In this episode, Peter is joined by Dr Dave O'Brien, Chancellor's Fellow in Cultural and Creative Industries at the University of Edinburgh, who teaches him why culture is bad for you.

The podcast serves as beginner's guide to the issues around class, race and gender in terms who makes and who consumes culture.

Dave is co-author of Culture Is Bad for You (Manchester University Press) and co-host of the Critical Theory section of the New Books Network podcasts.
(Note: This podcast was recorded back in 2018).

SCL category: Sociology

Dave's further reading recommendations:

• | Panic! It's An Arts Emergency
• | Re: Thinking 'Diversity' in Publishing
• | Raising Our Game: Next Steps for the UK Film and Television Industry
• | Understanding the value of arts & culture

The fabulous podcast artwork of Sam Cooke is by Sarah Bilton: @bilton_art on Instagram for commissions. This podcast was produced by Old Rope. Visit www.oldrope.co.uk for more information, the blog and other podcasts. 

About the Sam Cooke Lectures

Come along to the Sam Cooke lectures and join Peter as he attempts to learn something he doesn't know much about. Each episode has a guest lecturer patiently teaching him about a specialist topic. You never know, you might learn something too.