- 44
- Episodes
- 11
- Transcribed
- 1,918
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Things Fell Apart
If you've ever yelled at someone on social media about, say, cancel culture or mask-wearing, then you are a soldier in the culture wars - those everyday battles for dominance between conflicting values. The acclaimed writer and podcaster Jon Ronson has seen friends swallowed up in them to the extent that it's ruined their lives. Jon was curious to learn how things fell apart, and so he went back into the history of the culture wars to find some of the origin stories: the pebbles thrown in the pond, creating the ripples that led us to where we are today. He had no idea what he'd find, but he's uncovered some extraordinary people and the strangest, yet most consequential tales.
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Jan 2022
- Latest episode
- 17 Jul 2024
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11 of 44 episodes have a transcript.
17 Jul 2024TRANSCRIPT
S2. Bonus episode: An Audience with Jon Ronson
17 Jul 2024
An Audience with Jon Ronson
13 Mar 2024TRANSCRIPT
S2. How Things Fell Apart, with Jon Ronson and Adam Buxton
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S2. Bonus episode: An Audience with Jon Ronson
Published 17 Jul 2024 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I mean, much of my book, The Psychopath Test, I found that way and so on. Hi. Hi there. I really enjoyed the series. It was fantastic. And the thing I kind of really took from it was you get all these really developed and kind of ingrained conspiracy theories. And then in one small episode, you kind of pop them like a balloon and realize there's nothing behind them. It's just all misunderstanding. So if it's so easy to explain as you've done, why there's nothing in them, why do they persist? It's one of the great mysteries of our times. You know, why do people fall for things that clearly aren't true? […]
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