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Corporate cancel culture and the question of free speech

Well-drafted laws delineate the line between acceptable and unacceptable speech. The same rules don’t apply within the corporate ecosystem.

Crikey

My week at Kanye’s: John Safran on his time squatting in the rapper’s mansion

The Jewish Australian comedian-journalist spent a week living in one of West’s houses in Los Angeles. This is what he learned

The Guardian - AU

Jon Ronson: ‘Elon Musk epitomises despicability’

The author and journalist behind ‘The Psychopath Test’ is about to kick off a UK tour revisiting his 2011 bestseller. He talks to Daniel Dylan Wray about Trump, Musk, and how aspects of psychopathic behaviour are becoming more and more acceptable in our society

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‘They’re dumb – but I want to win’: comedians tell of the highs and lows of the Edinburgh fringe awards

Awards generate a buzz and are motivating but the pressure to be nominated and the disappointment are intense

The Guardian - UK

If you like Baby Reindeer, you’ll love Young Mungo! 29 terrific TV shows – and the books to read instead

Want to watch less and read more this summer? Let your favourite series be a guide to clever, funny, moving titles you won’t be able to put down

The Guardian - UK

Jon Ronson: ‘It’s getting harder to be optimistic’

The writer and broadcaster, 57, on tracking down stories, holding grudges, feeling happiest when he’s at work – and looking for the connections that bring us together

The Guardian - UK

Friday essay: ‘me against you’ – Jon Ronson investigates the perpetual outrage of the culture wars

The culture wars are perpetually waged in response to new and imagined threats, but they’ve been around forever. They just keep taking on new forms. In Australia, we’re seeing heated zero-sum disputes about everything from gender and sexuality, and race and religious freedom in schools, to climate change and the…

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Jon Ronson: ‘A society that stops caring about facts is a society where anything can happen’

The broadcaster’s podcast series exploring conspiracy theories and the culture wars has struck a nerve. He explains why journalistic values are needed now more than ever

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Gemma Collins joyfully jumps into her specialist subject – herself

In this week’s newsletter: Celebrity anthology show Everything I Know About Me returns with the Towie star as its focus. Plus: five shows hosted by master podcasters

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best books about social media

From online courtroom to information manipulation, social media has radically changed communication. Here are five books to help navigate it

The Guardian - UK

Jon Ronson: Why We Went So Crazy During COVID Lockdowns

The Things Fell Apart host explains how a 1988 quack medical concept inspired George Floyd's death in 2020 and how Plandemic rewrote Star Wars.

Reason

Why We Went Crazy During COVID Lockdowns

The Things Fell Apart host Jon Ronson explains how a 1988 quack medical concept inspired George Floyd's death in 2020 and how Plandemic is basically a rewrite of Star Wars.

Reason

The week in audio: Things Fell Apart; The Queen’s Reading Room; Who Do You Really Think You Are? – review

Jon Ronson’s state-of-the-world series returns with aplomb, a books podcast is a royal bore, and Adam Rutherford sets out to prove we’re all blue-blooded

The Guardian - UK

A vegan morality tale? Chicken Run sequel puts factory farming in spotlight

Film-maker Aardman says Dawn of the Nugget doesn’t aim to preach but campaigners hope movie can help change diets

The Guardian - UK

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On my radar: Louis Theroux’s cultural highlights

The journalist and broadcaster on his love of musicals, a troubling TV comedy and the irresistible rhythms of Afrobeats

The Guardian - UK

The best podcasts of 2023 so far

Rylan Clark discusses how to be a man, Daisy May Cooper is unreceptive to classic novels and Jon Ronson investigates a debutante turned neo-Nazi in the pick of the year to date

The Hindu

Column | Is it time to shut up?

While it is tempting to comment about everything on social media, it is OK to say ‘I don’t know’ too

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Jon Ronson’s cultural highlights

The writer and broadcaster on his favourite streaming series, a remastered 2 Tone concert film and why cannabis edibles should be legal

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The Guardian - UK

007 meets the occult: why spies and sorcerers are a perfect fit in fiction

Espionage and magic share codes, secrets and rituals and a new cohort of writers are now casting their literary spells

The Guardian - UK

This week in audio: Ten to the Top; Ken Bruce; The Debutante; Firecrotch and Normcore – review

As Radio 2’s replacement pop quiz gets off to a dubious start, Ken Bruce spreads joy from a new perch. Plus, Jon Ronson’s gripping tale of a debutante-turned-spy, and a killer Succession podcast

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Jon Ronson and the ex-debutante who turned neo-Nazi – and then informant

In this week’s newsletter: The master storyteller investigates Carol Howe’s extraordinary life in The Debutante. Plus: five of the best real-life mystery podcasts

Inverse

The Weirdest Sci-Fi Movie on HBO Max Reveals an Even Stranger True Story

There's a real-life story hiding in "The Men Who Stare at Goats," George Clooney's loose adaptation of Jon Ronson's non-fiction book about Pentagon ESP research.

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Jon Snow swaps news broadcasts for his ‘Snowcast’

In this week’s newsletter: The giant of British journalism starts his post-Channel 4 career with his new interview show. Plus: five of the best podcasts for women in midlife

The Guardian - UK

What links a US TV televangelist to Frank Sidebottom and Rupert Murdoch?

From Jessica Chastain’s new biopic to a James Graham play, take a dive down the rabbit hole with Tammy Faye Bakker

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