Salve, comunidade Mano a Mano! Aqui é a Semayat, tudo bem por aí? A gente fez uma mini pausa nas férias só pra trocar uma ideia com vocês. Me conta: como tá o aquecimento pro Carnaval, hein? Aliás… conhecendo alguns de vocês, já dá até pra perguntar: como tá sendo o Carnaval por aí?Seja pra quem tá no bloco, na avenida, ou pra quem curte o Carnaval como arte, mas prefere viver tudo isso com mais calma, a gente quer fazer companhia. Durante todo o mês de fevereiro, preparamos uma seleção especial de episódios com convidados que são ícones da música brasileira. Toda quinta-feira, como já é um clássico, tem um episódio pra você ouvir, revisitar, refletir e curtir do seu jeito.O Mano a Mano tá aqui pra caminhar junto com você, no ritmo que você escolher. Até já já, viu? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s episode is the first in a series of conversations about what causes human societies to fall apart and what might come next. David talks to Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, about how we build our structures of authority and how they can fail. How were human societies organised before we had governments? What drove the creation of the first hierarchies of domination? Why did rising inequality so often lead to societal collapse? What does this teach us about the vulnerability of our own societies?

Out now on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany our recent exploration of the past, present and future of nuclear warfare in which David discusses John Hersey’s Hiroshima (1946), the definitive account of what it’s actually like to be on the receiving end of a nuclear attack. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

Join us on 11th March for a joint LRB/PPF event: The Slow Death of Democracy, with Lyse Doucet, Christopher Clark and Thant Myint-U. Tickets are available now https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonreviewofbooks/2062789

Tickets are on sale now for our new film season at the Regent Street Cinema in London – starting on 19th March with James Marriott talking to David about Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan. Details of all our film events are here https://www.ppfideas.com/events

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Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse is available now https://bit.ly/4aFczds

Next Time: Societal Collapse – The Modern Age 

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