Summer Games
This week, we look back at some of the year's highlights, and illuminating conversations with Joanna Kavenna and Nick Enfield.
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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This week, we look back at some of the year's highlights, and illuminating conversations with Joanna Kavenna and Nick Enfield.
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We come to the end of this series of bad ideas with a conversation with neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan about the problems of living in an age of diagnosis, when all medical conditions need a label and new labels appear all the time. What happens when the classification criteria for conditions like autism and ADHD get broader and broader? Are doctors or patients driving this? When does predictive testing do more harm than good? Why does advocacy for sufferers get in the way of good health? Is de-diagnosis achievable?
The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O’Sullivan is available now https://bit.ly/3U1ZwOu
Out tomorrow on PPF+: a bad ideas bonus episode in which geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherford explains what’s wrong with genealogy: why does wanting to know where we come from lead us down so many blind alleys? To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Next Time: Forensics on Trial
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Today’s bad idea is one with a very recent history but also a long backstory: David talks to author and journalist James Marriott about what happens when the written word gets supplanted by video and when videos get shorter and shorter. Did the rot set in with television, with YouTube or with TikTok? Is short-form video a symptom or a cause of our shrinking attention spans? What does it mean to have a TikTok prime minister? And is there any way to get people reading again?
The New Dark Ages by James Marriott is out next month https://bit.ly/3TJR7zd
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Next time in The History of Bad Ideas: Overdiagnosis
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Neste episódio do 451 MHz, a advogada Luciana Temer e a deputada estadual por SP Marina Helou discutem como proteger crianças e adolescentes dos riscos em duas frentes que se cruzam: a violência sexual infantil e os impactos das telas na infância. Na conversa, as autoras de Educar para Proteger (Senac São Paulo) e de Quem Está Formando Os Nossos Filhos?, respectivamente, tratam dos perigos do mundo virtual e de algoritmos que viciam e levam a conteúdos extremos. As duas também comentam a lei que restringiu celulares nas escolas paulistas e apontam maneiras de ter uma relação mais saudável com as telas. O episódio ainda traz uma recomendação literária do poeta Ricardo Domeneck, que revela aos ouvintes um livro que o marcou.
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This week, A. E. Stallings takes stock of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, a “thrilling combination of seemingly opposite tendencies”; and Sam Riviere reads us a new poem
'The Odyssey', directed by Christopher Nolan
'Warm War' by Sam Riviere
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Today’s bad idea is also one that is very hard to pin down: David talks to writer and literary scholar Ian Ellison about the concept of decadence, which went from explaining the fall of ancient Rome to becoming a label modern artists wanted to claim for themselves. What makes a society decadent? Is it always a bad thing? When does decadence explain what’s happening and when does it distract from what’s happening? Was Weimar Germany the best of decadence or the worst of it? And how decadent are we today?
Out now on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany this series in which David talks to political historian David Klemperer about the idea of social credit, which promised to save the world in the 1920s and 1930s and ended up doing nothing of the sort. A fascinating story of cranks, conspiracy theorists and crypto-fascists with curious echoes in Silicon Valley today. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Next Time in The History of Bad Ideas: Short-Form Video
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Como é a rotina das mulheres de presidiários no Brasil? Quais os impactos do deslocamento de presídios para o interior? Como as “cunhadas” lidam com as regras escritas e não escritas que regem a forma de vestir, as visitas íntimas e o envio de alimentos? Por que muitas dessas mulheres são obrigadas a mudar radicalmente de vida para se adequarem à pena dos companheiros?
Ouça a resposta para essas e outras perguntas no episódio 166 de Escafandro.
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Nos arredores da prisão: tensões, relações e movimentos de familiares de pessoas presas (link para compra)
Manicômios, prisões e conventos (link para compra)
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Antropóloga e professora do Departamento de Ciências Sociais na Faculdade de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Autora de “Nos arredores da prisão” (Hucitec Editora, 2026).
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Before we turn the page on July, here's a look back at some of the conversations from this month's episodes on The TLS Podcast.
In this month's TLS Highlights, Hannah Lowe reads a new poem with a botanical theme; Claire Harman explores the self-possession and vigour of the youngest Brontë sibling; Scarlett Baron considers an attempt to cut James Joyce down to size; Carrie Cracknell discusses the delights and challenges of directing Tom Stoppard's Arcadia; and Ben Street reflects on the tricky business of artists at the cinema.
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Today’s bad idea spans literature, film, pop culture and plenty else besides: David talks to literary critic and memoirist Catherine Taylor about what’s wrong with romantic heroes, from Byron and Heathcliff to James Dean and Jack Kerouac to Bridget Jones’s Mr Darcy and Andy Burnham. How did Romanticism give rise to the template for the brooding outsider who gets the girl? Which was the only Bronte sister to see through the myth? Why do romantic heroines get such a raw deal by comparison? And why does this idea lead to so much bad male behaviour?
Out tomorrow on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany this series in which David talks to political historian David Klemperer about the idea of social credit, which promised to save the world in the 1920s and 1930s and ended up doing nothing of the sort. A fascinating story of cranks, conspiracy theorists and crypto-fascists with curious echoes in Silicon Valley today. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Next Time in The History of Bad Ideas: Decadence
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Nesta semana, o 451 MHz recebe o historiador e deputado português Rui Tavares para falar sobre seu livro Hipocritões e Olhigarcas, um panorama histórico das guerras culturais, da virada do século 20 até os dias de hoje. O historiador explica a origem do título, cunhado para nomear fenômenos como Donald Trump e Elon Musk, e discute casos históricos e atuais. O episódio ainda traz uma recomendação literária do escritor capixaba Stefano Volp.
O episódio também está disponível no canal d'A Feira do Livro no YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fAKy0BZz6I
Para conferir outras conversas que rolaram n'A Feira do Livro, acesse: https://www.youtube.com/@AFeiradoLivro
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This week, we meditate on childhood memories with TLS Ackerley Prize-winner Geoff Dyer; and Ben Street on the tricky business of artists at the cinema.
'Homework', by Geoff Dyer
'The Hollywood History of Art', by Christopher Frayling
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Today’s bad idea is one the United States has been stuck with for a long time: David talks to historian of America Adam Smith about the damage done by the idea of the electoral college. Why was it thought necessary by the Founders to have special electors between the voters and their choice of president? What made it a dead letter almost as soon as it was created? How has it served to distort or discredit electoral outcomes? When, if ever, will it be replaced and if so by what?
Out now on PPF+: part two of David’s conversation with Nikhil Krishnan about the political pitfalls of utilitarianism: from what it means for democracy to how it was used to justify colonialism. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Next Time in The History of Bad Ideas: The Romantic Hero
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Today’s episode in the history of bad ideas is about one of the central ideas in modern philosophy: utilitarianism, or the view that what matters is the greatest happiness of the greatest number. David talks to philosopher Nikhil Krishnan about how something that sounds so intuitively unobjectionable can produce some extremely objectionable outcomes. What is utility and how do we measure it? Does being a utilitarian actually make you happier? Whose pleasure and pain gets to count? And what happens when killing an innocent person will save many others … should we do it?
Out tomorrow on PPF+: part two of this conversation in which David and Nikhil explore some of the political implications of utilitarianism from what it means for democracy to how it was used to justify colonialism. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Next Time in The History of Bad Ideas: The Electoral College
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A poesia nos faz enxergar melhor? Neste episódio do 451 MHz, a poeta Ana Guadalupe conta como transformou a própria miopia em uma chave para ver de forma mais nítida a cidade e a vida. Brincando com a vista distorcida, os poemas de seu novo livro Ensino à Distância (Companhia das Letras) falam dos anos em que viveu em Buenos Aires, das relações humanas e das descobertas provindas de um novo idioma. Na coluna Lado Beber, da também poeta Bruna Beber, as duas ainda se divertem tentando encontrar o lugar da escrita entre suas atividades preferidas.
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This week, Claire Harman explores the self-possession and vigour of the youngest of the Brontë clan; and Lily Herd on musical brothers at war in a new play.
'This Dark Night: The life of Emily Brontë', by Deborah Lutz
'Hit Machine', by Jonathan Caren, Soho Theatre, London, until August 15
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Today’s bad idea is a pervasive political myth: the notion that what really matters at election time is political leadership. David talks to political scientist Jane Green about why leaders are less important than they – and we – tend to think. What does shape how people choose to vote? Why do we consistently overstate what leaders can do? Did Blair or Johnson or Starmer really ‘win’ their elections? Can Andy Burnham buck the trend?
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Next Time in The History of Bad Ideas: Utilitarianism
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