"Culture Wars tend to be wars that aren't fought economically, they're not about money. They're about values. And, because of the internet, they've become so ubiquitous that they now swallow up everything."

#JonRonson, 2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015vfz

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#CultureWars #ThingsFellApart #BBC4 #BBC #podcasts

BBC Radio 4 - Things Fell Apart, How Things Fell Apart with Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux chats to Jon Ronson about his recent podcast series, Things Fell Apart.

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Jon Ronson released a podcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2022 called Things Fell Apart, which I'm finding very insightful, if occasionally disturbing.

This episode though, focusing on a post-Pizzagate story, hasn't aged quite so well;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012qxd

It kind of treats the story of an elite pedophile ring as a QAnon trope; silly and obviously wrong. But the release of the Epstein files very much substantiates that story.

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#ThingsFellApart #JonRonson #BBC4 #BBC #podcasts

BBC Radio 4 - Things Fell Apart, 7. A Secret Room Behind a Fake Wall

Strange Tales from the Culture Wars by Jon Ronson.

BBC
"I'm not a licensed medical professional or a scientist." - JON RONSON, The Psychopath Test, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #ThePsychopathTest #JonRonson

How To Survive a Public Shaming (ft. Kevin Hart, Logan Paul, Pewdiepie and Bill Maher)

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/9aUy2xpTwdkduc6cpNiuAU

How To Survive a Public Shaming (ft. Kevin Hart, Logan Paul, Pewdiepie and Bill Maher)

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My lunchtime article today, was a TED Talk on youtube, rather than a written piece of interest - the talk is about Psychopaths, as Jon was told, "everyone has a little bit of a psychopath in them."

Anyway...

Strange answers to the psychopath test By Jon Ronson, (British-American journalist, author, and filmmaker)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYemnKEKx0c

#TheLunchTimeArticle #TEDTalk #JonRonson #Psychopaths

Strange answers to the psychopath test | Jon Ronson | TED

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"My brother looked like Frankenstein." - JON RONSON, Family Physics, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #FamilyPhysics #FrankensteinFriday #JonRonson
@zl2tod Haha, good quote. I'd love to read #JonRonson stuff about the Alpha course, I wonder if that was a column or something? Maybe I read it at the time.
Things Fell Apart - S1. Introducing Things Fell Apart - BBC Sounds

Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson.

BBC
Jon Ronson: β€˜It’s getting harder to be optimistic’

The writer and broadcaster, 57, on tracking down stories, holding grudges, feeling happiest when he’s at work – and looking for the connections that bring us together

The Guardian
Jon Ronson: β€˜A society that stops caring about facts is a society where anything can happen’

The broadcaster’s podcast series exploring conspiracy theories and the culture wars has struck a nerve. He explains why journalistic values are needed now more than ever

The Guardian