Imagine ‘show and tell’, but about how humanity has gone wrong. A podcast about big ideas, weird history - and tat. Hosts @kasiatee and @danhancox
Joined January 2021
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1 Aug 2022
📢 NEW EPISODE 📢 -- celebrating Walter Benjamin's 130th birthday with a truly cursed journey into the experience economy... from yuppie ballpit bars to the commodification of the Holocaust, it's a wild ride with our spiritual godfather patreon.com/posts/bonus-epis…
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12 Sep 2025
New cursed children's book series just dropped
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24 Jun 2025
Londoners know smallest galleries hold best exhibitions. Visited @peltzgallery to see Cursed Objects In Museum Shops. Spot Merch from @museumofneolib which I referenced in my #RSA essay & Henry Cole's @V_and_A cafe who was also a Fellow
#LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife3
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12 May 2025
I'm going to be one of the guests on the @CursedObjectsUK podcast live show in London, 28th May.
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11 Nov 2024
I'm doing two free events in November! One a guided walk of One Tree Hill's riotous history, and one a free MULTITUDES talk @UniWestminster with @andrewsmithwest - find out about both here open.substack.com/pub/danhan…
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21 Oct 2024
the angel of history: just the unvarnished facts please, that's it
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A reminder of this excellent event on Thursday 24th October at 6pm - make sure you book!
10 Sep 2024
An event for your diary: 'The Afterlives of Objects' Thursday 24th October 6pm at Birkbeck, Bloomsbury. Places are free but do book in advance. I'll be talking about our new research on museum closure and what happens to the collections. @Aimuseums bit.ly/3zcN98i
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19 Oct 2024
🟡There is an extract from MULTITUDES: How Crowds Made the Modern World here in @jacobin! The book is out on Tuesday, you can order it now from the @VersoBooks site jacobin.com/2024/10/blm-prot…
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17 Oct 2024
Absolute blast dropping by @CursedObjectsUK - thanks for inviting me on open.spotify.com/episode/2eU…
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17 Oct 2024
📢 New episode!! An absolutely riveting, rollercoaster ride through the history of the climate crisis with @alicebell, via a jar of toxic Euston Road air open.spotify.com/episode/2eU…
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14 Oct 2024
The English language is full of pejoratives for large groups of people: mob mentality. Herd behaviour. Crowd contagion. But the idea that large groups of people are up to no good is a convenient fantasy for the powers that be, explains @danhancox. novaramedia.com/2024/10/10/w…
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9 Oct 2024
I've written a new Substack post about the Meditteranean instinct to throw delightful, all-ages, free community parties all year round (festa majors, carnavals, etc), and asking Why We Can't Have Nice Things like this in Britain?? danhancox.substack.com/p/par…
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3 Oct 2024
📢 NEW EPISODE: Why does everyone, across the political spectrum, push the idea that hard work has any moral value? From IG hustle culture and CEO Mindset, to modern slavery, bullshit jobs and affective labour at Pret, it's time to knuckle down! open.spotify.com/episode/7fJ…
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4 Oct 2024
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3 Oct 2024
📢 NEW EPISODE: Why does everyone, across the political spectrum, push the idea that hard work has any moral value? From IG hustle culture and CEO Mindset, to modern slavery, bullshit jobs and affective labour at Pret, it's time to knuckle down! open.spotify.com/episode/7fJ…
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4 Oct 2024
🟡MULTITUDES LDN LIVE EVENTS IN OCTOBER🟡
* Conway Hall - Sun 20 October - 3pm
* Burley Fisher - Wed 30 October - 6.30pm
* Whitechapel Gallery - Thu 31 October - 6.30pm
(ticket links below!)
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27 Sep 2024
🚨Registration link for this is now live: 🚨lse.ac.uk/social-policy/rese…
5 Sep 2024
Excited to be speaking about my book @LSEnews next month - if you’re in London come say hi 🤝
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23 Sep 2024
does anyone remember PROPER butlers?!?!
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