Adam Curtis

David Runciman and Adam Curtis

This week David talks to the celebrated film-maker Adam Curtis about his new series Can't Get You Out of My Head, which tells the history of the rise and fall of individualism. Plus much more: Nixon, China, Dominic Cummings, complex systems, Max Weber and conspiracy theories.

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