Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture.

In this episode, Carl & Tony begin with a pleasant topic - Germany's plan to give all 18 year olds money to engage in culture, and they ask if it would work in the UK.

Plus, as writers call for the end to creative humanities degrees in the UK, the recently PhD'd Carl wonders about whether we ought to better recognise these subjects.

And following an interview with Steven Soderbergh where he talks about cellphones impeding drama, they wonder if technology might mean the death of narrative tension...

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Carl Sweeney

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Tony Black

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