Things Fell Apart Podcast
A series of strange, unexpected human stories from the history of the culture wars.
If you've ever yelled at someone on social media about, say, cancel culture or mask-wearing, then you are a soldier in the culture wars - those everyday battles for dominance between conflicting values. The acclaimed writer and podcaster Jon Ronson has seen friends swallowed up in them to the extent that it's ruined their lives. Jon was curious to learn how things fell apart, and so he went back into the history of the culture wars to find some of the origin stories: the pebbles thrown in the pond, creating the ripples that led us to where we are today. He had no idea what he'd find, but he's uncovered some extraordinary people and the strangest, yet most consequential tales.
Episodes to download
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S2. Bonus episode: An Audience with Jon Ronson
Wed 17 Jul 2024
22/22 Things Fell Apart: Ask Me Anything!
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S2. How Things Fell Apart, with Jon Ronson and Adam Buxton
Wed 13 Mar 2024
10/22 Adam Buxton and Jon Ronson on the making of Things Fell Apart.
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S2. Ep 8: Mikki’s Hero’s Journey
Tue 9 Jan 2024
9/22 An unlikely culture warrior connects each of our stories.
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S2. Ep 7: You’ll Own Nothing and You’ll Be Happy
Tue 9 Jan 2024
8/22 A strange incident at Chipping Norton Town Hall.
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S2. Ep 6: A Hierarchy of Trauma
Tue 9 Jan 2024
7/22 A story about trauma and its ever-changing definition.
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S2. Ep 5: Things Weren’t Going Back to Normal
Tue 9 Jan 2024
6/22 A family schism is co-opted by powerful culture warriors.
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S2. Ep 3: Tonight’s the Night, Comrades
Tue 9 Jan 2024
4/22 A family of Twilight fans blunder into a dreadful real-life horror.
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S2. Ep 2: We’re Coming After You, Honey
Tue 9 Jan 2024
3/22 A medical scandal has world-shattering consequences.
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S2. Ep 1: The Most Mysterious Deaths
Tue 9 Jan 2024
2/22 The bizarre origins of a world-altering act of violence.
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S2. Things Fell Apart is back
Tue 2 Jan 2024
1/22 A series of strange, unexpected, human stories from the culture wars.
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S1. Bonus Episode: Jon Ronson Live at Hay
Wed 5 Jul 2023
22/22 Jon Ronson speaks to Dolly Alderton in this special episode from the Hay Festival.
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S1. How Things Fell Apart, with Jon Ronson and Louis Theroux
Wed 30 Mar 2022
21/22 Louis Theroux chats to Jon Ronson about his recent podcast series, Things Fell Apart.
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S1. Ep 8: A Mock Slave Auction
Tue 28 Dec 2021
20/22 Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson.
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S1. Ep 7: A Secret Room Behind a Fake Wall
Tue 21 Dec 2021
19/22 Strange Tales from the Culture Wars by Jon Ronson
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S1. Ep 6: Many Different Lives
Tue 14 Dec 2021
18/22 Strange Tales from the Culture Wars with Jon Ronson
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S1. Ep 5: A Scottish Jewish joke
Tue 7 Dec 2021
17/22 Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson.
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S1. Ep 4: Believe the Children
Tue 30 Nov 2021
16/22 Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson.
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S1. Introducing Things Fell Apart
Tue 2 Nov 2021
12/22 Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson.