# “Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking – podcast

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-24T06:45:26+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/commentisfree/audio/2026/oct/24/culture-is-stagnant-so-politics-is-stuck-playwright-james-graham-radical-thinking-podcast
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/culture-is-stagnant-so-politics-is-stuck-playwright-james-graham-radic-69314b/

Are we doomscrolling our way into a democratic crisis? That’s what the playwright James Graham fears may be happening, as he suggests that our algorithms have led us into ‘a massive crisis of the new’ and are preventing us from imagining a different future Watch the full episode with James Graham here . INK will be released in UK cinemas on 8 January 2027 Aditya suggested reading (and watching) li

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