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Peter Conrad dissects the popular culture of our era. In this episode he focuses on Oscar Pistorius. Show more
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Peter Conrad considers the long-reigning British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Show more
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Peter Conrad looks at the electronic travel card used on public transport in London. Show more
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Peter Conrad explores the phenomenon of the American reality TV celebrities the Kardashians. Show more
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Peter Conrad focuses on the cronut, a pastry that is a cross between a croissant and a doughnut. Show more
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Peter Conrad explores the rise of the electronic cigarette. Show more
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Peter Conrad analyses 21st-century popular culture, in the spirit of Roland Barthes. In this episode, he discusses the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Show more
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Peter Conrad looks at a defining landmark of the London skyline, the Shard. Show more
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Peter Conrad analyses the selfie. Show more
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In this first programme analysing popular culture, Peter Conrad turns his mind to an innovation Roland Barthes would have abhorred, the screw-top wine bottle. Show more
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Peter Conrad looks at the ubiquitous home of peri-peri chicken, Nando's. Show more
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Peter Conrad turns his attention to one of the most powerful images of our era, Steve Jobs's Apple icon. Show more
1 hour
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Peter Conrad dissects the popular culture of his era, as French semiotician Roland Barthes did 60 years earlier in his Mythologies. Show more
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Sixty years ago, Roland Barthes dissected the popular culture of his era in Mythologies. Now Peter Conrad picks up his torch, looking at the home of piri piri chicken, Nandos. Show more
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In his dissection of the popular culture of our era, Peter Conrad turns his attention to celebrity pets. Show more
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In his dissection of the popular culture of our era, Peter Conrad turns his attention to the e-reader. Show more
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Peter Conrad turns his attention to the 9/11 museum. Show more
