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Your weekly review of culture, life and society from the New Statesman, hosted by Tanjil Rashid.


Featuring interviews with literary and artistic greats, reviews of the latest cultural moments, and in-depth discussion to help you understand how culture shapes society – and our place in it.


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Episode Date
How to write when everything’s in flux
Oct 03, 2026
Katherine Rundell: In today's world, wonder is political
Sep 26, 2026
James Marriott: what happens when we stop reading?
Sep 19, 2026
Salman Rushdie: "I feel a line of connection with 9/11"
Sep 11, 2026
RF Kuang is back with her most personal story yet
Sep 05, 2026
Simon Sebag Montefiore on Israel, Gaza and a Middle East in crisis
Sep 03, 2026
This is how Ukrainian artists are fighting back
Aug 22, 2026
Why we must unite working class communities across racial divides
Aug 08, 2026
Britain is losing its libraries and its cultural memory
Aug 01, 2026
Why is sex political?
Jul 25, 2026
Can we separate great art from bad artists?
Jul 18, 2026
Odyssey mania is upon us
Jul 11, 2026
Was the American revolution really American?
Jul 04, 2026
"I thought Jimmy Carter was black" | Tayari Jones interview
Jun 26, 2026
Will Hockney be remembered as one of the greats?
Jun 20, 2026
Does travel actually broaden the mind?
Jun 13, 2026
This house believes that Britain’s best days are behind it
Jun 06, 2026
Can architecture be democratic?
May 30, 2026
Katja Hoyer: How fascism takes hold of a city
May 23, 2026
Munya Chawawa: Trump's presidency is based on WWE
May 16, 2026
William Boyd on spy fiction and the British psyche
May 09, 2026
James Baldwin would be a leading progressive voice today
May 02, 2026
Mark Gatiss: What it's like to play Hitler
Apr 25, 2026
Are we truly living in 'Orwellian times'?
Apr 18, 2026
When it comes to the Moon, we've only scratched the surface
Apr 11, 2026
What was life like before capitalism?
Apr 04, 2026
What do mushrooms have to do with consciousness? with Michael Pollan
Mar 28, 2026
How Elon Musk redefined power
Mar 21, 2026
How KPop Demon Hunters became the biggest event of the year
Mar 14, 2026
Metrics now control our lives
Mar 07, 2026
What it’s like to be played by Claire Foy
Feb 28, 2026
Does reading make you a better person? with Dominic Sandbrook
Feb 21, 2026
Wuthering Heights is a disgusting film, but is it a love story?
Feb 14, 2026
Is the climate crisis spiritual? The King thinks so
Feb 07, 2026
Infinite Jest is a novel for 2026
Jan 31, 2026
People around the world are falling in love with AI
Jan 24, 2026
Why are we so obsessed with Japan?
Jan 17, 2026
Salman Rushdie is in "the 9th or 10th hour"
Jan 10, 2026
After two decades of silence, Kiran Desai returns
Dec 09, 2025
Author Nicola Barker: "we are all weirdos"
Dec 09, 2025
Whit Stillman: renaissance of a cult film icon
Dec 09, 2025