Article 7996H “Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking – podcast

“Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking – podcast

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Are we doomscrolling our way into a democratic crisis? That's what the playwright James Graham fears may be happening, as he suggests that our algorithms have led us into a massive crisis of the new' and are preventing us from imagining a different future

Watch the full episode with James Graham here.

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Aditya suggested reading (and watching) list for James Graham:

Dear England: about England's football team

Sherwood: mentioned in the conversation, set in the village where James Graham grew up in the shadow of the miners' strike

Quiz: set on the British quiz show, Who wants to be a millionaire, where a contestant wins a million quid

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