"Having the deeper discussions mainstream media won't provide." Founded in 2006, the NCF is one of Britain's leading conservative think tanks. Our mission is to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in our institutions, public life and wider culture. So What You're Saying Is... (#SWYSI) is our weekly interview programme, NewSpeak is our weekly "in-house" discussion show, and CounterCulture is our panel discussion with experts and significant figures from the political, cultural and aca ...
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Welcome to the All-New Culture Cast, where every episode is all-new! Because there are simply not enough discussion on the internet about it. Join Nick and his co-hosts as they talk about their love for movies, television, and other forms of popular entertainment.
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My name is Tavion McCloud I’m 16 and am talking about how to adapt to a new culture
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CultureLab is an array of delights from the world of culture and the arts. Sometimes we interview the world’s most exciting authors about their fascinating books, other times we delve into the science behind a movie or TV show. New episodes every other Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Reporting and analysis to help you understand the forces shaping the world - with Andrew Marr, Hannah Barnes, Kate Lamble and Tom Gatti, plus New Statesman writers and expert contributors. WEEKLY SCHEDULE Monday: Culture Tom Gatti explores what cultural moments reveal about society and the world. Wednesday: Insight One story, zoomed out to help you understand the forces shaping the world. Hosted by Kate Lamble. Thursday: Politics Andrew Marr and Hannah Barnes are joined by regulars Rachel Cu ...
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Whether you are a CEO, VP, engineer or a motivated a team member, this podcast will help you become a more inspiring and effective leader. We cover the most important and relevant topics that startup leaders are facing in effectively leading their teams and scaling their companies.
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Can Trump Save America And The West What Can UK Learn From Trump + New Tory Leader Kemi Badenoch
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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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Fuel poverty is hitting homeowners, full-time workers, and young people. As energy prices rise and the cost of living crisis deepens, heating our homes is becoming increasingly difficult. In this episode, host Zoe Grunewald speaks with Jessica Taplin, CEO of British Gas Energy Trust, Martin Lord from Citizens Advice Essex, and Carol Shreve from Cit…
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Yaraslau Kot, "Central and Eastern European Histories and Heritages in Video Games" (Routledge, 2024)
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Focusing on games that examine a range of national histories and heritages from across Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European Histories and Heritages in Video Games (Routledge, 2024) looks beyond the diversity of the local histories depicted in games, and the audience reception of these histories, to show a diversity of approaches…
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All About Cryptids
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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!Από τον All-New Culture Cast
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Nicholas Harris reports from the new Labour seat of Southport, which was rocked by riots three months ago. There he found anger and resentment towards migrants. A listener asks if Reform UK now pose as much of a threat to Labour as they do to the Conservatives. Plus Rachel Cunliffe joins Hannah Barnes and Nicholas Harris to answer a listener who as…
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Populist Backlash to Ireland's Immigration Nightmare. War in Israel. by New Culture ForumΑπό τον New Culture Forum
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Class? Gender? Economy? What did the Democrats get wrong, what did Trump get right, and how will the UK respond to this? Hannah Barnes is joined by senior editors George Eaton and Katie Stallard as the dust settles on the US election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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David Rowell, "The Endless Refrain: Memory, Nostalgia, and the Threat to New Music" (Melville House, 2024)
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A veteran music journalist argues that the rise of music streaming and the consolidation of digital platforms is decimating the musical landscape, with dire consequences for the future of our culture ... In The Endless Refrain: Memory, Nostalgia, and the Threat to New Music (Melville House, 2024), former Washington Post writer and editor David Rowe…
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The US has headed to the polls and we want to ask what’s at stake - what will a Trump or Harris victory mean for America, international diplomacy, even your finances. Kate Lamble is joined by senior editor Katie Stallard and New Statesman columnists Jill Filipovic and Sohrab Ahmari. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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What was behind the Washington Post's shock decision not to endorse a presidential candidate? It's owner, Jeff Bezos, has cited reasons of impartiality and a perception of bias. Others have suggested that the decision was financially motivated, made out of fear of losing support and contracts from a Trump government. Tom Gatti is joined by Alison P…
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Is This The Most Important US Election Of Our Lifetime? Steve Edginton of GB News America by New Culture ForumΑπό τον New Culture Forum
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Britain's BIGGEST Cover Up. Labour & The Media Want To BURY Southport Scandal. We Want Answers Now
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Britain's BIGGEST Cover Up. Labour & The Media Want To BURY Southport Scandal. We Want Answers Now by New Culture ForumΑπό τον New Culture Forum
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The “uncut” penis is viewed by some as attractive or erotic, and by others as ugly or undesirable. Secular parents of male infants worry about whether or not the foreskin should be removed so their little boy can grow up to “look like dad” or to avoid imagined bullying in the locker room. Medical experts and public health organisations argue back a…
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David Gauke reveals his pick for the Tory leadership “not without reservations”. As Labour deliver “hard decisions” in their first budget in 14 years, a listener asks if Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are reliving Nick Clegg’s 2011. David Gauke, who served with Nick Clegg in government, gives his take. He joins Rachel Cunliffe and Hannah Barnes on …
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Richard Moss, "Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games" (Bitmap Books, 2024)
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Painstakingly researched and written by football-obsessed writer and experienced game journalist, historian, and documentarian Richard Moss – author of Bitmap's own The Secret History of Mac Gaming – A Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games stays keenly on the ball as it shares the rich and influential history of video game footbal…
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For fans of musical theatre, Stephen Sondheim is one of the true titans – the genius who brought us Sweeney Todd and West Side Story, Into the Woods, and Company. With acclaimed revivals of his landmark shows regularly performed in London and New York, and new generations being introduced to the man who forever transformed musical theatre, Sondheim…
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Erika Engelhaupt, "Go to Hell: A Traveler's Guide to Earth's Most Otherworldly Destinations" (National Geographic, 2024)
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With Go to Hell: A Traveler's Guide to Earth's Most Otherworldly Destinations (National Geographic, 2024) by Erika Engelhaupt, you can go to hell and back with the help of this one-of-a-kind illustrated travel guide to real-life underworld destinations around the globe. Full of intrigue, lore, and plenty of brimstone and fire, each of the 54 destin…
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The first Labour budget in 14 years is "refreshing" but risky, say the IFS. Rachel Reeves has delivered her maiden budget in the House of Commons. As expected, thanks to leaks and pre-briefing over the preceding week or so, the Chancellor is raising employers' National Insurance, changing capital gains and inheritance tax, and increasing stamp duty…
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Tory Leadership: Jenrick v Badenoch. Labour Has USURPED Democracy and Broken How We're Governed
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Tory Leadership: Jenrick v Badenoch. Labour Has USURPED Democracy and Broken How We're Governed by New Culture ForumΑπό τον New Culture Forum
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Starmer is MORE EXTREME than Corbyn. The Right Don't Understand the Battle They Are Losing by New Culture ForumΑπό τον New Culture Forum
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One week from the US Presidential Elections, the race remains tight. There’s been renewed focus on Trump’s political rallies. At Madison Square Garden in New York Trump spoke to tens of thousands about the enemy from within, others who appeared likened Kamala Harris to a prostitute with pimp handlers, called her the antichrist and described Puerto …
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A new film from Steve McQueen is about to hit cinema screens: Blitz. Set during the devastating German bombing raids of 1940 to 1941, it follows Saiorse Ronan as east end mum Rita, and her son George, played by Elliot Heffernan, as they travel across London searching for each other. In some ways, it’s a new look at history, Rita’s son is mixed race…
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Andrew deWaard, "Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture" (U California Press, 2024)
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Sequels, reboots, franchises, and songs that remake old songs—does it feel like everything new in popular culture is just derivative of something old? Contrary to popular belief, the reason is not audiences or marketing, but Wall Street. In this book, Andrew deWaard shows how the financial sector is dismantling the creative capacity of cultural ind…
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Landon Palmer, "Rock Star/Movie Star: Power and Performance in Cinematic Rock Stardom" (Oxford UP, 2020)
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During the mid-1950s, when Hollywood found itself struggling to compete within an expanding entertainment media landscape, certain producers and studios saw an opportunity in making films that showcased performances by rock 'n' roll stars. Rock stars eventually found cinema to be a useful space to extend their creative practices, and the motion pic…
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A colourful account of women's health, beauty, and cosmetic aids, from stays and corsets to today's viral trends. Victorian women ate arsenic to achieve an ideal, pale complexion, while in the 1790s balloon corsets were all the rage, designed to make the wearer appear pregnant. Women of the eighteenth century applied blood from a black cat's tail t…
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Peter Lynch_ A Modern Martyr? Chris Kaba: Labour's Favourite Gangster. Global Majority or BAME?
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On today's #NCFNewspeak, the NCF panel discuss:* Chris Kaba: Why do the Left love criminals?* Peter Lynch: political prisoner & martyr?* The true agenda behind the push to replace "ethnic minority" with "global majority"Από τον New Culture Forum
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Andrew Marr, Hannah Barnes and Rachel Cunliffe hear from a focus group of voters in a marginal Kent constituency, to get their views on Labour's first three months in government. They reveal why they're struggling to trust "posh" Keir Starmer, whether they regret their vote, and which public figure they would love to see in parliament. This focus g…
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Ben Zaranko, senior research economist from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, takes us through the numbers ahead of next week's budget, and the New Statesman's political editor Andrew Marr takes us through the politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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It’s the UConn Popcast, and this is the first episode in our new series about artificial intelligence and popular culture. In this first episode, we revisit Alan Turing's seminal1950 paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence, in which he asks "Can machines think?" In the paper, Turing proposes what became known as "The Turing test," a game of dece…
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We’re just two weeks from the 2024 US Presidential election. Donald Trump is up against Kamala Harris. Polls are vanishingly close. They suggest Harris has a 53% chance of moving into the Oval office. But after years of incorrect predictions, can they be trusted? In this episode of Insight, Kate Lamble speaks with Scott Keeter from Pew Research cen…
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Donald Trump has reshaped American politics. But who shaped him? A new film has some answers. The Apprentice, written by Gabriel Sherman and directed by Ali Abasi, charts the rise of a young Trump (Sebastian Stan) under the caustic tutelage of bulldog lawyer Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong). Megan Gibson interviews writer Gabriel Sherman to discuss the cre…
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From Death Threats To Kidnap Attempts, I'm Fighting For Britain Whatever The Cost by New Culture ForumΑπό τον New Culture Forum
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E.U. More Hardline On Immigration Than UK Tories Or Reform. Are Ethnic Minorities Proud Of Britain
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E.U. More Hardline On Immigration Than UK Tories Or Reform. Are Ethnic Minorities Proud Of Britain by New Culture ForumΑπό τον New Culture Forum
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Ashawnta Jackson, "Soul-Folk" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
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Folk music of the 1960s and 1970s was a genre that was always shifting and expanding, yet somehow never found room for so many. In the sounds of soul-folk, Black artists like Terry Callier and Linda Lewis began to reclaim their space in the genre, and use it to bring their own traditions to light- the jazz, the blues, the field hollers, the spiritu…
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Peter C. Kunze, "Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance" (Rutgers UP, 2023)
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In the early 1980s, Walt Disney Productions was struggling, largely bolstered by the success of its theme parks. Within fifteen years, however, it had become one of the most powerful entertainment conglomerates in the world. Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance (Rutgers University Press, 2023) by Dr. Peter Kunze argue…
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With "normal" James Cleverly out of the Tory leadership race, a listener asks if a Badenoch or Jenrick leadership would split the Conservative party in two. Andrew Marr, Hannah Barnes and Rachel Cunliffe answer listener questions in our weekly episode, You Ask Us - published every Friday. Also in this episode: do journalists talk about Westminster …
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