Cursed Objects

Cursed Objects

Imagine ‘show and tell’, but about how humanity has gone wrong. A podcast about big ideas, weird history - and tat. Join Dr Kasia Tee and Dan Hancox as they get drunk in the gift shop with the Angel of History. Find us also on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Inspire A Generation

Inspire A Generation

Series 1 closes with an Olympian nightmare. Kasia and Dan de-mythologise London 2012: surface-to-air missiles on east London rooftops, cops arresting protesters, VIP lanes on the roads - all in the na...

2 Jun 20211h 5min

Holy Toast!

Holy Toast!

It's Episode 9, and this week Dan and Kasia are looking at the transcendental appeal of cheap religious tat, and the mass reproduction of images. There is faith, forgery, bootlegging and breakfast... ...

26 Mai 202153min

Rainbow Rhythms and Neoliberal Blues

Rainbow Rhythms and Neoliberal Blues

Kasia and Dan are struggling to feel ‘mindful’ despite using their fresh-off-Amazon colouring-in wallcharts, puzzles and self-help books. Interrogating the mental health crisis and neoliberalism, they...

19 Mai 202154min

We Are Your Friends

We Are Your Friends

Kasia and Dan dig into the cursed experience of being 'on the apps' - dating apps - and discuss 'tweevertising', why companies are more interested in 'driving engagement' than selling products, and ho...

12 Mai 20211h

Why Is The Left So Sad?

Why Is The Left So Sad?

Dan and Kasia are having a kickabout and looking into the role of the Spanish Civil War in left-wing mythology. What connects lower league English football with the Spanish Republic of 1931-1939? Why ...

5 Mai 20211h 5min

Dystopian Soft Play

Dystopian Soft Play

It's episode 5, and this week Kasia and Dan are worrying about 'Agamben Toys': dystopian play-things for kids like Playmobil prisons and riot cops with tiny plastic riot shields, guns, mean-looking do...

28 Apr 202155min

Curry-Flavour Instant Ramen From Gdansk

Curry-Flavour Instant Ramen From Gdansk

Join Kasia and Dan as they take a walk down the 'world food aisle' of the Big Sainsburys - delving into the politics of flavour, globalisation, multiculturalism, cultural appropriation and identity, v...

21 Apr 202158min

The Case of the DVD Box Set

The Case of the DVD Box Set

Dan and Kasia explore a distant memory – the DVD box set – through the nostalgic, dream-like world of the hit murder mystery Poirot. Get ready for debates on Netflix destroying our brains, poverty in ...

14 Apr 20211h 5min

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