Compilation - KineticExperiments 2025






For the penultimate episode in this series David examines the criminal trial of O. J. Simpson in 1995 to ask what it reveals about how power really works in America. How did the prosecution fail to grasp what was really happening in the courtroom? Did jury selection decide the outcome of the case before it had even begun? Why was the massive volume of evidence against Simpson something that worked in his favour? And how does the legacy of the Simpson trial help explain the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House?
Next time: The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein
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Quem define o que é literatura? Este episódio recebe o escritor gaúcho José Falero, uma voz dissonante no debate atual sobre a crítica literária, que tem movimentado o meio editorial brasileiro. Autor da coletânea de contos Vila Sapo e dos romances Os Supridores e Vera, todos pela Todavia, Falero colocou um pé na crítica ao publicar na revista Piauí um ensaio que parte da polêmica envolvendo o predomínio do conteúdo sobre a forma em obras contemporâneas, instaurada pela professora da USP Aurora Bernardini em entrevista à Folha de S.Paulo. Na conversa, ele aprofunda a discussão e aponta como a crítica pode aprimorar o trabalho dos autores.
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This week, Joanna Kavenna explains why she invented a game to write her new novel; how to survive life online; and a new poem.
'Seven', by Joanna Kavenna
'This Is for Everyone', by Tim Berners-Lee with Stephen Witt
'Enshittification: Why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it', by Cory Doctorow
'How to Save the Internet: The threat to global connection in the age of AI and political conflict', by Nick Clegg
'The Future', by Jesse Nathan
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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In today’s episode David explores the trial that gripped China at the end of 1980: the case against the three men and one woman accused of being responsible for the worst excesses of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). How did the court try to hold Mao’s followers responsible for the catastrophe while exculpating Mao himself? How did Mao’s widow Jiang Qing fight back? Who were the others in the dock and what were they doing there? And what made the trial emblematic of the new direction China was taking?
Next time in Politics on Trial: O. J. Simpson vs the Evidence
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