Episodes: 42
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 14.3k subscribers
Instagram: 126.0k followers
Publicly listed emails
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Tanjil Rashid - Journalist and presenter covering culture, society, and public life.
Taj Ali - Working-class Communities, Race, Belonging, And The History Of South Asian Political Activism In Britain.
Richard Ovenden - Libraries, Cultural Memory, Public Institutions, And The Social Value Of Collecting And Reading.
Amia Srinivasan - The Politics Of Desire, Consent, Sexual Justice, Incels, Pornography, And The Social Shaping Of Desire.
Daisy Dixon - Moral Outrage, Artistic Value, The Relationship Between Art And Artists, And The Moralisation Of Culture.
Daniel Mendelsohn - Homer, Classical Literature, Literary Translation, And The Enduring Cultural Influence Of The Odyssey.
Steven Pinker: Common knowledge can start revolutions
October 10, 2026
You know what you know, and I know what I know, but only when we know what the other knows do we have common knowledge.That’s the crux of cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker’s latest work, focusing on the shift from private to public knowledge, and how this can suddenly change behaviours or even start revolutions.Steven Pinker joins Tanjil Rashid to discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to write when everything’s in flux
October 03, 2026
Every story, they say, needs a beginning, a middle and an end; every story needs a setting. What if that isn’t true? Can you write when everything is in flux, when you are unmoored from places, and when the time is out of joint?Tanjil Rashid is joined by Amit Chaudhuri, a singer, composer, poet, critic and novelist, to discuss how a story is less important – and less interesting – than the movement of life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Katherine Rundell: In today's world, wonder is political
September 26, 2026
"We live in a world that deserves unicorns," says Katherine Rundell.If you haven't come across Rundell's work yet, you will soon. She's written over a dozen books, including an award-winning biography of John Donne and the children's fantasy series Impossible Creatures - a copy of which every Year 6 child in the country will receive this Christmas. Disney has just signed a seven-figure deal for the screen adaptation.. Rundell is being touted as the next JK Rowling.Wh...
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The New Society | culture from the New Statesman is hosted by Tanjil Rashid. Its publicly listed emails are rhea.pearson@newstatesman.co.uk, gerry.brakus@newstatesman.co.uk, and podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed emails for The New Society | culture from the New Statesman: rhea.pearson@newstatesman.co.uk, gerry.brakus@newstatesman.co.uk, and podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk.
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The New Society | culture from the New Statesman typically books well-known public figures. Typical guest background: Published authors, academics, literary critics, translators, historians, librarians, and arts or cultural professionals with authoritative expertise and a substantive perspective on culture and society. Common among recent guests: Published books; Academic or scholarly expertise; Major literary or cultural criticism. Recent guests include Taj Ali, Richard Ovenden, and Amia Srinivasan.
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