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He’s a communist! He wants to drag us back to the 70s! He’s going to tax you to death! He’s weak! He’s a tyrant! He’s gone to war with the South! His jackets are too expensive! Burnham has only been PM for a week and the right-wing press are already losing their minds. Is Burnham Derangement Syndrome stalking what’s left of Fleet Street? Plus: Is letting artificial intelligence do your thinking for you leading people into “cognitive surrender”? We talk about a new survey that unveils the dire consequences of outsourcing your brain to Claude and ChatGPT.
• Hear prison reformer Steve Gallant talking to Zoë Grünewald on The Bunker
ESCAPE ROUTES
• Marie is enjoying sci-fi show Silo on Apple TV+.
• Jonn has been reading Hinterlands: Journeys through Europe’s Unfinished Frontiers by Hannah Lucinda Smith. Buy it through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too.
• Raf has been watching Ride Or Die with Hannah Waddingham on Amazon Prime.
• Matt went to see The Divine Comedy at the Royal Festival Hall and Daniel Kitson’s new show Thrum.
• Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk.
Presented by Matt Green with Marie le Conte, John Elledge and Rafael Behr. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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