Free Thinking 2012 - Lindsay Johns

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🗓️ 13 December 2012

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Columnist and youth worker Lindsay Johns argues that we should stop listening to the young, in a talk recorded at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival presented by Rana Mitter. He explains that we need to stop pandering to young people, and that all too often we tell them only what they want to hear. Recorded at The Sage Gateshead on Sunday 4th November 2012.

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0:41.2	slash radio three. Right now, the most popular guy in the world is a slightly chubby Korean,
0:47.6	who calls himself Sai. His single Gangnam style has been downloaded around the world more than
0:53.3	650 million times,
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0:59.9	together rap music and youth culture in a way that seems instantly appealing across the world.
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