Is art the best way to deal with taboos?

The Love and Radio podcast fearlessly considers the odder sides of human sexuality. In this episode, a biologist explains how he combines his experiments with genetics and his sexual preferences. The last 15 minutes considers some of the ethical implications.

 

Inspiring music by lifers in an African prison

Musician Ian Brennan gained access to Malawi's Zomba prison. He overcame the natural suspicion of the inmates and they have now written and composed three albums together. The musicians live in inconceivable conditions yet they make beautiful and provocative music. The story of the song 'I will never stop grieving for you, my wife' is one of the most moving things I have heard.

Branding legal marijuana products

The Allusionist podcast teems with fascinating ideas about language. In this episode, Helen Zaltzmann talks to a marketing person who invents names for products which influence the consumer to think in a particular way. There are some very interesting thoughts about appropriate names for marijuana products in Colorado.

People who live in glass rooms...

The Glass Room pop up store in New York is an art installation which combines real and imagined consequences of the digital world. Visitors are invited to think about the effects of mass surveillance as performed by the devices we willingly carry with us everywhere.