Things Fell Apart
- Category
- Narrative
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Host
- Jon Ronson
- Language
- English
Things Fell Apart is Jon Ronson tracing culture-war fights back to the odd, specific incidents that set them off.
He is interested in the first telling of a story that later became a weapon. Interviews are gentle and then unsettling, which is Ronson’s usual instrument.
BBC Radio 4 gave the series a calm frame. A school fight, a rumor, a pamphlet: Ronson shows how a small scene hardens into a national identity.
Episodes can be heard alone, but a season is a set of origin stories that comment on each other. The cheerful delivery is not reassurance.
Last episode listed in the official feed
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