Culture Shock (radio programme)
Culture Shock was a weekly BBC World Service radio programme, hosted by Tim Marlow. The programme ran from 2005 to 2008.
Format
The programme aimed to examine "the latest cultural trends from around the world, social or technological developments which are reflecting and shaping the way we live: what are people thinking, buying, or doing and why; the next wave of telecommunications, the latest design craze or toy, new ways to entertain, future behaviours".Guests
Among guests on the programme were:- James Harkin, author of Big Ideas: The Essential Guide to the Latest Thinking
- , the author of Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music
- Professor Gerd Gigerenzer
- David Levy, author of Love and Sex with Robots
- Professor Clay Shirky from New York University
- Professor Peter Singer
- Jeff Taylor of Monster.com