Each episode is about a central, you know, hot button topic of our times. It's all because of this 19 year old boy called frank chaffer,. who was growing up in a commune in the swiss alps called lebri. His father was a kind of christian kenneth clerk. He was an art historian with ha little goatee. Looked like some willy wanker. And his son just wanted a show real for hollywood producers. But what he decided to do, completely out of the blow, totally from leftfield, was convinced his father to make a couple of episodes about abortion. The evangelic christian right had zero interest
Whether it's arguing over cancel culture, mask-wearing or what to do with statues, the culture wars now seem to be a constantly reappearing flashpoint in public discourse. Acclaimed writer and podcaster Jon Ronson was curious to learn how this phenomenon had come about and has spent the last year creating the hit radio and podcast series, Things Fell Apart, for BBC Radio 4, exploring the history of the culture wars. For this discussion Jon is joined in conversation by comedian and writer David Baddiel to explore the origin stories of the culture wars and where they might be headed next.
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