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Culture & society
How we live now. Trends, movements, beliefs, and the forces quietly reshaping everyday life.
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Why every culture makes music and gathers to celebrate
An exploration of the universal human drive for music and communal ritual, examining the biological and social mechanisms that make gathering a necessity for our species.
12 min
Bringing languages back from the dead
Hebrew went from a liturgical language to a living national tongue; Welsh and Maori clawed back from decline. Explore how endangered languages are revived, why it's so hard, and why communities fight to save them.
12 min
The self-domestication of humans
One theory holds that our ancestors succeeded not by being the strongest or smartest, but the friendliest — selecting for cooperation and tolerance. Explore self-domestication and how sociability became humanity's superpower.
12 min
The Long Decline of Violence
By many measures, humans are far less likely to die violently than in centuries past. Explore the evidence for this remarkable trend, the forces that may have driven it, and the sharp debates about how solid the story really is.
12 min
From margins to mainstream: how subcultures reshape the world
An exploration of the lifecycle of subcultures—from their radical origins in the fringes to their inevitable absorption into the global commercial mainstream.
12 min
Third places: the spaces that hold communities together
The cafes, pubs, barbershops, and parks that aren't home or work — sociologist Ray Oldenburg called them 'third places.' Explore why these informal gathering spots matter so much for community, and what their decline costs us.
12 min
The Pitch as a Pulpit: 19th-Century Divides in Modern Soccer
In cities like Glasgow and Buenos Aires, your team choice isn't about the game; it's a declaration of your family's sect, class, and political history. Understand how 19th-century industrial migration turned local stadiums into the last remaining battlegrounds for ancient European theological conflicts.
12 min
Lowering expectations makes modern marriages last longer
The modern 'soulmate' marriage puts more pressure on a single relationship than ever before in human history. We examine the 'suffocation model' of marriage and how lowering your expectations might be the key to a lasting partnership.
12 min
About Culture & society
How we live now, and why. The stream explores third places and where community actually happens, how subcultures get absorbed by the mainstream, why every culture makes music, how languages come back from the dead, and why English became the world's default. Trends, movements, and the quiet forces reshaping everyday life — each one traced to its roots.
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