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5 January 2018updated 17 Jan 2024 7:07am

The Back Half #12: McMafia, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and Pipes of Peace

The NS culture podcast with Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman.

By New Statesman

On the NS culture podcast this week, Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman discuss the BBC’s new international crime thriller McMafia, a book about the Wu-Tang Clan’s mysterious album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and the noniversary of Paul McCartney’s single “Pipes of Peace”.

Listen on iTunes here, on Acast here or via the player below:

Further reading:

Rachel Cooke on McMafia.

The Wu-Tang Clan book.

Get in touch on Twitter and send us your noniversary suggestions via @ns_podcasts or @tom_gatti.

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