This week on “BETA,” …Charlie Brooker sits down with us to discuss two of
his incredible TV creations – the mind-bending “Black Mirror”
and the hilarious documentarian Philomena Cunk.
Kyle Chayka tells us how algorithms and social media
are flattening our culture in his book “Filterworld.”
Author Peter Ames Carlin talks about the trail-blazing
band from Athens, Georgia that helped create alternative
rock – R.E.M.
Charlie Brooker on the universe of “Black Mirror” and new Netflix special, “Cunk On Life.”
Kyle Chayka on “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture”
REM: ‘A bunch of well-adjusted, nice, young men’
Episode Credits
- Doug Gordon Host
- Brad Kolberg Executive Producer
- Steve Gotcher Technical Director
- Charlie Brooker Guest
- Kyle Chayka Guest
- Peter Ames Carlin Guest
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