle we are joined by journalist Michael Murphy, whose work has appeared in The Telegraph and many other publications. Michael discusses his new documentary "Guardians of Israel". Since its founding in 1948, Israel—a nation of nearly 10 million people on the edge of the eastern Mediterranean—has been enveloped in conflict. So what…

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All About Cryptids 1:28:57

30d ago1:28:57

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For Halloween, Cuz and the Gorehound educate Nick all about those mysterious cryptids. Do they exist? Are they from our dimension? Or is it all bunk? Either way, it's spoooooky!Af All-New Culture Cast

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David Suisman, "Instrument of War: Music and the Making of America's Soldiers" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 1:05:03

3d ago1:05:03

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In his new book, Instrument of War: Music and the Making of the America's Soldiers (University of Chicago Press, 2024), David Suisman shows that the US military has deep and multilayered investment in music. It employs thousands of musicians, whose music creates communal norms and identities. Music also helps soldiers to grapple with the realities …

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Veronica Keller and Sabrina Mittermeier, "From Broadway to the Bronx: New York City’s History through Song" (Intellect, 2024) 56:40

3d ago56:40

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From Broadway to the Bronx: New York City’s History through Song (Intellect, 2024) tells the history of New York City in song across a variety of different genres that the city has been home to and instrumental in developing, covering everything from early twentieth-century sheet music to Broadway’s musical theater, hip-hop, disco, punk, dancehall,…

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Autobahn at 50: How Kraftwerk defined modern music 27:42

3d ago27:42

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50 years ago this month the German band Kraftwerk released Autobahn – an album that not only marked a dramatic departure in their sound, but went on to change the entire course of contemporary music. With the title track, a 22-minute ode to the German motorway, Kraftwerk’s founding members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider forged a modern musical l…

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Farmers To Pensioners Starmer's War On Traditional Britain + Nigel Farage's Comments On Islam 38:07

5d ago38:07

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On this week's #NCFNewspeak, the panel discuss:* Southport: Biggest cover up?* Farmer Protests: Why is Starmer punishing traditional Britain?* Nigel Farage's comments on IslamAf New Culture Forum

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Travis A. Weisse, "Health Freaks: America's Diet Champions and the Specter of Chronic Illness" (UNC Press, 2024) 53:09

5d ago53:09

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In Health Freaks: America's Diet Champions and the Specter of Chronic Illness (University of North Carolina Press, 2024) Dr. Travis A. Weisse tells a new history of modern diets in America that goes beyond the familiar narrative of the nation's collective failure to lose weight. By exploring how the popularity of diets grew alongside patients' frus…

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When will Labour Britain actually start to get good? 18:52

6d ago18:52

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And what's behind the global "incumbency curse" which has seen so many incumbent leaders ousted in 2024 elections? Hannah Barnes is joined by political editor Andrew Marr, and associate political editor Rachel Cunliffe to answer listener questions. Read Andrew's column: The UK’s broken system makes losers of us all Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr…

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Mimi Okabe, "Manga, Murder and Mystery: The Boy Detectives of Japan’s Lost Generation" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 25:22

6d ago25:22

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Little is known about the boy detective in Japanese detective fiction despite his popularity. Who is he, and what mysteries does he unveil about cultural understandings of youth in Japanese society? Manga, Murder and Mystery: The Boy Detectives of Japan’s Lost Generation (Bloomsbury, 2023) answers these questions by exploring the figure of the shon…

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Mary Harrington: Is Woke In Retreat + The Left's War On Nature 53:18

7d ago53:18

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Have we hit peak woke? Is woke in retreat?On today's #NCFDeprogrammed, hosts Harrison Pitt & Connor Tomlinson discuss The Left's war on nature with author Mary Harrington, contributing editor at Unherd.Af New Culture Forum

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Marr on Prescott: "I'm very upset he's gone" 30:32

7d ago30:32

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Andrew Marr pays tribute to "an extraordinary character" - the former Labour deputy Prime Minister and titan of Blair-era New Labour, who died on Thursday. Also, George Eaton interviews the David Lammy in New York. The foreign secretary opened his appearance at the UN security council with a declaration of "shame on Putin". In an interview with Geo…

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Peter Singer, "Consider the Turkey" (Princeton UP, 2024) 47:13

7d ago47:13

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A turkey is the centerpiece of countless Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Yet most of us know almost nothing about today’s specially bred, commercially produced birds. In this brief book, bestselling author Peter Singer tells their story—and, unfortunately, it’s not a happy one. Along the way, he also offers a brief history of the turkey and its…

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Shalini Kakar, "Devotional Fanscapes: Bollywood Star Deities, Devotee-Fans, and Cultural Politics in India and Beyond" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2023) 46:55

7d ago46:55

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Devotional Fanscapes: Bollywood Star Deities, Devotee-Fans, and Cultural Politics in India and Beyond (Rowman and Littlefield, 2023) examines how fans worship film stars as deities. Focusing on temples dedicated to Bollywood (Hindi cinema) stars and the artifacts produced by Hindi and Tamil cinema fans, Shalini Kakar illustrates how the fan constru…

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Vivian Asimos, "Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity" (Reaktion, 2024) 51:14

8d ago51:14

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Cosplay, born from the fusion of ‘costume’ and ‘play’, transcends mere dress-up by transforming enthusiasts of TV shows, movies, books or video games into living embodiments of their cherished characters. Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity (Reaktion, 2024) by Dr. Vivian Asimos is a close exploration of the vibrant world of cosplay, showing what m…

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Sinn Féin's growing pains 30:39

8d ago30:39

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In 2020, Sinn Féin, a left-wing party born out of Ireland’s nationalist movement, claimed victory. At the time Ireland’s two major parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, went into coalition with each other, preventing Sinn Fein from forming a government. Sinn Fein’s leader, Mary-Lou McDonald proudly claimed that she would be the first female Taoiseach…

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Benjamin Barson, "Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons" (Wesleyan UP, 2024) 1:07:44

9d ago1:07:44

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Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons (Wesleyan UP, 2024) recasts the birth of jazz, unearthing vibrant narratives of New Orleans musicians to reveal how early jazz was inextricably tied to the mass mobilization of freedpeople during Reconstruction and the decades that followed. Benjamin Barson presents a "music history from b…

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Anthony Kwame Harrison on Cassette Tapes and Hip Hop Culture 1:59:32

10d ago1:59:32

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Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Kwame Harrison, Alumni Distinguished Professor and Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech. Harrison records and performs under the moniker “Mad Squirrel” and has co-founded two groups—the San-Francisco-based Forest Fires Collective and Washington DC’s The Acorns—as well as releasing various solo projec…

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Connie DeNave, "The Image Maker: Shattering Rock and Roll's Glass" (2023) 54:15

10d ago54:15

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In The Image Maker: Shattering Rock and Roll's Glass Ceiling (2023), Connie DeNave shares her experiences in the public relations world during the British Invasion and the beginning of rock-n-roll marketing. Born in Brooklyn, New York, DeNave graduated from Hunter College and found herself with no job skills. Throughout the mid-1950s to the 1980s, …

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Booker prize winner Samantha Harvey: "political choices are sculpting the surface of the earth" 20:41

10d ago20:41

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The author of Orbital says Elon Musk's "individualistic" future is "problematic in all sorts of ways". Samantha Harvey, winner of the 2024 Booker Prize for fiction speaks to Nicholas Harris in this episode of Culture from the New Statesman. She discusses how her novel portrays the politics and powers of the world from orbit, and why the de-orbiting…

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Communist Terror The Evil Truths Schools DON'T Teach Our Children. James Bartholomew 36:45

11d ago36:45

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On today's #NCFWhittle we are joined by journalist and author James Bartholomew of the Museum of Communist Terror and the Foundation for the History of Totalitarianism. He discusses the horrific truths of communist crimes and why these aren't being taught to our children, who instead learn only about the horrors of fascism.…

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Karen M. Dunak, "Our Jackie: Public Claims on a Private Life" (NYU Press, 2024) 37:59

11d ago37:59

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When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis became First Lady of the United States over sixty years ago, she stepped into the public spotlight. Although Jackie is perhaps best known for her two highly-publicized marriages, her legacy has endured beyond twentieth-century pop culture and she remains an object of public fascination today. Drawing on a range of so…

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Trump's Counter Revolution + Police Visit Telegraph Journalist + Archbishop Of Canterbury Resigns 34:54

12d ago34:54

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On today's #NCFNewspeak, your NCF panel discuss:*Archbishop of Canterbury Welby resigns over sick sadist cover up*Police's chilling visit to Telegraph journalist AllisonPearson over tweet*Trump's cabinet appointments show the counter revolution has startedAf New Culture Forum

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Erin Lee Mock, "Changed Men: Veterans in American Popular Culture after World War II" (U Virginia Press, 2024) 1:08:02

12d ago1:08:02

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Millions of GIs returned from overseas in 1945. A generation of men who had left their families and had learned to kill and to quickly dispatch sexual urges were rapidly reintegrated into civilian life, told to put the war behind them with cheer and confidence. Many veterans struggled, openly or privately, with this transition. Others in society wo…

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How do we reduce the life expectancy gap? 24:18

12d ago24:18

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Where you live could drastically impact how long you live. According to the Office for National Statistics, a person in South Kensington, one of London’s wealthiest areas, can expect to live up to 16 years longer than someone in a more deprived area, like Blackpool. In this episode, host Sarah Dawood is joined by a panel of guests to discuss the st…

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Will Team Trump push Labour to the right? 14:53

13d ago14:53

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And what can Keir Starmer learn from Theresa May's relationship with Trump? (keep hands firmly in pockets) Read: Andrew Marr's weekly column Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Sadiq Khan, Starmer & Trump Have Labour Ruined The Special Relationship Between UK & USA Ben Leo 50:05

13d ago50:05

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Sadiq Khan, Starmer & Trump: Have Labour ruined the UK-US Special Relationship?A brilliant episode of #NCFDeprogrammed, as hosts Connor Tomlinson & Harrison Pitt discuss all things Trump with GB News presenter Ben Leo who's just back from covering the US election.Af New Culture Forum

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The return of the Blairites 24:16

14d ago24:16

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As Starmer contends with a fraught political landscape, he has increasingly turned to figures from the Blair administration: Jonathan Powell, Liz Lloyd, Peter Mandelson, Alan Milburn. What will this means for the factions within the current Labour government? We are also midway through COP29 which is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan. Keir Starmer w…

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Elsie Walker, "Life 24x a Second: Cinema, Selfhood, and Society" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:05:43

14d ago1:05:43

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Life 24x a Second: Cinema, Selfhood, and Society (Oxford UP, 2023) highlights the life-sustaining and life-affirming power of cinema. Author Elsie Walker pays particular attention to pedagogical practice and students' reflections on what the study of cinema has given to their lives. This book provides multiple perspectives on cinema that matters fo…

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David Shoemaker, "Wisecracks: Humor and Morality in Everyday Life" (U Chicago Press, 2024) 53:57

15d ago53:57

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What good is a good sense of humour especially when the humour may be ethically questionable? Although humour seems a valuable part of a good conversation and indeed a good life, jokes have never seemed more morally problematic than they do now. How can we then evaluate quips, gibes, pranks, teasing, light mockery, sarcasm when they can all too oft…

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Trump, Putin, and the future of Ukraine? 31:36

15d ago31:36

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Last month Russia gained the most Ukrainian territory since March 2022 when the war was in its infancy. At least 10,000 North Korean troops have also joined the fight, which will do little to replace the roughly 1,500 Russian soldiers killed or injured daily. And among all that Donald Trump was re-elected as US President. Kate Lamble is joined by C…

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Hunter Hargraves, "Uncomfortable Television" (Duke UP, 2024) 1:23:47

16d ago1:23:47

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From The Wire to Intervention to Girls, postmillennial American television has dazzled audiences with novelistic seriality and cinematic aesthetics. Yet this television is also more perverse: it bombards audiences with misogynistic and racialized violence, graphic sex, substance abuse, unlikeable protagonists, and the extraordinary exploitation of …

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Sarah Cleary, "The Myth of Harm: Horror, Censorship and the Child" (Bloomsbury, 2022) 58:43

16d ago58:43

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The horror genre has endured a long and controversial success within popular culture. Fraught with accusations pertaining to its alleged ability to harm and corrupt young people and indeed society as a whole, the genre is constantly under pressure to suppress that which has made it so popular to begin with - its ability to frighten and generate dis…

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How anger defined 2024 34:32

17d ago34:32

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Why are we all becoming increasingly angry? And what did Donald Trump understand about harnessing this emotion to win back the presidency? Tom Gatti is joined by New Statesman columnist Sarah Manavis and psychoanlyst Josh Cohen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I Knew Thatcher & Reagan Personally – And I Put TRUMP Up There. Hillsdale College President Dr. Arnn 47:25

18d ago47:25

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I Knew Thatcher & Reagan Personally – And I Put TRUMP Up There. Hillsdale College President Dr. Arnn by New Culture ForumAf New Culture Forum

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Gabe Durham, "Bible Adventures" (Boss Fight Books, 2015) 29:15

18d ago29:15

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In the beginning, a small unlicensed game development company was hit with divine inspiration: They could make a lot of money (and escape the wrath of Nintendo) by creating games for Christians. With the release of the 1990 NES platformer Bible Adventures, the developers saw what they had made, and it was good. Or, at least, good enough. Based on e…

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Can Trump Save America And The West What Can UK Learn From Trump + New Tory Leader Kemi Badenoch 39:51

19d ago39:51

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Can Trump Save America and The West? What Can UK Learn from Trump? + New Tory Leader Kemi BadenochOn today's #NCFNewspeak, NCF Director Peter Whittle, Senior Fellow Dr. Philip Kiszely and Amy Gallagher of Stand up to Woke discuss all things Trump:Can Trump save America and the West? What can Britain and Reform UK learn from Trump's victory?PLUS: Ke…

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Seth E. Jenny et al., "Routledge Handbook of Esports" (Routledge, 2024) 35:37

19d ago35:37

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The Routledge Handbook of Esports (Routledge, 2024) offers the first fully comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of esports, one of the fastest growing sectors of the contemporary sports and entertainment industries. Global in coverage, the book emphasizes the multifaceted nature of esports and explores the most pressing issues defining the compet…

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