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20 April 2018updated 09 Jun 2021 9:40am

The Back Half #21: Janelle Monae, The Looming Tower and Jim Crace

The NS culture podcast with Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman.

By New Statesman

Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman discuss Janelle Monae’s new album Dirty Computer and the Amazon-Hulu series The Looming TowerThen, they hear from novelist Jim Crace, an interview that was recorded at the Cambridge Literary Festival. Finally, they celebrate another significant cultural noniversary.

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

Get in touch with questions or noniversary suggestions on Twitter via @tom_gatti or @ns_podcasts.

Credits: 

Audio from The Looming Tower courtesy of Amazon Prime Video.

Our theme music is “God Speed” by Pistol Jazz, licensed under Creative Commons.

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