This week we revisited the topic of Fame and the cult of celebrity as first discussed on Idle Talk 11 11 12. We discuss an article by Dr Angie Hobs which discusses what ancient Greek philosophers think of our current culture of celebrity. what with Plato thought Read More …
Tag: cult of celebrity
Idle Talk Live Sun 16th 9pm (14/12/12)
Idle Talk, Rhodders’ accessible philosophy show, is live 9pm uk time Sunday 16th over at 1Radio.org. Join in the debate in the chart rooms and on Skype using the name- rhodders.com Topic We will be talking revisiting the topic of Fame and the cult of celebrity Read More …
Idle Talk 11 11 12- “Fame! I want to live forever…”
This week’s topic is fame and the cult of celebrity. Illustrator Nicola is in the co host corner. We try to answer the questions: “why do we care about celebrities? What is a celebrity? Why do people want to be famous? And is there sociological Read More …