#54 — The Cultural Tutor, Sheehan Quirke | Why Is The Modern World So Ugly?

Within Reason

Alex O'Connor

Religion, Morality, Ethics, Society & Culture, Cosmicskeptic, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Sheehan Quirke is known online as the Cultural Tutor. With over 1.6 million followers on X, he writes daily threads about art, architecture, and history.

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0:00.0	Try again.
0:00.5	Tomorrow and tomorrow and...
0:02.0	And tomorrow creeps in...
0:04.0	It's petty pace from day to day.
0:07.0	I don't know it, man.
0:08.0	You've got a far better memory for quotes than I do.
0:10.0	I actually only know it because it's in Hamilton.
0:13.9	I've never seen Hamilton.
0:15.2	Gosh we have to make a trip.
0:17.1	To Hamilton. To Hamilton. Do you want to see Hamilton?
0:20.0	Um, yeah, why not? Do you like musicals?
0:26.5	Yeah, um, oh I adore them. I mean I like Lala Land. Have you seen Lala Land? I haven't seen that actually, but I have danced in the jazz club where it was filmed.
0:30.8	In LA? In Paris.
0:33.0	Is this in Paris? I mean I haven't seen the film so I don't know but they had a bunch of signs on the wall that said that anyway.
0:38.0	If not then that's a great marketing ploy.
0:40.0	Well there is a scene where they sort of go to Paris but um how do you sort of go to Paris?
0:45.0	Well you need to see a film by Dame Roussel and then you'll understand.
0:49.0	Fine I guess no spoilers. No indeed.
0:51.0	Is she and Quirk? Welcome to the show.
0:53.0	Mr O'Connor.
0:54.0	The cultural tutor on Twitter, 1.6 million followers.
0:58.0	Description, a beautiful education.
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